Sunday 30 September 2012

Aston Villa 1 West Brom 1 and EPL News:

Hello and welcome to my LATEST blog post, as I talk about today's afternoon match between Aston Villa and West Brom at Villa Park and talk about the LATEST EPL news.

Today's Afternoon Match:

Aston Villa vs West Brom:

This match was played at Villa Park as 16th placed Aston Villa hosted a West Brom side in 6th.

If West Brom won the match, they would move up to 2nd place, 2 points away from leaders Chelsea.


The first half of the match was pretty dull, with both teams failing to take their chances, notably Benteke of Aston Villa and Long of West Brom.


In the second half, the match was brought to life, after West Brom striker Shane Long latched onto a pacy cross by James Morrison to tap the ball past goalkeeper Brad Guzan into the net in the 50th minute.



Tap-in: West Brom striker Shane Long breaks the deadlock against Aston Villa.
Flying high: Long celebrates his 2nd goal of the season

Aston Villa made a substitution, with striker Darren Bent scoring in the 80th minute to equalise from a corner.



Volley: Darren Bent equalises in the 80th minute
Super sub: Bent celebrates his goal with his team-mates.

Barry Bannan whipped the ball into the box, and a header was partially cleared before Bent volleyed the ball past Ben Foster into the net.

Full-time score: Aston Villa 1 West Brom 1

Aston Villa move one place up to 15th place, while West Brom stay in 6th, failing to win and move up to 2nd.

Here is the updated EPL table after 6 matches played:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/table/default.stm


EPL News:

Juventus are ready to sign Manchester United winger Nani, after he reportedly punched 20-year-old team-mate Davide Petrucci.

Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra has said that United are putting their Premier League title hopes at risk with the kind of performance that they produced yesterday against Tottenham when they lost 3-2 at Old Trafford.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has warned winger Stewart Downing and full-back Jose Enrique that they are fighting to save their Liverpool careers after problems with their attitude.

Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski has said that he has come to England to 'win trophies'.

Tomorrow:

QPR vs West Ham United - LIVE at 20:00pm

Tuesday and Wednesday:



UEFA Champions League (EPL teams only):


FC Nordsjaelland vs Chelsea

FC Cluj vs Manchester United

Arsenal vs Olympiakos

Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund

Saturday 29 September 2012

Capital One Cup 3rd Round Match Results and Today's EPL Matches:



Hello and welcome to my LATEST EPL blog post. 

I talk about all of the Capital One Cup 3rd Round Match Results, plus the previews of the Weekend's EPL Matches including Arsenal vs Chelsea and Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur.


Tuesday's Results:

Chelsea 6 Wolves 0

Chelsea thrashed Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers by 6 goals to nil at Stamford Bridge.

Forwards Fernando Torres, Victor Moses, midifelder Juan Mata, defender Gary Cahill, full-back Ryan Bertrand and defensive midfielder Oriol Romeu (penalty) all scored for The Blues.

Early opener: Defender Gary Cahill celebrates his 4th minute goal against Wolves
3-0: Juan Mata celebrates his goal
Crawley Town 2 Swansea 3

Swansea moved into the 4th Round, with a 3-2 win over League 2 side Crawley Town.

They played a second-string side but Spainish midfielder Michu, striker Danny Graham and defender Garry Monk all scored for the visitors.

Simpson and Akpan both scored for Crawley, but it was not enough to progress to the 4th Round.

Leeds United 2 Everton 1

Yes, you saw the result correctly. Everton were BEATEN by Leeds in the 3rd Round.

That is all I have to say on the matter.

Despite having a second team out, David Moyes' men should have beaten Leeds pretty comfortably.

Early shock: Adam White scores for Leeds in the 4th minute to give them the lead at Elland Road.
Beat Tim Howard: White breaks the deadlock in the 4th minute.

Manchester City 2 Aston Villa 4 (AET)

This match was played at The Ethiad Stadium as the defending EPL champions were DEFEATED by Aston Villa. 

Mario Balotelli broke the deadlock in the 27th minute.
Full-back Kolarov made it 2-1 in the 64th minute, after former Villa midfielder Gareth Barry scored an own goal in the 59th minute.

1-0: Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli scores his 1st goal of the season to give City the lead against Villa.
Shock win: Aston Villa players celebrate their 4-2 win over Manchester City to move into the 4th Round.

Aston Villa winger Gabriel Agbonlahor scored a double (1 in  the 70th minute, 1 in the 113rd minute) and Charles N'Zogbia sealed a win against City and a place in the 4th Round.

MK Dons 0 Sunderland 2

Sunderland beat MK Dons by a 2-0 margin on Tuesday, but this was not with 11 men on the field.

Captain and defensive midfielder Lee Catermole was given a straight red card in the 32nd minute after a dangerous and late tackle.

Captain's off: The referee brandishes a straight red card to Sunderland's Lee Catermole after a dangerous tackle.
  Midfielder Craig Gardner scored a free-kick in the 54th minute, before James McClean doubled Sunderland's lead in the 82nd minute.

Game over: Sunderland's young winger James McClean scores against MK Dons in the 82nd minute.
Specialist: Craig Gardner scores against MK Dons, with a powerful free-kick to make it 1-0 to The Black Cats.
  Southampton 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0

Jay Rodriguez scored twice, as Southampton beat Sheffield Wednesday at home to move into the 4th Round of the Capital One Cup.

He scored in the 30th minute, and in the 78th minute from the penalty spot.

West Ham United 1 Wigan Athletic 4

Slightly surprising result from Upton Park, as newly promoted West Ham were thrashed at home by Wigan 4-1.

Modibo Maiga broke the deadlock in the 7th minute for West Ham, but Mauro Boselli equalised in the 14th minute. 

Defender Ivan Ramis made it 2-1 in the 38th minute before Boselli scored his second of the match just before half-time in the 41st minute to make it 3-1.

Striker Jordi Gomez made it 4-1 in the 84th minute from the penalty spot to rub salt into West Ham's wounds. 

Wednesday's Action:

Arsenal 6 Coventry City 1

The result does not really surprise many - seeming as Arsenal are in-form and facing a Coventry side who are League 1.

Having said this, they put only two first-team players in the squad (arguably) with Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain playing behind Olivier Giroud in attack.


Striker Olivier Giroud broke his scoring duck for his new club, scoring the first goal of many in the 39th minute after chipping the goalkeeper cheekily.


About time: Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud scores his first goal for The Gunners to break the deadlock against Coventry.
Expectations are high: Giroud points to the sky after scoring his first goal in 6 matches for Arsenal.

FACT: That was Giroud's first goal for Arsenal in 6 matches after a £12million move from Montpellier in the summer transfer window.


Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made it 2-0 in the 57th minute, before fringe winger Andrey Arshavin made it 3-0 in the 64th minute. 


One for the future: Arsenal young midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scores against Coventry to make it 2-0
Good experience: Chamberlain celebrates his goal with his Arsenal team-mates.
Fringe player: Arsenal winger Andrey Arshavin scores his first goal in 2012 to make it 3-0 in the 64th minute.
  Theo Walcott scored in the 73rd minute, before 19-year-old striker Callum Ball gave Coventry a consolation goal in the 78th minute.

First of 2 goals: Arsenal winger Theo Walcott makes it 4-0.
  Defender Ignasi Miguel made an instant impact, scoring straight after Ball's consolation in the 79th minute to make it 5-1.

Instant impact: Arsenal's young defender Ignasi Miguel reacts to conceding a goal - by scoring a minute later.
  Walcott put the icing on the cake for Arsenal with his second of the night in the 89th minute.

2 for me: Theo Walcott celebrates his second with the Arsenal faithful.

Carlisle 0 Tottenham Hotspur 3

Tottenham comfortably sealed their place in the 4th Round, with a 3-0 win over League 1 outfit Carlisle at Brunton Park.

Defender Jan Vertonghen opened the scoring for the away side in the 37th minute.

Fringe winger Andros Townsend made it 2-0 in the 53rd minute and Gylfi Sigurdsson made sure Spurs won with a goal in the 89th minute.

Bullet: Tottenham's young winger Andros Townsend scored to make it 2-0 in the 53rd minute.

Manchester United 2 Newcastle United 1

Both teams put out their second string players at Old Trafford on Wednesday because they are both in European competition.

Notably, United with matches in midweek coming up in the Champions League against FC Cluj.

Fringe midfielder Anderson scored his first goal for Manchester United in 2012 just before half-time in the 44th minute. 

Midfielder Tom Cleverley scored his first goal in an United shirt in the 58th minute.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew was NOT happy with his team's performance, and replaced Marveaux with Papiss Cisse.

Cisse went on to score minutes after coming on in the 62nd minute, with an unmarked header at the far post.


Newcastle continued to press, with Cisse having an amazing shot stopped by the crossbar.

He chested the ball, before controlling the ball up in the air and taking an overhead kick from 23 yards out which beat the jumping David De Gea.

Manchester United ended up winning the match, luckily and progress into the 4th Round - but they will not be happy with who they are playing against....

Norwich 1 Doncaster 0

Surprise surprise. Norwich beat Doncaster 1-0.

Alex Tettey scored the only goal of the match in the 23rd minute. 

QPR 2 Reading 3

This was an exciting match, as QPR hosted fellow EPL side Reading.

Winger David Holiett broke the deadlock in the 14th minute for QPR to score his first goal in a QPR shirt after leaving Blacburn in the summer as a free agent.

Defender Kasper Gorkss equalised for Reading in the 16th minute. 

Striker Djibril Cisse made it 2-1 to QPR in the second half, after 71 minutes.

Nicky Shorey equalised for Reading in the 76th minute, BEFORE striker Pavel Pogrebnyak made it 3-2 in the 81st minute to win the match late on for the away side.

Last-minute winner: Reading striker Pavel Pogbrenyak celebrates his winner for Reading against QPR.

West Brom 1 Liverpool 2

Liverpool got their revenge after losing 3-0 on the opening day of the season.

On-loan Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin scored twice (17th and 82nd minute) for the away side.

Who needs Real Madrid? On-loan Liverpool midfielder Nuri Sahin scores his first goal against West Brom.

Meanwhile George Tamas scored for West Brom.


4th Round Draw:

Sunderland vs Middlesbrough

Swindon Town vs Aston Villa

Wigan Athletic vs Bradford

Leeds United vs Southampton

Norwich City vs Tottenham

Liverpool vs Swansea - ONE TO WATCH

Chelsea vs Manchester United - Crunch match

Reading vs Arsenal

To be honest, the 4th round ties are pretty interesting this year, especially as Chelsea and Manchester United go head-to-head, knowing that only one side can move through into the 5th Round.

Arsenal, Tottenham, Wigan, Southampton, Sunderland and Aston Villa should all comfortably qualify.

Liverpool vs Swansea will be one to watch, but Chelsea vs Manchester United will take all of the headlines.





Today's EPL Matches:

Today's Early Afternoon Match:

Arsenal 1 Chelsea 2

This match was played at The Emirates Stadium, as both undefeated sides Arsenal and Chelsea faced each other in their first London derby of the season.

Striker Fernando Torres took advantage of some poor marking by Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny to give Chelsea the lead in the 20th minute with an aerial tap-in into the top corner of the net, out of goalkeeper Vito Mannone's reach.


Arsenal forward Gervinho equalised with a powerful shot into the top corner away from Petr Cech in the 41st minute.


This was after a low ball by midfielder Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain was not cleared away by full-back Ashley Cole.


Chelsea regained the lead in the 53rd minute, after Arsenal captain Thomas Vermaelen fouled outside the area.

Chelsea winger Juan Mata whipped a curling effort into the box, which was made for a Chelsea player to head into the net, but the ball beat all the players inside the 6 yard box and deflected off Koscielny's shin pad past Mannone into the net.

Arsenal had gone behind again in the match, and despite a late charge with Podolski and Chamberlain looking dangerous on the counter attack, Olivier Giroud missed a golden chance to equalise in the last minute. 

Everton 3 Southampton 1 

This match was played at Goodison Park, as Everton hosted Southampton.

Southampton's record £12million signing Gaston Ramirez broke the deadlock for the away side after only 6 minutes. 

Record signing: Uruguayan midfielder Gaston Ramirez celebrates his goal for Southampton in the 6th minute.

Everton midifelder Leon Osman equalised for The Toffees in the 25th minute, before Croatian striker Nikica Jelavic made it 2-1 in the 32nd minute.

Taking the lead: Everton striker Nikica Jelavic scores in the 32nd minute to make it 2-1.

Jelavic made it 3-1 in the 38th minute, and that is how the match finished.

Everton moved up to 2nd place, with 13 points.
They are now 3 points behind leaders Chelsea.

Meanwhile Southampton are in 17th place, joint on points with 18th placed Norwich and only 1 point away from 20th.


3rd goal of the season: Jelavic celebrates his two goals with Pienaar and Mirallas.

Fulham 1 Manchester City 2
 
This match was played at Craven Cottage, as West London club Fulham hosted defending EPL champions Manchester City.

The major team news for Fulham was that £5million striker Dimitar Berbatov was not going to feature against his old rivals, due to a hip injury picked up during training.*

*He will be out for two weeks.

Striker Mladen Petric broke the deadlock for the home side in the 10th minute, from the penalty spot.

Dispatched past Joe Hart: Fulham striker Mladen Petric scored in the 10th minute.
Breakthrough: Petric celebrates his goal against Manchester City with team-mates Sidwell, Duff and Ruiz.

FACT: That is Mladen Petric's 3rd goal for Fulham - from 4 matches

Manchester City's top goalscorer last season Sergio Aguero equalised in the 43rd minute, just before half-time.

Yes! Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero celebrates his 43rd minute goal against Fulham.

Fulham hung on and just as it was looking as though they were going to keep a point against City, substitute Edin Dzeko popped up and scored for the visitors in the 87th minute to take all three points. 

Match-winner: Manchester City striker and substitute Edin Dzeko celebrates his 87th minute goal.

Norwich 2 Liverpool 5

(MORE TO FOLLOW SOON)

Sunday 23 September 2012

EPL Super Sunday LIVE Coverage:

Hello and welcome to my EPL Super Sunday LIVE Coverage with 4 matches today.


Today's Matches: 


Liverpool vs Manchester United: LIVE at 13:30pm

This match will be played at Anfield, with Liverpool playing in their first match after the Hillsborough report last week. 

This will be an intersting derby between the two teams, with United the favourites for the win with players like Kagawa and Robin van Persie.

The Reds are in POOR form, and are in 18th place, with only 2 points from 4 matches.

Newcastle United vs Norwich: LIVE at 15:00pm

Manchester City vs Arsenal: LIVE at 16:00pm

Tottenham Hotspur vs QPR: LIVE at 16:00pm

Liverpool vs Manchester United - LIVE Commentary: 

Team Line-ups:

Liverpool: Reina, Kelly, Skrtel, Agger, Johnson, Gerrard, Allen, Shelvey, Borini, Suarez, Sterling.


Subs: Jones, Jose Enrique, Sahin, Assaidi, Henderson, Carragher, Fernandez Saez.

Liverpool beat Young Boys in the Europa League on Thursday, BUT can they continue their winning run today against title contenders United? 

Toughest match yet: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has to play against United today.

Captain Steven Gerrard starts today, alongside Joe Allen and Jonjo Shelvey in midfielder. 
Rahee, Sterling and Fabio Borini partner Suarez in attack meanwhile Jose Enrique, Sahin and Carragher are on the bench for The Reds.


Man Utd: Lindegaard, Da Silva, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Carrick, Giggs, Valencia, Kagawa, Nani, van Persie.

Subs: De Gea, Anderson, Hernandez, Welbeck, Scholes, Cleverley, Buttner.


Manchester United beat Galatasaray 1-0 on Wednesday night in their first Champions League match thanks to midfielder Michael Carrick's goal. 


Slender win: Manchester United midfielder Michael Carick avoids a lunging tackle by the keeper before scoring.
Back to basics: Michael Carrick starts today against Liverpool at Anfield.

4-5-1 formation for United today, with van Persie the lone striker in-front of Kagawa, Valencia and Nani.

Vidic is out of action, and Ryan Giggs will take over the captain's duties. 

The ongoing saga between De Gea and Lindegaard continues, with the latter starting for United today.

Strikers Hernandez and Welbeck are both on the bench, along with Paul Scholes, and impressive left-back Buttner.

13:30:

0: The match has kicked off at Anfield.

6: Midfielder Ryan Giggs has a shot from 25 yards out, towards goal but the ball whistles past the post.

8: Nice play by Suarez, to find Sterling.
He crosses the ball into the box, but Manchester United full-back Rafael heads the ball clear.

12: Liverpool full-back Glen Johnson runs down the wing before getting taken out by Rafael.
No foul given, goal-kick to Manhcester United.

13: Suarez looks for a team-mate in space, he finds Borini with a nice through ball past a defender....
Borini runs into the box and hits the ball towards goal... blocked and cleared away by the United defence.


15: Manchester United winger Nani's attempted pass is failed and Liverpool pass the ball out of their half after a tussle with Liverpool defender Martin Kelly.

Poor pass, but the conditions are making the ball wet and move less quicker.

LATEST EPL NEWS:

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has resuming training with the first-team after being out of action for over a year with an ankle injury.

Promising: Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is back in training after an ankle injury kept him out last season.
13:51:

I have had no satellite signal for the past 6 minutes due to adverse weather conditions outside, this is POOR.

13:58:

27: Finally we are back, momentarily with Suarez skilling up United defenders before Rio Ferdinand gets in his way and blocks him from weaving past.


And no signal again..... :(

29: Suarez tries to do a weaving run again into the box, but Michael Carrick sees the ball and clears away the danger.

Sterling and Suarez are The Reds' danger men, but Suarez is being too predictable at the moment, and cannot make Lindegaard worried.

32: Liverpool have a free-kick on the edge of the area after a foul by Evra.... Gerrard whips the ball into the box, but Siuarez heads the ball wide into the stands. Still 0-0.

33: Gerrard finds Borini with a slick, precise through ball, before he loses the ball to Giggs for a throw-in.

34: Suarez beats Ferdinand and Evans with skill before unleashing a shot towards goal... Ferdinand gets back to block the shot. Corner to Liverpool.

35: The corner comes off nothing despite Liverpool shouting for a penalty as Johnson goes down inside the penalty area.

38: Shelvey wins the ball from Giggs, before lunging in towards Evans and the ball.... Evans has gone down....

The referee is walking towards Shelvey, and the Liverpool playerfs surround him.... RED CARD!!!!

Shelvey is off. Replays show that Shelvey was looking for the ball, but the follow through was probably why he got a red card, dangerous tackle. 

Unlucky but Liverpool are in trouble.

40: Ferdinand and Suarez clash with an eaerial challenge, Suarez lies on the floor in discomfort.

Free-kick to Liverpool, and Suarez gets up quickly clutchijng his head to take the free-kick....

Manchester United fans are chanting ' Luis Suarez, you know what you are'

He shoots towards goal, Lindegaard dives to save the ball.... SAVED and parried away by Lindegaard before United clear.

43: The second half will be very interesting know, and despite the Liverpool pressure throughout this half;

United will be doing the pressuring now that they have one more player on the pitch.

The atmosphere is on high, and so is the intensity levels now.

44: Joe Allen goes on a surging run down the wing, before finding Borini with a ball into the box.
Evra clears the ball away for a Liverpool corner.

45: The fourth official has signalled for two minutes of stoppage time to be added on at Anfield with Liverpool's corner coming of nothing.

45+2: A Liverpool attack comes off nothing as Manchester United defender Jonny Evans clears.
The referee blows the whistle for half-time.


(MORE TO FOLLOW AS THE DAY CONTINUES)

Saturday 22 September 2012

Today's EPL Matches:

Hello and welcome to my LATEST blog post, with 6 EPL matches on show today for all of the football fans all over the world.

Tomorrow, I will be back with an EPL LIVE Coverage of 4 very interesting matches including Liverpool vs Manchester United and Manchester City vs Arsenal.

But here are today's results:

Swansea 0 Everton 3

Everton went back to winning ways, by beating Swansea at The Liberty Stadium by 3 goals to nil.

They unluckily drew against Newcastle on Monday, after two disallowed goals SHOULD have been allowed, meanwhile Swansea lost 2-0 against Aston Villa.

Strikers Victor Anichebe (21st minute) and Kevin Mirallas (43rd minute) made it 2-0 to the away side before half-time. 

Goalscorers: Victor Anichebe and Kevin Mirallas celebrate Mirallas' goal in the 43rd minute.
  Swansea winger (and substitute I might add!) Nathan Dyer was sent off in the 58th minute after two yellow cards.

Off already? Nathan Dyer walks off the pitch after picking up two yellow cards in the space of 12 minutes.


Midfielder Marouane Fellani made it 3-0 in the 82nd minute to end the match.   

3rd goal of the season: Everton midfielder Marouane Fellani heads The Toffees into a comfortable 3-0 lead.

Everton move up to 2nd place, three points away from top spot Chelsea.
Swansea drop down to 9th place with 7 points from 5 matches.

My favourite bloggger Dan will be happy with that result... :)

Here is his football blog website by the way:

http://dansfootballmusings.blogspot.co.uk/ 


Chelsea 1 Stoke City 0

This match was played at Stamford Bridge, as 1st placed Chelsea hosted a tough Stoke City side after drawing 2-2 against Juventus on Wednesday.

Eye opener: Chelsea midfielder Oscar scored twice against Juventus on his CL debut at Stamford Bridge.
Two goals in two minutes: Oscar shocked everyone by scoring a spectacular 25-yard shot for his second goal.
Promising start: Young midfielder Oscar's two goals were good, but not enough to win the match for Chelsea.


Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal celebrates his goal against Chelsea during midweek in the Champions League.
Equaliser: Striker Fabio Quagliarella scores against Chelsea in the 80th minute to make it 2-2.



Comeback kings: Italian champions Juventus celebrate coming back from 2 goals down to equalise.



Left-back Ashley Cole scored a late 85th minute winner to win all three points for Chelsea.

Late winner: Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole scores his first goal since 2010 in the 85th minute against Stoke.
Important three points: Ashley Cole breaks Stoke hearts, delivering a fatal blow after 85 minutes.
Jubilation and relief: Cole celebrates his late winner with the Chelsea faithful fans.

Stoke thought they had secured a point, before Cole scored.

Chelsea stay in 1st place with 13 points, three points ahead of 2nd placed Everton. 

Southampton 4 Aston Villa 1 

Southampton beat Aston Villa by 4 goals to 1 at St Mary's Stadium, to give them their first three points of the 2012-13 season.

Initially, the visitors went in-front thanks to striker Darren Bent scoring in the 35th minute with an aerial tap-in. 

Deadlock broken: Aston Villa striker Darren Bent scored in the 35th minute, but they ended up losing 4-1.
If only you knew: Darren Bent celebrates his second goal of the season, but he does not know what is to come.

Striker Rickie Lambert equalised for the home side in the 58th minute, before defender Nathaniel Clyne made up for his poor recent performances with a goal 5 minutes later to give Southampton the lead.

Scrappy: Rickie Lambert equalises in the 58th minute avoiding challenges from defenders along the way.
Back in it: Lambert celebrates his equaliser against Aston Villa.


Long time coming: Nathaniel Clyne beats an Aston Villa defender before scoring his first goal in three years.
Confidence booster: Clyne has taken a bashing over the last few weeks, after a few poor performances.

Hopefully now, Clyne will play better as he has a lot of potential but has not played well against Manchester United and Arsenal.

Jason Puncheon made it 3-1 in the 72nd minute, before Lambert scored his second of the day in the 90th minute to rub salt into the Aston Villa wounds.

Not saving that: Jason Puncheon shoots into the top corner to give Southampton a 3-1 lead in the 72nd minute.

 
FACT: Nathaniel Clyne's goal today is his first in 3 years.

FACT: Southampton striker Rickie Lambert has now scored 4 goals this season.
This is more than every other player in the EPL apart from Robin van Persie, Michu and Steven Fletcher.

West Bromwich Albion 1 Reading 0

On-loan striker (from Chelsea) Romelu Lukaku scored his 2nd goal for West Brom to give them all three points at The Hawthorns.

Match-winner: Romelu Lukaku scored an important goal for West Brom again, to give them 3 points at home.
2 goals in 5 matches: Lukaku celebrates his winner, meanwhile parent club Chelse are in need of a striker


He scored in the 71st minute, and the win moves West Brom up to 3rd place, joint with Everton in 2nd on 10 points.

West Ham 1 Sunderland 1

This match was played at Upton Park, as West Ham hosted Sunderland.

Striker Steven Fletcher gave the away side the lead after 10 minutes.

Midfielder Kevin Nolan rescues his side in the last minute, with a goal to give the home side a point.

Wigan 1 Fulham 2


I will so you all tomorrow, with the rest of the weekend's action in my LIVE Coverage blog post.