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29/Dec/13 EPL 2013-14 Match Week 19 Results Highlights
Arsenal Remained at Top
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29/Dec/13 Match Week 19 Chelsea vs Liverpool Results 2-1 Chelsea came back from behind to beat Liverpool 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea remained at third place at EPL Table with two points behind leaders Arsenal. Liverpool slipped to fifth place, with one point behind the fourth place Everton. Liverpool stunned The Blues wil a shocking goal at beginning of the match. Martin Skrtel shot from very close range to put The Reds ahead at 3rd minute. At 17th minute, Eden Hazard found Oscar's brilliant pass before he curled a powerful shot from outside the box area. Hazard's right footed shot past the helpless Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and went into the top right corner. After the match, Eden Hazard was named as Man of The Match. Samuel Eto'o struck the winning goal for Chelsea at 34th minute, assisted by Oscar. The Chelsea striker made a tame left footed shot from very close range, but Mignolet failed to keep it away. This is Eto's third Premier League goal of the season. Fernando Torres was brought to the field late at 87th minute, to replace Samuel Eto'o. Two minutes later, former Liverpool striker made a on-target shot with a left footed shot from the centre of the box area, but was saved by Mignolet. Luis Suárez and Branislav Ivanovic has been another focus of this Super Sunday match, since this is Liverpool striker's first match with Chelsea since the biting incident . When Liverppol was playing against Chelsea on 21/Apr/13 during EPL 2012/13 season, Luis Suárez biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic during their entanglement at penalty area at 74th minutes of the match. The Uruguayan earned a 10-match ban after the incident. |
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29/Dec/13 Match Week 19 Newcastle vs Arsenal Results 0-1 Olivier Giroud's only goal at 65th minute is sufficient for Arsenal to back to Top of EPL Table. Both team were having a numbers of on-target shot attempt, but the first half was ended without any goal. Newcastle almost get a goal when Moussa Sissoko made a powerful on-target shot a 30-yard strike from outside the box area. However Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny managed block it at the top left corner. Arsenal break the deadlock at 65th minute, when Theo Walcott fired a free-kick into the box area and Olivier Giroud headed it into net, passed Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul. The crucial away victory, ensure Arsenal enter year 2014 as leaders in EPL Table, with only one point above the second place Manchester City. Newcastle dropped to eighth place, with one point behind both Manchester United and Tottenham. |
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29/Dec/13 Match Week 19 Everton vs Southampton Results 2-1 Romelu Lukaku struck a remarkable goal at 74th minute, helped Everton to get a crucial home victory. After the match The Toffees overtake Liverpool and moved up to forth place while Southampton remained at nineth place in EPL Table. Everton started the match without captain Phil Jagielka, goalkeeper Tim Howard and midfielder Gareth Barry. Jagielka was absent due to hamstring injury. Howard was sent off while Barry has picked his fifth yellow card during the Premier League match against Sunderland during weekend. Seamus Coleman struck Everton's first goal at 9th minute. The Irish defender found Leon Osman's brilliant pass before he bring the ball past Saints midfielder James Ward-Prowse and shot with full strength to the top left corner. At 71st minute, substitute Gastón Ramírez scored Southampton's equalizer from outside the box area, assisted by Adam Lallana. The midfielder's powerful shot passed Everton goalkeeper Joel Robles and hit to high centre of the goal. Ramírez was brought to the field at 66th to replace Jack Cork. Just three minutes later, Romelu Lukaku struck the winning goal to ensure the hosts earned full three points from the match. Lukaku took James McCarthy's intelligent reverse pass before he left footed shot past Southampton keeper Kelvin Davis. Lukaku almost added another for Everton at 89th minute, however his on-target attempt was saved by Kelvin Davis at bottom right corner. |
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29/Dec/13 Match Week 19 Tottenham vs Stoke Results 3-0 Tim Sherwood earned first home victory as reign of Tottenham permanent head coach. The Spurs defeated Stoke 3-0 with Roberto Soldado contributed one goal and one assist, alongside efforts from Mousa Dembélé and Aaron Lennon. At 35th minute, Emmanuel Adebayor's acrobatic volley shot touched Ryan Shawcross's arm, with the Stoke defender's arms raised high over his head. Roberto Soldado converted the penalty became Tottenham's first goal with no mistake. This is Soldado's fourth successful Premier League penalty shoot of the season. At 65th minute, Mousa Dembélé struck Spurs' second goal through a fierce shot outside the box area. The Belgian midfielder found Roberto Soldado's pass and struck a low shot past Stoke keeper Thomas Sorensen and went into bottom right corner. Four minutes later, Soldado's long range passing touched Adebayor and ran into Aaron Lennon's path. The England Winger did a fine volley at right side of the box area and right footed shot to the top left corner. Lennon's first goal of the season ensure Tottenham won with 3-0 comfortable victory at White Hart Lane. |
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28/Dec/13 Match Week 19 Norwich vs Man United Results 0-1 When Manchester United were travelling to Carrow Road without their top scorers Wayne Rooney and Robin Van Persie, Danny Welbeck came off the bench to contribute the only goal of the match, assisted by Javier Hernandez. The goal was enough to help United to seal the 1-0 away victory and earned full three points from Norwich. At 57th minute, Norwich defender Ryan Bennett's clearance bounced back, into the path off Javier Hernandez, Welbeck took the opportunity to take the ball rounded Norwich keeper John Ruddy and struck the winning goal through a right footed shot. |
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28/Dec/13 Match Week 19 Man City vs Crystal Palace Results 1-0 Edin Dzeko's only goal against Crystal Palace, ensure Manchester City to extend their perfect home winning record to 10 successive victory out of 10 Premier League matches at Etihad Stadium. At 66th minute, Edin Dzeko found Jesús Navas's brilliant pass and right footed shot to score the winning goal from the centre of the box area. This is Dzeko's 50th Manchester City goal since he joined the club in year 2011. Crystal Palace almost break the deadlock with some excellent on target shots from midfielders Jason Puncheon and Joel Ward. However City goalkeeper Joe Hart made impressive saves to stop their efforts. At 50th minute, Jason Puncheon left footed shot from outside the box area but was stopped by Hart. At 67th minute, Joel Ward made another on target shot from outside the box area, however Joe Hart's diving fingertip managed to save it at the bottom right corner. After the 1-0 victory, Manchester City climbed up to Top of EPL Table before Arsenal playing against Newcastle on the following day. |
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28/Dec/13 Match Week 19 Hull vs Fulham Results 6-0 Hull scored six goals during second half to stun Fulham with a 6-0 great home victory. Ahmed Elmohamady broke the deadlock at 49th minute, while the Tigers captain Robert Koren scoring twice, alongside contributions from George Boyd, Tom Huddlestone and Matty Fryatt. There was a bored goalless first half any Fulham goalkeeper David Stockdale made some crucial saves to keep the clean sheet for temporary. Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady opened the scoring through a right footed shot, following a corner at 49th minute. At 60th minute, Robert Koren struck his first goal from the centre of the box, after he found Yannick Sagbo's brilliant weighted cross. Three minutes later, midfielder George Boyd scored through a powerful shot from outside the box area, assisted by Jake Livermore. At 67th minute, Tom Huddlestone who was name Man of The Match, struck from another impressive shot from 25-yards to the bottom right corner. The midfielder celebrated the goal by sheering off part of his hair. Ten minutes after Huddlestone's goal, substitute striker Matty Fryatt scored the fifth goal from a close range, just six minutes after he was introduced to the field. With six minutes remained, Tom Huddlestone's 40-yards free-kick hit the crossbar before Robert Koren get the opportunity and right footed shot to score his second goal, to seal the final results as 6-0. The huge defeat keep Fulham firmly at the relegation zone with the largest Goal Difference than other Premier League clubs in the table. |
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28/Dec/13 Match Week 19 Cardiff vs Sunderland Results 2-2 Cardiff City almost get the first victory after their former manager Malky Mackay was sacked. The Welsh club was leading with 2-0 with goals contributed by Jordon Mutch and Fraizer Campbell. However Steven Fletcher's 85th late goal and Jack Colback's deep stoppage time goal helped Sunderland to stun Cardiff and share a point with managerless club. After the match, the Black Cats remained at the bottom of EPL Table while Cardiff at 16th place with only two points after the relegation zone. |
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28/Dec/13 Match Week 19 West Brom vs West Ham Results 3-3 West Brom held West Ham with a 3-3 draw at Upton Park. Joe Cole put West Ham ahead at 4th minute, before Nicolas Anelka scored his first Premier League goal for West Brom Albion. Anelka struck two goals within six minutes and the visitors were leading with 2-1 before first half was ended. Started from 65th minute, both Modibo Maíga and Kevin Nolan contributed two second half goals within two minutes to help the Hammers leading in the score board again. Two minutes after the Hammer duo's goals, West Brom forwarder Saido Berahino's left footed shot helped Albion to equalize again and seal the final results as 3-3. |
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27/Dec/13 Cardiff Sacked Manager Malky Mackay Cardiff City sacks manager Malky Mackay on the next day following their Boxing Day 3-0 home defeat to Southampton. The club is the sixth club who departed with their team managers in EPL 2013/14. Currently Cardiff is at 16th place in EPL Table with only one point above the relegation zone. Malcolm George Mackay had been Appointed as Cardiff City coach since June 2011. He helped Cardiff to seal the Championship title in season 2012/13 and lead the Welsh football club to promotion to the Premier League. During season of EPL 2013/14, he was having power struggle with the club owner regarding recruitments, transfer budgets and club's performances. Mackay departed with Cardiff City after a meeting with the club directors on 27/Dec/13. |
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26/Dec/13 EPL 2013-14 Match Week 18 Results Highlights
City Remained Unbeatable at Etihad
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23/Dec/13 Tottenham Appointed Tim Sherwood as Head Coach Tottenham Hotspur Football Club official appointed Tim Sherwood as Head Coach, to replace the departed André Villas-Boas. The formal Spurs midfielder has signed a new contract with Spurs until the end of season EPL 2014/15. A statement in the North London club website reads: "We were extremely reluctant to make a change mid-season, but felt we had to do so in the Club's best interests." "We believe Tim has both the knowledge and the drive to take the squad forward." Tim Sherwood joined the Tottenham coaching staff since October 2008. On 16/Dec/13, Spurs announced the termination of AVB, and appointed technical co-ordinator Tim Sherwood as interim manager. Sherwood lost his first match when West Ham knocked out Spurs in Capital One Cup 2013-14 Quarter Finals. He managed to grab his first win in 2-3 Premier League away victory against Southampton. Two days after the remarkable victory, Tottenham promoted Sherwood as full-time head coach. |
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21/Dec/13 EPL 2013-14 Match Week 17 Results Highlights
Arsenal Goalless Draw with Chelsea
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23/Dec/13 Match Week 17 Arsenal vs Chelsea Results 0-0 Arsenal and Chelsea shared one point in the latest London derby at the Emirates Stadium. Their goalless draw helped Liverpool to remained at top of EPL Table during Christmas. Arsenal is now level on points with The Reds, but Gunners staying at second place on goal difference. The defensive Chelsea moved up to fourth in the table with only two points behind the leaders. At 32nd minute, Frank Lampard found Eden Hazard's precise pass and did a great volley at the centre of the box area. However the Chelsea midfielder's right footed shot hits the bar. Theo Walcott's ankle was hooked by Willian inside the box area, but the Arsenal winger's penalty request was turned down by referee Mike Dean. John Obi Mikel seems caught Mikel Arteta's ankle when they both lunged towards a ball in the midfield, but the Chelsea midfielder has avoided a red card for his dangerous tackle. |
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22/Dec/13 Match Week 17 Southampton vs Tottenham Results 2-3 This was Tottenham's first Premier League match after André Villas-Boas was sacked. Spurs Interim manager Tim Sherwood brought his team to earn a 3-2 away victory at St. Mary's Stadium. Sherwood made a brilliant choice to start Emmanuel Adebayor and Roberto Soldado as strikers. This home defeat meant Southampton has suffered of six continuous winless games since 23/Non/13. Southampton captain Adam Lallana put the hosts ahead at 13rd minute, from the edge of box area to the bottom left corner, assisted by Daniel Fox. Emmanuel Adebayor cancelled out Lallana's effort at 25th minute, when he struck home through an agile hooked volley, assisted by Roberto Soldado who curled in a fine cross. Soon after second half was started, the injured Spurs midfielder Mousa Dembele was replaced by teenager Nabil Bentaleb. At 54th minute, Saints defender Jos Hooiveld scored an own goal under pressure by Christian Eriksen and Danny Rose. However, five minutes later, Southampton levelled with Rickie Lambert's right footed shot from the centre of the box to an empty goal, assisted by captain Adam Lallana. Emmanuel Adebayor scored the winning goal at 64th minute through a brilliant left footed shot, assisted by Nacer Chadli from a quick throw-in. The Former Arsenal striker was named Man of The Match due to his extraordinary contributions to the match results. |
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21/Dec/13 Match Week 17 Liverpool vs Cardiff Results 3-1 Luis Suárez once again scored twice and assisted once as Liverpool defeated Cardiff 3-1 at Anfield. The league top scorer has now take his tally to 19 Premier League goals of the campaign. The Uruguay international just penned a long-term contract with Liverpool one day ago, to end the speculation that he will be leaving the club. Suárez has signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract with Liverpool, will earn club record-breaking wages around £200,000 per week. The Reds started brightly and took the lead after 25 minutes. Jordan Henderson as the creator of the goal, picked out Suárez with a chipped pass. Suárez expertly volleyed and shot the inviting cross into the bottom left corner past Cardiff keeper David Marshall. At 42nd minute, Jordan Henderson sent a superb through-ball and brought Suárez racing clear on goal at the front. With only goalkeeper to beat, the Uruguay striker unselfishly passed the ball to Raheem Sterling to slot home from the centre of the box. Three minutes later, Suárez scored Liverpool's third goal, assisted by Jordan Henderson once again. Henderson's smart back-heel pass found the superb striker on the edge of the box, and Suárez curled his shot into the bottom right corner from outside the box. Cardiff City showed better fighting spirits with an impressive second half performance. At 58th minute, Jordon Mutch headed in a consolation goal for the host , assisted by Peter Whittingham. Luis Suárez almost claimed a hat-trick during stoppage time. He latched onto Raheem Sterling's pass and shot from the left side of the box. However David Marshall made a good save to keep out his left-footed shot. Another match focus surrounded showdown between Cardiff owner Vincent Tan and manager Malky Mackay. The incidents came after Vincent sent Mackay a letter instructing him to quit or face the sack. Would Cardiff's 3-1 defeat at Liverpool made Mackay the sixth manager to be sacked in this season? |
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18/Dec/13 Capital One Cup 2013-14 Semi Finals Draw The Draw of Capital One Cup 2013/14 Semi Finals took place on 18/Dec/13. First leg ties are to be played during the week commencing 06/Jan/14. Second leg ties are to be played during week commencing 20/Jan/14.
Capital One Cup 2013/14 Semi Finals Fixtures
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18/Dec/13 2013/14 Capital One Cup Quarter Finals Results Highlights
West Ham Hammered Spurs
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| 17/Dec/13 | Leicester City vs Man City | 1-3 |
| 17/Dec/13 | Sunderland vs Chelsea | 2-1 (AET) |
| 18/Dec/13 | Stoke vs Man United | 0-2 |
| 18/Dec/13 | Tottenham vs West Ham | 1-2 |
Capital One Cup 2013/14 Quarter Finals Results
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16/Dec/13 Tottenham Sacked Manager AVB
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club officially announced the termination of their Head Coach, André Villas-Boas's services.
A statement on the Tottenham website read: "That agreement has been reached with Head Coach, André Villas-Boas, for the termination of his services. The decision was by mutual consent and in the interests of all parties."
André Villas-Boas had been named Tottenham Hotspur head coach since July 2012, replacing Harry Redknapp and signing a three-year contract. AVB was awarded the Barclays Premier League Manager of the Month twice during EPL 2012/13 season, in December 2012 and February 2013. He brought Tottenham to fifth position in the end of EPL 2012/13 season.
In the beginning of EPL 2013/14, Spurs has loss in five leagues matches and conceded 21 goals. The North London club has earned 27 points and lying at seventh place in EPL Table.
The club suffered a series of disappointing league results included a 6-0 away defeat to Manchester City and recent harrowing 5-0 home defeat to Liverpool.
Despite Spurs achieved excellent results by winning all six of their Europa League 2013/14 group matches, the club still decide to terminate AVB's services following the weekend defeat to Liverpool.
Tottenham's technical co-ordinator Tim Sherwood will be placed in caretaker charge for the club.
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16/Dec/13 UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Draw Results
Man City vs Barcelona
Bayern Munich vs Arsenal
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| Manchester City | vs | Barcelona |
| Olympiakos | vs | Manchester United |
| AC Milan | vs | Atletico Madrid |
| Bayer Leverkusen | vs | Paris Saint-Germain |
| Galatasaray | vs | Chelsea |
| Schalke 04 | vs | Real Madrid |
| Zenit St Petersburg | vs | Borussia Dortmund |
| Arsenal | vs | Bayern Munich |
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16/Dec/13 Europa League Round of 32 Draw Results
Swansea vs Napoli
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk vs Tottenham
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| Round of 32 Draw Results | ||
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | vs | Tottenham |
| Real Betis | vs | Rubin Kazan |
| Swansea | vs | Napoli |
| Juventus | vs | Trabzonspor |
| Maribor | vs | Sevilla |
| Viktoria Plzeň | vs | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Chornomorets Odesa | vs | Lyon |
| Lazio | vs | Ludogorets Razgrad |
| Esbjerg | vs | Fiorentina |
| Ajax | vs | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | vs | Basel |
| Porto | vs | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | vs | Genk |
| Dynamo Kyiv | vs | Valencia |
| PAOK | vs | Benfica |
| Slovan Liberec | vs | AZ |
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15/Dec/13 EPL Match Week 16 Results Highlights
MU Beaten Villa 3-0
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15/Dec/13 Match Week 16 Tottenham vs Liverpool Results 0-5 Luis Suárez scored twice and assisted twice as Liverpool saw off Tottenham 5-0 at White Hart Lane. This is Spurs' biggest home defeat under Andre Villas-Boas 's reign. The Uruguayan striker scored a goal in each half and remained leading in the Top Scorers Table with 17 league goals. Suárez scored Liverpool's first goal at 18th minute from the centre of the box, assisted by Jordan Henderson. Soon after that, Henderson struck the visitor's second goal through a superb right footed shot from the centre of the box. Tottenham's situation became worse when Brazilian midfielder Paulinho was sent off at 63rd minute, after a high tackle on Luis Suárez. The Liverpool Captain continue his contribution at 75th minute, when defender John Flanagan converted his cross became Liverpool's third goal. Suárez's second goal was brilliant when he latched on substitute Luis Alberto's through ball and lifted the ball over Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris. At 89th minute, Raheem Sterling sealed the final score as 5-0 after he struck from the centre of the box, assisted by Luis Suárez with a through ball. After the match, Liverpool moved back to second place in EPL Table with only two points behind Arsenal. Tottenham slipped to 7th place with only two points higher than the 8th place Man United. |
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15/Dec/13 Match Week 16 Aston Villa vs Manchester United Results 0-3 Danny Welbeck struck twice within three minutes to give Manchester United a 3-0 comfortable win at Villa Park. Wayne Rooney has made his 500th Manchester United appearance became more meaningful, with a assist to Cleverly's goal. At 15th minute, Rafael's cross found Adnan Januzaj. However, the teenager's header was blocked by the left post. Danny Welbeck shot the ball rebound from Januzaj's header and scored the first goal. This is Welbeck's first Premier League goal since the season started. Three minutes later, Antonio Valencia sent a good cross to the box area, Welbeck took the opportunity to slide in and right footed shot as United's second goal. During beginning of the second half, Tom Cleverley scored United's third goal, after he exchanged passes with Wayne Rooney and firing past Villa keeper Brad Guzan. This is the midfielder's first Premier League goal of the year. United were in party atmosphere when see the return of Darren Fletcher to replace Ryan Giggs at 70th minute. The Scottish midfielder made his first league appearance in almost one year, since he was affected by a chronic bowel condition. |
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14/Dec/13 Match Week 16 Manchester City vs Arsenal Results 6-3 Manchester City Crushed Arsenal 6-3 at Etihad Stadium. City remained its unbeatable record at home ground, with eight matches won and 35 goals scored. Fernandinho contributed two goals, while Sergio Agüero, Álvaro Negredo, David Silva and Yaya Touré's stoppage time penalty made it another perfect home victory for the Citizen. Theo Walcott scored two great goals in his first start since September. But his efforts and Per Mertesacker's stoppage time consolation goal is not enough to get any point for Arsenal. Sergio Agüero put City ahead in 14th minute with a great volley. However, he was replaced by Jesús Navas at 50th minute after an injury. Theo Walcott equalized at 31st minute with a right footed shot outside te box, assisted by Mesut Özil. Eight minutes later, Álvaro Negredo scored City's second goal from a close range, assisted by Pablo Zabaleta with a good pass. Fernandinho struck in City's third goal through a brilliant shot from outside the box at 50th minute. Walcott fight back with a beautiful goal curler into the top corner of City's net. David Silva and Fernandinho added two goals for the host from the center of the box area. The dramatic stoppage time moment started when Per Mertesacker headed in Arsenal's third goal, assisted by Bacary Sagna. City was awarded with a stoppage time penalty when Gunner keeper Wojciech Szczesny brought down James Milner inside box area. Yaya Touré made no mistake to convert the penalty and seal the final score as 6-3. |
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14/Dec/13 Match Week 16 Cardiff vs West Brom Results 1-0 Peter Whittingham headed in the only goal of the match against West Brom to gave Cardiff a crucial victory. Cardiff's previous Premier league victory was on 28/Sep/13 when they defeated Fulham in an away match. Whittingham headed in the second half goal 65th minutes, assisted by Craig Noone with a cross. Noone was the influential drive behind most of Cardiff's attack and produced a perfect cross for Whittingham's goal. The match was West Brom's sixth continuous winless game since 09/Nov/13. They dropped to 16th place in EPL Table after the defeat. |
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14/Dec/13 Match Week 16 Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Results 2-1 Chelsea has recovered from their last week away defeat, and beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. Eden Hazard was named Man of The Match with his efforts involved in build-up of both Chelsea's goals. Fernando Torres struck Chelsea's first goal at 14th minute from center of the box area. Marouane Chamakh equalized for Palace at 29th minute, assisted by Joel Ward with a cross. This is Chamakh's third goal in three Premier League matches. Six minutes later, Ramires scored the winning goal through a powerful shot from outside the box, assisted by Eden Hazard. Chelsea's victory helped The blues left only two points behind Arsenal, after the leader was defeated by Manchester City in an earlier match. |
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14/Dec/13 Match Week 16 Everton vs Fulham Results 4-1 Everton gain another comfortable home victory after The Toffees beaten Fulham 4-1 at Goodison Park. Fulham slipped to 19th place in EPL Table after the defeat. Leon Osman opened the scoring at 18th minute with a superb goal shot to the bottom left corner, assisted by Steven Pienaar. At 66th minute, Fulham was awarded a penalty after Gareth Barry fouled Alexander Kacaniklic inside the box area. Dimitar Berbatov made no mistake to convert the penalty as Fulham's equalizer. At 73rd minute, Everton defender Seamus Coleman struck from the centre of the box and help the host to lead in the score board again. Gareth Barry headed in Everton's third goal at 's 84th minute. During stoppage time, Kevin Mirallas shot a brilliant goal from outside the box area helped Everton to seal the simple 4-1 victory. |
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14/Dec/13 West Brom Sacked Manager Steve Clarke Steve Clarke was sacked as West Brom Albion manager, following Albion's defeat to Cardiff City a few hours ago. West Brom has won three matches after playing 16 league games in EPL 2013/14, included their famous 2-1 victory at Old Trafford on 28/Sep/13. The club earned 15 points and placed at 16th seat in EPL Table, with two points above the relegation zone. A statement on the West Brom website read: "This was the unanimous decision of the football club's board of directors following a disappointing performance throughout 2013." Steve Clarke joined West Bromwich Albion as manager since June 2012, replaced Roy Hodgson after his appointment as England manager. It is Clarke's first permanent management role, previously he has been assistant manager at Chelsea, West Ham and Liverpool. Clarke was awarded the Barclays Premier League Manager of the Month during November 2012 due to his extraordinary efforts. Unfortunately, Albion decided to depart Steve Clarke after their 1-0 defeat to Cardiff, which is their fourth defeat in succession. Assistant head coach Keith Downing was announced as the team caretaker while the club "considers all available options for a new head coach". |
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12/Dec/13 EPL Teams' Results in Champions League and Europa League All EPL teams qualified for Knock Out Stages!All EPL teams gain victory in this week Champions League, except Arsenal lose 2-0 to Napoli. Napoli defeated ten-men Arsenal 2-0 during Champions League Group F final match. Gonzalo Higuain scored Napoli's first goal at 73rd minute through a left footed shot, assisted by José Callejón. Higuain has be another focus of the match, since he has chosen to join Napoli instead of Arsenal, during early summer transfer. Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta was sent off at 76th minute, after get his second yellow cards, following a bad foul. Spanish midfielder Callejón scored the second goal for the host during stoppage time. After the match, Gunners still managed to get qualification for the next stage while Napoli was eliminated. There are three teams having same points in Group F. Dortmund, Arsenal and Napoli all having 12 points but different Goal Differences. Marseille was sitting the last place in Group F, with zero point. Dortmund and Arsenal were qualified for Knock Out Stages while Napoli will play in Europa Round of 32.
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09/Dec/13 EPL Match Week 15 Results Highlights
Another Disappointed Home Defeat for Man United
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09/Dec/13 Match Week 15 Swansea vs Hull Results 1-1 Hull forwarder Danny Graham scored an early goal at 9th minute, and put the visitor leading in the score board. Graham shot from close range to bottom right corner, assisted by Ahmed Elmohamady with a cross. The ex-Swansea striker refuse to celebrate after struck his former club's net. Graham joined Swansea since June 2011. He signed for Sunderland at January 2013 and was loaned out to Hull City in the following season. Chico scored the crucial equalizer fro Swansea at 60th minute, despite video replay showed the ball might has touch with his arm on the way into the net. This controversial goal was assisted by Jonjo Shelvey with a cross following a corner. Hull might could have miss a second half penalty. However, referee Martin Atkinson didn't award any penalty to The Tigers after Swansea defender Dwight Tiendalli's handball blocking Alex Bruce's header. Swansea improved one place to 10th place in EPL Table, with three points behind defending Champions Manchester United. Hull remained at 12nd place with 18 points. |
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08/Dec/13 Match Week 15 Fulham vs Aston Villa Results 2-0 Fulham gain an important Premier League match victory, after they defeated Aston Villa 2-0 at Craven Cottage. The Cottagers has lose in six continuous Premier League matches from 26/Oct/13 until 04/Dec/13. At 21st minute, Steve Sidwell put Fulham ahead with his brilliant finish form a difficult angle. At 29th minute, Dimitar Berbatov send a superb pass and brought Alexander Kacaniklic to the front. Villa defender Leandro Bacuna brought down Kacaniklic inside the box area and conceded penalty for the host. Berbatov converted the opportunity become Fulham's second goal He was selected as Man of The Match with his superb striker display. Fulham remained at Relegation Zone after the match, but having same points as the 17th placed West Ham United. |
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08/Dec/13 Match Week 15 Arsenal vs Everton Results 1-1 Arsenal might thought they can claim another victory when Mesut Özil struck the 80th minute late goal, assisted by Theo Walcott with a headed pass. However, four minutes later, Everton substitute Gerard Deulofeu's brilliant shot from 15 yards has denied Özil's efforts, and seal the final draw results as 1-1. Deulofeu was brought to the field at 79th minute, to replace Kevin Mirallas. This meant the on loan forwarder from Barcelona spent only five minutes to score the crucial equalizer for the Toffees. Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud almost has an opportunity to claim a victory during stoppage time, however his 25 yards shot has hits the bar. This is Arsenal's first draw results at Emirate Stadium during this season. Gunners remained at top of EPL Table with five points above Liverpool. The draw results helped Everton to extend their recent unbeatable Premier League results to successive eight matches since 19/Oct/13. The Toffees remained at fifth place, with only one point behind Manchester City. |
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07/Dec/13 Match Week 15 Manchester United vs Newcastle Results 0-1 Manchester United suffered a continuous home defeat within a week. Newcastle French midfielder Yohan Cabaye scored the only goal at 61st minute, assisted by Moussa Sissoko. Wayne Rooney was not playing in this match, since he've got his fifth Premier League yellow card during previous match. Robin Van Persie and Javier Hernández has played full 90 minutes, but the duo failed to get any point for Red Devils. At 52nd minute, Hernández made a powerful shot from the right side of the box area, however Newcastle keeper Tim Krul made an excellent save to keep clean sheet for his team. |
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07/Dec/13 Match Week 15 Crystal Palace vs Cardiff Results 2-0 Crystal Palace became the winner of the Battle between Promoted Teams. Forwarder Cameron Jerome gave Palace a sixth-minute lead. Jerome headed in Jason Puncheon's cross to the high centre of the goal. At 57th minute, Marouane Chamakh scored the second goal for Palace, after a great finish from the centre of the box. This is the Moroccan's second goal of the week. Eventually, his goals brought two different victory for Crystal Palace, and ensure the new manager Tony Pulis was having two successive home victory since his take reign of Palace. After Crystal Palace grabbed their fourth victory of the season, they still remained at Relegation Zone, but having five points above the bottom Sunderland. Cardiff slipped to 16th place after their seventh defeat of the season, with only one points above the 17th Placed West Ham United. |
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07/Dec/13 Match Week 15 Liverpool vs West Ham Results 4-1 Liverpool gain victory from a dramatic match with two own goals and one red card. Liverpool claimed their first goal after West Ham defender Guy Demel scored an own goal at 42nd minute. At the beginning of second half, Mamadou Sakho struck the second goal for Liverpool to the high centre of the goal, assisted by Steven Gerrard. West Ham's only goal was "contributed" by Martin Skrtel's own goal at 66th minute. This is the Liverpool defender's second own goal during December 2013. Liverpool top scorer Luis Suárez headed in his team's third goal at 81st minute. One minute later Kevin Nolan was sent off and left West Ham with ten-men The Hammers' Captain get a straight red card for a rash challenge on Jordan Henderson. At 84th minute, Luis Suárez scored another goal for Liverpool and seal the final results as 4-1. The goal was earlier categorized as West Ham defender Joey O'Brien's own goal, but later Suárez being named the scorer and made he continue to lead in Top Scorers Table with 15 goals. After the match, Liverpool over take the dropped point Chelsea and City to climb up to second place in EPL Table. West Ham remained at 17th place and having same points with the 18th place Palace. |
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07/Dec/13 Match Week 15 Southampton vs Manchester City Results 1-1 Southampton came back from behind to draw 1-1 with Manchester City at St Mary's Stadium. City had gone ahead in the 10th minute from Sergio Agüero's early goal from the centre of the box area, assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov with a cross. This is the Argentinian's 12th Premier League goal of the season. Pablo Daniel Osvaldo scored the crucial equalizer at three minutes before the first half was ended. The Italian striker performed with superb solo effort, picked the ball and tricked passed two City defender Vincent Kompany and Pablo Zabelata, before he struck the ball past City keeper Costel Pantilimon into the far corner of the net. |
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07/Dec/13 Match Week 15 Stoke vs Chelsea Results 3-2 Stoke City stunned Chelsea with a shock home victory 3-2. Stoke striker Oussama Assaidi struck the winning goal at 90th minutes, through a brilliant right footed shot from outside the box area, assisted by Stephen Ireland. Stephan Ireland also the goal scorer of Stoke's second goal during the first half. Substitute Assaidi was introduced to the field at 84th minute, to replace the Jonathan Walters. The effective Moroccan striker spent only six minutes to touch the ball and scored the crucial winning goal for Stoke City. Later both Assaidi and Ireland were booked for excessive celebration, but this would not stop the excitement after their shock victory against Chelsea. |
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07/Dec/13 Match Week 15 West Brom vs Norwich Results 0-2 Norwich recovered from the midweek terrific 5-1 defeat, and grab a remarkable away victory. The Canaries beaten West Brom Albion 2-0 at The Hawthorns. Gary Hooper scored Norwich's opener at 13rd minute through a superb goal. The forwarder's right footed shot struck a powerful goal from outside the box area to Albion's net. Dutch midfielder Leroy Fer scored Norwich's second goal at 89th minute to seal the victory for Canaries. Leroy Fer was named Man of The Match after his hardworking effort throughout the 90 minutes. After Norwich grabbed their second away victory of the season, they take all three points and climb above Albion into 14th place. Albion dropped to 15th place, with two points below Norwich. |
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07/Dec/13 Match Week 15 Sunderland vs Tottenham Results 1-2 Tottenham came back from behind to beat Sunderland 2-1 at The Stadium of Light. Sunderland midfielder Adam Johnson's 37th minute goal, was denied by Paulinho six minutes ater. The Brazilian midfielder struck the equalizer, assisted by Nacer Chadli with a great headed pass. John O'Shea's unlucky own gaol at 50th minute, became Spurs' winning goal against the Black Cats. The former Manchester United player accidently scored the own goal when trying to clear away Mousa Dembele's shot. Both teams made a few threatening attempts during the stoppage time. Spurs forwarder Andros Townsend made a powerful shot on goal form outside the box area, but Black Cats keeper Vito Mannone made good save to push it over the bar. Tottenham remained at 6th place after the away victory, with one point behind the fifth place Everton. Sunderland remained at bottom of EPL Table with only 8 points. |
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06/Dec/13 Newcastle Duo Won November 2013 Barclays Monthly Awards Newcastle United have been honoured for their impressive performance, with the November Barclays Monthly Awards given to manager Alan Perdew and goalkeeper Tim Krul. Pardew has led his side to win every game over the course of the whole November. Newcastle has won all four games against Chelsea, Tottenham, Norwich and West Brom Albion. Krul wins the award for a series of remarkable performances and crucial saves, including two clean sheets against Chelsea and Spurs. More EPL awards
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04/Dec/13 EPL Match Week 14 Results Highlights
Man United Lose 1-0 to Moyes's Former Club
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04/Dec/13 Match Week 14 Arsenal vs Hull Results 2-0 Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner put Gunners ahead in just 90 seconds after the match was started. Bendtner netted in Arsenal's first goal into Hull's net, assisted by Carl Jenkinson with a cross. The Danish striker was loan to Sunderland and Juventus since August 2011. He was returned to Arsenal since the end of season 2012/13. This is his first Arsenal goal since March 2011. Mesut Özil struck in Gunner's second goal at the beginning of the second half, through his left footed shot. This is his third Premier League goal, since he joined Arsenal this summer. The simple victory ensure Arsenal remained at the top of EPL Table, with four points above the 2nd placed Chelsea. |
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04/Dec/13 Match Week 14 Liverpool vs Norwich Results 5-1 Liverpool superb striker Luis Suárez involved in Liverpool's all five goals against Norwich at Anfield. Suárez completed his second hat-tricks of the season within 20 minutes during first half, before he score the fourth goal at 74th minute. He is now leading in the EPL Top Scorers table with 13 goals in tally. Suárez's first goal happened at 15th minute, when his long shot from more than 35 yards netted the to the bottom right corner of the goal. At 29th minute, Suárez struck form a close range assisted by Philippe Coutinho with a cross following a corner. The Uruguay completed a hat-tricks at 35th minute when his right footed shot netted in Norwich's goal, assisted by Raheem Sterling. Suárez scored the fourth goal through a brilliant free kick outside the box area. The Uruguay international also assisted Liverpool's fifth goal when Raheem Sterling left footed shot the goal at 88th minute. Suárez created a new record, since he has scored 11 goals in five appearances against Norwich. Norwich midfielder Bradley Johnson scored the only consolation goal for Canaries at 83rd minute. |
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04/Dec/13 Match Week 14 Manchester United vs Everton Results 0-1 Manchester United suffered a 1-0 defeat to Everton at home ground during Match Week 14. The last time Everton claimed a victory at Old Trafford was 21 years ago, where Toffees crushed Red Devils 3-0 on 19/August/1992. David Moyes' Everton successor Roberto Martinez managed to get the impressive victory when he was leading Everton to play with United for the first time. Everton Defender Bryan Oviedo scored the 86th minute winning goal through a left footed shot from a unique angle, assisted by Romelu Lukaku. Oviedo was signed by David Moyes during August 2012. United nearly have a chance to get a point. Unfortunately, Wayne Rooney's shot at 29th minute has hit the right post. The defending Champions were now slipped to 9th Place in EPL Table, and left 12 points behind the leader Arsenal. Rooney was booked at 61st minute after a bad foul. Since this is his fifth yellow card of the season, he will miss United's weekend home match with Newcastle. |
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04/Dec/13 Match Week 14 Southampton vs Aston Villa Results 2-3 Fabian Delph and Gabriel Agbonlahor contributed in Aston Villa's dramatic away victory against Southampton. Forwarder Gabriel Agbonlahor gave Villa a 15th-minute lead when his right footed shot near the goal area was hit into the bottom right corner. Villa's first goal was assisted by Fabian Delph. Southampton equalized at the beginning of second half, through Jay Rodriguez's header, assisted by Nathaniel Clyne with a cross. Villa striker Libor Kozák put the visitor ahead again in the 64th minute but Pablo Osvaldo equalised five minutes later. England midfielder Fabian Delph's 80th winning goal, totally destroy the Saints' hope to share one point after the match. Villa's third goal was assisted by Gabriel Agbonlahor following a fast break. Southampton suffered three continuous defeat since 23/Nov/13. The Saints now dropped to 8th place in EPL Table. Aston Villa improved to 10th place after the remarkable victory. |
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04/Dec/13 Match Week 14 Stoke vs Cardiff Results 0-0 Stoke City and Cardiff City produced the only draw results during Match Week 14 at Britannia Stadium. The Potters has recovered after their 4-0 defeat to Everton during the previous weekend. They have dominated almost 60% time of possession, but both team failed to score any goal in a bored goalless draw. This is Cardiff City's continuous eighth winless match results since 05/Oct/13. Both Stoke and Cardiff slightly improved to 14th place and 15th place respectively, after Norwich and West Ham lose to their opponents. |
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04/Dec/13 Match Week 14 Sunderland vs Chelsea Results 3-4 Chelsea claimed an eventually 4-3 victory in the away match against Sunderland at The Stadium of Light. The American striker Jozy Altidore put Sunderland ahead in the 14th minute, through a left footed shot, assisted by Jack Colback. Three minutes later, Altidore's effort was denied by Frank Lampard's header, assisted by Eden Hazard with a cross following a corner. Eden Hazard was selected as Man of The Match, with his excellent performance of two goals and one assist to help The Blues to gain full three points. The Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard scored twice at either side of the interval. At 36th minute, Hazard help Chelsea to lead the score board after his remarkable goal form outside the box hit into the bottom right of the goal, assisted by Fernando Torres with a headed pass. In the beginning of second half, former Manchester United player John O'Shea's right footed shot inside the box helped the host to equalized. Eden Hazard helped Chelsea to lead with 3-2 at 62th minute when he struck another goal form a close area, assisted by Frank Lampard. Hazard was booked for excessive celebration. In the remaining time, Sunderland defender Phillip Bardsley scored two goals as well, but one of it was an unlucky own goal at 84th minute. Bardsley struck his second goal as a late goal at 86th minute to the centre of the goal following a corner. Unfortunately his second goal is only enough to seal the final results as 3-4, and was not enough for the host to gain any point. Chelsea remained at second place of EPL Table with four points behind Arsenal. The Black Cats remained at bottom of EPL Table with two points behind Palace and Fulham. |
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04/Dec/13 Match Week 14 Swansea vs Newcastle Results 3-0 Swansea forgot the pain of weekend defeat to Manchester City, and performed with full strength to get full three points form Newcastle. The host ended Newcastle's winning record established since early November. The Toon has won in all four Premier League matches during November, but they lose in their first December match. Subsitute Nathan Dyer was introduced to the field at 29th minute to replace the injured Alvaro Vazquez with a groin problem. Dyer scored Swansea's first goal during first half stoppage time. Newcastle defender Mathieu Debuchy "contributed" Swansea's second goal when he scored an own goal at 66th minute not intentionally. Swansea superb midfielder Jonjo Shelvey scored Swansea's third goal, through a excellent shot from outside the box area, assisted by Jonathan De Guzmán. After gain the simple victory, Swansea improved to 11st place in EPL Table. Newcastle slighty slipped one place to the 7th place, yet still one point above Southampton and United. |
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03/Dec/13 Match Week 14 Crystal Palace vs West Ham Results 1-0 Marouane Chamakh scored the only goal of the match against West Ham United, to lift Crystal Palace off the bottom of EPL Table. The Moroccan striker, headed in Barry Bannan's cross into the net at 42nd minute. The former Arsenal striker has joined Crystal palace during August 2013 on a one-year deal signing. This is Tony Pulis's first home victory since he officially took over the Eagles from Ian Holloway. After Palace claimed their third victory of the season, they improved to 19th place in EPL Table. West Ham remained at 15th place and only three points above the relegation zone. |
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01/Dec/13 Fulham Sacked Manager Martin Jol Fulham Football Club have sacked manager Martin Jol, following their 3-0 defeat to West Ham United one day ago. Head coach René Meulensteen will replaces him taking over First Team duties with immediate effect. Martin Jol joined Fulham as manager in June 2011, after Mark Hughes' departure. In his first season at Craven Cottage, Jol guided Fulham to remarkable ninth-placed finish in EPL 2011/12. Unfortunately in the latest season of EPL 2013/14, Fulham only managed to get 10 points after played thirteen league matches and remained at relegation zone for weeks. The Cottagers finally sacked manager Martin Jol and end his 2 years 5 months services at Craven Cottage, after five consecutive league defeats. The Cottagers has assigned the former Manchester United assistant manager René Meulensteen immediately taking over Fulham First Team responsibilities, following Jol's departure. Meulensteen departed from United during June 2013, after incoming manager David Moyes decided to bring in his own coaching team. |
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