What an exciting weekend of fine football! I know some people are wondering what was so exciting? I for one didn’t like it one bit because my team, Arsenal lost to Manchester city 1 – 0. Arsenal didn’t just loose but they lost a chance to close in on the league leaders to within six points. Now they are twelve points adrift and Arsene Wenger already admitted to giving up on the English Premier League Title. Wenger isn’t a Manager who is used to giving up but he admitted that the gap is too big for his team to catch up and it would take quite an effort to do that.
Arsenal did give a good account of themselves and we’re it not for the defense reshuffle after Johan Djourou got injured, they would have gotten a positive result. I think most players gave a good account of themselves but I may fault Wenger for believing in such players as Arshavin and Chamakh to make any difference. If Arsenal relies on such subs for a positive result against a team like Man City, then they are doomed. What Arshavin does is just walk on the pitch while Chamakh can’t or won’t score! There were claims of a handball and a wrong offside decision but with referee Phil Dowd ‘Doughnut behind the whistle (we all know what you did last season), there wasn’t much to expect from the game. I just have one big question, why put Arshavin ahead of such a great player as Tomas Rosicky???
Manchester united beat the dipping in form Queens Park Rangers (QPR) 2- 0 to climb to the top of the table briefly while Liverpool got a similar result away to Aston Villa. Tottenham beat Sunderland 1 – 0 at white hart lane to keep up with the pace and leapfrogged Chelsea to third place. Chelsea were held to an embarrassing 1 – 1 draw at DW Stadium by Wigan on Saturday, a team that has become the whipping boys of the premier league.
Here are the results from all the games played during the weekend.
Saturday, 17th December 2011
- Blackburn 1-2 West Brom
- Everton 1-1 Norwich
- Fulham 2-0 Bolton
- Newcastle 0-0 Swansea
- Wigan 1-1 Chelsea
- Wolves 1-2 Stoke
Sunday, 18th December 2011
· Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool
· Man City 1-0 Arsenal
· QPR 0-2 Man Utd
· Tottenham 1-0 Sunderland
Premier league table as it stood on 18th December, 2011
Position Team P GD PTS
IN OTHER NEWS
Barcelona wins Club World Cup Barcelona won Club World Cup in Yokohama, Japan by beating a hapless Brazil Santos 4 – 0 on Sunday. Lionel Messi scored twice as Xavi and Cesc Fabregas also got on the score sheet to earn Barcelona their second Club World Cup in three years. The match was billed as a showdown between Messi and Santos' 19-year-old Neymar but it was Mess who dominated.
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