Weekly English Premier League Round-up
Posted on January 16, 2007 - Filed Under English Premier League, Soccer | Leave a Comment
English Premier League returned to action over the weekend after last week’s FA cup fixtures and there were plenty of matters to be fixed right at the top. The weeks gone by had seen plenty of banter from the Chelsea camp and the blues looked to set matters straight with a commanding performance and they did. They hammered a listless Wigan
side 4-0 and it looked like the players gave an inspired performance to let the Chelsea bosses know that Jose Mourinho was the best in business and any plans to replace the maverick coach could backfire on the club.
The match began to chants of Mourinho by the Chelsea faithhfuls and the match began on bright note with Frank Lampard slotting in a dead ball. Arjen Robben looked in super touch as he frequently troubled the Wigan defenses but one goal was all that Chelsea managed in the first half. Second also was all about Chelsea as they went about in a clinical fashion to find the back of the net thrice, an own goal from the Wigan golie included.
Manchester United were playing simultaneously with the Londoners and the league leaders also looked in supreme form winning 3-1 against Martin O’ Neil’s Aston Villa. Swedish striker Henrik Larsson was handed his first premiership start as he started alongside Wayne Rooney in the attack. All of United’s goals came in the first half courtesy of Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick and red hot Chirstinao Ronaldo. Villa managed to strike after the break but it wasn’t going to be their night as United sat back pretty with what they had done in the first half.
Elsewhere Liverpool also managed to bury some of the ghosts of two straight losses at home to Arsenal in the domestic cup competitions as they won 3-0 against the Hornets. Craig Bellamy opened the scoring at 34 minutes and the lanky Peter Crouch added a goal each on either side of the break to seal the match for Liverpool. Fulham and West Ham played out an ragged 3-3 draw a match that saw as many as 10 booking and West Ham’s Zamora sent off with a quarter of an hour left in the second half. Portsmouth played out an uninspiring 1-1 draw against the Blades as Arsenal, Manchester City and Middlesbrough all won their encounters
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