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Sunday, 7 October 2012

'Super Saturday' Premier League: Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City thrashed in Premier



Chelsea retained the top spot in the Premiership after winning Saturday at Norwich by 4 goals to 1 at Stamford Bridge, and Manchester City, who beat Sunderland 3-0, placed second in the Premier League. Chelsea had no trouble against a team yet to taste victory this season in the Premier League, despite being ahead on the scoreboard with a goal from captain Grant Holt (11). Immediately thereafter, the Spanish striker Fernando Torres equalized head (14) after a good move by the band between compatriot Juan Mata and Serbian Branislav Ivanovic. In another move on the right wing, the ball broke to Torres, who, back in Chile tried to finish, but the ball touched a defender and the rebound was tapped by Franck Lampard to make it 2-1 from the edge of the area , in a satin finish hit the post. In a masterful counterattack led by Mata, Spanish gave a pass to the slot that attaining the Belgian Eden Hazard 3-1 (31) with which it came to rest. In the second half, Chelsea controlled the situation at all times and did not go through troubles. Ivanovic closed the scoring in the 76th minute. Chelsea, who have won six of their seven league games and has scored 16 goals in his last four games (all competitions included) retains four points clear of Manchester City. Previously, the reigning Premiership Sunderland won 3-0, with goals from Aleksandr Kolarov Serbia (5), Sergio Aguero (60) and James Milner (90). The 'Kun' paid with a goal the confidence coach Roberto Mancini. "The influence of Agüero has been fantastic. Has scored one goal and created other chances," said the Italian coach after the match. Aguero scored just five minutes after taking the field to replace the always controversial Mario Balotelli. The City was able to react to the disturbing image given by the team on Wednesday in the Champions League, where he managed to equalize in the last minute against Borussia Dortmund, and placed second in the standings.The Everton runner the day before, was not the draw at home to two goals from Wigan, coached by Roberto Martinez Spanish. One of the goals of the local team was scored by Argentine striker Franco di Santo. The Swansea led by Dane Michael Laudrup, leader in the early days of the championship, drew at home to Reading, with a new goal Michu Spanish striker, who five great goals in the league. The Queens Park Rangers, bottom club championship despite having made spectacular signings last summer, lost again against West Bromwich 3-2, although the excentrocampista Real Madrid's Esteban Granero, scored his first goal in England. Santi Cazorla also shone with Arsenal, author of one of the three goals of victory against West Ham (1-3). The Frenchman Olivier Giroud, the stroke of halftime, and England's Theo Walcott, a few minutes remaining, Arsenal unbalanced in favor of the French shock Mohamed Diame had uphill for Arsène Wenger to twenty minutes. Cazorla, who had been somewhat hidden behind a first half in which they threw the team on his back, appeared again in the 83rd minute to kill off the match with his second goal with the Arsenal shirt, yellow today: a left from outside the area that put the leather away from the Finnish goalkeeper Jussi Jääskeläinen. The three points serve the "gunners" for a total of twelve in the table and temporarily overcome, in fifth place at Manchester United, which is measured Sunday at Newcastle.

How To Stop Gayle? Lanka's Big Question


A day before the final between hosts Sri Lanka and favourites West Indies, there should have ideally have been plenty of dressing room talking points. But, rather anti-climactically, it was a former South African wicketkeeper, Dave Richardson, who made all the news. Richardson, the new ICC CEO, was critical in his assessment of the R Premadasa pitch used for the semi-finals, specifically the dry one that played its role in kicking Pakistan out of the tournament.Pakistan struggled to chase a measly 139 against Lanka, while in the second match the same stadium produced a featherbed, with the Australians finding it extremely hard to match West Indies’ 206. So to bring about some sanity to the situation, the burly figure of Andy Atkinson, ICC’s go-to pitch doctor, was seen minutely scrutinising the playing area on Saturday — with his presence kicking off a further string of talking points — that regarding the soil, moisture and grass content on this remedied wicket.But all that seems almost irrelevant for a West Indies match, considering the only factor that really affects the state of play is Chris Gayle’s mighty wooden blade.At about the same time of Saturday afternoon when Gayle rested his body through a minor side strain, the Lankans went into a huddle at the practice arena to perhaps discuss just what it would take to stop this monster of a run scorer. Mahela Jayawardene’s bowlers must not just have a Plan A, but also a B and C to contain the great Jamaican. But the Lankans will be pleased to know, that as far as T20 cricket is concerned, Gayle disappoints in finals.