Arsenal celebrated their 125th Anniversary in style as Robin Van Persie scored a wonder goal. Chances from Walcott, Gervinho and Ramsey could have put The Gunners 1-0 up! On 70 minutes, Song chipped the ball over the Toffee defenders and Van Persie scored a volley very similar to the one he scored against Charlton in 2006.
Last night for the first time in 5 years, Barcelona were the underdogs. And it showed when a big mistake from Víctor Valdes gave Madrid the lead on 23 seconds! (The fastest La Liga goal ever!) The Catalans responded when Alexis Sanchez scored a great goal on 40 minutes. An own goal from Marcelo and a great header from Fabregas sealed the win for Barca.
Fergie's Utd went out of the Champions League and into the Europa League for the first time since 2005 when they got defeated by the Swiss Champions. Goals from Streller and Frei seed out the victory for Basel despite a late consolation goal from Phil Jones.
Manchester City went out of the Champions League last night, but they went out fighting! Despite winning against 2009 Champions League finalist's, they went out needing Napoli to lose against Villarreal. The Spanish side did not succeed. Goals from Silva and Yaya Touré gave City hope. But it didn't come.
Arsene Wenger put out a weakened side when they met Olympiacos at the Karaiskakis Stadium. First half goals from Djebbour and Fuster put The Greeks 2-0 up. Then a terrific volley from Yossi Benayoun reduced the deficit to 1 goal. But in the 89th minute Modesto scored into the empty net after it hit the post.
Phil Jones scored his first senior goal in football when The Red Devils played The Claret & Blue at Villa Park. A great volley from the new Man Utd defender. Shay Given went off injured in the first half. Guzan came on as his replacement. A header from James Collins in the second half tested Man Utd, but they were always in control.
Arsenal went above Liverpool to 5th after their demolition job at the DW Satdium. Horrible defending from Wigan made them pay as Mikel Arteta and Thomas Vermaelen scored for The Gunners in the space of 2 minutes! Second half goals from Gervinho and Van Persie rounded off a comfortable afternoon in Wigan.
The Eagles vs The Red Devils wasn't going to be any contest. But Crystal Palace shocked the world when they beat the mighty Manchester United 2-1 at Old Trafford. Palace hadn't scored in 8 hours of football, but Darren Ambrose scored a absolute screamer!!! But 3 minutes later Federico Macheda scored a calm penalty. But 8 minutes into extra-time, Glenn Murray sealed the win with a brilliant header.
In the space of 10 days, Chelsea had to play Liverpool again in the Carlin Cup quarter-finals!!! Liverpool beat The Blues 1-0 10 days ago. Maxi Rodriguez who scored last 2 weeks ago, scored again in the second half. 5 minutes later, youngster Martin Kelly scored. After that, everyone inside Stamford Bridge knew it was over and quickly headed for the exit.
Arsenal, who were last year's runners-up lost out to Man City in the quarter-finals on Wednesday night. Pantilimon made some stunning saves in the first half to keep out Ju-Young Park and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. But the breakthrough came from a stunning counter-attack from The Citizens finished by star-man Sergio Aguero.
City continue their 5 point gap with their 1-1 draw with Liverpool yesterday afternoon. Goals from Vincent Kompany and a Joleon Lescott own-goal show their condolences to Gary Speed who passed away that morning. Craig Bellamy, a great friend of Speed did not feature as he was too emotional. Right at the end, Carroll came off the bench and he was likely to score, but Joe Hart had other things on his mind. Carroll's header was flying into the top corner and Hart tipped it away with his fingers. A great finish to a game
Hours after they had discovered their national manager had died, Swansea had to continue their match with Aston Villa at Liberty Stadium, Swansea. After a 1 minute silence, Shay Given went back to his goal in tears. This picture will go one forever. Given then made a terrific save right at the end to show his condolences to Gary Speed.
Yesterday morning the world did not just lose a great footballer, we lost a great man. Known for his playing career with Leeds, Everton, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers and Wales, he scored 110 goals in all of his career. He left his playing career to join Sheffield United as manager, but only lasted a few games. He then joined his national team Wales as manager. Speed made a big difference to Wales FIFA Rankings. He came into the job when they were ranked 117!!!!!!!! But at the moment they are ranked 50! Gary Speed was a great player and manager. The world of football will never forget him.
Two goals from Vermaelen at each end saw Arsenal escape from a devastating defeat. Fulham took the lead thanks to a Thomas Vermaelen own-goal. But in the 81st minute Thomas Vermaelen ran up the field during a Gunners attack and smashed a header past Mark Schwarzer to score his 10th goal in Arsenal colours.
An another ''Baby Kanu'' day inspired Spurs as Adebayor scored twice to beat The Baggies 3-1 at The Hawthorns. West Brom took the lead after 10 minutes when Mulumbu headed in a lovely West Brom attack. Before the second half Spurs were given a penalty. Adebayor missed, but scored the rebound. In the second half a great long-ranged effort from Jermain Defoe flew into the bottom left-hand corner! In the 90+3 minute Adebayor wrapped up his second with a neat finish. Spurs go 3rd!
Newcastle showed bravery at Old Trafford when they fought for a 1-1 draw with The Red Devils! Big chances for Wayne Rooney and Demba Ba in the first half made everyone knew that this would be some exciting match. Javier Hernandez opened the scoring 4 minutes into the second half. But 15 minutes later Demba Ba scored from the penalty spot followed by a Rio Ferdinand tackle that was clean!
Chelsea went back to winning ways when they beat Wolves at Stamford Bridge. First half goals from ''The Captain'' John Terry, Daniel Sturridge and Juan Mata was enough to settle the match. Young Irishman Anthony Forde came on in the second half. Mick McCarthy believes he will be a future star.
Arsenal was the first English side to qualify with a game to spare last night with their 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund. Two goals in the second half from Robin Van Persie assured qualification for The Gunners!!!! A late consolation goal from Kagawa didn't trouble Arsenal.
Manchester City's qualification hopes of their first year in the Champions League is hanging by a thread when they lost 2-1 to Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo. Goals from star man Edinson Cavani won the match for Azzuri.
The Red Devils qualification hangs in the balance after their 2-2 draw with Benfica at Old Trafford. Phil Jones got his first goal for United, except it was an own-goal. It wasn't soon after Man Utd equalized with a Dimitar Berbatov header. In the 59th minute Darren Fletcher, the Scot, put The Devils 2-1 up. But 80 seconds later Aimar scored for Encarnados.
Liverpool have now beaten Chelsea twice at Stamford Bridge in a year. Chelsea have also lost 2 consecutive home matches. Liverpool opened the scoring with Maxi Rodriguez in the 34th minute. Sturridge then scored in the second half after coming on as a substitute. But in the 87th minute, former Chelsea man Glen Johnson scored after a terrific piece of skill. What a win for The Reds!
Van Persie's goal
