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Old Trafford is the site for the clash of the Titans. Man U and Chelsea do battle on this fine Saturday.

Joe Cole nailed the winner in 20^th minute to give the Blues the early 1-0 lead.

Man U came out smoking in the second half but the Red Devils could not find the back of the net.

Didier Drogba nailed the match winner in the 79^th minute.

Yes Drogba was clearly off sides but the ref said no way baby.

The goal stands.

There was no quit in the Man U dog.

Federico Macheda nailed a great shot in the 81^st minute to make this sucker close at 2-1.

Two-second half goals and two huge question marks. One was clearly off sides and the other a possible handball.

Chelsea has hung on to beat Man U 2-1.

Chelsea has swept the Red Devils this year.

Chelsea is now in sole possession of first place in the EPL.

Chelsea has 74 points.

Man U has 72.

The Red Devils clearly were not at full strength.

The Wayne Man was out. Without Rooney Man U stinks.

This harsh but it is the truth.

Chelsea dominated in the first half.

The Red Devils applied the pressure in the second half but they couldn’t crack the code.

Rooney was the missing link.

Dimitar Berbatov had four great scoring chances. He blew them big time.

Man U has now seven losses on the season. The mighty men of Old Trafford have two home losses.

Is this a dagger to the heart of Man U’s dreams of a four peat?

Time will tell.

There are five matches left.

Did the Champions League mid week tussle with Bayern Munich take the wind of the Red Devils sails?

Yes. Rooney went down

Ouch, that hurts.

My Gunners escaped by the hair of their chinny chin-chin when Nicholas Bendtner knocked home the winner in the dying moments (90^th minute) of the match to lift Arsenal past a very scrappy Wolverhampton 1-0 at our house Emirates.

Bendtner’s goal saved our title chances.

If this baby ended in a tie, we could have kissed our title hopes bye-bye.

The shocker of the day was Sunderland taking it to Tottenham 3-1.

This was a classic ass kicking.

Before the Spurs could catch their breath, the Black Cats were up 2-nil.

Sunderland missed two gimmie PK’s by Darren Bent in the 41^st and 62^nd minutes.

It should have been 5-1.

But hey, this will do in a pinch for the Black Cats are hovering right around mid table.

This loss snapped Spurs five match winning streak.

Manchester City picked up a huge 6-1 win over Burnley.

Emmanuel Adebayor hit for the daily double.

My main man Carlos Tevez hit for pay dirt in the 7^th minute.

Chelsea is top dog with 74 big ones.

Man U is in second place with 72 points.

Arsenal is third with 71 points.

Three points separate the top three guys with five matches to play.

The race for the final Champions League spot looks like this.

City is in fourth place with 59 points. Spurs are in fifth place with 58 points.

Both Spurs and City have played 32 games.

Liverpool is in sixth place with 54 points.

The Reds play on Sunday against Birmingham.

At the end of the day on Sunday, both City and Spurs have a game in hand.

The race is on baby.

You gotta love it.

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Arsenal did what we needed them to do. The Gunners picked up a huge road win.

Andre Arshavin put us ahead in the 14^th minute. Arshavin plowed his way through the Tigers “D”. He muscled a shot right into the teeth of the left corner to give us 1-0 lead.

Yes, the Gunners did struggle.

We had a hard time with the tight Hull City “D”.

Hull City picked up the equalizer in 28^th minute. 

Sol Campbell made a stupid challenge on Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.

Jimmy Bullard nailed the PK to level this sucker up at one all.

The Gunners just couldn’t quite get the same rhythm and fluid play that we displayed in the demolition of FC Porto in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Hull City’s George Boateng was given the heave-hoe in the 45^th minute.

We had the advantage but Arsenal couldn’t strike for pay dirt until the waning moments of the match.

Nicklas Bendtner struck for gold in the 90^th minute to give us the three points.

Whew, that was close.

Denilson fired a wicked shot on goal from thirty yards out. The Tigers keeper Boaz Myhill did his best to keep the shot out of the goal. Shot. Rebound. Score. Bendtner.

Three points for us.

Yes, sir re Bob.

We were not at our best but this just shows how tough the guys are. Arsenal kept at it until we found a way to win.

This is what championship teams do.

Just win bay.

Chelsea started out slow before torching West Ham 4-1.

Didier Drogba hit for the daily double.

Alex led off the hit parade in the 16^th minute.

Florent Malouda hit the back of the net in the 77^th minute.

Tottenham picked a huge 3-1 home win over Blackburn.

Roman Pavlyuchenko struck twice in the 55^th and 85^th minutes to lead Spurs to the win.

Jermain Defoe started Tottenham off on the right foot with a dagger to the heart in the 45^th minute.

He one timed a header pass from mate Vedran Corluka.

Corluka’s header went through the crease to the eagerly awaiting Defoe.

Defoe was camped at the right post.

Birmingham fell behind to Everton 2-0 before rallying for a two all draw.

Cameron Jerome drew Blues close with a strike in the 26^th minute.

Craig Gardner scored his first Birmingham goal in the 51^st minute to give Blues a hard earned draw.

Stoke City and Aston Villa kissed their sister nil-nil.

Wolves defeated Burnley 2-1.

The race for the top spot looks like this.

Chelsea is in the catbird seat with 42 points. Arsenal is second with 42 points as well.

Chelsea has a plus 42 while we have a plus 38. Man U is in third place with 63 points.

The Red Devils and Fulham hook at Old Trafford on Sunday.

The Blues have a game in hand.

Tottenham is in fourth place with 52 points.

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It is only two months into the 2010 futebol campaign for Sao Paulo. Tricolor has lots of problems and if they continue to play this way Sao Paulo will indeed have a very long year.

Rogerio Ceni recorded first blood for Sao Paulo. He nailed a screamer into the wall. Bing bam boom the shot comes flying off the wall into the back of the net. Once Caldas keeper Luis Martinez never had a chance to stop this sucker.

This made it 1-0 for Sao Paulo in the 33^rd minute.

With this goal, Ceni becomes Sao Paulo’s all time leading scorer with eleven goals in the Copa Libertadores.

Then the wheels fell off the wagon for Sao Paulo.

Once Caldas ratcheted up the pressure.

Once Caldas tied this baby up in the 49^th minute. Uribe flat out beat Tricolor defender Xandao. Wham bam boom, back of the net for Uribe and we are even at one all.

Once Caldas took the lead when Moreno ran rings around the Sao Paulo “D”. He ripped the twines in the 71^st minute to give Once Caldas a 2-1 lead.

This was all she wrote.

Stick a fork in Sao Paulo for they are surely done.

Once Caldas has six points after two matches. Sao Paulo has three points.

For the past few weeks, Sao Paulo has been playing horrible futebol. Sure, Tricolor is in second placed in Group Two but Sao Paulo has dropped two straight matches.

Sao Paulo has lost to Portuguesa, Palmeiras, and Santos in the Campeonato Paulista.

Tricolor is currently in sixth place with 17 points. Tricolor trails Torneo Paulista leader Santos by eight points.

Lets shift gears for a moment. We have two huge matches on Saturday in the EPL.

The biggie is Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. City is coming off a hard loss to Stoke City in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

The Blues lost to Inter 2-1. This was a hard fought tangle between the Blues and Inter in the first stage of the Champions League knockout round.

Both goals given up by Chelsea were bitter pills to swallow for the Blues. Jose Mourinho Inter’s headman is the former Blues boss who took them to EPL glory.

Will this disappointment bite Chelsea in the butt?

We will find out.

The Blues are unbeaten at home and have only been scored on eight times by the opposition at Stamford Bridge.

Goals will hard to come by for City.

Manchester City will have Carlos Tevez. This should provide an offensive spark for City.

The Blues will be without Petr Cech, torn calf muscle, and Ashley Cole, broken ankle.

I can’t wait to see who dictates the match.

Will it be Tevez or Drogba?

You can sure bet there will be a ton of fireworks on the pitch with these two very intense players battling it out.

We have a huge match with Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Saturday. The Gunners will have the services of Eduardo available however; we will be without Gallas, Diaby, and Arshavin. This could hurt us deeply if we are not careful.

Fabregas and the guys need to come through big time.

Road wins are a premium in the EPL.

We need to win this baby.

Three points are a must.

When the dust finally settles on Saturday we will have a clearer picture of how the race shaped up for the title run.

Man U has already won.

The pressure is squarely on Chelsea and Arsenal to keep up pace.

All we need is for Chelsea to have a brain fart and lose at home and we’re in like Flynn.

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What did I tell ya. The EPL champ will have the best road record. Man U’s road woes continued at Elwood Park. Everton took it to the mighty Red Devils. The Toffees whopped em good. The final tally was 3-1 Everton.

This gives the mighty men of Old Trafford five road losses. Yes, count em five road losses.

This is huge for us Arsenal fans. This loss opens up the door for Arsenal. A win today against Sunderland and we will have cut the gap to two points behind Man U.

All we need is to have Chelsea to lose to Wolverhampton.

Go ahead and make my day.

My instincts tell me that with Rio and Nani out due to suspension will really hurt the Red Devils. Add on top of that Ryan Giggs gone because of a broken forearm you have a really depleted Red Devils side ripe for the taking.

This is exactly what the Toffees did. 

Give Everton all the credit. The Toffees flat out took it Man U.

The Toffees have now beaten both Man U and Chelsea at home.

Home cooking goes a long way.

Rio Ferdinand’s absence really hurt the Man U “D”. 

With Rio in the line up, I don’t think the Toffees would have scored.

Man U opened the scoring in the 16^th minute. Berbatov one timed a great centering pass from mate Valencia for 1-0 Man U lead.

Then all hell broke loose. Everton kept applying the pressure.

The Toffees were like a pressure cooker. They kept the steam up and then the lid blew off this baby.

Everton’s Diniyar Bilyaletdinov nailed a perfect long-range ball in the 19^th minute to even this sucker up at one all. Red Devil’s keeper Van der Sar never even flinched. He had his cement shoes on.

The Toffees scored the go ahead goal in the 76^th minute. Dan Gosling back heeled a great cross from mate Steven Pienaar for a 2-1 Everton lead.

Everton put the final nail in the coffin in the 90^th minute. Jack Rodwell wove his way through the entire Man U back line. He teed up a great shot that made went flying past the sprawled out keeper Edwin Van de Sar.

Final score was 3-1 Everton.

Well Chelsea is well on their way to giving Wolves a futebol lesson. Didier Drogba has hit for the daily double.

The Blues have it in cruise control.

Chelsea is well on its way to a huge road win.

The Blues have 2-0 lead with ten minutes left.

Arsenal on the other hand is in a dogfight with Sunderland. Nicklas Bendtner rammed home a point blank gimmie shot in the 27^th minute to give us 1-0 lead.

Cesc Fabregas set this baby up with a great run into the box. He made a great pass right through the goal crease to left post. 

This created the walk in goal for Bendtner.

This is way this baby stands with about thirteen minutes remaining.

If things remain the same, Chelsea will have 61 points. Man U remains at 57 points. Arsenal is still with in striking distance with 55 points.

It is all over but the shouting as Chelsea cruised to a 2-0 win over Wolverhampton.

This gives the Blues seven road wins on the season. Chelsea is 7-3-4 on the road. Man U drops to 7-2-5. Arsenal remains at 6-3-4.

Finally, we get another goal in the dying moments of the match against Sunderland. Cesc Fabregas nailed the PK kick to put this guy out of reach.

We can all breath a huge sigh of relief. 

The Gunners are up 2-0 in the 90^th minute.

Thank God for small favors.

It is all over. We pick up the all-important three points.

The top of the table looks like this after Saturdays encounters.

Chelsea is the top gun with 61 points. Man U is second with 57 and Arsenal is third with 55.

The race is on baby.

Man U is wobbly on the road. Chelsea has their troubles as well.  It will come down to this. Beat the teams you should. Hold serve at home. Have more wins than losses or ties on the road.

Trust me on this.

Man U’s loss to Everton may have well cost them a shot at the four peat. Better yet this may have cost the Red Devils second place in the table as well.

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There were no major shockers on this fine Saturday. Yes, Stoke City and Man City tied one all but that was about it.

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Chelsea took care of business. The Blues killed Cardiff 4-1. The Blues scored the opening salvo. Didier Drogba was the recipient of a beautifully placed long ball from mate John Obi Mikel. Drogba took this puppy in stride. He deeked once. Cardiff keeper David Marshall went for the fake. Drogba left him in the dust. Whamo bamo it was 1-0 Chelsea in the 2^nd minute.

Cardiff didn’t give up and melt under Chelsea’s superior forces. Cardiff hung in there. They tied this baby up in the 34^th minute. Michael Chopra faked the Blues defender Alex out of his jock. Chopra ripped the header home to tie this sucker up at one all.

After that, you can kiss this baby bye-bye. Chelsea said enough is enough. The Blues turned on the Afro burners. Chelsea scorched Cardiff for three goals to win going away 4-1.

Ballack, 51^st minute, Daniel Sturridge, 69^th minute, and Salomon Kalou, 86^th minute each scored for the Chelsea juggernaut.

So much for the speculation by the media idiots, that Chelsea was just playing out the string.

Derby gave Birmingham all they could before Blues scored the match winner in injury time to escape with 2-1 win.

Liam Ridgewell nailed home the rebound winner for Birmingham. Mate Kevin Phillips initial shot went clang off the post.

Derby almost found the equalizer when Robbie Savage fired a pile driver at the net. Blues keeper Joe Hart managed to get his paw on the ball and tip it over the crossbar.

Whew, that was close.

Savage missed it by just that much.

On to the next round for Blues instead of the infamous, do over.

Portsmouth blew the doors off of Southampton 4-1. Pompey advanced to the quarterfinals. This may be the only bright spot in an other wise dismal season for Portsmouth.

Pompey is on the verge of bankruptcy and getting the heave-hoe from the EPL.

City was in total control of the match against Stoke City. Shawn Wright Phillips gave City the 1-0 lead in the 11^th minute.

Stoke City used one of the best-known attack weapons to wreak havoc on Man City. City discovered the deadly results of what happens when Rory Delap’s long ball throw in collides with mate’s Ricardo Fuller goal scoring ability.

The result was a death-defying goal in the 57^th minute.

This baby ended in a one all draw.  

Reading and West Brom tied at two all.

Saturdays results saw Chelsea and Birmingham advance while Reading-West Brom, Stoke City-Man City have a do over.

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