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A brilliant double strikes from Didier Drogba kept Chelsea’s  title hopes alive after Arsenal had put an end to their interest in the Premier League title race.
The chelsea striker scored 2 goals 8 minutes after Bacary Sagna had put the arsenal in front.
Didier Drogba’s strikes stretched Chelsea’s unbeaten home league record
to 78 games and now [...]

Posted on March 26th, 2008 by Football Crazy
Filed under: Arsenal, Chelsea, English Premier League | No Comments »

Couple of headers from Andre Bikey gave Reading three life-sustaining points and intensified Birmingham’s relegation fears. The hosts almost took the lead when Stephen Hunt’s drive hit the bar, but they went ahead when Bikey glanced in John Oster’s free-kick on 31 minutes.
After the halftime, Mikael Forssell did marvellously to cross low into the [...]

Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by Football Crazy
Filed under: Andre Bikey, Birmingham, English Premier League, John Oster, Reading | No Comments »

Everton missed couple of points in their bid for a Champions League place as West Ham made a well-deserved tie.
Yakubu’s powerful finish provided Everton the lead after eight minutes and he had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside seven minutes later.
But West Ham bounced back strongly, with Dean Ashton missing a superb chance before [...]

Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by Football Crazy
Filed under: English Premier League, Everton, Robert Green, West Ham United, Yakubu Aiyegbeni | No Comments »

A late substitute Michael Chopra strike gave Sunderland’s survival ambitions a lift and hit Aston Villa’s European hopes.
Michael Chopra raced on to Kieran Richardson’s pass with seven minutes left to beat seal Sunderland’s and Scott Carson first away win in the league this term.
Villa were letting down, with Marlon Harewood rotting their nice chance when [...]

Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by Football Crazy
Filed under: Aston Villa, Craig Gordon, English Premier League, Michael Chopra, Sunderland | No Comments »

Jimmy Bullard curved in a stunning free-kick to gain Fulham a point after Morten Gamst Pedersen’s header had seemed set to win it for Blackburn Rovers.
A header in first half from Zurab Khizanishvili was all Rovers had to show for all their control.
But 14 minutes after the first half, Pedersen rose to force a Jason [...]

Posted on March 9th, 2008 by Football Crazy
Filed under: Blackburn Rovers, Eddie Johnson, English Premier League, Fulham, Jimmy Bullard, Zurab Khizanishvili | No Comments »

Relegation fighters Reading increase their hopes of beating the drop with a 2-0 Barclays Premier League win over Manchester City at the Madejski Stadium.
A strike after first half from Shane Long and a late goal from substitute Dave Kitson was enough for a second successive win by the Royals to move out of the last [...]

Posted on March 9th, 2008 by Football Crazy
Filed under: English Premier League, John Oster, Kevin Doyle, Manchester City, Reading | No Comments »

This was the Liverpool 4th successive league win, their goal tally in last 3 Anfield matches to 10, poor Kevin Keegan still without a win since his return to St James’ Park.
Newcastle played well until 2 minutes from the halftime, when Jermaine Pennant was lucky to deflect home his first of the season.
Then with seconds [...]

Posted on March 9th, 2008 by Football Crazy
Filed under: English Premier League, Fernando Torres, Jermaine Pennant, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Steven Gerrard | No Comments »

Manchester United will meet Fulham at Craven Cottage and have a chance to come up on the top of the League table. ManUtd manager Alex Ferguson believes that they have the experience to overtake Arsenal and retain their Barclays Premier League title.
United thrashed Newcastle 5-1 at St James’ Park this weekend with ease, and [...]

Posted on March 1st, 2008 by Football Crazy
Filed under: Alex Ferguson, Christiano Ronaldo, English Premier League, Fulham, Louis Saha, Manchester United, Roy Hodgson | No Comments »

Arsenal’s Barclays Premier League home match against Aston Villa.
Aston Villa manager Martin ONeill is looking for their 25th victory for Aston Villa where the host Arsenal is eager to win the match to maintain their 3 point leads in the league. A lose for Arsene Wenger side will give a chance to [...]

Posted on February 29th, 2008 by Football Shooter
Filed under: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Aston Villa, English Premier League, Martin ONeill | No Comments »

Chelsea will be visiting West Ham United at London’s Upton Park on Saturday, currently Chelsea is in 3rd position in the table. A win in Saturdays game can narrow the gap between Manchester United and Chelsea.
West Ham United manager Alan Curbishley is eager to win against Chelsea after beating Fulham last weekend, looking for their [...]

Posted on February 29th, 2008 by Football Shooter
Filed under: Alan Curbishley, Chelsea, English Premier League, John Terry, West Ham United | No Comments »