Hello people, it’s turning out to be a very busy week in the English Premier League that’s its tough to keep up with the pace. On Wednesday night there were seven premier league games. Arsenal were playing Arston Villa away, Everton were at home to Swansea, Fulham were at home against Manchester United, Manchester City were at home to Stoke, Newcastle played Norwich City at home, Queens Park Rangers were also at home to Sunderland and Wigan was at home against Liverpool.
The results were as varied as they were surprising, at least some were. Fulham who play very well against the top teams each and every season without conceding many goals was a different side on Wednesday night. They were thrashed ruthlessly by Manchester United, five goals to none. A lack luster Arsenal needed a Benayoun strike in the eighty seventh minute to claim all the three points from Villa Park while Man City dispatched Stoke City by three goals to nil. Newcastle continued with their downward spiral when they were beaten by three goals to two by West Brom. QPR were also beaten by Sunderland by three goals to two while Wigan earned a point from their goalless draw with seventh placed Liverpool.
Here is a snapshot of the results for Wednesday, 21st December, 2011
Arston Villa’s Marc Albrighton scored the 20,000th goal in Premier League history after capitalizing on an Arsenal defensive error.
On Thursday Chelsea traveled to White Hart Lane to face third placed Tottenham Hotspurs in a London derby. It was an exciting and a balanced match with both teams sharing a point thanks to a resurgent Chelsea and in particular Captain John Terry. Despite having a lot to worry about a day after learning he will face a racially aggravated public order charge following an incident with QPR's Anton Ferdinand in the west London derby in October, he concentrated with football and helped Chelsea share the spoils with Tottenham by making a block after Petr Cech was beaten by Adebayor in the dying minutes of the game.
The results didn’t do much to any of the teams as Tottenham remains third with 35 points, 9 points adrift of Manchester City but with a game in hand while Chelsea remained fourth with 33 points which is 1 point more than fifth placed Arsenal.
Chelsea manager, Andre-Villas Boas was very happy with the results and said that they are still in the title race. Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp was satisfied with the 'fair result' but had his concerns about the absence of Rafael van der Vaart who has a harmstring problem all the time. He said “He is a great player but we need to keep him fit."
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