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31/Jan/14 2014 Winter Transfer Window Closure
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29/Jan/14 EPL 2013-14 Match Week 23 Results Highlights
Man City Saw Off Spurs 5-1 to Moved to Top
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28/Jan/14 Match Week 23 Man United vs Cardiff Results 2-0 Juan Mata shined in his first match in Manchester United. The Spanish midfielder transferred from Chelsea to United with club-record 37.1 million pound few days ago. Robin Van Persie opened the scoring at 6th minute, which was his first goal after recovered from long term injury. At 59th minute, Mata assisted Ashley Young to struck United's second goal from 25-yards to seal the victory. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's return to Old Trafford end up with his team remained at the bottom of EPL Table. |
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26/Jan/14 FA Cup Fourth Round Results
Ten Premier League Teams Marched On
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| Date | Match | Results |
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| 24/Jan/14 | Arsenal vs Coventry City | 4-0 |
| 24/Jan/14 | Nottingham Forest vs Preston North End | 0-0 |
| 25/Jan/14 | AFC Bournemouth vs Liverpool | 0-2 |
| 25/Jan/14 | Birmingham vs Swansea | 1-2 |
| 25/Jan/14 | Bolton vs Cardiff | 0-1 |
| 25/Jan/14 | Huddersfield vs Charlton | 0-1 |
| 25/Jan/14 | Man City vs Watford | 4-2 |
| 25/Jan/14 | Port Vale vs Brighton & Hove | 1-3 |
| 25/Jan/14 | Rochdale vs Sheffield Wednesday | 1-2 |
| 25/Jan/14 | Southampton vs Yeovil | 2-0 |
| 25/Jan/14 | Southend United vs Hull | 0-2 |
| 25/Jan/14 | Sunderland vs Kidderminster | 1-0 |
| 25/Jan/14 | Wigan vs Crystal Palace | 2-1 |
| 25/Jan/14 | Stevenage vs Everton | 0-4 |
| 26/Jan/14 | Sheffield United vs Fulham | 1-1 |
| 26/Jan/14 | Chelsea vs Stoke | 1-0 |
| 04/Feb/14 | Preston North End vs Nottingham Forest | ?-? |
FA Cup 2013/14 Complete Results
FA Cup 2013/14 Fifth Round Fixtures
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22/Jan/14 Capital One Cup Semi Finals Results
Sunderland Beaten Man United
Through Penalty Shoot Out
Man City Hammered West Ham
9-0 Aggregate
Sunderland marched on to Capital One Cup finals after beaten Manchester United in both Semi Finals tiers. The Black Cats defeated United 2-1 at the Stadium of Light during first leg of the Semi Finals. In the dramatic second leg tier, Johnny Evans scored a header at 37th minute, to bring the match into extra time.
At 119th minute, Sunderland seems about to win the match when defender Phil Bardsley fired a goal to the lower left corner, following De Gea's mistake. Just a few seconds before extra time was ended, Javier Hernández struck and brought the game to penalties shoot out.
During the dramatic penalties shoot out, United only managed to score one of the five spot-kicks, with Darren Fletcher was the only scorer. Sunderland players converted two penalties through Marcos Alonso and Ki Sung-Yeung's efforts. It's enough for the Black Cats to march on the 2013/14 Capital Cup Finals playing against Manchester City.
Manchester City sunk West Ham United with aggregate 9-0 in both Semi-Finals tiers.
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| 07/Jan/14 | Sunderland vs Man United | 2-1 |
| 08/Jan/14 | Man City vs West Ham | 6-0 |
| 21/Jan/14 | West Ham vs Man City | 0-3 |
| 22/Jan/14 | Man United vs Sunderland | 2-1 (AET)
Penalty 1-2 |
Capital One Cup 2013/14 Complete Results
Capital One Cup 2013/14 Finals Fixtures
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18/Jan/14 EPL 2013-14 Match Week 22 Results Highlights
Everton Held 1-1 by Albion
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20/Jan/14 Match Week 22 West Brom vs Everton Results 1-1 West Brom Albion came back from one goal behind, to draw 1-1 with Everton at The Hawthorns. Kevin Mirallas put Everton ahead at 41th minute, assisted by Romelu Lukaku. Albion defender Diego Lugano struck the equalizer for the hosts at 75th minute, to ensure their new manager Pepe Mel earned a point in his first game in-charge. At four minute before first half was ended, Everton midfielder Kevin Mirallas scored the opener through a right footed shot from close range, assisted by Romelu Lukaku with a headed pass. Diego Lugano struck the equalizer for at 75th minute, after he found James Morrison's cross. The Albion defender's header past Everton keeper Tim Howard into the top right corner of the net. |
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19/Jan/14 Match Week 22 Swansea vs Tottenham Results 1-3 Tottenham moved up to fifth place in EPL Table, after beaten Swansea 3-1 at the Liberty Stadium. The Spurs earned their 8th away victory of the season, after Emmanuel Adebayor struck twice and Chico "contributed" an own goal. Swansea slipped to fifteen place after happened their continuous 8th winless Premier League match since 09/Dec/13. Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring at 35th minute, when he headed in his first goal from close range, after he found Christian Eriksen's precise pin-point cross. At 53rd minute, Spurs defender Kyle Walker's cross was diverted by Swansea defender Chico into his own net. Emmanuel Adebayor struck the third goal for Tottenham at 71st minute following a counter attack. Danny Rose's cross found Adebayor at the front, as the striker calmly shot from the centre of the box past Swansea keeper Gerhard Tremmel to the bottom right corner. Wilfried Bony scored a consolation goal for Swansea at seven minutes later. With Roland Lamah delivered a brilliant cross from the edge of the box, Bony made a fine finished to curl the ball beyond Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris into the net. The Swansea striker almost struck during 25th minute os the first half, before he's right footed shot from outside the box hitting the bar. However, Bony's efforts were not sufficient for the hosts to earn any point. |
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19/Jan/14 Match Week 22 Chelsea vs Man United Results 3-1 Hat-Trick Hero Samuel Eto'o brought Chelsea to beat Manchester United 3-1 at Stamford Bridge. Both injured Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie were not participating in the match. United captain Nemanja Vidic was sent off during second half stoppage time after a reckless challenge at Eden Hazard. After their seven defeats of the season, the defending Champions maintained unchanged at seventh place with 14 points behind leaders Arsenal. Chelsea remained at third place, continue putting pressure at Arsenal and Manchester City on top. Samuel Eto'o put Chelsea ahead at 17th minute, with a powerful left footed shot from outside the box area. Eto's shot deflect off United midfielder Michael Carrick into the bottom left corner of the net. Eto added another goal just before first half was ended. With Ramires sent a cross to Gary Cahill at the right side, the Chelsea defender delivered the ball to Eto, before he fired the shot to the centre of the goal past the helpless United keeper De Gea. The Man of The Match Samuel Eto'o earned his third goal at beginning of the second half. After Gary Cahill's header was saved by De Gea on the line, Eto shot the rebound from close range to the centre of the goal. Manchester United gained a consolation goal when substitute Javier Hernandez struck their only goal at 78th minute. The Little Pea shot from close range past Petr Cech to the bottom left corner, assisted by Phil Jones. During second half stoppage time, United captain Nemanja Vidic was sent off with a straight red card after a reckless challenge at Eden Hazard. Few seconds before the match was ended, United defender Rafael was shown with yellow card for a rude foul against Gary Cahill. |
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18/Jan/14 Match Week 22 Sunderland vs Southampton Results 2-2 Sunderland fight back from two goals behind to draw 2-2 with Southampton at Stadium of Light. Adam Johnson assists Fabio Borini's goal and struck the equalizer at 71 minute to help Black Cats to share one point with the Saints. Southampton forwarder Jay Rodriguez put the visitors ahead at only 3 minutes 49 seconds. Morgan Schneiderlin sent the ball to Rodriguez with a header pass. The striker controlled the ball on his chest and fired a powerful shot from outside the box area into the bottom left corner. Defender Dejan Lovren made it double for Southampton at 31st minute. Lovren met Steven Davis's corner cross and volleyed the ball past the goalkeeper Vito Mannone into the bottom left corner. Few seconds later, Adam Johnson's sent a brilliant cross to Fabio Borini's path. The Sunderland midfielder shot from the centre of the box past Saints keeper Artur Boruc who failed to stop the ball using his hand. Sunderland made some effective changes during second half, with the introduction of Craig Gardner and Jack Colback to replace Lee Cattermole and Sebastian Larsson at 62nd minute. At 71st minute, Adam Johnson scored the crucial equalizer for Sunderland, assisted by Craig Gardner. Gardner sent a precise pass to Johnson on the right and the last week hat-tricks hero fired a high shot to the top right corner of the net Sunderland almost claimed a late winner at five minutes later. Craig Gardner shot a fabuluos on-target shot form 25-yards while Steven Fletcher shot another on-target shot to the bottom right corner later. However Southampton keeper Artur Boruc made two crucial save within a minute to deny their efforts. |
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18/Jan/14 Match Week 22 Arsenal vs Fulham Results 2-0 Man of The Match Santi Cazorla struck twice within five minutes, as Arsenal smashed Fulham 2-0 at Emirate Stadium. The Gunners remained at the summit of EPL Table, with one point ahead of Manchester City, who just won 4-2 over Cardiff at home. The struggling Fulham slipped to 17th place with only one point above the bottom teams. First half was ended goalless, after goalkeepers from both ends made some brilliant saves to block on-target shots. Arsenal managed to break the deadlock at 57th minute when Santiago Cazorla struck the opening goal, assisted by Jack Wilshere. Olivier Giroud and Jack Wilshere brought the ball to the left side, before Wilshere drilled the ball to Cazorla. The superb midfielder curled the ball past Fulham keeper Maarten Stekelenburg to the bottom right corner. Five minutes later, Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal's cross was blocked by Dan Burn. However the Fulham Defender's header was bounced to Santiago Cazorla's route outside the box area. Cazorla left footed shot the ball to the bottom right corner of the net. Former Arsenal trainee Steve Sidwell was having two shot on-target being blocked by Gunners keeper Wojciech Szczesny. At 26th minute, the ball was dropped to Sidwell at the edge of the box. The Fulham midfielder made a superb half-volley however Szczesny tipped it with one hand over the bar. At 75th minute, Sidwell's another shot on-target was blocked by Szczesny once again. |
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18/Jan/14 Match Week 22 Crystal Palace vs Stoke Results 1-0 Tony Pulis brought Crystal Palace to beat his former club Stoke City with the only goal from Jason Puncheon. Puncheon who missed to score penalty last weekend, managed to fired a low shot passed Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross into the bottom left corner to seal the victory. Palace climbed up to 16th place, away from their bottom position after last week defeat to the Spurs. |
18/Jan/14 Match Week 22 Man City vs Cardiff Results 4-2 Manchester City reached their 100-goal of the season milestone and remained unbeatable at home ground, as they won 4-2 over Cardiff City. Citizen won all their eleven home Premier League matches at Etihad Stadium since August 2013. Manchester City remained at second place at EPL Table, with only one point behind leaders Arsenal. Cardiff City dropped to bottom of the table, having same point as West Ham and Sunderland, but the Bluebirds having disadvantages in goal difference. Edin Dzeko opened the scoring at 14th minute, which is Manchester City's 100th goal of the season in all competitions. David Silva brought the ball the the left and cross to Dzeko at the back. The Bosnian forwarder made the remarkable strike from close range from the net. Although it seems Cardiff defender Kevin McNaughton might has stopped the ball, Goal Decision System showed the ball had already crossed the line. At 29th minute, Craig Noone struck a stunning equalizer for the visitors. After Noone got Aron Gunnarsson's pass at the right channel, the Cardiff City midfielder tricked City Captain Vincent Kompany and shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner of the net. Four minutes later, Jesús Navas helped City to lead in the scoring board again. Yaya Touré and Edin Dzeko setting up the goal, and Dzeko's attempt was blocked. The ball bounced towards Navas's path before the midfielder shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. At 76th minute, Man of The Match Yaya Touré scored City's third goal, assisted by Sergio Agüero. Touré fired the ball from the centre of the box, low past Cardiff keeper David Marshall. Three minute later, Sergio Agüero struck the fourth goal for Manchester City, this time assisted by Yaya Touré. After Touré drill the ball to the right route, Agüero brought the ball and tricked Cardiff defender Steven Caulker before he shot to the top left corner. Fraizer Campbell added a goal for Cardiff during stoppage time, assisted by the recent signing Magnus Wolff Eikrem. However, this is not enough for Cardiff to over turn the results. |
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18/Jan/14 Match Week 22 Norwich vs Hull Results 1-0 Norwich moved up to 12nd place in EPL Table, after they beaten Hull 1-0 at Carrow Road. Ryan Bennett's late goal was sufficient for Norwich to claimed full three points and to end their six winless-match run. At 87th minute, midfielder Robert Snodgrass delivered a precise corner cross to the box area. Norwich defender Ryan Bennett rose high and headed in the winning goal to the top left corner. Two minutes later, Hull City midfielder Tom Huddlestone was being sent off and left the struggling Tigers with only ten-men. Huddlestone was found tripped Norwich midfielder Leroy Fer before earning his second yellow card on the day. |
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18/Jan/14 Match Week 22 West Ham vs Newcastle Results 1-3 Newcastle ended their three-match losing run, after they saw off West Ham United 3-1 at Upton Park. Yohan Cabaye struck a goal at each interval while Loïc Remy scored his 11th Premier League goal of the season to ensure the comfortable away victory for the Toon. Midfielder Yohan Cabaye opened the scoring at 16th minute, with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Yoan Gouffran brought the ball towards the box area and passed to Cabaye's path. Man of The Match Cabaye collected the pass before he opened up his body and took two touches to strike the ball into the bottom right corner. Loïc Remy added another goal for Newcastle at 33rd minute, assisted by Moussa Sissoko. Sissoko delivered a cross near Remy's path, the Toon top scorer took the ball and controlled on his chest and before he shot from a close range passed West Ham keeper Adrian towards the bottom left corner. Michael Williamson accidently scored an own goal just few seconds before first half was ended. West Ham forwarder Carlton Cole found Razvan Dinca Rat's cross, and sent the ball towards keeper Tim Krul's direction. Newcastle defender Williamson final touch the ball before it actual went into the net. During second half stoppage time at 95th minute, Yohan Cabaye struck a free-kick from 20-yards. Cabaye's superb shot past over the wall and went into the top left corner of the net to seal the final winning results as 3-1. |
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11/Jan/14 Match Week 22 Liverpool vs Aston Villa Results 2-2 Aston Villa stunned Liverpool with two first half goals witihn 11 minutes. Liverpool fight back from two goals behind to draw 2-2 with Aston Villa. Daniel Sturridge struck the Reds' first goal during first half stoppage time, while captain Steven Gerrard converted penalty became the crucial equalizer for the hosts. This is Liverpool's first home draw results in the campaign. Gabriel Agbonlahor assisted in both Villa's first half goals. At 25th minute, Agbonlahor grabbed the ball and delivered to Andreas Weimann. The Villa striker shot from close range to the centre of the goal. At 36th minute, Agbonlahor again provided another valuable assist. Christian Benteke found Agbonlahor's cross and headed home the second goal for the visitors. Just before first half was ended, Daniel Sturridge struck his eleventh goal of the season, assisted by Jordan Henderson. Seven minutes after second half was started, Liverpool were awarded with penalty after Villa keeper Brad Guzan brough down Luis Suárez inside the box area. Steven Gerrard calmly converted the penalty to the bottom right corner as equalizer. |
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13/Jan/14 EPL 2013-14 Match Week 21 Results Highlights
Wilshere Shined as Arsenal Won 2-1
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11/Jan/14 Match Week 21 Hull vs Chelsea Results 0-2 Chelsea earned another crucial away victory, after beaten promoted team Hull 2-0 at the KC Stadium. The Blues remained at third place, with only two points behind leader Arsenal. Eden Hazard open the scoring at 56th minute, assisted by Ashley Cole. The Belgian bring the ball near the box area, past Hull defenders and fired the shot into the bottom right corner. Hazard was named as Man of The Match for his outstanding performance. He is the top scorer among Chelsea players, with nine Premier League goals in this season. Fernando Torres celebrate his 200th Premier League appearance by scoring Chelsea's second goal at 87th minute. Torres managed to score goals in two continuos league matches since year 2014. Chelsea goalkeeper Peter Cech managed to maintain 209 clean sheets record, which is the best record in Chelsea's existing club history. |
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11/Jan/14 Match Week 21 Cardiff vs West Ham Results 0-2 West Ham United beaten Cardiff 2-0 in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first home game in reign. The Hammers managed to climbed out of relegation zone after their victory. Cardiff slipped to 18th place with only one point above the bottom teams. West Ham suffered another injury woes when defender Guy Demel was injured seriously following a crash with team-mate Roger Johnson. The match was delayed when Demel was having about ten minutes of treatment from the medical staff. George McCartney replaced Guy Demel after the defender was taken to hospital following suspected broken elbow and facial injuries. At 42nd minute, Carlton Cole's goal gave West Ham into the lead. Three minutes before first half was ended, the Hammers midfielder Matt Taylor's pass picked out Matt Jarvis inside the box area. Jarvis made a precise crossed for Cole to slot home past Cardiff keeper David Marshall to the top left corner of the net. At 58th minute, Cardiff almost score an equalizer when Fraizer Campbell made an on-target shot from ten yards at centre of the box, assisted by Craig Bellamy. However West Ham keeper Adrian produced a superb save to stop Campbell's shot at the top centre of the goal. Andy Carroll was introduced to the field at 70th minute, which is his first appearance of the season after foot injuries. However, two minutes later, West Ham were left with ten-men when James Tomkins was sent off after picked up his second yellow card of the day. The defender was shown a red card by referee Lee Mason, after a high challenge on Campbell in the face. Cardiff piled mfull pressure on the ten-men West Ham in the final 18 minutes. However, the visitors are the final winner when captain Mark Noble scored the decisive goal during stoppage time. Noble found Andy Carroll's cross inside box area, and sweep a low strike past David Marshall to ensure the 2-0 victory. Mark Noble was voted as Man of the Match for his inspiring leadership and fabulous performance. |
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11/Jan/14 Match Week 21 Everton vs Norwich Results 2-0 Everton remained unbeatable in year 2014, after they saw off Norwich 2-0 at Goodison Park. The Toffees puperb duo midfielder Gareth Barry and Kevin Mirallas scored two goals from outside the box area to seal the victory. At 23rd minute, Gareth Barry left footed fired a long-range strike from 20-yard to the top right corner of the net. The mdifielder was named Man of The Match for his superior opener and incessant marvelous performance. Kevin Mirallas doubled the lead for Everton at 59th minute, through a fabulous freekick from outside the box area. Mirallas lifted the ball up and flying over the wall before it past the helpless Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy. Norwich missed chance to score a goal, when Nathan Redmond's cross precisely drop to Robert Snodgrass's path at 79th minute. Unfortunately, Snodgrass's header hits the right post and rebound off. |
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11/Jan/14 Match Week 21 Fulham vs Sunderland Results 1-4 Adam Johnson scored hat tricks and crunched Fulham 4-1 at Craven Cottage. The Black Cats duo Adam Johnson and Ki Sung-Yueng contributed all four goals to lift Sunderland away from the bottom of EPL Table. Although Fulham started with Dimitar Berbatov and Clint Dempsey, the American midfielder failed to get any point for the hosts in his first Premier League match of the season. Fulham remained struggling at 16th place, with only one point above the relegation zone. Adam Johnson started the scoring at 29th minute, when he curled in a free-kick to the top right corner of the net. Before first half was ended, Johnson assisted in Sunderland's second goal. The English international's low free-kick reached to Ki Sung-Yueng's path, and the Korean made a fine finished to the centre of the goal. Steve Sidwell struck Fulham's only goal at 52nd minute. Damien Duff made a precise pinpoint corner cross and Sidwell headed it to the bottom left corner to bring Fulham back into the contest. At 69th minute, Adam Johnson scored his second goal through a difficult angle, assisted by Ki Sung-Yueng. Following a fast break, Ki delivered a fabulous pass to Johnson at front. The superb midfielder right footed shot it past Fulham keeper David Stockdale to the centre of the goal. However, he was shown with a yellow card for excessive celebration. Five minutes before second half was ended, Sunderland awarded with penalty when Fulham defender Philippe Senderos's brought down Jozy Altidore inside box area. Adam Johnson made no mistake to convert the penalty to the bottom right corner of the net. The hat tricks hero was voted as Man of the Match for his perfect performance. |
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11/Jan/14 Match Week 21 Tottenham vs Crystal Palace Results 2-0 Christian Eriksen and Jermain Defoe's second half goals helped Tottenham to beat Crystal Palace 2-0. Palace missed a chance to score an early penalty and Marouane Chamakh's on target header was saved during deep stoppage time. After the match, the Spurs remained at fifth place while Palace slipped to the bottom of EPL Table. At 8th minute, Crystal Palace was awarded with an early penalty, when Spurs midfielder Mousa Dembélé brought down Marouane Chamakh inside box area. The Eagles midfielder Jason Puncheon stepped up to responsible for the penalty shot. However, Puncheon's left footed spot-kick was too high and ballooned over the goalposts. Tottenham teenager midfielder Nabil Bentaleb almost broke the deadlock at 34th minute. However, his on-target from outside te box area hit the left post. After the break, Spurs midfielder Christian Eriksen opened the scoring, assisted by Emmanuel Adebayor with a headed pass. Subsitute Kyle Naughton delivered a long-range pass to Adebayor. The striker headed it into Eriksen's path and he struck past Palace keeper Julian Speroni to the roof of the net. goal of the season Jermain Defoe added another goal for Tottenham at 72nd minute, assisted by Aaron Lennon. Before the match, it's official announced Defoe will be joining Toronto FC at the end of February. During deep stoppage time, Crystal Palace added late pressure to the hosts when forwarder Marouane Chamakh's header on-target towards the top right corner. Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris made and excellent late save and stop the ball. |
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10/Jan/14 Luis Suárez and Manuel Pellegrini Won December 2013 Barclays Monthly Awards Luis Suárez and Manuel Pellegrini were awarded with the Barclays Player of the Month Award and the Barclays Manager of the Month Award respectively, for their outstanding performances during December 2013. This is Luis Suárez's first Barclays Premier League Player of the Month Award in his career. He scored ten goals within seven Premier League matches and assisted in another four of Liverpool's goals. The in-form striker fired four goals in Liverpool's 5-1 victory against Norwich. In Liverpool's following matches againts West Ham United, Tottenham and Cardiff, the Uruguayan struck two goals in each match. Suárez is the first player in EPL history to reach double figures in a calendar month with 10 goals during December 2013. He is the second Liverpool striker who won Barclays Premier League Player of the Month award in this season. Manuel Pellegrini has lead Manchester City to win six Premier Leagues matches and draw one during December 2013. This is the first time Pellegrini was awarded with the Barclays Premier League Manager of the Month honour. He was the first Chilean who won the award. Pellegrini was appointed as Manchester City first team manager since June 2013. He guided City to claim nineteen points during December, included four home victories, two away win and the only draw game with Southampton. The Citizen also has a remarkable 6-3 huge victory against Arsenal at Etihad Stadium. Now Manchester City are sitting at the second place of the Premier League table, with only one point behind leaders Arsenal. More EPL awards
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09/Jan/14 West Brom Appointed Pepe Mel as Head Coach West Brom Albion officially appointed Pepe Mel as Head coach, to replace Steve Clarke, who was departed almost one month ago. The former Spanish striker has signed a 18-months contract with West Brom. Pepe Mel started as football player at Real Madrid Youth and retired at year 1998 when he was 35 years old. In year 1999, Mel begun his coach career at Coslada in Madrid before he in-charge of different teams in subsequent years. Since year 2010, he was coach at Betis and brought the team to seventh place and qualification to the UEFA Europa League. The 50 years old Spanish departed with Betis during December 2013, before he join Premier League team West Brom Albion. |
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02/Jan/14 Cardiff Appointed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Team Manager Cardiff City Football Club officially appointed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as their first team manager. The former Manchester United striker has signed a one year rolling contract with the Welsh football club. Cardiff City has departed with their former manager Malky Mackay on 27/Dec/13 following their 3-0 defeat to Southampton, and assigned David Kerslake as care-taker. A statement in the Cardiff City FC website reads: "Cardiff City Football Club are delighted to announce that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has joined the club as first team manager." Solskjaer started his football player career at Clausenengen when he was 16 years old. He joined Norwegian club Molde at year 1995, where he scored 31 goals in 38 appearances. The superb striker landed at Premier League in year 1996, when he joined Manchester United. Solskjaer spent eleven years as United forwarder, and famous with his nickname "The Baby-faced Assassin", and his "super sub" nature as he came off the bench to struck numbers of crucial late goals for United to earn remarkable victories. The former Norway international retired as football player at August 2007 following serious knee injury. He started his coaching career at Manchester United and became the club's reserve team manager at year 2008. Three years later, Solskjaer returned to his former club, Molde as manager. During November 2013, Solskjaer brought Molde to win the Norwegian Cup in the Norwegian Football Cup Final. On the fist day of January 2014, Solskjaer was found standing next to Cardiff owner Vincent Tan, during the Welsh club’s 2-0 defeat to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium. The 40-years old was announced as Cardiff City first team manager on the following day. |
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01/Jan/14 EPL 2013-14 Match Week 20 Results Highlights
Arsenal Remained at Top
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01/Jan/14 Match Week 20 Swansea vs Man City Results 2-3 Manchester City gain their another succesive away victory after beaten Swansea at the Liberty Stadium. Fernandinho, Yaya Touré and Aleksandar Kolarov were the biggest contributor to City's win. Swansea forwarder Wilfried Bony scored two stoppage time goals but it's not enough for the host to gain a point. At beginning of the match, Swansea midfielder Pablo Hernandez was injured. The Spanish winger believed was suffered of hamstring injuries and replaced by Roland Lamah at 10th minute. Soon after the delay, Fernandinho scored the first Premier League goal of year 2014 at 14th minute. Samir Nasri's corner struck hit Jonathan de Guzman. The Swansea midfielder deflecting the ball into Fernandinho's route. The Brazilian midfielder shot the ball from centre of the box area, beyond Swansea goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel into the bottom left corner of the net. During first-half stoppage-time, Wilfried Bony struck the equalizer for Swansea. Jonathan de Guzman was involved in the goal once again. This time the Swansea midfielder sent an accurate cross to Wilfried Bony's path. Bony response with a powerful header to the bottom right corner, left City keeper Joe Hart helpless rooted to the spot. City leading in the score board once again, when Yaya Touré struck at 58th minute. Samir Nasri's cross hits Ashley Williams. The Swansea defender defelcted the ball to Touré's direction. The City midfielder made no mistake and netted the ball to the bottom left corner. Yaya Touré was named Man of The Match for his contributions keep City driving forward. Eight minutes later, Aleksandar Kolarov added another goal for the visitors. Kolarov took away the ball from Wayne Routledge at City's half, brought forward and fire a long range shot from outside the box area. Wilfried Bony made a late effort as he struck another stoppage goal before second half was ended. Bony right footed shot a superb long range low drive from outside the box area, assisted by Álex Pozuelo. The brilliant shot again left Joe Hart helpless flapping at the air. |
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01/Jan/14 Match Week 20 Arsenal vs Cardiff Results 2-0 Arsenal beat Cardiff 2-0 at Emirates Stadium to return and remained at the top of EPL Table. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, believed to be the incoming new Cardiff manager, were watching the match together with Cardiff owner Vincent Tan. After the match, Cardiff slipped to 17th place with only one point above the relegation zone. Arsenal made a number of on-target attack, but the results were remained as 0-0 until 88th minute. The Gunners substitute Nicklas Bendtner struck a crucial late goal when it was just two minutes left. Bendtner was brought to the field at 64th minute, to replace Lukas Podolski. The Danish striker right footed shot from closed area to the high centre of the goal. However, just after the goal, Bendtner was injured and replaced by Thomas Vermaelen. Theo Walcott added another goal for Arsenal during stoppage time to sela the victory. Walcott shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal, assisted by Jack Wilshere. |
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01/Jan/14 Match Week 20 Liverpool vs Hull Results 2-0 Liverpool beaten Hull 2-0 at Anfield, and back to top four during the latest New Year battle. Daniel Agger and Luis Suárez contributed one goal at each of the interval, which was sufficient for the Reds to grab full three points. Luis Suárez scored Liverpool's second goal, which is his 20th Premier League of the season. At 36th minute, Daniel Agger struck the first goal and helped Liverpool to lead in the match. Agger headed in the goal to the bottom left corner, assisted by Philippe Coutinho following an accurate corner cross. Luis Suárez steal the show at 66th minute with a superb free kick from outside the box area. Suárez curled the dead ball up and past over the wall and went into the top left corner of the net. The Uruguayan international had scored in every home match this season and leading in Top Scorers Table with 20 goals. Liverpool almost grab another goal when midfielder Philippe Coutinho made an on-target close-range shot during stoppage time. Hull goalkeeper Allan McGregor made a brilliant save to stop the ball at the top right corner. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was brought to the field to replace Iago Aspas at 62nd minute. This is his first Premier League appearance since he sustaining a hamstring injury about one month ago. |
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01/Jan/14 Match Week 20 Southampton vs Chelsea Results 0-3 Chelsea beaten Southampton 3-0 in their first away Premier League match in year 2014. The Blues scored three goals within 22 minutes, during second half. Chelsea remained at third place, with only two points behind leaders Arsenal. The Saints maintained at the 9th place, but were six points behind the 8th place Newcastle. The match results were remained goalless until Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho made efficient changes to replace Juan Mata and Andre Schurrle with Oscar and Willian at 53rd minute. Two minutes later, Oscar was shown with yellow card for diving. At 60th minute, Oscar's shot attempt was deflected to the path of the unmarked Fernando Torres. The striker headed in Chelsea's first goal, to the bottom right corner. Eleven minutes later, Willian added another super goal from outside the box area. The Brazilian found Oscar's pass and fire the ball past Southampton keeper Kelvin Davis into the bottom right corner. Eight minutes before second half was ended, Oscar himself scored the third goal, assisted by Eden Hazard with a through ball. Oscar was voted as Man of The Match for his contributions in creating the the 3-0 results. The Subsitute Oscar was brought to the field at 53 minute, but he was involved in setting up two goals and struck the third goal. |
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01/Jan/14 Match Week 20 Stoke vs Everton Results 1-1 Stoke was held 1-1 by Everton when Leighton Baines struck in a late penalty during stoppage time. Everton slightly slipped from fourth place to fifth place after the match. Stoke remained at 12nd place with one point behind Aston Villa. During the goalless first half, Kevin Mirallas almost score their first goal at 30th minute. However, the Everton midfielder's right footed shot from long range hits the cross bar. Soon after second half was started, Oussama Assaidi opened the scoring and put Stoke ahead. The on-loan Liverpool winger hit a power strike from outside the box area, past Everton keeper Tim Howard and went into the bottom left corner. During stoppage time, referee pointed to the spot, after Stoke subsitute Jermaine Pennant fouled Leon Osman inside the box area. The calm Leighton Baines sent Stoke keeper Jack Butland the wrong way to convert penalty as a crucial equalizer for the Toffees. |
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01/Jan/14 Match Week 20 Fulham vs West Ham Results 2-1 Fulham managed to jump out from relegation zone, after they beaten the ten-men West Ham 2-1 at Craven Cottage. Steve Sidwell and Dimitar Berbatov's goals helped the hosts to earn the crucial full three points. West Ham remained struggling at 19th place, with only one point above the bottom team Sunderland. Mohamed Diamé put the visitors ahead with his early goal at 7th minute, assisted by Jussi Jääskeläinen. The West Ham midfielder shot from the centre of the box area, past Fulham keeper David Stockdale into the bottom left corner. At 32nd minute, the Hammers superb midfielder Mark Noble was injured, and replaced by Razvan Dinca Rat. Soon after that, Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell headed in the equalizer to the high centre of the goal, assisted by Damien Duff with a cross following a corner. At two minutes before half-time, Kevin Nolan was sent off after he was shown a straight red card. The West Ham United captain was booked after lashing out and kicking at Fulham defender Fernando Amorebieta. This is Nolan's second red card within three weeks, since he was sent off for a rash challenge on Jordan Henderson during Hammers' defeat against Liverpool on 07/Dec/13. Kevin Nolan has been fined two weeks wages or £100,000 for this sending off. He will face a four-match ban following his actions, three for the red card and the fourth due to the totting up procedure. Fulham was having more possession after West Ham left with only ten-men. At 66th minute, Scott Parker's brilliant pass fall into the unmarked Dimitar Berbatov. Berbatov immediately shot the ball on-target from close range to the centre of the goal. Scott Parker was named as Man of The Match for his contributions. |
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01/Jan/14 Match Week 20 Crystal Palace vs Norwich Results 1-1 Crystal Palace draw 1-1 with ten-men Norwich at Selhurst Park. Norwich midfielder Leroy Fer was sent off after two times tussle with Palace midfielder Mile Jedinak. After the disappointing match, Palace dropped back to the Premier League bottom three. Norwich slipped one place to 15th place in EPL Table. At 39th minute, Norwich forwarder Wes Hoolahan took the ball from Palace defender Danny Gabbidon. Hoolahan combined together with Gary Hooper to teed up Bradley Johnson, who clipped his shot from 20 yards, past Palace goalkeeper Julián Speroni off the post. Two minutes later, the Eagles forwarder Marouane Chamakh grabbed Wes Hoolahan by the throat after a battle. Referee gave them a yellow card respectively. Chamakh, was considered lucky to escape from a red card. At 43rd minute, Referee awarded penalty to the hosts after Norwich midfielder Leroy Fer pushed Palace midfielder Mile Jedinak in the penalty area from a corner. Again, both players were shown with yellow cards. Jason Puncheon sent John Ruddy the wrong way the bottom right corner, to convert the penalty to deny Bradley Johnson's earlier goal. At 82th minute, Leroy Fer was sent off after a two-footed lunge incident on Mile Jedinak. The incident left Norwich with ten-men but made no change to the 1-1 results. |
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