Aston Villa 0-2 Swansea: Villa came back down to earth following their victory over Chelsea. Nathan Dyer put Swansea ahead after just four minutes before Wayne Routledge scored against his former club with Stephen Warnock playing a short back pass just two minutes into the second half.
Fulham 2-1 Arsenal: Fulham came back from 1-0 down to provide a shock against Arsenal. Laurent Koscielny headed Arsenal ahead after 21 minutes. Johan Djourou then received his second yellow card for bringing Bobby Zamora down twelve minutes from time. The hosts took full advantage and Steve Sidwell equalised seven minutes later with the returning Zamora earning the victory in injury time.
QPR 1-2 Norwich: Norwich secured a similar comeback against ten man QPR. Joey Barton fired the hosts ahead after eleven minutes before getting sent off for an alleged head butt on Bradley Johnson nine minutes before half-time. Norwich also took full advantage with Anthony Pilkington equalising six minutes later before Steven Morison won the game seven minutes from time.
Wolves 1-2 Chelsea: Chelsea started 2012 by forgetting their troublesome end to 2011. Ramires put Chelsea ahead nine minutes into the second half but Stephen Ward equalised with six minutes left to play. But Frank Lampard gave his under fire boss the win in the final minute of normal time.
Blackburn 1-2 Stoke: Blackburn couldn't continue their fantastic end to 2011 with Peter Crouch bringing Steve Kean back down to Earth. Crouch scored his 100th league goal after seventeen minutes before making it 2-0 just before half-time. Substitute David Goodwillie gave Blackburn a little bit of hope with 21 minutes left but Stoke were able to hold on.
Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool: Manchester City went three points clear on Tuesday with a comprehensive win over Liverpool. Luis Suarez started his eight match ban and Liverpool severely missed him. Sergio Aguero gave City the lead after just ten minutes following Pepe Reina's poor attempt at a save. Yaya Toure scored the second twelve minutes before half-time. Gareth Barry received his second yellow card after 73 minutes but it didn't deter them as James Milner made it 3-0 just two minutes from the spot.
Tottenham 1-0 West Brom: Spurs went to within three points of Manchester United with a close fought victory against West Brom. The only goal of the game came after 63 minutes through Jermaine Defoe. It's not all good news though as both Sandro and William Gallas were forced off with calf injuries.
Wigan 1-4 Sunderland: Sunderland started 2012 the same way they ended 2011. Craig Gardner put the hosts ahead just before half-time via a brilliant free-kick with James McClean scoring his first senior goal ten minutes into the second half. Hugo Rodallega made it 2-1 after 62 minutes but Stephane Sessegnon restored the two goal cushion eleven minutes later. David Vaughan completed the rout with ten minutes to play to move them into the top ten.
Newcastle 3-0 Manchester United: United commenced 2012 with the same attitude they concluded 2011 as Newcastle beat them for the first time in ten years. Demba Ba scored his his fifteenth goal of the season, his fourth in three games against Manchester United, with a great half volley after 33 minutes, Anders Lindegaard's first goal conceded in the Premiership. Phil Jones then needlessly fouled Ba two minutes into the second half and Yohan Cabaye hit a scorching free-kick in off the crossbar. Jones' match got worse as he scored an own goal in injury time to keep United three points behind City. Newcastle move to within a point of Liverpool and stop United unbeaten away record this season and also prevented United from scoring, the first team to do that in the league this season.
Everton 1-2 Bolton: Bolton move off the bottom of the table with a win over Everton. The hosts took the lead in extraordinary circumstances. Tim Howard hit a clearance into the wind and managed to lob counterpart Adam Bogdan after 63 minutes. David N'Gog equalised four minutes later with Gary Cahill perhaps leaving Bolton by presenting them with three points twelve minutes from time.
No comments:
Post a Comment