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Tuesday March 5, 2008
United Close Within One Point Of Arsenal
Fulham 0 Manchester United 3Manchester United's victory over Fulham cut Arsenal's lead at the top of the English Premier League to just a point. Owen Hargreaves opened the scoring for United in the 15th minute after Carlos Tevez was fouled on the edge of the area. The former Bayern Munich midfielder took the free-kick around the wall to give him his first goal in a United shirt. Park Ji-Sung added the second a minute before the break, heading home a Paul Scholes' cross from close range and Fulham's Simon Davies put John O'Shea's cross into his own net in the 72nd minute to finish off the Cottagers. Arsenal 1 Aston Villa 1Nicklas Bendtner struck with nearly the last kick of the game to rescue a point for Arsenal. Philippe Senderos had scored a 27th-minute own goal to give Villa a 1-0 lead but Bendtner leveled in the fourth minute of injury-time. Birmingham City 4 Tottenham Hotspur 1A Mikael Forssell hat-trick helped Birmingham record a 4-1 win over a lackluster Tottenham at St Andrews. Sebastian Larsson got Birmingham's other goal with a superb free-kick. Jermaine Jenas scored a late consolation for the visitors. West Ham United 0 Chelsea 4Chelsea recorded a 4-0 victory over West Ham at Upton Park despite being reduced to 10 men. Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 17th minute from the penalty spot after Anton Ferdinand fouled Salomon Kalou inside the penalty area. The Blues made it 2-0 three minutes later when Joe Cole drilled a low shot past goalkeeper Robert Green. Michael Ballack added a third in the 22nd minute. Lampard was sent off in the 36th minute for violent conduct but Ashley Cole completed the scoring. Newcastle United 0 Blackburn Rovers 1Kevin Keegan's search for a first win since he returned to Newcastle continued after his side suffered a 1-0 defeat to Blackburn at St James' Park after Matt Derbyshire struck in injury-time. Middlesbrough 0 Reading 1Reading ended their eight-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over 'Boro at the Riverside thanks to a James Harper goal in added time, Derby County 0 Sunderland 0Sunderland missed out on the opportunity of three points from the bottom club as they were frustrated by Derby in a goalless draw at Pride Park. Manchester City 0 Wigan Athletic 0In Saturday's late game, City's poor home form continued as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Wigan. Benjani Mwaruwari wasted their two best chances. Bolton Wanderers 1 Liverpool 3On Sunday, Liverpool temporarily climbed above Everton with victory at Bolton in the lunchtime. An own goal from Jussi Jaaskelainen put the Reds on the way to their victory and second-half goals from Ryan Babel and Fabio Aurelio sealed the win. Sub Tamir Cohen headed home a Matt Taylor corner with 11 minutes to go for Bolton. Everton 3 Portsmouth 1In Sunday's late game, two goals from Yakubu and one from Tim Cahill saw off Pompey at Goodison. Jermain Defoe had equalized for Portsmouth before the Toffees took control of the game. |
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