Tottenham’s excellent season continued as the north London club overcame Fulham at White Hart Lane to book a place in the FA Cup semi’s against Portsmouth. Fulham took the lead early on through Bobby Zamora but the Craven Cottage side couldn’t hold on to that advantage for long.
Goals from David Bentley, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Eidur Gudjohnsen saw Spurs past their west London opponents. Harry Redknapp will be very happy to see his side continue to fight for silverware as well as that coveted top four spot.
Barcelona struggled past Osasuna at the Nou Camp thanks to late goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Bojan Krkic. The Catalan giants leapfrogged Real Madrid to the top of the La Liga table at least until tomorrow when the Bernabeu side play Getafe.
Andy Carroll was the hero as he netted the crucial goal at Keepmoat Stadium to keep Newcastle United five points clear of their nearest Championship rivals. The young St James’ Park forward had attracted a great many headlines earlier in the day in relation to his falling out with Steven Taylor an incident that left the centre back in hospital.
The win ended Doncaster’s six game unbeaten run but it took Chris Hughton’s side nearly an hour to take the lead and Rovers could have rightfully been disappointed to come away with nothing from this encounter.
The Toon Army have now lost just once in their last 24 league matches and look very well placed to secure an immediate return to the top flight. Apologies for the quality of this video, when we locate better quality coverage of the match it will be placed right here.
Mick McCarthy’s Wolves hammered West Ham at Upton Park in this crucial relegation six pointer. Kevin Doyle converted a typical strikers goal to put the away side ahead and Ronald Zubar scored a second to help ease the Molineux outfit’s relegation fears. Matthew Jarvis completed the rout with a third that sees Wolves pull further away from the drop zone.
Guillermo Franco scored a consolation goal in the dying seconds but Gianfranco Zola must be very worried about his sides alarming loss of form.
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