Sunday, October 23, 2005

Complete Premiership Round-Up

Manchester Utd 1-1 Tottenham
Spurs continued their good start to the season by passing a hard test at Old Trafford.

Man Utd took the lead in the 7th minute, when Mikael Silvestre pounced on a rare concentration lapse by Paul Robinson.

United continued to look the dominant force in the 1st half, with Spurs looking off the pace.

However Spurs came out in the 2nd half and really took control of the situation, with Jermaine Jenas looking fiercely up for it.

And it was Jenas who got the goal for Spurs scoring a wonderful free kick, giving Van der Sar no chance. Spurs nearly knicked all three point when Carrick's cross-shot wrong footed United's Dutch goalkeeper, hitting the bar on it's way out of play.

Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City
Robert Pires' second-half penalty gave Arsenal all three points against Manchester City in a competitive clash at Highbury.

The Frenchman fired the ball home just past the hour mark after Thierry Henry was brought down by David James.

Pires could have had a second from the spot on 72 minutes, but as he tried to play a dummy he grazed the ball and saw a free-kick awarded against him.

The miss looked to have proved costly when Darius Vassel headed the ball into the back of the net 12 minutes from time, but the striker saw the goal ruled out for offside.

The visitors had twice gone close in the first half through Kiki Musampa, the midfielder testing Jens Lehmann, before firing a left-foot strike inches wide of the upright.

At the other end Pires looked odds on to break the deadlock on 13 minutes but side-footed the ball over the bar from Henry's square ball when well-placed.

However,on a mixed afternoon for the France international, he made amends for that miss when he slammed his penalty into the roof of the net on 61 minutes.

Fulham 2-0 Liverpool
Fulham conjured their grittiest display of the season on the day they honoured their ultimate stylist Johnny Haynes.

England midfield legend Haynes died this week a day after turning 71.

And, after starting the day remembering Haynes, the Fulham fans ended it by chanting his name and cheering a solid win earned by Collins John's 29th-minute opener and Luis Boa Morte's delightful injury-time strike.

Blackburn 2-0 Birmingham
Paul Dickov fired Rovers into a 49th minute lead from the penalty spot before substitute Craig Bellamy doubled up nine minutes from time to wrap up all three points.

Aston Villa 0-2 Wigan
Wigan took a 32nd minute lead thanks to an own goal from Villa's Aaron Hughes. Alan Mahon clinched the win on his first appearance of the season eight minutes fronm time.

Portsmouth 1-2 Charlton
Dario Silva put Portsmouth in front on 14 minutes as he lashed home from a tight angle following Andy O'Brien's long ball. Darren Ambrose levelled just after the hour with a neat finish after springing Pompey's offside trap. Dennis Rommedahl clinched the win for the visitors on 77 minutes as he fired home after turning on to Danny Murphy's threaded pass.

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