Manchester United slumped to their fourth home defeat of
the season as Emmanuel Adebayor and Christian Eriksen
scored the goals that earned Tottenham a 2-1 victory at
Old Trafford.
Danny Welbeck pulled one back for the hosts but despite a
succession of penalty appeals and chances for Javier
Hernandez, Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic, a
combination of goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, good fortune and
some desperate Tottenham defending kept them at bay.
The result maintained Tim Sherwood's impressive start as
Andre Villas-Boas' replacement, with three wins and a
draw over the festive period taking Spurs above their
opponents to sixth.
Arsenal left it very late to defeat Cardiff 2-0 and stay at the
top of the table.
It looked like Manchester City would take over after their
3-2 victory over Swansea at lunchtime as the Gunners
toiled against Cardiff, who were being watched at the
Emirates by prospective new manager Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer.
But there was delight at the Emirates Stadium as Nicklas
Bendtner netted in the 88th minute and Theo Walcott made
the points safe in injury-time.
Manuel Pellegrini's City have now won seven straight
matches and the victory at the Liberty Stadium left them a
point behind Arsenal.
Wilfried Bony cancelled out Fernandinho's 14th-minute
opener for City on the stroke of half-time but Yaya Toure
put City back in front in the 58th minute.
Aleksandar Kolarov seemingly put the game beyond
Swansea eight minutes later and Bony's injury-time
second came too late to make a difference.
Two second-half substitutions proved key in Chelsea's 3-0
victory over Southampton .
Oscar was instrumental in the first two goals, with his
cross being deflected against a post for Fernando Torres to
score the opener on the hour mark before the Brazilian set
up fellow substitute Willian in the 71st minute.
It was Oscar who then found the net himself with eight
minutes to go courtesy of a deflection.
Liverpool climbed back into fourth place with a 2-0 win
over Hull , the goals coming from Daniel Agger (36) and a
stunning free-kick from Luis Suarez (50).
The Reds were also grateful to one of their own at the
Britannia Stadium as on-loan winger Ossama Assaidi
netted in Stoke's 1-1 draw with Everton.
It looked like Assaidi's 49th-minute goal would be the
winner but in the 90th minute Jermaine Pennant fouled
Leon Osman and Leighton Baines equalised from the
penalty spot.
It was not enough to prevent Everton slipping behind
Liverpool, though, with the Reds now one point ahead of
their city rivals.
Kevin Nolan's red card proved costly as West Ham
slumped to a 2-1 defeat at fellow strugglers Fulham .
Nolan picked up his second red card in four games just
before half-time for kicking out at Fernando Amorebieta.
Mohamed Diame put the Hammers ahead in the seventh
minute but Steven Sidwell headed a 32nd-minute
equaliser and Fulham's pressure eventually paid off with
Dimitar Berbatov netting the winner (66).
West Brom caretaker boss Keith Downing had a happy
ending to a difficult few days as Saido Berahino's 87th-
minute penalty gave the Baggies a 1-0 victory over
Newcastle .
It was Albion's first victory in 10 games, the last four of
which have been under the control of Downing.
Nicolas Anelka was selected despite the furore over his
goal celebration at West Ham on Saturday but it was
Berahino who settled the contest after Matej Vydra was
fouled by goalkeeper Tim Krul.
Newcastle had earlier been reduced to 10 men, Mathieu
Debuchy seeing red for a two-footed tackle.
Aston Villa also picked up a much-needed victory as they
beat Sunderland 1-0 , with the goal coming in the 15th
minute from Gabriel Agbonlahor.
It finished 1-1 at Selhurst Park where Jason Puncheon
netted from the penalty spot in the 44th minute to secure a
draw for Crystal Palace against Norwich.
Bradley Johnson had scored for Norwich in the 39th
minute but Mile Jedinak was pushed by Leroy Fer and
Puncheon grabbed his first goal for Palace.
Fer's miserable day was complete when he was sent off for
two bookable offences
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Wednesday, 1 January 2014
Monday, 12 November 2012
ROLL CALL OF NIGERIAN PLAYERS ABROAD...
Nigerians just can't stop scoring...
Flops for Mikel & Moses as Orok Akarandut begins Tunisian League race on a high...
Danny Shittu shines again....
Straight to the action:
In SPAIN:
~ Obafemi Martins was all over the pitch, but could not rescue Levante from the hands of Real Madrid who defeated the former (2-1).
~ Nosa Igiebor was a late substitute as Real Betis lost (1-2) at Granada.
In ENGLAND:
~ Osaze Odemwingwe was a 6
Flops for Mikel & Moses as Orok Akarandut begins Tunisian League race on a high...
Danny Shittu shines again....
Straight to the action:
In SPAIN:
~ Obafemi Martins was all over the pitch, but could not rescue Levante from the hands of Real Madrid who defeated the former (2-1).
~ Nosa Igiebor was a late substitute as Real Betis lost (1-2) at Granada.
In ENGLAND:
~ Osaze Odemwingwe was a 6
9th
minute substitute in West Brom's (2-1) win away at Wigan. The 31 year
old had on Monday score both goals in the Baggies (2-0) trashing of
Southampton.
~ Kelvin Ethuhu's trickery was not enough to prevent Bransley from going down (0-1) at home to Huddersfield.
~ Sone Aluko played all 90 minutes in Hull City's (1-2) loss to Cardiff City.
~ At the Molineux, Carl Ikeme was beaten three times as wolves drew (3-3) against Brighton Rovers.
~ In-form anf Forgotten Super Eagles defender "Danny Shittu" and his Milwall folks made it five wins out of five in the (2-1) win over Derby County.
~ Super Eagles invitee "Shola Amoebi" came on as a substitute for Demba Cisse, but West Ham United held firm to a (1-0) win.
~ John Obi Mikel continued to silence critics with an outstanding performance in the colours of Chelsea who were forced to a score draw by Liverpool at the Bridge. Fellow Nigerian "Victor Moses" was a second half substitute.
In BELGIUM:
~ Derick Chuka couldn't sustain his great form as he fired blank in OUD's (1-1) draw away at Kortrijk FC.
~ Michael Uchebo came on as a second half substitute in Cercle Brugges (2-2) draw at home to FC Genk.
In RUSSIA:
~ Ahmed Musa sent yet another warning to Nigeria's AFCON 2013 rivals with a brace in CSKA Moscow's (3-1) win away to Kuban Krasnodar.
~ The introduction of Obinna Nsofor almost paid dividend for Locomotiv Moscow in a pulsating (1-1) draw with Anzhi.
In SOUTH AFRICA:
~ Moroka Swallows goalie "Greg Etafia" was fantastic in goal in the (1-1) draw at home to Jame Okwuusa's Chippa United.
In ISRAEL:
~ Dele Aiyenugba showed why he should be Eagles #1 at AFCON with breath-taking saves in Bnei Yehuda's (3-1) destruction of Netanya.
~ Austin Ejide was in action for Hapoel Beer Sheba in their (2-2) draw away at Hapoel Acco.
~ Vincent Enyeama was on the loosing side in the Tel Aviv derby. Hapoel defeated arch rivals, Maccabi one-nil on Sunday.
In TUNISIA:
~Orok Akarandut made case for a national team inclusion with a superlative display in the starting weekend of the Tunisian League. The former Akwa United and Enyimba striker set up two of the three goals in Stade Tunisien's (3-1) win over Es Hamam.
In HOLLAND:
~ On-Loan Chelsea defender "Kenneth Omeru" continued his development in the colours of ADO Don Hagg as they were held to a (2-2) draw by AZ Alkmaar. He also saw yellow in the 76th minute.
In SCOTLAND:
~ Efe Ambrose & Celtic continued their poor form in the SPL. He was taken off in the 83rd minutes. Fellow Nigerian "Rabiu Ibrahim" settled for a bench role as St. Johnstone fought back with a late equalizer.
In POLAND:
~ Jagiellona FC had Ugo Ukah to thank for, following his commanding display in defence which earned them a (2-1) victory at Legia Warsaw.
In Portugal:
~Elderson Uwa was susbstituted in the 88th minute of action as Braga lost its second successive game in the Super-Liga.
~ The Introduction of John Ogbu brought life to the attacking structure of FC Academica but could not stop FC Porto from winning (2-1) at the Estadio De Dragoa.
In SWEDEN:
~ Daniel Chima's Solitary effort helped Malmo FF earn maximum points at home to Honefoss.
In FRANCE:
~ Simon Zenke notched a 50th minute equalizer, but Nancy went on to loose (1-3) to Rennes.
In TURKEY:
~ While his mother does the business on movie sets, Nduka Ozukwo does his with the round leather game made of pig skin and 32 leather panels. The play-maker was contributory to FC Mersin's (1-1) draw at Galatasaray.
~ Kalu Uche continued his push for a national team recall scoring late on to share the Spoils between Kasimpasa and Isaac Promise's Antalyaspor.
~ A great sigh of relief for Stephen Keshi as Joseph Yobo lasted all 90 in Fernabache's (2-1) win over Orduspor. Yobo's first full action in 60 days.
~ Chikeluba Ofoedu hit the woodwork as 1461 Trabzon forced Gaziantep BB to a (1-1) draw.
In UKRAINE:
~ With Lukman Haruna pulling the strings in the middle of the pack, Brown Ideye grabbed a brace in Dynamo Moscow's (5-0) demolishing of Zaporizhia.
~ Michael Odibe was a torjan in Dnipro's (0-0) draw at illichivet.
In QATAR:
~ Al Jesh were given some tutorials by Al Ahmarkhiya. Enugu breed "Kastan Igwe" capped a brilliant performance with a 50th minute strike in the later's (4-0) win.
#Credits: Promise Etim(@Udoitam) & Football Galore(@FutbalG)
~ Kelvin Ethuhu's trickery was not enough to prevent Bransley from going down (0-1) at home to Huddersfield.
~ Sone Aluko played all 90 minutes in Hull City's (1-2) loss to Cardiff City.
~ At the Molineux, Carl Ikeme was beaten three times as wolves drew (3-3) against Brighton Rovers.
~ In-form anf Forgotten Super Eagles defender "Danny Shittu" and his Milwall folks made it five wins out of five in the (2-1) win over Derby County.
~ Super Eagles invitee "Shola Amoebi" came on as a substitute for Demba Cisse, but West Ham United held firm to a (1-0) win.
~ John Obi Mikel continued to silence critics with an outstanding performance in the colours of Chelsea who were forced to a score draw by Liverpool at the Bridge. Fellow Nigerian "Victor Moses" was a second half substitute.
In BELGIUM:
~ Derick Chuka couldn't sustain his great form as he fired blank in OUD's (1-1) draw away at Kortrijk FC.
~ Michael Uchebo came on as a second half substitute in Cercle Brugges (2-2) draw at home to FC Genk.
In RUSSIA:
~ Ahmed Musa sent yet another warning to Nigeria's AFCON 2013 rivals with a brace in CSKA Moscow's (3-1) win away to Kuban Krasnodar.
~ The introduction of Obinna Nsofor almost paid dividend for Locomotiv Moscow in a pulsating (1-1) draw with Anzhi.
In SOUTH AFRICA:
~ Moroka Swallows goalie "Greg Etafia" was fantastic in goal in the (1-1) draw at home to Jame Okwuusa's Chippa United.
In ISRAEL:
~ Dele Aiyenugba showed why he should be Eagles #1 at AFCON with breath-taking saves in Bnei Yehuda's (3-1) destruction of Netanya.
~ Austin Ejide was in action for Hapoel Beer Sheba in their (2-2) draw away at Hapoel Acco.
~ Vincent Enyeama was on the loosing side in the Tel Aviv derby. Hapoel defeated arch rivals, Maccabi one-nil on Sunday.
In TUNISIA:
~Orok Akarandut made case for a national team inclusion with a superlative display in the starting weekend of the Tunisian League. The former Akwa United and Enyimba striker set up two of the three goals in Stade Tunisien's (3-1) win over Es Hamam.
In HOLLAND:
~ On-Loan Chelsea defender "Kenneth Omeru" continued his development in the colours of ADO Don Hagg as they were held to a (2-2) draw by AZ Alkmaar. He also saw yellow in the 76th minute.
In SCOTLAND:
~ Efe Ambrose & Celtic continued their poor form in the SPL. He was taken off in the 83rd minutes. Fellow Nigerian "Rabiu Ibrahim" settled for a bench role as St. Johnstone fought back with a late equalizer.
In POLAND:
~ Jagiellona FC had Ugo Ukah to thank for, following his commanding display in defence which earned them a (2-1) victory at Legia Warsaw.
In Portugal:
~Elderson Uwa was susbstituted in the 88th minute of action as Braga lost its second successive game in the Super-Liga.
~ The Introduction of John Ogbu brought life to the attacking structure of FC Academica but could not stop FC Porto from winning (2-1) at the Estadio De Dragoa.
In SWEDEN:
~ Daniel Chima's Solitary effort helped Malmo FF earn maximum points at home to Honefoss.
In FRANCE:
~ Simon Zenke notched a 50th minute equalizer, but Nancy went on to loose (1-3) to Rennes.
In TURKEY:
~ While his mother does the business on movie sets, Nduka Ozukwo does his with the round leather game made of pig skin and 32 leather panels. The play-maker was contributory to FC Mersin's (1-1) draw at Galatasaray.
~ Kalu Uche continued his push for a national team recall scoring late on to share the Spoils between Kasimpasa and Isaac Promise's Antalyaspor.
~ A great sigh of relief for Stephen Keshi as Joseph Yobo lasted all 90 in Fernabache's (2-1) win over Orduspor. Yobo's first full action in 60 days.
~ Chikeluba Ofoedu hit the woodwork as 1461 Trabzon forced Gaziantep BB to a (1-1) draw.
In UKRAINE:
~ With Lukman Haruna pulling the strings in the middle of the pack, Brown Ideye grabbed a brace in Dynamo Moscow's (5-0) demolishing of Zaporizhia.
~ Michael Odibe was a torjan in Dnipro's (0-0) draw at illichivet.
In QATAR:
~ Al Jesh were given some tutorials by Al Ahmarkhiya. Enugu breed "Kastan Igwe" capped a brilliant performance with a 50th minute strike in the later's (4-0) win.
#Credits: Promise Etim(@Udoitam) & Football Galore(@FutbalG)
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