Sunday, February 13, 2011

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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