Week 10 of Barclay's Premier League

News
Manchester United has added to their lead bringing it to 69 points
Arsenal has added three additional points bringing their total to 62
Chelsea has moved up to third place with 58 points
Manchester City has moved down to forth with 56 points
Tottenham has earned three more points bringing their total to 53
Liverpool is still in sixth place with 45 points


Highlights
Malouda was the solo scorer for Chelsea in their match against Wigan Athletic on Saturday 9, 2011.  His goal with only 23 minutes remaining brought his team up the leader board to third place.  Manchester City unfortunately was moved down to forth place.

Everyone knows - the manager, the players - that we are playing to save our season - Yossi Benayoun

Michael Carrick and Mark Giggs were the main players that took the victory against Chelsea in the first quarter-final leg of the Champions League.  Manchester United's victory has proven they are the team to beat this year. 

Liverpool's bad play could be due to their captain being injured. Steven Gerrard has recently undergone surgery on his groin and will most likely be out of play for the rest of the season.  This includes the Champions League.

All previous games in the Barclay's Premier League were leading up the Champions League.  The top six point leaders will have the opportunity to qualify for the Champions League.

Week 9 of Barclay's Premier League

News 

Manchester United has earned 3 additional points bringing their lead to 66

Arsenal has added 1 more points bringing their total to 59

Manchester City has moved up to third place with 56 points

Chelsea has stepped down to forth with 55 points

Tottenham is holding strong in fifth place with 50 points

Liverpool is still in the race with 45 points

Highlights
Tottenham has lost an important player due to a knee injury.  Alan Hutton tore the cartilage in his knee on Thursday.  There is speculation he won't be able to play for the rest of the season. 

There were more than 49,000 people in attendance at St. James Park to watch Newcastle United vs. Wolverhamton Wanders.  Both teams earned several yellow cards (fouls).  The scorers for Newcastle were Nolan, Ameobi, Lovenkrands, Gutierrez. And the solo scorer for Wolverhamton was Ebanks-Blake.

"I think we played very well. It was a very difficult game but we started fantastically. I think all the players played very well, and pressed from the first minute. Mario (Balotelli) and Carlos (Tevez) worked when we lost the ball which was very important. In the last 25 days we played every three days which was the problem. But now we have recovered all the players (from injury). Our target from the start of the season was the Champions League." - Roberto Mancini, Manager for Manchester City

"We were certainly nowhere near good enough and second best all afternoon. Manchester City were very good but we have got to do a lot better than what we did today. It disappointed me. I don't want to make any excuses, we were second best in all departments. We have got to dig deep, pull our socks up and get ready for the challenge of the next seven games." - Steve Bruce, Manager for Sunderland

Bobby Zumora has been out of play this season due to injury.  The 30-year-old player has recovered and showed his skills against Blackpool on Sunday by scoring 2 goals for his team.  This is Fulhams fifth home win in six matches.

There were more than 60,000 people in attendance at Emirates Stadium to watch Arsenal vs. Blackburn Rovers. Both teams suffered from a yellow card.  However, Rovers player, Steven Nzonzi earned his team a red card (kicked out of the game). Both teams were unable to score a goal.

Liverpool couldn't manage to acquire the momentum needed to beat West Bromwich Albion.  Six minutes into the match Glen Johnson pulled a hampstring and was replaced by Sotirios Kyrgiako.  Later in the match the club suffered from yet another injury.  This time is was Agger.  He was replaced by Danny Wilson after hobbling off the pitch.

Scores

West Ham United 2-4 Manchester United

Birmingham City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

Everton 2-2 Aston Villa

Newcastle United 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Stroke City 1-1 Chelsea

West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Liverpool

Wigan Athletic 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Arsenal 0-0 Blackburn Rovers

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Week 8 of Barclay's Premier League

News

Manchester United is still at the top of the leader-board with 63 overall points

Arsenal is currently in second place with 58 points

Chelsea has moved up to third place with a total to 54 points

Manchester City has stepped down to forth place with 53 points

Tottenham is still in fifth place with 49 points

Liverpool is still in sixth place with 45 points

Highlights
The Premier League is traveling around on a tour promoting the new championship trophy and more than 5,000 people were in attendance at Abu Dhabi. Learn more.

Manchester United's coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, will recall his loanees this summer in hope of gaining an advantage over his opponents.  They include Danny Welbeck, Tom Clevery and Federico Macheda. "They will come back into the first squad and they will get plenty of games next season" - Sir Alex Ferguson

Kevin Doyle suffered a severe  knees injury and could possibly be out of commission for the rest of the season. Wolvenhampton Wanders is missing an important player and it will be exciting to see if they can bounce back as a team.

Lucas Piazon, a Brazilian teenager has recently been signed to Chelsea. However, he will not arrive in Stamford Bridge until 9 months from now. 

Manchester United is pleased to hear that Danny Welbeck plans on playing for the club in the near future.  Welbeck has been a terrific asset to Sunderland this present season.

Week 7 of Barclays Premier League

News

Manchester United has gained three points bringing their total to 63.

Arsenal is holding strong in second place with 58 points.

Manchester City is still in third with 53 overall points.

Chelsea is still holding strong in fourth with 51 points.

Tottenham has added one more point bringing thier totatl to 49.

Liverpool is still in the race in sixth place with 45 points.

Highlights

The Stadium of Lights sold out during the match of Sunderland vs. Liverpool with with 47,207 people in attendance. Luis Suarez, a striker for Liverpool, scored a goal with 13 minutes remaining in the match to win. Mensah, player for Sunderland was given a red card (exjected from the game), for slamming into Suarez with only nine minutes left in the match. The ending score was Liverpool 2, Sunderland 0.

Everton beat Fulham 2-1 on March 19, in Goodison Park.  Dempsey  managed to score a goal for Fulham but it was not enough to stop Everton from winning the match.  Saha was tapped a free kick and struck it low through a defensive wall to give his team the victory.

Arsenal could only add one points to their total score after a match against West Bromwich Albion.  Arsenal came back to tie the match after being down by two goals. The team also suffered three yellow cards trying to do so.  Albion on the other hand only suffered one yellow card (foul, allowed two before being ejected from the match). The ending score was 2-2.

There were more than 75 thousand people in attendace at Old Trafford stadium to witness Manchester United vs.Bolton Wanderers.  Manchester United secured the victory, with the help of Bervatov's goal.  Evans was kicked out of the match because of a red card. This win has added three more points to Man Chest's score, keeping them way ahead in the leader board. 

Scores

Sunderland 0-2 Liverpool

Everton 2-1 Fulham

West Brom Albion 2-2 Arsenal

Manchester United  -0 Bolton Wanderers

Wigan Athletic 2-1 Birminghmam City

Stroke City 4-0 Newcastle

Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Blackpool

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Week 6 of Barclay's Premier League

News

Manchester is still holding onto the lead with 60 overall points.

Arsenal  earned another point making their total 57 keeping them in second.

Manchester City has earned three more points in the last two weeks bringing their total to 53 points.

Chelsea has moved up the ladder to forth place by earning six additional points bringing their total to 51.

Tottenham moved down to fifth place with a total of 48 points.

Highlights

During the game of Arsenal vs. Sunderland, both teams earned three yellow cards (fouls).  Neither team could manage a goal and the ending score was 

 0-0.  Their were 60,081 in attendance at Emirates Stadium.

 

 Chelsea vs. Manchester United.

"It was a good performance. We played well. It was a difficult game against a team who played really well. We kept going and played well in the second half. We used strength, power and intensity. In the middle of the first half they were able to play easily, and we were in difficulties. But we came back well and the second-half was good."- Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea's Manager.

 

"We defended badly on the first goal, that was a bad one to lose. The penalty was soft. But we played very well. I thought it was a great performance by us, and we didn't deserve that. I'm proud of my players who have done their best, created chances and played good football. They didn't deserve that."- Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United's Manager.

Manchester United has yet to win in the last four matches since their $50 million euro purchase of Fernando Torres from Liverpool.  "It's important to understand the style of football your team is playing, how you are involved in the system and everything," Torres said.  "This always takes some time. But, I think, once you get it, everything becomes much easier. The important thing is to have different options in the way you play."

Week 4 Barclay's Premier League

News

Manchester United is still in first place with 60 overall points.  

Arsenal is close behind with 56 points. 

Manchester City is currently in third with 50 points.

Tottenham is in forth with 47 points.

Chelsea is trailing behind  in fifth place with 45 points.

Highlights

Liverpool's lost against West Ham United  might keep the team out of  the Champion's league.  Scott  Parker, Demba Ba, and Carlton Cole  each scored a goal against Liverpool.

Wolverhampton Wanders took themselves out of the bottom three with a  win over Blackpool.  Campell and Stearman bumped against each other while fighting for ball possession. Campell shoved Stearman in the face and earned Blackpool a red card. 

 

Jermaine Beckford led Everton  to a 2 goal victory against Sunderland. Three weeks ago Louis Saha scored 4 goals against Sunderland but could not play this week due to a hamstring injury.

Scores

Manchester United 1-1 Fulham

West Ham United 3 - 1 Liverpool

Wolverhampton 4 - Blackpool

Everton 2 - 0 Blackpool

Newcastle United 1 - Bolton Wanders

Aston Villa 4 - 1 Blackburn   

Wigan Athletic 0 - 4 Manchester United 

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Week 3 of Barclay's Premier League and Beginning of Champions League

News

Aduriz will be out of action for four weeks due to an ankle injury. Valencia will have to step up there momentum loosing one of their best strikers.

Chelsea is currently in fifth place after Mondays performance. Chelsea player, Lampard said, "I hate putting one above the other but having won three Premier League titles, the Champions League is the one to win." He expects too see a good season from his team.

Manchester has earned 14 points out of a possible 18 points.  The team's confidence level is extremely high and they expect to reach the Champion League quarter-finals with no problem.

Highlights

Newcastle United suffered 3 yellow cards against Birmingham City, who only earned 1 yellow card. 

Scores

Chelsea and Fulham tied 0 to 0

Birmingham City lost to Newcastle United 0 to 2

West Bromwich Albion tied Wolverhampton 1 to 1

Arsenal tied Leyton Orient 1 to 1

Fulham lost to Bolton 1 to 0

Manchester City beat Notts County 5 to 0

Barcelona won against Athletic Bilbao 2 to 1

Genoa won against As Roma 4 to 3

AC Milan beat Chievo 2 to 1

Lecce beat Juventus 2 to1

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Second Week of Soccer in Feburary 2011

Plenty of upsets in this week of soccer from the Barclay's Premier League.

News

Manchester United is still at the top of the leader-board with 57 overall points.  Arsenal is in second place with 53 points.  And Manchester City is in third place with 49 overall points.

Liverpool's 5 game winning streak was cut short with a game finish of 1 to 1, against Wigan Athletic.

Highlights

With only 12 minutes left in the match, Rooney brought Manchester United in the lead against Manchester City with an over head goal kick.  This goal brought the ending score of 2 to 1.

Van Persie struck the first goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the first 16 minutes of the match.  He managed to connect with the ball from a horizontal position. Tempo began to slow down after Van Persie and Walcott executed a two on one play against Berra, leaving Van Persie with his second goal of the match. 

The match between Aston Villa and Blackpool was no shy of penalties. Makoun received a red card and yound earned a yellow card for Aston Villa. Baptiste and Evatt both earned yellow cards for Blackpool. The final score was 1 to 1.

Scores

Manchester United won against Manchester City 2 to 1

Arsenal son against Wolverhaptom Wanders 2 to 1

Birimgham City won agaisnt Stroke City 1 to 0

Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United tied 0 to 0

Blackpool tied Aston Villa 1 to 1

Liverpool tied Wigan Atheltic 1 to 1

West Bromwich Albion tied West Ham United 3 to 3

Tottenham Hotspur won against Sunderland 2 to 1

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First Week of soccer in Feburary 2011

Another Exciting week of soccer from the Barclay's Premier League. A good way to start the month of February.

News

Chelsea bought Fernando Torres from Liverpool for 95 million Euro. By being traded to Chelsea, Torres will earn 175,000 Euro a week for 5 years. 

Highlights

Even with Manchester United’s lost to Wolverhampton, the team is still in first on the leaderboard with 54 overall points.  Second in the lead is Arsenal with 50 overall points; followed by Manchester City with 44 points and Chelsea with forty-four points.

Carlos Tevez scored 2 goals in the first 45 minutes of the game. One goal set up by David Silva and another by penalty shot.

Van Persy’s goal for Arsenal created a huge amount over momentum for the team.  Vabrigas ended the half with a second goal over Chelsea.

Wolverhamptom’s strikers were able to outwit Manchester United’s defense with 2 goals. Nikola Zigic headed in a cross kick from Sebastian Larsson.

Scores

Liverpool won against Chelsea                                       1 to 0

Birmingham City won over West Ham United                 1 to 0

Wolverhampton won over Manchester United                2 to 0

Wigan Athletic won over Blackburn                               4 to 3

Stroke City won against Sunderland                               4 to 3

Manchester City beat West Bromwich Albion                3 to 0

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Next week of play will surely be more trilling than the last.