Football Recap Sept 24th (Saturday), Sept 25th (Sunday)

Manchester City VS Everton (2-0)

Manchester city defeated Everton in the earliest match of the day by 2-0. Substitute Mario Balotelli put Manchester City in front at the 68^th minute kicking a low 20-yard shot which deflected by Phil Jagielka into the bottom right corner of the goal. A far strike by David Silva at the defence line substituted by James Milner made it two goals up for Manchester City at 89^th minutes of the match.

Everton's Tim Cahill challenges Gareth Barry of Manchester City

Wigan VS Tottenham (1-2)

First-half goals from Rafael van der Vaart and Bale from Tottenham triumph over Wigan by 2-1. Tottenham’s Rafael scored a goal at the 3rd minute. Bale then scored another goal for Tottenham at the 23rd minute. The revenge of Wigan by Diame hit their hopes of a comeback at the second-half of the match (50^th minutes). However, Wigan’s hopes was not achieved by losing at 1-2.

Van der Vaart fires Tottenham ahead in the opening at Wigan.

West Brom VS Fulham (0-0)

The fans thought Fulham had scored when Pajtim Kasami strike the ball into the back of the net, but it was called offside by the referee. Both teams had disappointing starts towards the Premier League campaign after both teams did not score any goals at all.

Steven Reid and Dempsey battle for the ball.

Newcastle United VS Blackburn (3-1)

Newcastle United won the match by three goals to one from Demba. Demba scored the first goal at the 27^th minute. Three minutes later, Demba scored again. However, Hoilett from Blackburn saw an opportunity and took revenge at the 37^th minute. The spirit of the day, Demba, makes it 3-1 for Newcastle United at the 54^th minute. Demba was the star player of the day that brought victory for the Magpies.

Demba make his first goal for Newcastle.

Liverpool VS Wolves (2-1)

Richard Johnson’s own goal, diverting in Charlie Adam's shot at the 11^th minute. Continued by Luis Suarez scoring another goal for Liverpool at 38^th minute. However, Steven Fletcher pulled one back early in the second-half at 49 minutes, who was guilty of missing a number of opportunities to make the victory easier than it turned out to be. 4 yellow cards were shown to O’Hara, Henry, Ward and Hunt from the Wolves at the first-half of the match.

Liverpool’s second goal by Luis Suarez.

Chelsea VS Swansea (4-1)

Chelsea took the lead in the 29^th minute when Juan Mata chipped a ball over the top and Torres scored the goal. Chelsea’s Ramires added another goal to the score at 36^th minutes by Ashley Cole, who drilled the ball through Michael Vorm’s legs. Unlucky Torres was sent off three minutes later for a two-footed lunge on Mark Gower. At 75^th minute, Ramires scored another goal for Chelsea but Ashley Williams pulled one back for Swansea at the 86^th minute. After four minutes, the forth goal was scored by Chelsea’s Didier Drogba. Chelsea had the most amount of goals scored for the day with four goals.

Chelsea’s Fernando Torres is shown red card by referee Mike Dean.

Arsenal VS Bolton (3-0)

After a goalless first half, Arsenal took just forty seconds to score at the second-half by Van Persie. Persie scored another goal at the 71st minute. David Wheater was sent off for pulling back Theo Walcott at the 55^th minute and it resulted in Bolton having to work harder towards victory. At the 89^th minute, Alex Song added another goal for Arsenal in the final minutes of the match. Bolton was defeated 3-0.

David Wheater is shown red card by referee.

Stoke City VS Manchester United (1-1)

Top at the table, Manchester United had a battle with Stoke City and conceded an unbelievable result, a draw. Manchester United went into the match without Wayne Rooney - rumoured to have picked up a hamstring injury - and lost Javier Hernandez early on after he was tackled by Jonathan Woodgate. However, they took the lead in 27^th minute, played by  Nani. At the 52nd minute, Stoke City’s Crouch pulled one back for his team. After an acuity battle, both teams only manage a point each from the match.

Nani made first score for Manchester United.

QPR VS Aston Villa (1-1)

Queens Park Rangers snatched back a draw at the last minutes of the match. At first-half match, both team didn’t score any goal. Armand Traore’s fouled in the box, gives a chance to Bannan to have a penalty shot. In the last minutes of the match, Traore was sent off for a second bookable offence and within the minutes both home side equalised when Richard Dunne turned the ball into his own net.

Both team’s player struggle for the ball.

Norwich VS Sunderland (2-1)

Leon Barnett(centre-back)made Norwich took the lead at 31^st minute after Elliott Bennett(winger) skipped into the right side of the penalty area. Substitute Steven Marison fired in a bullet header at the start the second-half(48^th minute) scored another goal for Norwich. However, after Sunderland loss 2 points, Richardson put more effort and pulled one back at the last four minutes.

Connor Wickham heads towards the Norwich goal.

24^th September 2011

Manchester City	2-0	Everton
Wigan Athletic	1-2	Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Fulham
Newcastle United	3-1	Blackburn Rovers
Liverpool	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Chelsea	4-1	Swansea City
Arsenal	3-0	Bolton Wanderers
Stoke City	1-1	Manchester United

25^th September 2011

QPR	1-1	Aston Villa
Norwich City	2-1	Sunderland

Reference list:

http://www.flashscore.com/soccer/england/?gclid=CP3P2pietqsCFUF_6wodsGKYfw

http://www.premierleague.com/page/HeadlinesIndex

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