EPL week 21,Man City v Stoke,Wigan v Man Utd,Chelsea v QPR,Spurs v Reading

[mashdi]

English Premier League week 21 matches will be played this Tuesday & Wednesday.

Fixtures & links to BBC match previews.all kick off times are UK time.

Tuesday 1 January 2013

West Brom v Fulham 12:45
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20840909

Wigan v Manchester United 15:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20841210

Manchester City v Stoke 15:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20840958

Swansea v Aston Villa 15:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20840916

Tottenham v Reading 15:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20840937

West Ham v Norwich 15:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20841042

Southampton v Arsenal 17:30
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20841077

Wednesday 2 January 2013 ( No BBC match previews available yet)

Chelsea v QPR 19:45
Liverpool v Sunderland 19:45
Newcastle v Everton 20:00


Premier League Top Scorers

1 Robin van Persie Manchester United 14
2 Demba Ba Newcastle United 13
2 Miguel Michu Swansea City 13
2 Luis Suarez Liverpool 13
5 Jermain Defoe Tottenham Hotspur 10
6 Gareth Bale Tottenham Hotspur 9
7 Edin Dzeko Manchester City 8
7 Marouane Fellaini Everton 8
7 Steven Fletcher Sunderland 8
7 Rickie Lambert Southampton 8
7 Theo Walcott Arsenal 8
12 Sergio Aguero Manchester City 7
12 Santi Cazorla Arsenal 7
12 Juan Mata Chelsea 7
12 Wayne Rooney Manchester United 7
12 Carlos Tevez Manchester City 7
12 Fernando Torres Chelsea 7

 

[mashdi]

Berbatov just scored for Fulham to lead West Brom by 1-0.

Ashkan Dejagah gets the assist on that goal.good ball control by Ashkan and clever move inside the box to pass it to on-rushing Berbatov who finished it.

 

[mashdi]

HT

West Brom 0 Fulham 1

1st English Premier League goal of 2013 : Dimitar Berbatov
1st English Premier League assist of 2013 : Ashkan Dejagah

 

[mashdi]

Big away win for Fulham today.

FT

West Brom 1 Fulham 2

Berbatov opened the scoring from a Dejagah pass.Lukaku scored the equalizer for West Brom only for Kacaniklic to score the winner for Fulham.

A mad sequence of West Brom chances in the 2nd half as the shot was saved by keeper , the shot from rebound hit the post and the shot from 2nd rebound was cleared off the line.

Ashkan Dejagah did well today and assisted on Berbatov's goal.he also made a nifty back heel pass inside the box that should have been done better by Fulham's Sidwell.he tracked back well and helped with defending.

Berbatov was fantastic with great composure on the ball.scored a goal and had a screamer of a shot on target deflected for a corner.

 

[mashdi]

HT

Wigan 0 Manchester United 2

Chicharito with the opener.

And what a fantastic goal by EPL top scorer Robin van Persie.

 

[Chinaski]

Man in Dejagah ro chand baar too Alman live didam, bacheye sar bezir o zahmat keshiye. He is one of the few players who always did what Magath demanded from him and even praised his traning which is weird. I have NEVER seen a coach letting his players run as much as Magath, his training sessions are insane and still Dejagah never quit that kind of hard training. I just dont understand why he has lowered himself to go and play for IR after refusing for a long time. I remember the U-20 team of Germany had to play Israel and this young man was crying rivers because he actually wanted to play but knew those thugs in Iran would make his family in Iran pay if he did, so the German federation just cared for him psychologically and let him out of lineup but you know what? Nobody spoke about it but from that point something was broken and the German federation realized they have to move on without Dejagah. Germany with his past and responsibility, could not afford to carry a team captain who wouldnt lineup against Israel. Delam vaase in javoonaa misooze chon in mitoonest too teame melliye alamn ham mohre beshe. Alaan baayad baa teame IR moghaabele Ghataro bahrain baazi kone o haraaz gaahi ham be inaa bebaaze!

 

[Chinaski]

Stoke seems like a team who are technically limited but they make up for it through a whole lot running and fighting. However City is leading 1-0 and deservedly so.

 

[mashdi]

FT

Wigan 0 Manchester United 4

Michael Carrick had another great game for Man United.

Chicharito & Robin van Persie , each with a brace. :happy:

 

[mashdi]

Southampton vs Arsenal will kick off in about 20 minutes.

FT

West Brom 1 - 2 Fulham
Wigan 0 Manchester United 4
Tottenham 3 - 1 Reading
Manchester City 3 - 0 Stoke City
Swansea City 2 - 2 Aston Villa
West Ham 2 - 1 Norwich City

 

[oghabealborz]

HT

West Brom 0 Fulham 1

1st English Premier League goal of 2013 : Dimitar Berbatov
1st English Premier League assist of 2013 : Ashkan Dejagah

Kooooshti !

 

[mashdi]

Southampton 0 Arsenal 0 minute 10.

I wonder if Ali (ISP) is at St Mary's Stadium chanting a few choice of words for Arsenal.

 

[mashdi]

Southampton 0 Arsenal 0 minute 26.

Arsene Wenger is wearing his famous sleeping bag again.

 

[mashdi]

Good strike by Ramirez.atrocious defending by Arsenal in the back as they failed to clear the ball on multiple occasions.Saints leading Arsenal by 1-0 now.

 

[mashdi]

Own goal by Prado from a Theo Walcott shot. Southampton 1 Arsenal 1 now.

 

[mashdi]

A mad sequence of West Brom chances in the 2nd half as the shot was saved by keeper , the shot from rebound hit the post and the shot from 2nd rebound was cleared off the line.

And here you have it : West Brom's missed chances by Lukaku (saved) , Gera (post) & Brunt (cleared)

 

[mashdi]

FT

Southampton 1 Arsenal 1

Question: Why was Southampton's Ramirez clean winning goal against Arsenal ruled offside ?

Answer : The linesman mistook Arsenal for Manchester United.only Manchester United gets the favorite wrong calls by the refs.

[video=dailymotion;xwdo2b]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwdo2b_gaston-offside-spherachannel_sport?start=10#.UOPao3dTdic[/video]

 

[Behrooz_C]

I think the ref called a foul for a push rather than offside.

 

[mashdi]

I think the ref called a foul for a push rather than offside.

That would be even more odd.it's minimal contact not worthy of disallowing the goal.Drogba used to do it quite often and score at Chelsea.same for Torres in his Liverpool years. would that have been called a foul and a penalty if a defender had done that against a striker inside the box? i doubt it.

 

[mashdi]

Yesterday's match highlights

West Brom 1 Fulham 2
http://www.footytube.com/video/west-bromwich-albion-fulham-jan01-150383?ref=lchan_vidgrid

Wigan 0 Manchester United 4
http://www.footreview.net/home/viewvideo/6582/epl-2012-13/wigan-0-4-manchester-united

Manchester City 3 Stoke 0
http://www.footytube.com/video/manchester-city-stoke-city-jan01-150378?ref=lchan_vidgrid

Swansea 2 Aston Villa 2
http://www.footytube.com/video/swansea-city-aston-villa-jan01-150381?ref=lchan_vidgrid

Tottenham 3 Reading 1
http://www.footreview.net/home/viewvideo/6580/epl-2012-13/tottenham-3-1-reading

West Ham 2 Norwich 1
http://www.footreview.net/home/viewvideo/6579/epl-2012-13/west-ham-2-1-norwich-city

Southampton 1 Arsenal 1
http://www.footytube.com/video/southampton-arsenal-jan01-150380?ref=tchan_ov_vidgrid

 

[Payandeh Iran]

same for Torres in his Liverpool years.

What? Torres used to score? Wow it seems so loooong ago.