It was yet a great weekend of football in the English Premier League. Manchester City was at home to Blackburn, Manchester United away at Norwich City, Chelsea at home to Bolton and the biggest clash of all was on Sunday the 26th February. It was the north London Derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspurs. Liverpool was not in action in the premier league but were playing in the Carling Cup final at Wembley where they beat Cardiff City 3 – 2 on post match penalties to lift the cup.
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| Tomas Rocisky celebrates after scoring Arsenal's third goal |
The Gunners were at home – Emirates Stadium and they desperately needed a win after a disastrous week where they lost by four goals to nil in Milan, AC Milan all but knocking them out of The Champions League ahead of their return leg at the Emirates, Sunderland knocked them out of the FA cup where they won by two goals to nil. It was the second visit for the Gunners in seven days after beating the Black Cats 2 – 1 in the premier league.
Spurs - in the ascendancy over Arsenal for so much of the season - looked to be on course for the first back-to-back league wins at the home of their arch-rivals for 86 years as an early goal from Louis Saha and Emmanuel Adebayor's penalty put them in a commanding position within 34 minutes.
Spurs - in the ascendancy over Arsenal for so much of the season - looked to be on course for the first back-to-back league wins at the home of their arch-rivals for 86 years as an early goal from Louis Saha and Emmanuel Adebayor's penalty put them in a commanding position within 34 minutes.
Arsenal recovered from two goals down to thrash Tottenham 5 – 2, thanks to goals from Sagna, Robin Van Persie and Tomas Rocisky, who was the man of the match as he caused the Spur’s defence a lot of problems. Theo Walcott added a brace to finish the rout in the second half after having a less impressive first half.
This result just gave them not only three points that they really needed but reasserted their superiority in London and restored their pride. The Gunners face Liverpool at Arnfield at 12:45 GMT. This will be an interesting game because both teams are buoyed from their wins the previous weekend and I know many fans can’t wait to watch. Both teams are fighting for the fourth spot together with Chelsea who saw off Bolton Wanderers 3 – 0 at Stamford Bridge.
This result just gave them not only three points that they really needed but reasserted their superiority in London and restored their pride. The Gunners face Liverpool at Arnfield at 12:45 GMT. This will be an interesting game because both teams are buoyed from their wins the previous weekend and I know many fans can’t wait to watch. Both teams are fighting for the fourth spot together with Chelsea who saw off Bolton Wanderers 3 – 0 at Stamford Bridge.
Manchester United needed a late strike from veteran Ryan Giggs who was playing his 900th game for United to secure all the three points. He converted an Ashley Young's cross at the far post in the 90th minute and this moved them two points behind league leaders Manchester City. Manchester United will face Tottenham at white hart lane on Sunday.
EPL RESULTS FOR 25TH/26TH FEBRUARY 2012
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West Brom 4-0 Sunderland | Sat 25 Feb |
Wigan 0-0 Aston Villa | Sat 25 Feb |
Sat 25 Feb |
EPL FIXTURES 3TH MARCH 2012
12:45 | |
Blackburn v Aston Villa | 15:00 |
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QPR v Everton | 15:00 |
Stoke v Norwich | 15:00 |
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Wigan v Swansea | 15:00 |
EPL FIXTURES 4TH MARCH 2012
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What’s your predictions for today’s games?
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