Archive for the 'Barclays Premier League' Category

Barclays Premier League: Big Four regain top spots in BPL table

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

October 18. London - It was a day for the top sides in Barclays Premier League, as Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United & Arsenal won their respective matches.
Dirk Kuyt scored two goals, as Liverpool survived a scare against Wigan Athletic in a thrilling encounter at Anfield.
Wigan twice took the lead, only to lose 3-2 [...]

Barclays Premier League 2008: Wigan scores 2-1 victory over Manchester City

Monday, September 29th, 2008

September 28. London - Manchester City faced another setback after a 2-1 defeat against Wigan in the Barclays Premier League match held at The JJB Stadium on Sunday.
In spite of the presence of potential match winners like Robinho, Jo and Vincent Kompany in their team, City failed to break an organized Wigan.
Antonio Valencia gave Wigan [...]

Barclays Premier League 2008: Liverpool wins Merseyside Derby with double strike from Torres

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

September 27. London - Everton faced a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Liverpool in the 208th Merseyside derby match held at Goodison Park on Saturday.
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres scored his first goal of the Barclays Premier League season and ended up with two in the match.
After Torres was booked in the 50th [...]

Barclays Premier League 2008: Rafa prepared to unleash Gerrard

Friday, September 26th, 2008

September 26. London - Rafael Benitez wants Steven Gerrard to architect a win for Liverpool in the Merseyside derby match of Barclays Premier League today.
He thinks that Gerrard’s local passion will help him to drive his team to glory. At the same time, he also admitted that he had substituted Gerrard at Goodison Park in [...]

Barclays Premier League 2008: Neville – Saha seems fired up

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

September 24. London - Everton skipper, Phil Neville thinks that Louis Saha took the correct decision of leaving Manchester United.
Saha moved to Goodison Park from Old Trafford on the closing day of this year’s transfer season. He took the decision after spending a frustrating last season in the Barclays Premier League, where he was either [...]

Barclays Premier League 2008: Devils hold Blues for a 1-1 draw

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

September 21. London – It was a clash of the titans of Barclays Premier League at Stamford Bridge and it came to a fitting end with both sides emerging as the winner of the game.
Chelsea and Manchester United drew 1-1 in game that was dominated by both the sides in parts. Draw helps Arsenal [...]

Barclays Premier League 2008: Gunners on top with 3-1 win over Bolton

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

September 20. London - There were several twists and turns in the matches held today in the Barclays Premier League.
Arsenal moved to the top of the table with classy display, as they defeated Bolton 3-1 at Reebok Stadium.
Although Davies scored the opener for the home side, goals from Eboue, Bendtner and Denilson sealed [...]

Barclays Premier League: Cahill stars in a five-goal thriller

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

September 14. London - Tim Cahill celebrated his comeback to Everton’s starting line-up with a 3-2 thrilling win against Stoke City at Britannia Stadium in the Barclays Premier League.
Due to his broken metatarsal, Cahill missed out most of the matches in the beginning of this season. But in this match he made a surprise entry [...]

Barclays Premier League: Chelsea scores 3-1 victory over Manchester City

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

September 13. London – Chelsea taught Manchester City a lesson, as they defeated the Eastlands club 3-1 at the City of Manchester Stadium in the Barclays Premier League 2008.
Although new draftee Robinho made the early score for the home team with a free kick, the London Club got the hold of the game and never [...]

Barclays Premier League: Anfield boys shock the Defending Champions!

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

September 13. London - Liverpool, considered the underdogs in most big games, has always been reputed to cause major upsets. The Barclays Premier League match against the defending champions, Manchester United was no exception to this.
The latest inclusion to the team, Dimitar Berbatov, proved to be a valuable asset to the side, while he aided [...]