England vs Moldova - World Cup Qualifiers LIVE Commentary:

Hello and welcome to my International LIVE Commentary, as England face Moldova in their first World Cup 2014 Qualifying Match plus other fixtures in the first World Cup Qualifying Match over Europe.

Team Line-ups:

Moldova: Namasco, Armas, Epureanu, Bulgaru, Golovatenco, Sergei Kovalchuk, Kovalchuk, Gatcan, Onica, Suvorov, Patras, Picusciac.

Subs: S Pascenco, Racu, Ovseanicov, Cebotaru, Bordiyan, Doros, Sidorenco, A Pascenco, Dedov, Ivanov, Alexeev, Negai.

England: Hart, Johnson, Lescott, Terry, Baines, Milner, Lampard, Cleverley, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gerrard, Defoe.
Subs: Ruddy, Walker, Bertrand, Cahill, Carrick, Jagielka, Walcott, Sturridge, Welbeck, Butland.


19:45:

0: The match has kicked off in the Zimbru Stadium in Moldova.

3: England awarded a penalty after a shot from Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley hits defender Bulgaru on his hand, despite trying to turn away from the ball. The shot was too powerful for him to see, and it looks like it is a harsh penalty to be honest.

3: Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard steps up to take the penalty..... Hits the ball low and hard towards goal... GOAL!!!

Low and hard from 12 yards: Chelsea midfielder Frank Lamaprd breaks the deadlock for England in the 3rd minute.

Early lead: Lampard celebrates his penalty goal with the midfielder who won the pen Tom Cleverley.

England break the deadlock in 3 minutes.

4: FACT:
Frank Lampard has scored more penalties for England than any other player in the squad.

6: Liverpool full-back Glen Johnson has beeen booked for a late challenge on Bulgaru.

8: Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain weaves past two defenders for pace before crossing the ball into the box for Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe.... he shoots... JUST PAST THE POST!

10: England passing well and looking dangerous near goal.

17: Moldova striker Patras has the ball at his feet, before turning and hitting the ball towards goal from 25 yards out...The ball flies towards goal... OVER THE BAR!! 

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart had to dive for the ball there, because he did not know whether the ball was going to dip or not at the last second.

18: Moldova's supporters are suddenly excited and the atmosphere has just increased now after that shot which was close to a goal.

23: England have been awarded a free-kick from just outside the box, in a dangerous position...

5 players in the wall, before Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard hits the ball hard and powerfully towards goal.... OVER THE BAR! 

24: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain finds Gerrard with a great through ball... he looks to find Defoe on his right, but the defender sees the attempted pass and cuts it out.

25: Moldova are starting to press England's defence now, improving their play.


A shot is deflected out for a corner as the Moldovan supporters roar to encourage their team forward.


27: LATEST:

Manchester United striker Robin Van Persie, Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko and Newcastle midifelder Yohan Cabaye have all scored for the respective countries tonight.
More news at half-time.


28: Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard finds his Liverpol team-mate Glen Johnson, who crosses the ball towards the box for Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard. 
He heads the ball forward..... GOAL!!!!

Clean finish: Lampard doubles his tally for the night after a great cross from full-back Glen Johnson.

It's in: Lampard does his trademark celebration - pointing to the sky after scoring a header in the 28th minute.

England have doubled their lead, and Lampard scores again.


Top class ball through by Johnson, and the finish was accurate into the corner of the goal.


31: Chamberlain finds space to run into, before unleashing a through ball towards striker Jermain Defoe... he hits the ball towards goal and the goalkeeper tries to save it, but the ball goes underneath him.

Poor goal for Moldova to concede, but a good build-up play goal by England with Chamberlain making an assist for Defoe.


36: Moldova free-kick....
Comes of nothing though as the header goes over the ball, nothing to trouble Joe Hart.

39: Defoe has a shot towards goal, but defender blocks it before it comes off Defoe. 
Moldova goal-kick.

40: LATEST:
Luxembourg 1 Portugal 1

Mr. 'I want more money' Cristiano Ronaldo scores for Portugal to equalise in the 29th minute. 

43: Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley tries to cross the ball into the box for Everton left-back Leighton Baines, but the ball goes over the bar and looks more like a shot.

45: The referee blows the whistle to end the first half at The Zimbru Stadium. 

England lead by three goals to nil against Moldova, but to be honest, the home side have been poor and not troubled goalkeeper Joe Hart so far.

Looks like the Three Lions have got their first three points in the WC qualifying campaign. 

WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING LATEST SCORES:

Wales 0 Belgium 1 - HT

Wales and West Ham defender James Collins has been sent off in the first half. 

Manchester City captain and defender Vincent Kompany scored for Belgium from a header in the 41st minute.

Bulgaria 1 Italy 2 - HT

Germany 1 Faroe Islands 0 - HT 

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Gotze has scored for Germany, as they lead at half-time against Faroe Islands.

Finland 0 France 1 - HT

Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby has scored for France in the 20th minute, as they lead by 1 goal to nil against Finland at half-time away from home.

Montenegro 2 Poland 1 - HT

Russia 2 Northern Ireland 0 - FT

Croatia 1 Republic of Macedonia 0 - LIVE 

Everton striker Nikica Jelavic has broken the deadlock for the home side against Macedonia in the 69th minute. 

20:45:

45: England kick-off the second half, with both sides making one change each:

England SUB:
Steven Gerrard OFF
Michael Carrick ON

Moldova SUB:
Alexandru Suvorov OFF
Alexandru Dedov ON

49: Moldova have a half chance after Liverpool full-back Glen Johnson makes a mistake, but nothing too challengng for Joe Hart.

51: England have started the second half calmly, looking as though they will hold the lead comfortably, and maybe add 1 or 2 more goals.

58: England SUB:
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain OFF
Theo Walcott ON

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been electric tonight, and has played well, making one assist. 

Danger: Arsenal and England winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been a danger for Moldova's defence tonight.

His club team-mate Theo Walcott replaces him, so there is even MORE pace injection for Moldova to worry about.

68: 
England SUB:
Jermain Defoe OFF
Danny Welbeck ON 

Defoe comes off, for Welbeck after scoring a good goal and putting in a good shift.


73: Arsenal winger Theo Walcott goes on the run with pace, before getting intercepted by a defender.

He regains the ball and runs into the box on the wing, before some build-up play, (with good passes) inside the box with Welbeck and Milner ends up with Milner unleashing a powerful shot past the goalkeeper into the back of the net.

76: Moldova SUB:
Picusciac OFF
Sidorence ON 

79: 
Chelsea defender John Terry has been limping for the last few minutes with a knock, and may recieve medical attention.

83: 
England free-kick going to be taken by Everton full-back Leighton Baines who can scores free-kicks....

He hits the ball towards goal... the ball curls and hits a Moldova player deflecting the flight of the ball, into the top corner of the goal..

England 5 Moldova 0, and Baines scores his first international goal.

89: England manager Roy Hodgson is not going to take any chances with Chelsea defender John Terry who has been limping and struggling.
He walks down into the tunnel, with Carrick filling in for him at centre-back with Lescott.

90: The fourth official has signalled for two minutes of stoppage time to be added on.

90+2: The referee has blown the final whistle in Moldova.

England have thrashed Moldova by 5 goals to nil, without really breaking sweating or getting into fourth gear. 

They have just taken their chances well, and have punished Moldova on the counter attack.

World Cup 2014 Qualifying Match RESULTS:

Wales 0 Belgium 2

Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany and Tottenham defender Jan Vertoghen both scored for the away side as Belgium beat Wales by 2 goals to nil.

Bulgaria 2 Italy 2

Croatia 1 Republic Of Macedonia 0

Group C:

Germany 3 Faroe Islands 0

Mario Gotze and a double from Real Madrid midfielder Mesut Ozil gave Germany a 3-0 win against Faroe Islands in Group C.

Group D:

Holland 2 Turkey 0

Manchester United striker Robin van Persie and Luciano Nasringh both scored for Holland, as they beat Turkey 2-0 in Group D.

Group E:

Iceland 2 Norway 0

Slovenia 0 Switzerland 2

Group F:

Russia 2 Northern Ireland 0

Fayzulin and Shirokov both scored for new Russian boss (former England manager) Fabio Capello.

Thank you for reading my latest installment of my EPL Blog.
I shall be back soon with another EPL update, due to the International break this weekend.

EPL Super Saturday LIVE Coverage:

Hello and welcome to my EPL Live Coverage of Saturday's EPL Matches!

Let me begin with the early afternoon match between Swansea and West Ham which started at 12:45pm.

Swansea 3 West Ham United 0 FT

New signing Michu, striker Danny Graham and an own goal from goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen gave Swansea three points at The Liberty Stadium against West Ham.

In the 20th minute, full-back Angel Rangel took a shot from 7 yards out along the wing before the ball slipped underneath goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen into the net.

In the 28th minute, an attempted back pass by West Ham defender James Collins was weak and found Swansea midfielder Michu who ran through on goal before poking the ball past Jaaskelainen to double Swansea's lead.

In the second half, Swansea play good football before Wayne Routledge's cross falls to striker Danny Graham who hits the ball towards goal before a deflection from defender Guy Demel hits the net to give Swansea a 3-0 lead.

Welcome to Wales: New £5.5million signing and midfielder Ki Sung Yeung is unveiled at Swansea this afternoon.

Deadlock broken: Angel Rangel celebrates the opening goal for Swansea after Jussi Jaaskelainen scores an own goal.

Bargain: Swansea midfielder Michu scores his 3rd goal in 2 matches in the 29th minute to give Swansea a 2-0 lead.

Remember the name - Michu: He celebrates doubling Swansea's lead at home against West Ham.

15:00pm kick-offs:

BREAKING NEWS:
Sunderland vs Reading has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. 

Called off: The match between Sunderland and Reading has been called off due to poor weather conditions.

Aston Villa vs Everton:

Aston Villa: 
Given, Lowton, Vlaar, Baker, Clark, N'Zogbia, Herd, El Ahmadi, Bannan, Delfouneso, Bent.
Subs: Guzan, Ireland, Holman, Delph, Weimann, Lichaj, Burke.

Everton: Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Osman, Pienaar, Gibson, Naismith, Jelavic, Fellani.
Subs: Mucha, Heitinga, Mirallas, Gueye, Barkley, Coleman, Anichebe.

Manchester United vs Fulham:

Manchester United: De Gea, Rafael, Carrick, Vidic, Evra, Cleverley, Anderson, Valencia, Kagawa, Young, Van Persie. Subs: Lindegaard, Evans, Rooney, Giggs, Hernandez, Welbeck, Scholes.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Hangeland, Briggs, Duff, Diarra, Dembele, Kacaniklic, Ruiz, Petric.
Subs: Stockdale, Kelly, Baird, Sidwell, Kasami, Rodallega, Halliche.

Southampton vs Wigan:

Southampton: Kelvin Davis, Clyne, Fonte, Hooiveld, Fox, Steven Davis, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Do Prado, Rodriguez, Lambert.
Subs: Gazzaniga, Sharp, Ward-Prowse, Richardson, Shaw, Seaborne, Puncheon.

Wigan: Al Habsi, Alcaraz, Caldwell, Kone, Boyce, McArthur, Figueroa, Ramis, Di Santo, Maloney.

Subs: Pollitt, Jones, Crusat, Watson, Gomez, Boselli, Beausejour. 

Tottenham Hotspur vs West Brom:

Tottenham: Friedel, Walker, Gallas, Vertoghen, Assou-Ekotto, Livermore, Sandro, Lennnon, Van Der Vaart, Bale, Defoe. Subs: Cudicini, Naughton, Jenas, Sigurdsson, Adebayor, Townsend, Caulker.

West Brom: Foster, Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewll, Yacob, Dorrans, Morrison, Fortune, Long. 
Subs: Myhill, Rosenberg, Brunt, Lukaku, Gera, Dawson and Jones.

15:00: The 5 matches have all kicked off.

15:03:

Old Trafford - Manchester United vs Fulham:

Midfielder Damien Duff has scored his 2nd goal in two matches in the 2nd minute for Fulham... 1-0 to the away side.

2 in 2: Fulham midfielder Damien Duff celebrates breaking the deadlock in the 2nd minute at Old Trafford.

15:04:

Villa Park - Aston Villa vs Everton:

Midfielder Steven Pienaar has broken the deadlock at Villa Park for the away side. Everton are continuing their good form from the 1-0 win against Manchester United on Monday by dominating Aston Villa away from home.

Nice one: Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar celebrates opening the scoring in the 4th minute.

15:10:

Old Trafford - Manchester United vs Fulham:

Manchester United have equalised! And guess you scored it?!!!
£24million signing Robin Van Persie scored an amazing left foot volley after full-back Evra's cross was delivered straight to him.

First goal in his first start: Manchester United striker Robin Van Persie volleys United into an equaliser against Fulham.

There is more to come: RVP is mobbed by his new United team-mates after equalising in the 10th minute.

15:11:

Carrow Road - Norwich vs QPR:

The deadlock has been broken with Norwich defender Simoen Jackson scoring in the 11th minute against QPR as they look to bounce back from a 5-0 thrashing against Fulham last week.

15:18:

Carrow Road - Norwich vs QPR:

PENALTY

QPR have a penalty after striker Djibril Cisse is brought down by new defender Sebastien Bassong.

Cisse steps up to take the pen... SAVED by goalkeeper John Ruddy but the ball comes to striker Bobby Zamora who shoots towards goal... GOAL!!!

On the rebound: QPR forward Bobby Zamora equalises against Norwich, after Cisse has his penalty saved.

Zamora scores the rebound for QPR. 1-1

15:30:

Villa Park - Aston Villa vs Everton:

GOAL

Ecverton have doubled their lead thanks to Monday's hero and midfielder Marouane Fellani. He scored a header from a cross which goalkeeper Shay Given struggled to save and the ball ended up in the back of the net.

Belgian boy: Midfielder Marouane Fellani heads Everton into a 2-0 lead against Aston Villa at Villa Park.

15:35:

Old Trafford - Manchester United vs Fulham:

New signing and midfielder Shinji Kagawa has scored on his Old Trafford debut to make it 2-1 to United.

15:41:

Old Trafford - Manchester United vs Fulham:

Full-back Rafael Da Silva has made it 3-1 to United! 
He heads home winger Ashley Young's cross.

15:44:

Villa Park - Aston Villa vs Everton:

Surely it is game over for Aston Villa now, with Everton striker Nikica Jelavic making it 3-0 just before half-time.

15:48:

HALF-TIME SCORES:

Aston Villa 0 Everton 3
Southampton 0 Wigan 0
Norwich 1 QPR 1
Manchester United 3 Fulham 1
Tottenham Hotspur 0 West Brom 0


16:03:

The second halves have all started in EPL.

Villa Park - Aston Villa vs Everton:

Aston Villa SUB:

Brett Holman ON
Nathan Delfouneso OFF

In the Norwich vs QPR match:

QPR have made their first substitution with defender Clint Hill has been replaced by young defender Nedum Onuoha.

16:09:
 
St Mary Stadium - Southampton vs Wigan:

Wigan, who today start life without Victor Moses have broken the deadlock in the 51st minute. 
Striker Franco Di Santo is the goalscorer.

16:18:
Villa Park - Aston Villa vs Everton:

It has gone from very bad to worse for Villa as young defender Ciaran Clark has been sent off after a late challenge on Everton striker Nikica Jelavic who was through on goal and could have scored.

Villa are now down to ten men and are in trouble.

16:23:

Tottenham are dominating West Brom, but cannot find a goal to show for it. £5million signing Emmanuel Adebayor looks to be warming up on the touchline, getting ready to come on.

16:25:

Old Trafford - Manchester United vs Fulham:

GOAL

The Manchester United defence have been given a nightmare with some poor defending before the ball hits captain Vidic towards goal past David De Gea who flaps at the ball but fails to save it from going into the net. 

Fulham are given a lifeline, with 20 minutes to go.

Manchester United SUBS:
Shinji Kagawa OFF
Ashley Young OFF
Wayne Rooney ON
Danny Welbeck ON

16:35:

Villa Park - Aston Villa vs Everton:

A consolation goal for Aston Villa as new £4million signing Karim El Ahmadi scores his first goal for his new club to make it 3-1 and make the score slightly more respoectable from a Villa point of view.

16:36:

The Hawthorns - West Brom vs Tottenham:

GOAL

Tottenham have broken the deadlock, FINALLY!

West Brom clear the ball away after a corner is taken but the ball falls to full-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto who takes a touch before unleasjhing a deadly strike from 30 yards out.
The strike takes a deflection before hitting the back of the net!

1-0 to Tottenham, but do NOT count out West Brom until the final whistle.

16:40:

St Mary's Stadium - Southampton vs Wigan:

Defender Jos Hooiveld has had a header hit the crossbar in the 80th minute as Southampton look for an equlaiser at home against Wigan.

16:46:

Villa Park - Aston Villa vs Everton: 

£6million forward Kevin Mirallas has come off the bench for Everton to score, but he has had the goal disallowed for offside.
Unlucky.

16:48:

St Mary Stadium - Southampton vs Wigan:
 
GOAL

Wigan striker Aroune Kone has broken Southampton hearts with a late winner in the 88th minute. First goal for his new club and now it is surely game over for Southamptona and the three points will go to Wigan. 

Game over: New srtriker Aroune Kone ended the match against Southampton with a 88th minute strike.

16:51:

The Hawthorns - West Brom vs Tottenham:

GOAL

Midfielder James Morrison has equalised with a LATE goal for West Brom.
1-1 against Tottenham and they have secured a crucial point at home against a tough Spurs side who have not taken their chances. 

Equaliser: Midfielder James Morrison (first left) celebrates his late goal against Tottenham to give his side a point.

16:53:

Old Trafford - Manchester United vs Fulham:

Striker Wayne Rooney has had to be stretchered off for United, after having a gaping wound on his knee because of being caught by flying studs.  

Big wound: Striker Wayne Rooney clutches his leg after getting caught by studs late in the match.

In a bad way: Wayne Rooney had to be stretchered off the pitch and could face months off the pitch.

16:54:

FULL-TIME SCORES:

West Brom 1 Tottenham 1
Manchester United 3 Fulham 2
Southampton 0 Wigan 2
Aston Villa 1 Everton 3
Norwich 1 QPR 1

17:15:

Chelsea vs Newcastle:

Team Line-ups:

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Luiz, Cole, Mikel, Meireles Mata, Hazard, Bertrand, Torres.

Subs: Turnbull, Essien, Romeu, Ramires, Lampard, Oscar, Sturridge. 

Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Coloccini, S Taylor, Santon, Gutierrez, Anita, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Ba, Cisse.

Subs: Harper, Williamson, Perch, R Taylor, Amalfitano, Marveaux, Obertan.

17:30: The match has kicked off at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea host Newcastle.

17:55:

Chelsea 1 Newcastle 0
Eden Hazard has scored a penalty for The Blues in the 22nd minute after Torres was fouled by Newcastle's new £5million signing Vurnon Anita inside the box.

Impressive: Eden Hazard scores his first goal for Chelsea to score against Newcastle in the 22nd minute.

That's the one: £32million Eden Hazard celebrates his goal with team-mate Fernando Torres.

18:02: I will do a match result analysis of Chelsea vs Newcastle tomorrow, along with the LIVE Commentaries of Stoke vs Arsenal and Liverpool vs Manchester City.

Thank you for reading my EPL Blog, and I will speak to you all tomorrow in my next post.
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Super Sunday EPL Special LIVE, PFA Player (and Young) of the Year Coverage:

Super Sunday EPL Special LIVE:

Today:

12:30pm:

Manchester United 4 Everton 4

This match was played at Old Trafford, as 1st placed United hosted 7th placed Everton. 

Striker Nikica Jelavic broke the deadlock in the 34th minute after heading the ball from an impossible angle past De Gea which hit the post before hitting the net.

Deadlock broken: Jelavic heads Everton ahead against Manchester United in the 34th minute at Old Trafford to make it 1-0.

Shock start: Jelavic celebrates his goal with his team-mates, after he opened the scoring against Manchester United.

Wayne Rooney equalised just before half-time in the 41st minute to ensure Everton would not take a lead into the second half.

Striker Wayne Rooney's header beats goalkeeper Tim Howard to equalise for United in the 41st minute.

After half-time, in the 57th minute striker Danny Welbeck did a fake shot past two defenders before placing the ball into the top right hand corner of the net from 20 yards out.

Power over placement: Young striker Danny Welbeck makes it 2-1 to United with a beautiful effort.

Winger Nani used his incredible pace to push past the Everton defenders before chipping the ball over Tim Howard's head into the goal-mouth in the 61st minute to make it 3-1 to United.

Cheeky chip: Winger Nani chips 'keeper Howard to give United a 3-1 lead in the 61st minute.

If only you knew: Nani celebrates with Evra, Welbeck and Carrick, thinking that the match is over.

In the 69th minute, midfielder Marouane Fellani hit a clean volley past goalkeeper David De Gea to put Everton back into the match from a cross.

Back in the match: Fellani celebrates his goal with his team-mates to make it 3-2 against Manchester United.

2 minutes later, striker Wayne Rooney scored his second goal of the match to give United a 4-2 lead.

Is it over yet? Wayne Rooney scored his 34th goal of the season to make it 4-2 against Everton.

In the 83rd minute, striker Nikica Jelavic scored a late goal to give Everton  hope of getting something out off the match..

6th goal in the EPL: Nikica Jelavic scores his second of the match, to make it 4-3 against United with 5 minutes to play.

2 minutes later, midfielder Steven Pienaar took a shot from inside the box in the 85th minute which beat De Gea before hitting the back off the net to make it 4-4, and complete an amazing comeback.

Steven Pienaar scores his 5th goal of the season, and it was his most important as he made it 4-4 against United.

Comeback kings: Everton celebrate Pienaar's goal to equalise against United and earn a point in the race against their rivals Liverpool for 7th place.

United pressed for a late goal, but Everton stayed strong for the last 10 minutes (5 minutes of stoppage time), and took a well earned point from Old Trafford (while scoring 4 at OT), which is not an easy thing to do.

16:00pm:
 

Wolves 0 Manchester City 2 

This match was played at Molienuex, as 20th placed Wolves HAD to win against Manchester City, or they would be relegated to the Championship.
Manchester City needed a win, to close the gap between them and 1st placed rivals United to only 3 points after United failed to beat Everton earlier in the day.


Striker Sergio Aguero finally broke the deadlock for the away side in the 27th minute after a heap of chances were all wasted.

Finally: Sergio Aguero breaks the deadlock in the 27th minute to give Manchester City the lead at Molienuex.

22nd goal in the EPL: Aguero wheels away to celebrate his goal against Wolves.

Liverpool 0 West Bromwich Albion 1 
This match was played at Anfield, as 8th placed Liverpool had the chance to overtake rivals Everton into 7th place.

Striker Peter Odemiwngie scored the only goal of the match in the 78th minute, to give the away side the three points at Anfield.


PFA Player of the Year Winner:

Robin Van Persie  (Arsenal)

Captain Fantastic: 34 goals this season in all competitions for Van Persie.

2nd place: David Silva (Manchester City)

3rd place: Wayne Rooney (Manchester Untied)


PFA Young Player of the Year Winner:

Kyle Walker (Tottenham)

Young startlet: Full-back Kyle Walker is a favourite to play for England at Euro 2012.

2nd place:
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)

3rd place:
Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea) 

PFA EPL Team of the Year:


Goalkeeper: Joe Hart
Defenders: Vincent Kompany, Fabricio Coloccini, Leighton Baines, Kyle Walker. 
Midfielders: Yaya Toure, David Silva, Scott Parker, Gareth Bale.
Strikers: Robin Van Persie and Wayne Rooney.

Saturday EPL Special LIVE:

Saturday EPL Special LIVE:

Welcome to my Saturday EPL Special LIVE, with 7 matches including Sunderland vs Tottenham and Liverpool vs Aston Villa.

Yesterday:

Newcastle United 2 Swansea City 0

This match was played at The Sports Direct Arena as 6th placed Newcastle hosted 11th placed Swansea. 
Papiss Cisse broke the deadlock for the home side in the 5th minute to make it 1-0.

Perfect start: Cisse breaks the deadlock in the 5th minute for Newcastle against Swansea.

The match was tense after this, and although Swansea pressed well for the equaliser, Cisse scored again in the 70th minute with a delightful chip from 16 yards out over Swansea goalkeeper Michel Vorm's head but just underneath the crossbar.

Papiss Cisse scores a beautifully placed chip to make it 2-0 against Swansea in the 70th minute.

Newcastle are now 2 points ahead of 6th placed Chelsea, and move into their spot, while Swansea stay in 11th place.


Papiss Cisse has now scored 9 goals in his first 9 matches.



Sunderland 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0: LIVE 
The early kick-off in the Premier League today, sees 9th placed Sunderland host 4th placed Tottenham at The Stadium of Light.
Tottenham only need a draw to leapfrog rivals Arsenal into 3rd place, but it will not be on easy street against a Sunderland side who has beaten Manchester City and Arsenal here.
60 minutes gone, and it is still goalless. 


Team Line-ups:


Sunderland: Mignolet, Bardsley, Turner, Kilgallon, Colback, Larsson, Gardner, Cattermole, McClean, Sessegnon, Bendtner.  
Subs: Westwood, Bridge, Richardson, Vaughan, Ji, Meyler, Kyrgiakos.


Sebastien Larsson and Nicklas Bendtner both start for Sunderland against their former North London rivals Tottenham (as they both used to play for Arsenal, Bendtner still does)


Tottenham: Friedel, Walker, Gallas, Kaboul, Assou-Ekotto, Van der Vaart, Sandro, Parker, Modric, Bale, Adebayor.  
Subs: Cudicini, Lennon, Saha, Defoe, Kranjcar, Livermore, Nelsen.

A strong Tottenham side, with VDV, Modric, Bale and Adebayor in the striking mind.
Two defensive minded players in Sandro and Scott Parker. Formation would probably be: 4-2-2-2. 
A strong bench also with Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe and Louis Saha all ready for action.

63: Sunderland pressing for the first goal here, good play by midfielder Stephane Sessegnon who is giving the Spurs defence problems.

64: Tottenham are looking to make a substitution. The first of the match.

Aaron Lennon ON
Sandro OFF

An attacking option for Spurs then. Van Der Vaart and Lennon on the wings.
Sandro already being recently booked. 


68:
2nd half possession:
Sunderland 31%, Tottenham 69%

69: Cameras on Harry Redknapp. One word: Frustration.

70: Lovely through ball by Lee Catermole to Phil Bardsley who takes a powerful cross the ball into the box for Josh McClean, who cannot keep the ball on the pitch. 
Goal-kick.

71: Midfielder Lee Catermole has gone down injured, now recieving treatment on the sidelines.

72: Quick ball towards Van Der Vaart by Aaron Lennon into space, he takes a shot towards goal.... Deflected by a Sunderland defender (near the hand) before being cleared out.


75: Sunderland subsutition:
David Vaughan ON
Lee Catermole OFF
Catermole's hamstring injury was too much to play the rest of the match. Unlucky, as he was important to Sunderland going forward and has been important to Sunderland going forward and at the back. 


77: Tottenham substitution:
Emmanuel Adebayor OFF
Louis Saha ON

81: Tottenham substitution:
Jermain Defoe ON
Rafael Van Der Vaart OFF

FACT: Defoe has scored 19 goals as a substitute. This is the all-time Premier League record.  
 

Sunderland substitution:
Kieran Richardson ON
Phil Bardsley OFF

I have team line-ups from all the 3oclock kick-offs.
I will give the line-ups after this match.


83: Goal-kick taken by goalkeeper Brad Friedel.

84: Foul by Tottenham full-back Kyle Walker on Sunderland midfielder James McClean. Free-kick taken by Sebastien Larsson into open play.

85: Sunderland corner taken by Sebastien Larsson, but nothing comes of it.

88: Sebastien Larsson has been booked for 'unsporting behaviour'.  


89: Foul by Tottenham full-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto on Sunderland midfielder Stephane Sessegnon. Yellow card given to Ekotto.


90: Foul by Sunderland midfielder David Vaughan on Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon. Yellow card given.


90+3: The referee blows the whistle for full-time here at The Stadium of Light.

FACT: This is the first time in 22 meetings that Sunderland and Tottenham have had a goalless draw.


Tottenham move into 3rd place, into at least tomorrow, when rivals Arsenal face Manchester City.

Spurs will feel disappointed that they could not get the win, as they had at least 15 shots and could not score at least one shot on target.
They had a lot of quality, but could not get the job done.


Sunderland will feel happy that they keep Spurs under control and took a point, but will be thinking whether they could have taken all three.

15:00 EPL Line-ups: 

Norwich v Everton:

Norwich: Ruddy, Martin, Ryan Bennett, Ward, Drury, Elliott Bennett, Fox, Howson, Surman, Hoolahan, Holt. 
Subs: Steer, Johnson, Morison, Crofts, Jackson, Wilbraham, Naughton.

Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Neville, Gibson, Pienaar, Gueye, Jelavic, Cahill. 
Subs: Mucha, Heitinga, Stracqualursi, McFadden, Coleman, Fellaini, Anichebe.


Liverpool v Aston Villa:

Liverpool: Doni, Flanagan, Carragher, Skrtel, Jose Enrique, Henderson, Gerrard, Shelvey, Downing, Suarez, Kuyt.
Subs: Jones, Agger, Carroll, Maxi, Coates, Spearing, Bellamy.

Doni starts his first match for Liverpool as 1st team goalkeeper Pepe Reina is suspended after his headbutt against Newcastle last weekend.
Defender Daniel Agger is on the bench, along with forward Craig Bellamy and under-performer Andy Carroll. 
Maxi Rodriguez and Jay Spearing are also both on the bench to give Kenny Daglish help if needed.


Aston Villa: Given, Hutton, Collins, Baker, Warnock, Lichaj, Ireland, Herd, Bannan, Heskey, Agbonlahor. 
Subs: Guzan, Weimann, Stevens, Johnson, Williams, Gardner, Carruthers.

A decent Villa side, with Gabriel Agbonlahor and Emile Heskey in strike.
Barry Bannan and Steven Ireland are both in the centre of midfield.

Chelsea vs Wigan Athletic:

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Luiz, Bertrand, Meireles, Essien, Sturridge, Mata, Malouda, Drogba. 
Subs: Turnbull, Romeu, Torres, Mikel, Bosingwa, Ferreira, Kalou.

Only 4 players stay in the starting 11 from the 2-1 win against Benfica on Wednesday night, with Sturridge, Meireles, Cech and David Luiz.
Full-back Ryan Bertrand is given his full EPL debut for Chelsea.


Wigan: Al Habsi, Alcaraz, Caldwell, Figueroa, Boyce, McCarthy, McArthur, Beausejour, Moses, Di Santo, Maloney. 
Subs: Kirkland, Crusat, Ben Watson, Gomez, Sammon, Diame, Stam.

Two words: Victor Moses


Bolton v Fulham:

Bolton: Bogdan, Ricketts, Wheater, Ream, Alonso, Mark Davies, Reo-Coker, Pratley, Miyaichi, Ngog, Petrov. 
Subs: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Eagles, Knight, Kevin Davies, Klasnic, Sordell.

Midfielder Marcos Alonso starts after his first EPL goal last weekend. Ryo Miyaichi and Martin Petrov along with David Ngog are in strike.



Fulham: Schwarzer, Kelly, Hangeland, Hughes, John Arne Riise, Duff, 
Dembele, Diarra, Kacaniklic, Ruiz, Dempsey. 
Subs: Stockdale, Baird, Senderos, Etuhu, Frei, Davies, Trotta.

Striker Pavel Pogrebnyak is not playing for Fulham. Bryan Ruiz and Clint Dempsey both start along with Diarra and Dembele.
Alex Kacaniklic starts.

West Brom v Blackburn:

West Brom: Foster, Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell, Dorrans, Mulumbu, Andrews, Odemwingie, Fortune, Brunt. 
Subs: Daniels, Tchoyi, Long, Shorey, Dawson, Cox, Scharner. 

Blackburn: Robinson, Orr, Dann, Grant Hanley, Martin Olsson, Lowe, Nzonzi, Dunn, Pedersen, Hoilett, Yakubu.
Subs: Kean, Givet, Modeste, Formica, Petrovic, Marcus Olsson, Goodwillie.


Steve Kean only makes one change from the 2-0 loss against Manchester United on Monday. 
David Dunn comes in for Marcus Olsson, who is on the subs bench along with David Goodwille.


15:00: The 3oclock kick-offs has started.


15:07:
The Hawthorns,
West Brom vs Blackburn Rovers:
Defender Gareth McAuley breaks the deadlock in the 7th minute for the home side. 1-0 to WBA. 
If results go their way, West Brom can move up to 11th place.

WBA Defender Gareth McAuley heads the ball twoards goal, to score the opening goal against Blackburn in the 7th minute.

15:10:
Anfield,
Liverpool vs Aston Villa:
Oh dear.., Defender Chris Herd has put the away side off the the perfect side against 8th placed Liverpool.

FACT: If Liverpool lose today, then they will have lost their MOST EVER defeats in a League season. (12) 

15:22:
Carrow Road,
Norwich vs Everton:
The deadlock has been broken here!
Striker Nikica Jelavic with the goal for the visitors in the 22nd minute. 1-0.
What a signing he is proving to be for The Toffees.

Super signing: Nikica Jelavic celebrates opening the scoring for Everton, against Norwich in the 22nd minute.

15:22:
The Reebok,
Bolton vs Fulham:
On-loan striker Ryo Miyaichi takes a shot... but it is over the bar!
Unlucky by the youngster.

15:23:
Stamford Bridge,
Chelsea vs Wigan:
Midfielder Michael Essien has been booked. First yellow card of the 3oclock kick-offs, and he has to be careful now... 

15:26:
The Reebok,
Bolton vs Fulham:
In-form midfielder Clint Dempsey thinks he has put the away side in-front with a goal, but it is disallowed for offside. 


15:30:
The Reebok,
Bolton vs Fulham:
Clint Demspey scores again, from a powerful free-kick - but this time it is not offside.
1-0 to Fulham.

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20th of the season: In-form midfielder Clint Dempsey breaks the deadlock against Bolton in the 30th minute from a free-kick.

15:39:
Carrow Road,
Norwich vs Everton:
Midfielder Jonny Howson equalises for the home side in the 39th minute to make it 1-1.


15:45:
The Reebok,
Bolton vs Fulham:
Midfielder Clint Dempsey scores his second goal of the match in the 45th minute to double the away side's lead. 2-0 now just before half-time.
That will change Martin Jol's team-talk.


15:50:
Anfield,
Liverpool vs Aston Villa:
Striker Dirk Kuyt has just missed a great chance for an equaliser at Anfield!
He was in-front of goal from 2 yards out, but somehow missed a tap-in shot.
No wonder the newspapers are saying Kuyt may leave Liverpool for as low as £1million....

15:51:
HALF-TIMES:

Liverpool 0 Aston Villa 1
Chelsea 0 Wigan 0
Norwich 1 Everton 1
West Brom 1 Blackburn 0
Bolton 0 Fulham 2

16:04:
The second halves have all started in the EPL.


16:18:
Carrow Road,
Norwich vs Everton:
Nikica Jelavic takes a shot and scores in the 61st minute!!
Norwich did not play to the whistle, as they were expecting a drop ball from Pienaar's actions (after getting the ball stuck to his feet).

4 in 4: Striker Nikica Jelavic celebrates scoring for Everton. He has now scored 4 goals in 4 matches.

16:21:
Stamford Bridge,
Chelsea vs Wigan:
The deadlock is broken here! Controversy surrounds it as Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic's goal should have been offside as he was yards off.

Controversy: Chelsea defender Ivanovic's goal against Wigan was offside, and should have been ruled out.

16:24:
At Anfield, Stewart Downing and Jonjo Shelvey both replace Craig Bellamy and Andy Carroll.


16:30:
The Hawthorns,
West Brom vs Blackburn:
Striker Marc Antoine-Fortune scores in the 69th minute for WBA, to make it 2-0 to the hosts!


16:33:
Carrow Road,
Norwich vs Everton:
GOAL!!!! Norwich have equalised here!
Midfielder Aaron Wilbraham takes a shot which is saved, but he eventually goes on to lay-off top striker Grant Holt who puts the ball in the back of the net.


16:36:
At Anfield, Daniel Agger has replaced Jose Enrique with 13 minutes to go. Still 1-0 to Aston Villa.


16:39:
The Reebok Stadium,
Bolton vs Fulham:
GOAL!
Midfielder Mahamadou Diarra ends Bolton's hopes of getting back into the match with a goal from the edge of the box, after a nice run. 3-0 with 10 minutes to go.

FACT: This is Diarra's first goal for his new club Fulham.


16:40:
Stamford Bridge,
Chelsea vs Wigan:
Midfielder Mohammed Diame takes advantage of Chelsea full-back Ryan Bertrand giving him space, to take a shot. It goes past Cech into the net for an equaliser in the 82nd minute....


16:41:
Anfield,
Liverpool vs Aston Villa:
Defender Daniel Agger heads the ball towards goal, but it hits the bar before striker Luis Suarez taps the ball into the net from close range as goalkeeper Shay Given is down on the floor. 1-1! Suarez with the equaliser!

8th goal of the season: Luis Suarez heads from close range to equalise for Liverpool against Aston Villa in the 83rd minute.

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