Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Arsenal stays ahead

Arsenal held on to their one point lead to be the league toppers in EPL. On Sunday night two important clashes were held in EPL. Liverpool hosted Man U and Arsenal hosted Chelsea. Liverpool hampered their chances of winning the title by squabbling the opportunities awarded by Edwin Van Der Sar. The Manchester United goal keeper fell twice in the six yard box and presented an open net to the Liverpool. But on both the occasions they failed to capitalize. Manchester United took the lead just before half time. Giggs corner was sent to Rooney before Tevez finished it off in style. That goal was enough to give manchester United all the three points and they led the standings for a brief period of time.
Arsenal re-captured the lead by defeating Chelsea 1-0. In this match too, a moment of carelessness from an otherwise brilliant Peter Cech led to the defeat. He failed to collect the corner from Cesc Fabregas. Gallas, the former Chelsea player and the captain of Arsenal, cooly headed the ball into the open net. The match was eventful with 9 bookings, 5 for Chelsea and 4 for Arsenal. Gunners maintained their lead of single point and also won credits for ending 17 matches unbeaten run for Chelsea.

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