Hope
22/02/2009
NO COUNTING CHICKENS
“You can never be dead sure, but it’s safe to say that Chelsea have an uphill fight now to overcome us. Things can happen, though. We were 12 points clear of Arsenal one season, 1997-98, and we lost the league.”
– Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson warning his supporters not automatically assume that his side will win the Premier League Championship
Chelsea still have hope to win this season title.
Game reviews
Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea
Nicolas Anelka scored the only goal as Chelsea beat Aston Villa 1-0 at Villa Park.
Guus Hiddink celebrated his first match in charge of Chelsea with a victory, but it was not without its trials and tribulations.
Anelka’s 21st goal of the season was all that separated the sides, allowing Chelsea to leapfrog Martin O’Neill’s team into third in the race for Champions League football next season.
But Ashley Young struck the crossbar with a 20-yard free-kick in the 34th minute before Villa dominated the second half, only to fall short in their bid to salvage a point, suffering their first Barclays Premier League defeat for 14 matches.
Bolton Wanderers 2-1 West Ham United
Bolton Wanderers secured a home victory against West Ham United but they were left with their nerves stretched.
Matt Taylor and Kevin Davies put them firmly in the driving seat at the Reebok Stadium with both goals scored in the opening 11 minutes.
West Ham responded superbly but had only Scott Parker’s goal in the 66th minute to show for all their possession.
Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland
Arsenal played out their third successive 0-0 draw at home to Sunderland in the Barclays Premier League.
Andrei Arshavin’s debut failed to help Arsenal conjure up a goal as they played out another frustrating draw at the Emirates Stadium.
The Russian saw an early low shot fly just wide, before Marton Fulop beat away his angled drive.
Sunderland battled well and were worth a share of the spoils as the Gunners again could not break down a stubborn defence and missed a chance to close the gap on the top four.
Manchester United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Manchester United increased their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League with this victory.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s stunning second-half free-kick was enough to give United victory after Blackburn Rovers had ended their record 1,334-minute run without conceding a Barclays Premier League goal.
Roque Santa Cruz was the man who did the damage, rounding Tomasz Kuszczak after Edwin van der Sar had been rested to tap home and level Wayne Rooney’s opener.
But Ronaldo had saved something special for the occasion too, whipping home a brilliant free-kick which had too much pace for Paul Robinson to put United eight points clear and keep Rovers in the bottom three.
Stoke City 2-2 Portsmouth
Portsmouth snatched a 2-2 draw against Stoke City in an exciting final 15 minutes.
A poor match exploded into life when Niko Kranjcar put the visitors ahead in the 75th minute.
However, James Beattie equalised from the spot when Glen Johnson was ruled to have handballed before Beattie’s header put his side ahead, only for Hermann Hreidarsson’s deflected injury-time shot to earn the draw.
Middlesbrough 0-0 Wigan Athletic
Middlesbrough’s draw with Wigan Athletic stretched thier unbeaten league run to 14 matches.
Boro manager Gareth Southgate watched in agony as Gary O’Neil saw an 86th-minute drive deflected to safety off keeper Chris Kirkland’s legs as the visitors hung on in a match marred by a serious-looking injury to Didier Digard.
Digard was stretchered off in the 16th minute after a challenge by former Boro midfielder Lee Cattermole.
My Fantasy Premier League
08/02/2009
Zera FC
zak wan
Gameweek joined: 7
My Team
1: Schwarzer
2: Ferdinand
3: Bosingwa
4: Vidic
5: Meite
6: Marney
7: Lampard
(C)
8: Mullins
9: Arteta
10: Agbonlahor
11: Anelka
12: Van der Sar
Goalkeeper
13: Ricketts
Defender
14: Young A
Midfielder
15: Ameobi
Forward
My Points / RankingsPoints (Rank)
Overall: 821 (1,498,861
)
February: 41 (316,316)
Total players: 1,868,198
My Public League Rankings
Leagues
Barclays Premier League Fixtures
07/02/2009
Sat 7th February 2009
Manchester City
v
Middlesbrough
12:45
Blackburn
v
Aston Villa
15:00
Chelsea
v
Hull City
15:00
Everton
v
Bolton
15:00
Sunderland
v
Stoke City
15:00
WBA
v
Newcastle
15:00
Wigan Athletic
v
Fulham
15:00
Portsmouth
v
Liverpool
17:30
Sun 8th February 2009
Tottenham
v
Arsenal
13:30
West Ham Utd
v
Man Utd
16:00
Latest News
05/02/2009
Liverpool lose to Everton 1 – 0 HOO YEAHHH!!!!!
Upside Down
04/02/2009
DAMN!! aku punya prediction dh betul but liverpool yg dpt 2 -0 chelsea
