FA CUP REPLAY REVIEWS

MANCHESTER UNITED 1 - 0 MIDDLESBROUGH

Ronaldo scored his third penalty against Middlesbrough in his four encounters against them this season. Ronaldo was in the center of speculation yet again when he alleged to dive in the box but replays clearly shows that he was tripped by Woodgate and that resulted in penalty.

TOTTENHAM HOSPURS 1 - 2 CHELSEA

56 million man Andriy Shevchenko showed his glimpses of talent in this match . Sheva scored a beauty of a goal from the edge of the box . And this display by the Ukranian must have silencedhis critics and must have proved them wrong but his retrun to form must have come very late for Chelsea as they are 6 points adrift from Premiership leaders Manchester United. The second goal was scored by Shaun Wrigh Philips , and he too scored the goal from theedge of the box. Spurs only consolation was a penalty by Robbie Keane , but it was too late for Spurs late fight back. This victory for Chelsea has made alive in all the four competitions and ithas been the dream for Mourinho to get a Quadruple this season , and the book makers have got a 28/1 odds on for Chelsea.

Charlton survives yet one more week

Charlton Athletic have secured themselves above West Ham but stil they have not crossed the relegation zone yet. The match between Newcastle would have given Pardew and his men some way of hope that they can still survive in the top leagues. On loan Chinese International , Zhi Zheng was the man of the match with his first goal for his new club and secured a penalty the second half and Jerome Thomas scored.

Gunners gunned down by Everton and Villa hold Liverpool

At the Goodison Park, Arsenal were against the highly spirited Everton side though the Toffees were without their inspirational midfielder Tim Cahilland so does Arsenal miss their Captain Henry. It was an even game in the first half with both the teams having equal chances of scoring goals.
Andy Johnson , who stated in the midweek tabloids that he misses London was in the lime light again when he scored the winning goal at the end of injury time . Arsenal failed to clear the corner in the 93rd minute and the loose ball was latched on by Johnson and sent a left foot pile driver past Lehmann. This win over Arsenal has put Everton in the 6th place of the Premiership table.

Score:

Everton 1 - 0 Arsenal

For once Liverpool will be grateful to Everton for their win over Arsenal , since that as pushed Liverpool's chances of securing the third place in the premiership is alive. But Liverpool too had a tough outing at VillaPark as Aston Villa drew with Reds.
This match will be seen as the competition between defenders as both the teams were having an end to end game . But eventually Swed, Olaf Mellberg , the Man of the Match was outstanding in the match by intercepting and stopping the Liverpool's strikers from scoring. Though the match would be ended in a sad note that the refreeing was below standard. Stilian Petrov was tackled by Jamie Carragher in the box and Aston Villa were denied a clear Penalty oppurtunity. This clean sheet by Liverpool is their 14 th in 16 previous matches .

Rest of the League's actions :

West Ham 2- 1 Blackburn Rovers

Goals from Argentinian Carlos Tevez and a dubious goal from Bobby zamora moved West Ham from the bottom of the table . Balckburn's Christopher Samba 's goal could save Blackburn from a draw. The goal from Zamora was said to be offside one but the refree ruled that off giving some relief to Alan Curbishley and his men.


Manchester City 2 - 0 Middlesbrough

Joey Barton proved to be the man of the hour for City's fans as he was the provider for both the goals . Barton , who was boowed by his fans for showing lack of character silenced his critics by this match.
Sylvan Distin scored from a Barton's cross and the Belgian stiker Emile Mpenza scored in the second half . It was Mpenza first goal forCity.


Wigan 0 - 0 Fulham

Folan was carried off on a stretcher with an ankle injury after a 28th-minute clash with Carlos Bocanegra.

Reading 0 - 0 Portsmouth

Richard Hughes of Portsmouth was desperately unlucky not to break the deadlock on 80 minutes as his stunningand curving left-foot kick hit the post with goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann left to spectate. Both the teams are vying for UEFA cup spot for the next season.

Chelsea chases United

Chelsea won their relatively easy match against Sheffield United with a 3-0 score.
Shevchenko started off the score card in the first half silencing his critics and then Kalou doubled the score for Chelsea . In the second half substitute Michael Ballack rounded off Chelsea's week in the 58th minute goal.

Score:

Chelsea 3 - 0 Sheffield United

Scorers:

Chelsea: Shevchenko , Kalou , Ballack

Manchester United breaks through Bolton's Defense

Old Trafford, The visiting team Bolton were vary of United current form and so they put up a 4-5-1 formation but that was of no use as United started scoring freely. They opened the score sheet at the 19th minute courtesy of Park's goal. The South Korean International then added two more goals under his belt and Wayne Rooney too had a pair of goals at the end of the match. United scored three goals in the half time.
Christiano Ronaldo was spectacular in the game as he made way for two goals. He was eventually substituted and Alan Smith too made way for a goal for Rooney. But dubious decision from the refree gave a Bolton a penalty and Gary Speed scored for the visitors but it was too late for the visitors as United already had a three goal advantage.

Scores :

Manchester United 4 - 1 Bolton Wanderers

Scorers:

Park Ji Sung - 2 goals Gary Speed - 1 goal
Wayne Rooney - 2 goals

Rio adds to United's injury woes

Manchester United suffered yet another injury woe as their talismanic defender Rio Ferdinandas been ruled out from this weekend fixture against Bolton. Reports states that the English Center back may also miss the Euro 2008 qualfier against Israel.

At Old Trafford , it looks loke a bad omen has casted a spell on United as one more injury has shadowed the United bench . Already Darren Fletcher , Solskjaer , Saha , Silvestre are in the injury hit list and the inclusion of Ferdinand will be a big blow for Sir Alex's men.Medical reports states that the player is suffering from a cracked riband this keep him out for more than two weeks.

Lampard's goal keep Chelsea on the title race

Frank Lampard's penalty kick against the troubled Manchester Cityproved to be the winner on Wednesday. This win will keep Chelsea 6 points adrift from the leaders , Manchester United. Salmon Kalou , who started this match instead of Chelsea's 56million striker Shevchenko was tripped by Micah Richards in the box and so they were awareded penalty.

This defeat at the hands of Chelsea has made life difficult for Stuart Pearce and there are reports stating that Fulham Boss Chris Coleman may likely to succeed Pearce at the Blue half of Manchester.

United survive Boro Match

Manchester United drew against Middlesbrough at the Riverside . Though United started off the the score card with a Rooney goal at the first halfbut goals from Lee Catermola and Dutch George Boateng put the Premiership leaders at the back seat. In the second half Boateng seemed to handle the ball in the D which resulted in a penalty. And Christiano Ronaldo scored his 17th goal of the campaign. Now its upto the replay at Old Trafford that will ensure which team goes past the quater finals of the competition .

FA CUP 06-07

Quarter-finals Draws

• Middlesbrough v Man Utd
• Blackburn v Manchester City
• Chelsea v Tottenham
• Plymouth v Watford

Middlesbrough Vs Manchester United

At the Riverside Middlesbrough host Premiership Leaders Manchester United . Manchester United are on a high note after their Champion's league success as they progress through the quaterfinals of European Cup. United are on the verge of gaining a treble this season as they are active in all the three remaining competitions. But there is one matter of concern for United and that is the availability of fully fit strikers . Saha and Solskjaer are already out with injuries and Larsson is on his final assignment for the Red Devils after which he is going back to Helsingborg.

Whereas Middlesbrough are also on a high after their success in FA cup's previous rounds , thought they had to come through two back to back Penalty ridden matches. And there is no concern for any player injuries at the Riverside as they expect Lee Cattermole and Julio Arca fit for the match.

Blackburn Rovers vs Manchester City

Mark Hughes Blackburn will face a tricky encounter with the visiting City side.Blacburn will be without suspended midfielder David Dunn for the clash with Man City - against whom Rovers have already scored seven goals in two comprehensive Premiership wins this season.

Stuart Pearce will have to choose a good attacking pair this Saturday as Emile Mpenza as been included into he squad.Their former strike partnership of Samaras and Corradi proved to be fruitless as they ended up in the losing side against Wigan in the Premiership.

Chelsea Vs Tottenham Hotspurs

At Stamford Bridge , Spurs will have tricky London Derby against Chelsea. Spurs are on a high after their UEFA cup fixture in the mid week against Braga. Martin Jol has claimed that he is not going to sit and wait instead he is going to attack Chelsea from the word go.

Chelsea have decided to recall Captain John Terry for this important match . Injury remains to be the concern for both the teams as Chelsea will be without Joe Cole and Spurs wont be having Striker Mido and Jenas. Assou Ekotto remains to be a long time absentee for Spurs.

Plymouth vs Watford

Premiership strugglers Watford will play Plymouth. Since the match is played at Plymouth's home it is expected to be tough encounter for Watford. But the one good news for Watford is that of the return of keeper Ben Foster who is expected to be at defense. Foster has been having a fantastic season for Watford and is onloan from Manchester United.

Christiano Ronaldo reveals Contract talks

Manchester United winger and the Portugal star has revealed details about his contract with the Red Devils.Speaking to the Portugal Radio station C.Ronaldo revealed that contract talks have begun with united.

Christiano Ronaldo is in his Best form of his career scoring 16 Premiership goals this season for Man utd. The 22-year-old's performances this season have put him in contention for player of the year accolades but have also alerted Europe's top clubs.

Spanish Giants Real madrid and barcelona are in the top race for signing this United 7 player.But C.Ronaldo has revealed that he would be happy to stay in Old Trafford. He also said

"We have talked and I hope to reach agreement as soon as possible,Nothing has been decided yet and I would like to stay. I would like to play in Spain one day, but I am happy here at Manchester."

He has also expressed that he would be happy to play for a Spanish club in the future. He is having a great time with Manchester united and has expressed his desire to stay.This is a great news for Alex Ferguson and he should be happy to hear this.

Christiano Ronaldo's transfer news is the biggest question in the recent past mainly after the 2006 FIFA world cup incident with his teammate Wayne Rooney.But they are friends again now.Ronaldo has taken united to the top of English Premier league with his pace and Dribbling ability.

Being a winger he has scored 16 goals this season in the Premiership.He has been a better replacement for David beckham and done proud for the No.7 Shirt of Manchester United.

Ronaldo is most probably the costliest footballer now.If a transfer takes place then we could see a Record Transfer fee in Europe.

Injuries Resulting from European Champions League

First of all i would like to congratulate the EPL Clubs that made it to the Quarter finals of European Champions League.The teams that qualified were

• Chelsea
• Liverpool
• Manchester United

These teams made sure that the majority of quarter finals were English Clubs. These English teams played their champions league matches at the cost of some injuries.

Arsenal Injury Woes Continues

The major injury is to the French international Thieiry Henry who plays for Gunners.Arsenal not only saw their exit from Champions league but also saw their Captain suffering a stomach cum Groin injury. Arsene Wenger confirmed his injury after the match against the Dutch Leaders.This injury can well keep Henry out the premiership throughout this season.The chances of him playing for Arsenal is very low this season.

United running out of Forwards

Another French striker who suffered injury was Luis Saha.This Red Devils striker could well be out for 4 weeks.He has got a Hamstring injury.Fergusun said "Louis will be missing for four weeks, although with hamstrings you can never be sure exactly how long they will be out. Ole will not be available until March 31, Darren Fletcher is out for two months and now Henrik is leaving us. It has been a bad week, apart from the results."

Another french International who suffered injury was Micheal Silvestre .Victory came at a price for United as Mikael Silvestre was carried off on a stretcher with a suspected dislocated shoulder."It is not looking good for Mikael at all," said Ferguson. "At first we thought he had broken his arm but now it seems it is a dislocation."

With Saha and Ole out for the month United are clearly running out of strikers. Fergusun will have more problems once Larsson leave Old Trafford .With Alan Smith returning from a long injury Rooney and Smith will be the striker for Manchester for this month.

Chelsea injury Concern

Chelsea Captain suffered a big injury during the Carling Cup final Against Arsenal.Jose did not play him in the match against Porto. His participation in the FA Cup semi finals is also not so sure.John Terry got a nasty blow in the head from the Arsenal giant Diaby in the Carling Cup Final.

There are no Premier League matches scheduled this weekend.As FA Cup matches are ahead on 10th and 11th more injuries can be expected.

Hammers snatch out defeat from the jaws of victory

At Upton Park , West Ham united started off with one of their best starts in the season by scoring twice at half time. Noble and Tevez were the scorers .

Hammers saw off their new signing Matthew Upson in just 10 minutes as he suffered yet another injury in his second start.

But goals from Ex-Hammer Defoe and Tainio pulled back things for Spurs only to give Zamora to score the third with a header . With just 6 minutes to go for time Berbatov scored from a free kick making things even at 3 each. But this was just a start of a disaster for West ham as Spurs full baclk Stalteri scored in extra time pulling Spurs ahead of the Hammers giving yet another loss in the managership carreer for Curbishley.

This loss has made life difficult for West Ham as the gap for the relegation zone has jumped up to 10 points. And the upcoming matches proves to be even more hectic as they have to face in two London Derbies involving Arsenal and Chelsea and also a match against the Leaders Manchester United.

Score :

West Ham 3 - 4 Tottenham Hotspurs

Manchester truimphs Liverpool

At Anfield, Liverpool suffered a loss at their home at the dying stages of the match as Manchester United score a dramatic late goal to clinch victory for the visitors.

Rooney suffered a minor injury and this made Sir Alex to pitch in highly versatile mid fielder John O'Shea , who proved to be the match winner at the 92nd minute, parying away the Manchester united corner and cooly finishing off the goal in style.

This victory has lenghtened the gap between Manchester United and Chelsea to 9 pts.

Van Der Sar, the United goalie was simply exceptional with his brilliant saves .

Score :

Liverpool 0 - 1 Manchester United

Best Own Goal of English Premier League from Cesc Fabregas

The Spanish International and the best Arsenal mid fielder was completely out of form for Arsenal during the important clash against Reading F.C. on Saturday.He missed an easy opportunity and also scored an excellent own goal for Reading.

This own goal is special and is the best own Goal of English premier league.Even a kid watching this goal would say that this is intentional.Fabregas very carefully and trickily flicked the cross into his own net.

I am sure that he has never scored a goal of this class for Arsenal or even for his home country Spain.This is one of the best premiership Goals and "The Best Own Goal of English Premier League".

Watch this special own Goal from Cesc Fabregas below.




I just cannot remember a better own goal that this.I have been watching English premier league for the past 3 years.I will always vote this as the Best Own Goal of English premier League.Please vote your opinions as comments

Miss of the season by Cesc Fabregas

The Spanish International and the best mid fielder from Arsenal made the miss of the season during the Reading match which was crucial for both the teams.Cesc Fabregas is an important player of the aresnal squad which has seen injuries throughout the season.

Fabregas is the only one who has been playing superb football for Arsenal in the recent past.But he almost made the miss of the season when he failed score from the six yard box against reading.He has scored some excellent goals for Arsenal throughout the season but he failed to grab the easy one.

Here is the video "Cesc fabregas ,Miss of the season"..

Arsenal ends the defeat streak finally

Reading defeat streak continued as Arsenal finally got a winner at the weekend.Reading lost to Manchester united 3-2 and were eliminated from the FA Cup.Their poor form continued even in the premier league as they lost to the Gunners.

Brazilian mid fielders got a victory for Arsenal as the both scored.Gilberto as always scored a penalty which he has been missing in the recent matches. Baptista alaso scored for Arsenal.Wenger finally got some confident on this lad and offered him a chance to play for premiership and he utilized it perfection.

Fabregas missed the chance of the season and also scored a own goal but some arsenal maganed to gather a win and some points.

Top 7 Goals of Premier League [Jan-Feb]

English Premier League has produced some delightful goals this season and here is the top 7 goals for the months of January and February.

• Scholes Vs Aston Villa
• Jermaine Pennant Vs Chelsea.F.C
• Pedro Mendes Vs Manchester City
• Milner Vs Manchester United
• Ryan Giggs Vs Fulham
• Obefemi Martins Vs TottenhamHotspurs
• Mikel Arteta Vs Tottenham Hotspur

Here are the videos of Top 7 Goals of Premier League


1.Paul Scholes





2.Jermaine Pennant





3.Pedro Mendes





4.James Milner





5.Ryan Giggs





6.Obefemi Martins





6.Mikel Arteta