English Premier League Weekend Review

Bolton Wanderers 0 - 2 Liverpool

Liverpool started the weekend's matches with a comfortable win at the Reebok Stadium. Goals from Dirk Kuyt (28th) and Steven Gerrard (73th) ensured Benitez's side have bounced back from their second loss to Tottenham in as many weeks, during Wednesday's Carling Cup tie. Torres who was fingered out by his boss as one of the poorer performers that night, redeemed himself somewhat with a sumptuous cross for his Captain to head in the second goal. Bolton could have gotten themselves a goal, but were denied by controversial referee Rob Styles for a soft foul on Liverpool's keeper Reina by


Manchester United 5 - 0 Stoke city

Man United needed a morale boosting win after their disappointing loss at the Emirates stadium against bitter rival Arsenal last week. And they did just that with a sound thrashing of Stoke City at Old Trafford. The goal count already started with just 3 mins into the game. A free kick was given to United and Ronaldo duly obliged to score with a screeching shot past the hopelessly stretched arms of Sorensen.
Given the early timing of the goal, most including Ferguson expected Man Utd to bulldoze their opponents over from then on. But the goals only continued in the second half, as within a minute of the restart, Michael Carrick finished off a fine run from midfield with an unstoppable shot pass Sorensen, who once again had no chance at all.

Soon after, Berbatov smashed home a volley from a tight angle after managing to retain the ball through some fortuitous back heel control. With the match seemingly sealed, Ferguson as usual decided to use all three of his substitutions to field youngsters in need of first team experience.

One of them, Danny Welbeck, did more than that, sending a rocket shot onto the top corner of the net, which even Ronaldo would have been proud of. Ronaldo rounded off the scoring in the last few minutes just as he did in the first few minutes with a curler freekick past the hapless Sorensen.


Arsenal 0 - 2 Aston Villa

Arsenal should have gain much confidence after their scintillating win over Man Utd last week. Instead that hard work was undone in front of the same crowd at the Emirates as they stumbled embarrassingly to a team now just behind them on goal difference.

Villa may even had scored more if not for Almunia's penalty save in the 20th minute from Young after he was felled by Theo Walcott. Villa were not to be denied however as Gael Clichy scored an own goal pass his own keeper in the 70th minute.

Gabriel Agbonlahor, who is fast establishing himself in the Premiership with his pace and finishing, sealed the win after showing some strength to shrug off Arsenal captain Willian Gallas and placing the ball pass Almunia calmly. This loss meant Arsenal are fast disappearing from the title race even this early in the season.



Other results

Fulham 2 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 2 - 2 Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Sunderland
West Ham United 0 - 0 Portsmouth
West Bromwich Albion 0 - 3 Chelsea
Everton 1 - 1 Middlesbrough
Hull City 2 - 2 Manchester City

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English Premier League Weekend Round-Up

Blackburn 0 - 2 Chelsea

Chelsea claimed back top spot from Liverpool with a convincing win at Edwood Park on Sunday. Nicolas Anelka seems to be enjoying his status as the manager's favorite to be the sole striker (Didier Drogba did not even made the trip) as he scored both of Chelsea goals.

Though his first was a freakish one; the ball trickling over the line after Bosingwa's shot had accidentally hit Anelka, his second was taken with his usual elegant style. After Lampard had put him through, he lobbed the ball easily over Keeper robinson's despairing dive.

Chelsea may even had more goals if not for Robinson's acrobatic saves. Lampard was particularly frustrated as his trademark long range shots kept on finding the palms of the Blackburn Keeper. Even his superbly executed free kick was tipped superbly onto the bar.

Man City 1 - 2 Tottenham Hot Spurs

Harry Redknapp continued to weave his magic as Spurs manager as his side carved out a narrow win in a match which was marred by 3 red cards. Two of these were given to the home side and this certainly did play a part in Spurs fightback after they had gone a goal down from Robinho's early goal in the 16th minute.

However Fernandes Gelson was sent off in the 26th minute. With this one man advantage , Spurs striker Darren Bent continued his rich vein of form to score in the 29th and 64th minute. Red cards for Benoit Assou-Ekotto (89 minute)and Richard Dunne (83minute) completed the other score of 2-1. This win enabled Spurs to climb out of the bottom three and go up to 16th in the table.


Other Scores

Aston Villa 1 - 2 Middlesbrough

Fulham 2 - 1 Newcastle United

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English Premier League - Weekend Review

Liverpool 3 - 0 West Brom

Robbie Keane broke his premier league duck by scoring twice against West Brom. The first, in the 34th minute was a well timed run to take Gerrard's pass into his stride and then lifting the ball over Scott Carson.

The second, just before the break, was a simple round over Carson by Keane after a lightning counter attack by Liverpool following a West Brom corner.

Liverpool had to wait until the last minute of normal time to score their third, as full back Arbeloa's shot went into the top corner after some neat individual play.

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Other Scores

Wigan 0 - 0 Stoke
Hull 0 - 1 Bolton
Sunderland 1 - 2 Portsmouth
West Ham 1 - 3 Everton

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English Premier League - Big Match

Title contenders Arsenal and Man United face off in a must win situation for Arsene Wenger. His side let slip a 4-2 lead to draw 4-4 at home against Spurs in the dying moments of last wednesday derby match. Then lost shockingly 2-1 to a determined and aggressive side.

Its still early season, but Wenger knows a win for Man United will make his hopes of catching up with the leaders even more slim.

First Half

Arsenal also made a disastrous start as their clumsy keeper Almunia mysteriously decided to pick a back pass by former Man United defender, Mikael Silvestre. But they escaped after Anderson's shot from the indirect free kick was blocked by his own team mate Park Ji Sung.

The following moments of the game flew by as both teams played free flowing football, as Arsenal was determined to beat Man United to claim back their title credentials. And Man United were certainly not just pushing back, with Ronaldo and Rooney in particular, constantly applying pressure from the front.

The latter was guilty of missing a clear cut chance when Ronaldo made a perfect square pass to him, unmarked in the six yard box. But Rooney ballooned the ball over, much to his frustration.

Despite Man United's earlier dominance, Arsenal took the lead after a weak clearance by Berbatov from an Arsenal corner only managed to find an unmarked Nasri. His fierce shot caught Gary Neville's lingering knee and deflected past Edwin Van der Sar before he could see it.

Wayne Rooney missed a few long range shots which only added to his frustration, and nearly added to his yellow cards count when he kicked at Walcott's leg after chasing back to defend. But Howard Webb only gave a warning.

Second Half

The second half continued the exhilarating style of football and 2 minutes after the break, Nasri scored his and Arsenal second goal, letting off an unstoppable shot pass Van der Sar after some fantastic passing by Arsenal, which ended with Fabregas's through pass to Nasri at the edge of the box.

Ronaldo almost pulled a goal back for Man United. Park Ji Sung long cross found him unmarked which just Almunia to beat, but his side foot shot went agonizingly wide of the far post.

Man United push forward more and more men to get back into the game and this enabled Arsenal to counterattack more often. At one instance, Nicklas Bendtner skipped past his markers but only managed to rocket his shot sky high. Man of the match Nasri also looked to earn a penalty after some determined running against Vidic who seemed to have tugged his shirt, but Howard Webb could not see the foul from his angle.

Young brazilian defender Rafael replaced Neville to bring more attacking flair to Ferguson's side. And he did scored in the 89th minute letting off a superb shot pass Almunia's replacement, Fabianski, after a Man United corner was only cleared onto his path.

6 minutes of injury time was given, mostly for the injury to Almunia, but Arsenal held on the win they preciously needed, which enabled them to leap over Man United to 3rd place.

But the game will be more remembered for its non-stop free flowing attacking style of play displayed by both sides. Kudos to both managers in such an important match.

Final score: Arsenal 2 - 1 Manchester United

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Halloween at Zouk 2008 - Voodoo Night

Its time to act scary again! Best destination to showoff your costume and at the same time be impressed by others is of course ZOUK. Went there at 9pm, but already the queue was up till the end of the road! After 1 hour of sweating, managed to find another way in without queuing anymore (Shh....!) Enough talk, pictures below!!! (Guess which one am i, duh...)


(Didn't i see them last year? Oh, same outfit, different gals..)














(I actually asked him for a photograph...TWICE!)




































(This idiot tried to strangle me...I am not dead yet!)












(Another one who tried to strangle me...)





















(How did Obama get the time to come to Singapore?)

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UEFA Champions League 2008/2009 Matchday 4

English teams Arsenal and Man United had little to celebrate once again as both teams only managed to get a draw yesterday night. This followed Liverpool's draw at home and Chelsea's humiliating away loss to Roma the night before.

Arsenal 0 - 0 Fenerbahce
Arsenal blew away their opponents on their own turf by blitzing 5 goals pass them with their usual slick passing and movement. This time though, Fenerbahce have learned their lesson and put a stubborn and determined defensive display to put off their more illustrative opponents.

They were also glad by the fact that Van Persie managed to miss two glorious chances, though one of them was saved brilliantly by their goalkeeper, Volkan after the former had turned superbly and released a rasping shot.







Celtic 1 - 1 Manchester United
Man United totally dominated the first leg at Old Trafford with a brace by Dimitar Berbatov and the in-form Wayne Rooney and no reply from the visitors. However Man United lost the last time they traveled to the daunting Celtic Park to a brilliant Nakamura freekick in the last ten minutes of the match.

This time round, the home side only took 13 minutes as Striker Scott MacDonald was left totally alone to execute a delicate lob over Goalkeeper Ben Foster. Celtic then ignorantly decided to cling to this sole goal but as the game went on, and Celtic players got worn out both mentally and physically, Man United eventually turned their overwhelming possession and dominance into a goal as Goalkeeper Boruc punched Ronaldo's shot in the 84th min straight into Gigg's path, who made no mistake heading the ball into an empty net. Berbatov even had a chance to win the game for the Red Devils, but he volleyed the ball agonizingly wide after some neat close control.



Other Results
Elsewhere, Juventus shocked Real Madrid by beating the hosts with a comfortable 2-0 win , courtesy of their maestro captain Del Piero, with a fierce drive in the 17th minute and a stunning free kick in the 67th minute.

Lyon won effortlessly at home over Steaua Bucuresti with a 2-0 win while Fiorentina fought to a 1-1 draw with dying giant Bayern Munich.

AaB 2 - 2 Villarreal
Dynamo Kiev 1 -2 Porto
BATE Borisov 0 - 2 Zenit St Petersburg

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