Game Week 3- Review

Manchester United chalked up their first win of the season thanks to teen sensation Nani. The Portuguese youngster drove a spectacular long-range effort past Paul Robinson and into the top corner of the Tottenham Hotspur net, aided by a slight deflection off Carlos Tevez. That goal - only United's second of the season - was enough to give the Champions a 1-0 victory over Spurs.

Mark Viduka was on target on his return to the Riverside Stadium as Middlesbrough and Newcastle United played out an eventful 2-2 draw. Charles N'Zogbia opened the scoring for the visitors in the 22nd minute but Mido's second goal in as many games saw Boro back on level terms six minutes later. Viduka must have thought he'd had a dream return to his former club as he scored his first goal for the Magpies 13 minutes from time. But just three minutes later Julio Arca fired home from the edge of the box.

Manchester City's 100 percent start to the season came to a halt at Emirates stadium as they conceded their first goal of the campaign. Kasper Schmeichel's heroics between the posts continued as he saved a penalty from Robin van Persie. But he couldn't keep out Cesc Fabregas' fierce shot ten minutes from time which gave Arsenal a 1-0 victory.

Bolton Wanderers also saw a change of fortunes as they earned their first points of the season. Goals from Gary Speed, Nicolas Anelka and substitute Daniel Braaten secured a 3-0 home victory over Reading.

City's slip-up saw Chelsea take top spot in the Barclays Premier League thanks to a 1-0 victory over Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge. Fresh from scoring for his country midweek, Frank Lampard's fierce shot past England team-mate David James on the half-hour mark saw the Blues snatch all three points.

Sunderland's misfortunes continued as they fell to their second defeat of the campaign. Craig Gordon produced a series of superb saves but could not keep Liverpool at bay for the entire match. And goals from Mohamed Sissoko and Andriy Voronin gave the visitors a deserved 2-0 victory.

Birmingham City won the clash of the promoted sides at Pride Park with a 2-1 triumph over Derby County. Jerome scored both the goals for the blues.Another early goal gave Fulham the lead against Aston Villa. In the fifth minute Clint Dempsey clipped the ball home clinically into the top corner but Villa claimed a deserved equaliser when Ashley Young's cross was deflected into his own goal by Zat Knight on 50 minutes. Chris Baird was then sent off for a second yellow card before Shaun Maloney scored in injury-time to hand Villa a thrilling 2-1 victory.

Two late goals left honours even between West Ham United and Wigan Athletic at Upton Park. Wigan scored when Paul Scharner's well-placed overhead kick found the corner of the net in the 79th minute before Lee Bowyer finished from a tight angle two minutes later to leave it 1-1.

The weekend's other draw came at Goodison where James McFadden scored his first goal of the season to scramble a point for Everton. Roque Santa Cruz's third goal of the season gave Blackburn Rovers a first-half lead before McFadden swept home a Mikel Arteta cross with 12 minutes left to make it 1-1.

Game Week 2- Review

Champions Manchester United continued there torrid start to to the campaign with a loss at derby rivals Manchester City. United now lie 5th from the bottom with their next match against Spurs. For Mancheter City manager Sven Goran Errikson it was a dream start to his time at City having won all the three matches till now, they lie on top of the the Premiership table.
Chelsea and Livepool faced off each other at Anfield. Chelsea come out of the match with a point owed to a controversial penalty awarded to them from which Lampard scored to cancel out Liverpool new boy Fernando Torres goal in the first half.

Blackburn came with a draw against Arsenal due to a glaring Jens Lehhman mistake in goal,his second in as many weeks. Spurs got their seasonof to a start by winning against newly promoted Derby county with Darren Bent playing a key role in the victory. Reading defeated high flying Everton by 1-0 with hunt scoring the only goal in the match. Hammers also got a win under their belt after defeating Birmingham city 0-1. another newly promoted team Sunderland lost to Wigan 3-0. and Boro got a positive result out of their game against Fulham by winning it by 2-1. but the game was marred by a controversial goal line incident in which toe ball had completely crossed the line but the officials didn't give it as a goal.

Results
Saturday 18th August 2007
Portsmouth 3-1 Bolton Wanderers
Fulham 1-2 Middlesbrough
Reading 1-0 Everton
Birmingham City 0-1 West Ham United
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Derby County
Newcastle United 0-0 Aston Villa

Sunday 19th August 2007
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Arsenal
Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea

Midweek matches

Manchester United had another disappointing outing as they could only score a 1-1 draw at Fratton Park over Portsmouth. The game marked the first match for Carlos Tevez in Red Devil's colors. The Champions had another set back as Ronaldo was sent off and is likely to miss 3 matches unless United appeal to the card. Chelsea had a tough away game against Reading but they won match 1-2.

Everton upset Spurs with a score 0f 3-1. Spurs ,considered the team that could break into the top 4 in the pre season, have not won a match in the season yet. Another team which is off to an awful start is Bolton Wanderers. They were beaten by Fulham 2-1 and also have not got a single point yet.Man City put in another spirited performance to beat newly promoted Derby 1-0. In a contest between 2 promoted teams Birmingham and Sunderland played out to a 2-2 draw. Last season struggler's Wigan won their match against Boro 1-0.

Results : -

Tuesday 14th August 2007
Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Everton

Wednesday 15th August 2007
Fulham 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
Portsmouth 1-1 Manchester United
Birmingham City 2-2 Sunderland
Manchester City 1-0 Derby County
Liverpool P-P West Ham United
Blackburn Rovers P-P Aston Villa
Reading 1-2 Chelsea
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Middlesbrough

Week 1 in review

The season got off to an excellent start. The season kicked off at the stadium of light with Sunderland facing spurs and the exciting match ended with the Saints new recruit Chopra getting the only goal just seconds before the final whistle. Saturday was the day of 2 teams who have very high expectations from their supporters. The teams were Man city and Newcastle United both who have new managers. Both played attractive football and got comfortable wins against respectable teams. For big Sam it was return to his old club Bolton after after stepping down at the end of last season. Newly promoted Derby County got a draw in the there first match against Portsmouth. Everton Scored a comfortable victory over Wigan

The defending champions Manchester United had a very disappointing start to their campaign as they could only manage a draw against a very resilient Reading at the Old Trafford. Another bad news for the defending champions was that Wayne Rooney had broken his ankle and will be out for almost 2 months.The other of the top 4 ie Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal but both Chelsea and Arsenal had to wait for there wins as they were taken to the limit by Birmingham and Fulham.

The Results :-

Saturday 11th August 2007

Sunderland 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Derby County 2-2 Portsmouth
Middlesbrough 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
Everton 2-1 Wigan Athletic
West Ham United 0-2 Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers 1-3 Newcastle United
Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool

Sunday 12th August 2007

Arsenal 2-1 Fulham
Chelsea 3-2 Birmingham City
Manchester United 0-0 Reading