Chelsea struggled to overcome a resilient Pompey side with a penalty from Frank Lampard being the decisive moment at Stamford Bridge. Avram Grant returned to his former club and his Portsmouth side gave it their all with Piquionne leveling Chelsea Striker Anelka’s opening strike.
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Alex McLeish continues to work wonders with his Birmingham City side clinching an incredible fifth straight win lifting the club into the top six.
A brace from Birmingham City striker Cameron Jerome gave the midlands side a two goal cushion before Ryan Nelsen pulled a goal back for the visitors.
Birmingham City held on for the win that takes them above Liverpool and Man City into sixth place at least until Wednesday evening when both sides take to the field.
This game whirled into life with three goals in thirteen action packed minutes. Bolton took the lead through Chung Yong Lee only to see Diamanti level things for West Ham but a goal from
Manchester United eased past an in form Wolves side to help Sir Alex’s side bounce back from the weekend’s defeat at home to Aston Villa. It was a young Manchester United side who took on Mick McCarthy’s side with the likes of De Laet, Gibson and Obertan all getting starts/
A Wayne Rooney penalty put Manchester United one up after an ill advised handball from Ronald Zubar and the Old Trafford side continued to pile on the pressure and scored a second just before the break through Nemanja Vidic.
Manchester United winger Luis Antonio Valencia added a third.
The win gives Manchester United a chance to pile on the pressure on league leaders Chelsea prior to their midweek match at home to Portsmouth.
An Emile Heskey goal gave Aston Villa the lead in what turned out to be another crucial win in the race for a top four finish. Martin O’Neill’s side continue to impress and yet another hard fought performance has resulted in three points given them renewed hope of making the coveted Champions League spots.
Aston Villa scored a second through in form James Milner to kill the game off and left Sunderland floundering and heading for only their second home defeat of the season. The win takes Aston Villa to third in the table, at least until Arsenal take to the field on Wednesday.
Footballers in this day and age appear to not like being taunted by fans. Tottenham full back Benoit Assou-Ekotto didn’t take too kindly to being called shit by a fan and reacted by attempting to attack the fan. Thankfully Tottenham assistant boss Joe Jordan was the calm head on the scene able to prevent a potentially explosive event from turning ugly.
The Tottenham fan was said to be considering pressing charges but is instead going to meet the Cameroonian international to discuss the incident, perhaps over a pint, which seems a very civilised way of resolving the matter.
So next time you decide to state at volume that one of your club’s players is in fact shit, within earshot, remember what result. You could end up having a cosy evening with that very player!