De Futebol
February 11th, 2010 | 
Author: We will find out how the race for the top spots will shake out after Wednesday’s play in the EPL.
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On Tuesday Man City took care of business by shutting out Bolton 2-0. Tevez ripped the twines in the 31st minute on a well-placed PK. Adebayor netted a goal in the 73rd minute.
This win keeps City in touch for the race for the final Champions League slot.
City has 44 points.
Let’s get to the good stuff. Man U and Aston Villa are tied one all at half. Villa found the back of the net first in the 19th minute. The Red Devils “D” fell asleep on a corner kick. Man U miss played an easy ball that allowed Villa’s Carlos Cuellar to noodle home the winner.
The Red Devils found the answer in the 23rd minute. Nani fired a wicked crossing ball into the box. Giggs gathered that puppy in from just outside the left post. Giggs fired. Whamo, bamo, the ball slams off of Villa defender James Collins. It’s in the back of the net. Own goal by Collins. It’s all knotted at one all.
Nani makes a really stupid move in the 29th minute. He makes a dumb challenge on a ball in the Villa offensive end of the pitch. Nani attacked the ball low with studs up and the ref gave him the heave-hoe.
I think it should have been a yellow but I can see why the ref gave him the red.
This could be the match changer. Time will tell.
There are forty-five minutes left.
Chelsea and Bolton are one all at the half. The Blues have had a ton of trouble on the road.
Liverpool and my Gunners are tied zero-zero at the break.
Arsenal’s Bendtner had the best scoring opportunity of the match in the 26th minute. He just could not pull the trigger. This could come back and bit us in the butt. We will see.
Finally we scored. After several near misses and bad finishing skills, Abou Diaby nailed the header in the 72nd minute. Rosicky set up the goal with sublime cross.
Arsenal is up 1-0.
Man U and Aston Villa are still deadlocked at one all. The Red Devils have had most of the possession in the second half. Man U just missed on at least three scoring chances. All of them were by Wayne Rooney.
Not bad for being a man down.
Chelsea and Everton are tied at one all as well.
It is all over but the shouting. Man U hangs on to tie Aston Villa at Villa Park one all.
This is a huge result. The Red Devils were able to take it to Villa throughout most of the second half.
Yes, it is all over. Arsenal beats Liverpool 1-0.
A huge way to garoto to the guys at Arsenal.
This was a huge three points.
Everton went ahead of Chelsea 2-1 in the 75th minute. Louis Saha rifled a shot dead center of the box. This shot ripped the twines.
Saha has hit for the daily double for the Wanderers. Louis Saha scored in the 33rd minute. He had a chance for the hat trick but Saha missed a gimmie PK in the 45th minute.
Landon Donovan was clearly tackled in the box.
I hope you doubting Gunners fans like apples.
Chelsea lost on the road to Bolton 2-1.
How do you like them apples?
Ain’t it great.
It is still a race for the EPL title after all. All you Gunners nay sayers who were saying it was all over are flat out wrong.
Especially you Frank Lampard who said Arsenal, you are dead in the water.
Not so, fast bucko.
Tottenham lost to Wolves 1-0.
West Ham shut out Birmingham 2-0.
The smoke has cleared.
Chelsea is still first place with 58 points. Man U is second with 57. Arsenal is third with 52. Both Liverpool and Man City have 44 points but the Reds have a better goal difference than City. Liverpool is in fourth place with a plus 16 while City is in fifth place with a plus 15.
Spurs are sixth with 43 points.
Oh what a crazy day.
You gotta love it.
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Arsenal’s problems were of their own making. Ill prepared poor mental and physical effort all-round. And deservedly so they were beaten in their most recent meeting. Now comes the hard part for them and that’s to catch both Utd and Chelsea in the standings.
Yes, this is true. The Gunners made amends by beating Liverpool 1-0. Man U out played Villa. Rooney had three great scoring opps. Chelsa lost on the road. The race is on. The EPL champ will have the best road record. Championships are won on the road.
Well Bobby
They made amends and now the question one has to ask is whether or not they can maintain that momentum ? If they can, then things ought to augur well for the team. If not , then they could be in for some very trying times now and in the off season.
With the win over Liverpool the Gunners are squarely back into the title hunt. Most media idiots and Chelsea players were flat out wrong. They became full of themselves. Let’s see how these things will play out. I still think the EPL will be a horse race until the final match of the season. Chelsea head man basically said the same thing. I think he was shocked the Blues lost to Bolton. Remember this, the Blues, Man U and the Gunners have a hard time on the road. The title will be won by the team with the best road record. I love it.
First of all cheerz BobbyGee for the new domain name and a new feel to the blog.
COming to EPL, nice to see the Gunners manage a win which in truth they badly needed after two successive defeats. Chelsea lost to Everton, and United drew 1-1, where a win would have seen them leaders, but never mind, this is setting up to be one hell of a finish as the teams battle out the title.