Ever since Carlos Tevez arrived onto the Premiership scene in that West Ham shirt, there has been nothing but controversy surrounding him. It all started with a goal against Manchester United to keep the Hammers in Premiership at Sheffield United's expense. Then there was the battle of Tevez's legality surrounding his agent Kia Joorabchian which Neil Warnock still resents to this day. Tevez then moved onto Manchester United and received a warm welcome from the United fans. Unfortunately the welcome wasn't so warm from Alex Ferguson and Tevez was shown the door after he discussed his discontent at not being handed a new contract and having Berbatov picked ahead of him.
Despite a last minute attempt to keep Tevez, the Argentine perhaps partially spitefully, partially financially or maybe for another reason, he moved across the city to Manchester City. That sparked the infamous Welcome To Manchester sign which got Alex Ferguson's back up and the Manchester rivalry kicked up a notch. But Tevez soon realised that the grass isn't always greener and this summer was surrounded in a huge transfer saga. Tevez has quite clearly expressed his want to move away from England, supposedly back home, and the love-hate relationship between Tevez and the board saw Man City try desperately hard to palm him off to Inter Milan in an exchange deal for Sneijder. That fell through as Inter didn't have the financial funds to make the deal. The there was the last minute drama of Brazilian giants Corinthians coming in with a big bid, City looked to have partially accepted although wanting a little bit more and Tevez was more than happy. But the transfer window in South America shut and the deal fell through.
With Tevez seemingly staying put and a truce in order, he played in a City shirt earlier this season. Things were looking civil between the two parties until Tuesday night when Tevez refused to play against Bayern Munich. This lead to Mancini exclaiming that Tevez would never be picked to play again and Tevez has since been suspended by City for two weeks. This has lead to the question, what is going to happen next? There has been suggestions that City should just terminate his contract, but because of the huge financial climate surrounding the game, that won't happen. The best result for the fans, although they do admire him on the pitch, will be for Tevez to publicly apologise to them for his antics and for City to get rid of him as soon as the January window opens. Hopefully Corinthians will come back in and the saga can be completed and the City fans can be finally certain of the outcome of their former captain and move on. But it's going to be a long three months with yet more flashpoints to come I'm sure.
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
2011/2012 CL Round-Up: Matchday 2 Groups E-H
Group E: Bayer Leverkuesen earned their first win of the campaign as Genk are still to find a goal. Lars Bender gave Leverkuesen the lead just before the half hour mark and then substitute Michael Ballack sealed the win in second half injury time.
Chelsea remain top of the group despite being held by Valencia in the Mestalla. Lampard gave Chelsea eleven minutes into the second half but Valencia equalised three minutes before the end when Kalou conceded a penalty for handball. Roberto Soldado converted the penalty to give Valencia their second point in two games.
Group F: Arsenal squeezed past Olympiacos in a match with sloppy defending. Arsenal took the lead when Oxlade-Chamberlain produced a good run before finishing into the bottom corner only eight minutes into his full European debut. Andre Santos then scored his first Arsenal goal to make it 2-0 after twenty minutes. Olympiacos pulled one back seven minutes later through David Fuster to set up the nervy affair. Both teams had chances to score but Arsenal held on to secure their first win of the campaign.
Marseille made it two wins from two with an impressive display against Borussia Dortmund. It was a contrasting night for the two Ayews; Andre broke the deadlock after twenty minutes before making it 3-0 from the penalty spot after sixty-nine minutes after Loic Remy had made it 2-0 seven minutes earlier. But Jordan Ayew came on as a substitute and received a second yellow in injury time to earn a suspension.
Group G: Possibly the two shocks of the night came in this group. In the earlier kick-off Zenit beat Porto in Russia. Porto did take the lead after ten minutes through James Rodriguez but that was cancelled out by Roman Shirokov ten minutes later. Jorge Fucile earnt a second yellow card before half-time, leaving Porto a man down in the second half. Zenit took full advantage with Shirokov making it 2-1 after sixty-three minutes before Danny sealed the victory eighteen minutes from the end.
After Apoel's shock victory over Zenit, they travelled to Donetsk and secured another point. Apoel did the take the lead through Ivan Trickovski just after the hour mark. But parity was restored when Jadson equalised three minutes later to give Donetsk their first point of the campaign.
Group H: This group went exactly as expected. AC Milan didn't really have any trouble against Plzen. But it did take a penalty from Ibrahimovic to break the deadlock eight minutes into the second half. Cassano wrapped it up after sixty-six minutes to seal the ominous victory.
BATE were completely blown apart by Barcelona. It all started going wrong after just twenty minutes when Aleksandr Volodko gave Barcelona the lead via an own goal, Pedro then made it 2-0 just two minutes later. Messi then added the third seven minutes before half-time before then making it four ten minutes after the restart. David Villa rounded the rout off in the injury time to make it 5-0 to Barcelona.
Chelsea remain top of the group despite being held by Valencia in the Mestalla. Lampard gave Chelsea eleven minutes into the second half but Valencia equalised three minutes before the end when Kalou conceded a penalty for handball. Roberto Soldado converted the penalty to give Valencia their second point in two games.
Group F: Arsenal squeezed past Olympiacos in a match with sloppy defending. Arsenal took the lead when Oxlade-Chamberlain produced a good run before finishing into the bottom corner only eight minutes into his full European debut. Andre Santos then scored his first Arsenal goal to make it 2-0 after twenty minutes. Olympiacos pulled one back seven minutes later through David Fuster to set up the nervy affair. Both teams had chances to score but Arsenal held on to secure their first win of the campaign.
Marseille made it two wins from two with an impressive display against Borussia Dortmund. It was a contrasting night for the two Ayews; Andre broke the deadlock after twenty minutes before making it 3-0 from the penalty spot after sixty-nine minutes after Loic Remy had made it 2-0 seven minutes earlier. But Jordan Ayew came on as a substitute and received a second yellow in injury time to earn a suspension.
Group G: Possibly the two shocks of the night came in this group. In the earlier kick-off Zenit beat Porto in Russia. Porto did take the lead after ten minutes through James Rodriguez but that was cancelled out by Roman Shirokov ten minutes later. Jorge Fucile earnt a second yellow card before half-time, leaving Porto a man down in the second half. Zenit took full advantage with Shirokov making it 2-1 after sixty-three minutes before Danny sealed the victory eighteen minutes from the end.
After Apoel's shock victory over Zenit, they travelled to Donetsk and secured another point. Apoel did the take the lead through Ivan Trickovski just after the hour mark. But parity was restored when Jadson equalised three minutes later to give Donetsk their first point of the campaign.
Group H: This group went exactly as expected. AC Milan didn't really have any trouble against Plzen. But it did take a penalty from Ibrahimovic to break the deadlock eight minutes into the second half. Cassano wrapped it up after sixty-six minutes to seal the ominous victory.
BATE were completely blown apart by Barcelona. It all started going wrong after just twenty minutes when Aleksandr Volodko gave Barcelona the lead via an own goal, Pedro then made it 2-0 just two minutes later. Messi then added the third seven minutes before half-time before then making it four ten minutes after the restart. David Villa rounded the rout off in the injury time to make it 5-0 to Barcelona.
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
2011/2012 CL Round-Up: Matchday 2 Groups A-D
The second round of Champions League group stage matches has arrived and for the second time, neither Manchester club could find a win:
Group A: The drama before the big match at the Allianz Arena was that Tevez refused to play for Manchester City against Bayern Munich. It was all over before half-time as Munich dominated the game. They broke the deadlock after thirty-eight minutes when Hart parried a shot straight into the path of Mario Gomez who quite simply couldn't miss. Gomez then made it 2-0 before half-time to leave City still in search of their first ever Champions League win.
Napoli go second with an impressive win over Villarreal in their first ever Champions League home match. Marek Hamsik put Napoli ahead after just fourteen minutes before Edinson Cavani doubled the score from the penalty spot three minutes later. Villarreal are still to accumulate a point this campaign.
Group B: After losing their first game against Trabzonspor, Inter needed to win in a tough away match against CSKA Moscow. Lucio gave Inter the lead after six minutes before Giampaolo Pazzini made it 2-0 after twenty-three. Alan Dzagoev pulled a goal back for CSKA just before half-time and Vagner Love then equalised with thirteen minutes left. But there was parity for less than minute as former Birmingham star Mauro Zarate won the match for Inter.
Trabzonspor remain unbeaten in their first two Champions League ties. Lille were the visitors and it took them half an hour before Moussa Sow gave them the lead. Gustavo Colman equalised from the penalty spot with fifteen minutes left to give the Turks a point.
Group C: There was an extremely topsy turvy affair at Old Trafford as Manchester United went from comfortably in the lead to being a minute away from losing to Basle. Danny Welbeck was chosen as the lone striker due to notable injuries and he gave United the lead after sixteen minutes before then making it 2-0 just a minute later. United let Basle in far too often throughout the match and their defensive errors were paid for when Fabian Frei made it 2-1 thirteen minutes into the second half and then Alexander Frei equalised two minutes later. Alexnader Frei then gave Basle a 3-2 lead by converting a penalty with fourteen minutes remaining, Valencia brought Frei down to concede the spot-kick, But United's blushes were saved in injury time when Ashley Young headed home a Nani cross. United still to win in this year's campaign as Basle remain top on four points.
Benfica joined Basle on four points with a win over minnows Otelul Galati. The only goal of the game coming five minutes before half-time with Bruno Cesar giving Benfica the victory.
Group D: Lyon scored their first goals of the campaign with a win over Dinamo Zagreb. Bafetimbi Gomis gave Lyon the lead after twenty-three minutes before Bakary Kone rounded the match off three minutes before half-time. Zagreb are yet to score a goal or a point this campaign.
Ajax are also yet to score after a 3-0 defeat to Real Madrid. Ronaldo broke the deadlock after twenty-five minutes before Kaka double the score four minutes before half-time. Benzema rounded it off four minutes after restart to ensure Madrid's 100% start to this campaign
Group A: The drama before the big match at the Allianz Arena was that Tevez refused to play for Manchester City against Bayern Munich. It was all over before half-time as Munich dominated the game. They broke the deadlock after thirty-eight minutes when Hart parried a shot straight into the path of Mario Gomez who quite simply couldn't miss. Gomez then made it 2-0 before half-time to leave City still in search of their first ever Champions League win.
Napoli go second with an impressive win over Villarreal in their first ever Champions League home match. Marek Hamsik put Napoli ahead after just fourteen minutes before Edinson Cavani doubled the score from the penalty spot three minutes later. Villarreal are still to accumulate a point this campaign.
Group B: After losing their first game against Trabzonspor, Inter needed to win in a tough away match against CSKA Moscow. Lucio gave Inter the lead after six minutes before Giampaolo Pazzini made it 2-0 after twenty-three. Alan Dzagoev pulled a goal back for CSKA just before half-time and Vagner Love then equalised with thirteen minutes left. But there was parity for less than minute as former Birmingham star Mauro Zarate won the match for Inter.
Trabzonspor remain unbeaten in their first two Champions League ties. Lille were the visitors and it took them half an hour before Moussa Sow gave them the lead. Gustavo Colman equalised from the penalty spot with fifteen minutes left to give the Turks a point.
Group C: There was an extremely topsy turvy affair at Old Trafford as Manchester United went from comfortably in the lead to being a minute away from losing to Basle. Danny Welbeck was chosen as the lone striker due to notable injuries and he gave United the lead after sixteen minutes before then making it 2-0 just a minute later. United let Basle in far too often throughout the match and their defensive errors were paid for when Fabian Frei made it 2-1 thirteen minutes into the second half and then Alexander Frei equalised two minutes later. Alexnader Frei then gave Basle a 3-2 lead by converting a penalty with fourteen minutes remaining, Valencia brought Frei down to concede the spot-kick, But United's blushes were saved in injury time when Ashley Young headed home a Nani cross. United still to win in this year's campaign as Basle remain top on four points.
Benfica joined Basle on four points with a win over minnows Otelul Galati. The only goal of the game coming five minutes before half-time with Bruno Cesar giving Benfica the victory.
Group D: Lyon scored their first goals of the campaign with a win over Dinamo Zagreb. Bafetimbi Gomis gave Lyon the lead after twenty-three minutes before Bakary Kone rounded the match off three minutes before half-time. Zagreb are yet to score a goal or a point this campaign.
Ajax are also yet to score after a 3-0 defeat to Real Madrid. Ronaldo broke the deadlock after twenty-five minutes before Kaka double the score four minutes before half-time. Benzema rounded it off four minutes after restart to ensure Madrid's 100% start to this campaign
Monday, 26 September 2011
Norwich Leave Mackems Needing Mor, Villa Hadn't Dunne Enough
Norwich secured back to back wins with their first home victory of the season in tonight's edition of Monday Night Football. Sunderland were the visitors to Carrow Road and couldn't quite get their foot in the game during the first half. Norwich were able to take the lead just after the half hour mark when Leon Barnett finished off a slick attacking move. The second half was more of the same and Norwich pressed home their advantage by making it 2-0 just three minutes after the restart. Steve Morison heading home a lofted cross to open his Norwich account. Still Sunderland were sluggish to respond but Bendtner had a great chance to capitalise from a catalogue of defending errors but his narrow angled shot just clipped Ruddy before going well wide. Kieron Richardson did make it 2-1 with four minutes left to play when his diagonal long range effort nestled into the bottom corner. But Norwich held on with ten men as substitute James Vaughan was forced off with an ankle injury.
Meanwhile in yesterday's edition of Super Sunday, Aston Villa travelled to the capital to face QPR. Villa took the lead thirteen minutes into the second half when Bannan converted a dubious penalty. Agbonlahor went down easily from a slight Traore shirt tug and the referee gave it. QPR could have also had a penalty or two with Hutton looking seemingly guilty of handball on both occasions, but none were given. QPR did then get a slice of luck when Dunne put the ball in his own net in injury time to seal a draw. Traore was also then sent off in injury time for a second bookable offence and although Villa have drew more games than they've won, they still remain unbeaten.
Meanwhile in yesterday's edition of Super Sunday, Aston Villa travelled to the capital to face QPR. Villa took the lead thirteen minutes into the second half when Bannan converted a dubious penalty. Agbonlahor went down easily from a slight Traore shirt tug and the referee gave it. QPR could have also had a penalty or two with Hutton looking seemingly guilty of handball on both occasions, but none were given. QPR did then get a slice of luck when Dunne put the ball in his own net in injury time to seal a draw. Traore was also then sent off in injury time for a second bookable offence and although Villa have drew more games than they've won, they still remain unbeaten.
One Point Away
Sebastien Vettel secured another straight forward victory to put himself just one point away from winning the Drivers' Championship. It was virtually a repeat of Monza as the action behind Vettel was nail biting from start to finish. It could have slightly different as Button started to catch him towards the end but it was too little to late as traffic compromised any chances of a last lap shoot-out.
Not for the first time this season, Hamilton had the most eventful race. It had started in qualifying when by suffering a puncture in one of his super soft tyres, therefore losing a set for the race. The McLaren then had a poor start in the race as he dropped to eighth but was able to push past Schumacher and Rosberg a lot easier than in Monza. He then ended Massa's race, not for the first time, by cutting in to early and puncturing the Ferrari's right rear tyre, Hamilton suffered major front wing damage. Fortunately Massa was able to continue and finish in the points, but not as high as he would have liked.
Hamilton received yet another drive through penalty for his conduct and came back out in twentieth place. Hamilton was helped though on lap twenty-nine when Schumacher misjudged Perez's braking zone and flew over the top before crashing into the barrier. Fortunately no-one was injured and the Safety Car had to be deployed.
After the Safety Car, Vettel had soon rebuilt his impressive lead over the rest of the pack. Hamilton was able to make it back to fifth with Di Resta producing a fantastic race to finish sixth. Result in full:
1.Vettel (Red Bull), 2.Button (McLaren), 3.Webber (Red Bull), 4.Alonso (Ferrari), 5.Hamilton (McLaren), 6.Di Resta (Force India), 7.Rosberg (Mercedes), 8.Sutil (Force India), 9.Massa (Ferrari), 10.Perez (Sauber), 11.Maldonado (Williams), 12.Buemi (Toro Rosso), 13.Barrichello (Williams), 14.Kobayashi (Sauber), 15.Senna (Renault), 16.Kovalainen (Lotus), 17.Petrov (Renault), 18.D'Ambrosio (Virgin), 19.Ricciardo (Hispania), 20.Liuzzi (Hispania) DNF: Glock (Virgin, suspension failure lap 9), Schumacher (Mercedes, crash lap 28), Trulli (Lotus, mechanical failure lap 47), Alguersuari (Toro Rosso, crash lap 56)
Not for the first time this season, Hamilton had the most eventful race. It had started in qualifying when by suffering a puncture in one of his super soft tyres, therefore losing a set for the race. The McLaren then had a poor start in the race as he dropped to eighth but was able to push past Schumacher and Rosberg a lot easier than in Monza. He then ended Massa's race, not for the first time, by cutting in to early and puncturing the Ferrari's right rear tyre, Hamilton suffered major front wing damage. Fortunately Massa was able to continue and finish in the points, but not as high as he would have liked.
Hamilton received yet another drive through penalty for his conduct and came back out in twentieth place. Hamilton was helped though on lap twenty-nine when Schumacher misjudged Perez's braking zone and flew over the top before crashing into the barrier. Fortunately no-one was injured and the Safety Car had to be deployed.
After the Safety Car, Vettel had soon rebuilt his impressive lead over the rest of the pack. Hamilton was able to make it back to fifth with Di Resta producing a fantastic race to finish sixth. Result in full:
1.Vettel (Red Bull), 2.Button (McLaren), 3.Webber (Red Bull), 4.Alonso (Ferrari), 5.Hamilton (McLaren), 6.Di Resta (Force India), 7.Rosberg (Mercedes), 8.Sutil (Force India), 9.Massa (Ferrari), 10.Perez (Sauber), 11.Maldonado (Williams), 12.Buemi (Toro Rosso), 13.Barrichello (Williams), 14.Kobayashi (Sauber), 15.Senna (Renault), 16.Kovalainen (Lotus), 17.Petrov (Renault), 18.D'Ambrosio (Virgin), 19.Ricciardo (Hispania), 20.Liuzzi (Hispania) DNF: Glock (Virgin, suspension failure lap 9), Schumacher (Mercedes, crash lap 28), Trulli (Lotus, mechanical failure lap 47), Alguersuari (Toro Rosso, crash lap 56)
Forty Year-Old World Champion
Greg Hancock finalised his Wrold Champion status on Saturday in the 2011 Speedway GP series' penultimate meeting of the season. The tenth meeting was held in Gorican, Croatia and was won by Andreas Jonsson. If the Swede had started the season as well as he's finishing it, Hancock would have had a bigger challenge on his hands. Britain's Chris Harris finally had a decent meeting, making it to the final and scoring a point more than Jonsson. Lindgren also made it to the final despite only winning one of his heats but Hancock secured another final to guarantee his World Championship.
With just one meeting remaining, Hancock can relax while he currently stands on 154 points. Jonsson has now made it to second on 118 with Hampel just a point behind, making it an interesting final battle for second. Crump sits fourth on 104 while Gollob has now been caught up by Sayfutdinov as they both have 98 points. Bjerre is just a point behind and Harris has now made it into the top eight, which would secure him a place in next season's GP series, on 95 points.
With just one meeting remaining, Hancock can relax while he currently stands on 154 points. Jonsson has now made it to second on 118 with Hampel just a point behind, making it an interesting final battle for second. Crump sits fourth on 104 while Gollob has now been caught up by Sayfutdinov as they both have 98 points. Bjerre is just a point behind and Harris has now made it into the top eight, which would secure him a place in next season's GP series, on 95 points.
Sunday, 25 September 2011
PL Round-Up 24/09/11
Man City 2-0 Everton: The lunch time kick-off was a very tight affair with Everton defending well for most of the match. Substitute Balotelli's shot deflected of Jagielka to break the deadlock after sixty-eight minutes. Another substitute, James Milner, finished the game off in the final minute of normal time.
Liverpool 2-1 Wolves: Roger Johnson gave Liverpool by inadvertently heading a Charlie Adam shot past his own keeper after eleven minutes. Suarez made it 2-0 after thirty-eight minutes before Steven Fletcher pulled one back for Wolves four minutes into the second half.
Arsenal 3-0 Bolton: Arsenal look to be back on track with this convincing win. Van Persie opened the scoring just a minute into the second half. Bolton were reduced to ten men when Wheater pulled Walcott back as last man in a goal scoring opportunity. Arsenal took full advantage and Van Persie scored his 100th Arsenal goal nineteen minutes from time, Song finished it off in the final minute.
Wigan 1-2 Tottenham: Spurs took the lead after just three minutes when Van der Vaart finished off a good passing move. Bale then made it 2-0 from a Modric corner after twenty-three minutes before Diame pulled one back five minutes into the second half. Any comeback hopes were dashed when Gohouri received his second yellow card after sixty-three minutes for tripping Bale.
Newcastle 3-1 Blackburn: Newcastle remain as one of four sides to be unbeaten this season. Demba Ba scored his first Toon goal after twenty-seven minutes before then making it 2-0 just three minutes later. Hoilett pulled a goal back for Blackburn after thirty-seven minutes before Ba scored his hat-trick nine minutes into the second half. Blackburn's Olsson received his marching orders after a second silly yellow card on sixty-nine minutes, his first was for dissent and his second was for an obvious trip.
Chelsea 4-1 Swansea: Torres made it two goals in two games to break the deadlock after twenty-nine minutes. Ramires made it 2-0 after thirty-six before Torres was shown a straight red for a two footed lunge. It didn't stop Chelsea as Ramires scored his second fourteen minutes from the end. Swansea scored their first away goal and a consolation through Ashley Williams four minutes from the end, but the three goal cushion was restored with a injury time goal from the returning Drogba.
Stoke 1-1 Man Utd: United's 100% start comes to an end in a feisty match at the Britannia. Rooney sustained a hamstring injury in training and Evans injured his foot in the warm-up. Hernandez was able to start despite last week's ankle injury but his night was over after three minutes when Woodgate pushed him in the box and the Mexican collided with Begovic. No penalty was given. Nani gave United the lead after twenty-six minutes with a brilliant piece of individual skill. Stoke equalised seven minutes into the second half when Jones lost Crouch, allowing the striker to head home from five yards. Crouch could have won the game with two fantastic chances, but United maybe should have had a penalty for handball but nothing was given. A draw was a fair result in the end.
West Brom 0-0 Fulham: Both teams hit the wood work but neither could break the deadlock in this decent 0-0 draw.
Liverpool 2-1 Wolves: Roger Johnson gave Liverpool by inadvertently heading a Charlie Adam shot past his own keeper after eleven minutes. Suarez made it 2-0 after thirty-eight minutes before Steven Fletcher pulled one back for Wolves four minutes into the second half.
Arsenal 3-0 Bolton: Arsenal look to be back on track with this convincing win. Van Persie opened the scoring just a minute into the second half. Bolton were reduced to ten men when Wheater pulled Walcott back as last man in a goal scoring opportunity. Arsenal took full advantage and Van Persie scored his 100th Arsenal goal nineteen minutes from time, Song finished it off in the final minute.
Wigan 1-2 Tottenham: Spurs took the lead after just three minutes when Van der Vaart finished off a good passing move. Bale then made it 2-0 from a Modric corner after twenty-three minutes before Diame pulled one back five minutes into the second half. Any comeback hopes were dashed when Gohouri received his second yellow card after sixty-three minutes for tripping Bale.
Newcastle 3-1 Blackburn: Newcastle remain as one of four sides to be unbeaten this season. Demba Ba scored his first Toon goal after twenty-seven minutes before then making it 2-0 just three minutes later. Hoilett pulled a goal back for Blackburn after thirty-seven minutes before Ba scored his hat-trick nine minutes into the second half. Blackburn's Olsson received his marching orders after a second silly yellow card on sixty-nine minutes, his first was for dissent and his second was for an obvious trip.
Chelsea 4-1 Swansea: Torres made it two goals in two games to break the deadlock after twenty-nine minutes. Ramires made it 2-0 after thirty-six before Torres was shown a straight red for a two footed lunge. It didn't stop Chelsea as Ramires scored his second fourteen minutes from the end. Swansea scored their first away goal and a consolation through Ashley Williams four minutes from the end, but the three goal cushion was restored with a injury time goal from the returning Drogba.
Stoke 1-1 Man Utd: United's 100% start comes to an end in a feisty match at the Britannia. Rooney sustained a hamstring injury in training and Evans injured his foot in the warm-up. Hernandez was able to start despite last week's ankle injury but his night was over after three minutes when Woodgate pushed him in the box and the Mexican collided with Begovic. No penalty was given. Nani gave United the lead after twenty-six minutes with a brilliant piece of individual skill. Stoke equalised seven minutes into the second half when Jones lost Crouch, allowing the striker to head home from five yards. Crouch could have won the game with two fantastic chances, but United maybe should have had a penalty for handball but nothing was given. A draw was a fair result in the end.
West Brom 0-0 Fulham: Both teams hit the wood work but neither could break the deadlock in this decent 0-0 draw.
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