EPL Transfer Deadline Day LIVE:

Hello and welcome to my EPL Transfer Deadline Day LIVE Coverage, with more features to come as the day continues.

WARNING: This will be a LONG blog post, so you can refresh every few minute and come back for more for more because it is LIVE.

13:02: With less than 10 hours to go now....

Let me begin, with Manchester City and AC Milan both confirming that defensive midfielder Nigel De Jong has signed for AC Milan for around £9million pounds.

DONE DEALS SO FAR TODAY:

Tottenham full-back Danny Rose has signed for Sunderland on a season-long loan.

First-team experience: Young full-back Danny Rose has joined Sunderland on a season-long loan deal.

Chris David has joined Fulham from FC Twente for an undisclosed fee.

Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam has joined Stoke for £4million pounds.

Still a Red: Stoke have confirmed the £4million signing of Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam.

Manchester City have signed Swansea winger Scott Sinclair for around £6.5million pounds.

Welcome to City: Scott Sinclair has been unveiled at Manchester City, and becomes their 2nd signing of the window.

BREAKING NEWS:
Tottenham Hotspur winger Rafael Van Der Vaaart has flown into Hamburg to resume personal talks with the club over a possible move back to Germany.

Fulham have confirmed the signing of Sunderland winger Kieran Richardson on a three-year contract deal. 

Gone to London: Fulham have snapped up Sunderland winger Kieran Richardson for an undisclosed fee.

Arsenal have been linked with a loan move for Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien to replace Alex Song in the role of defensive midfield.

Shock laon move on the cards: Arsenal are ready to sign Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien.

Tottenham are desperate to sign Portugal midfielder Joao Moutinho, now that Luka Modric has left the club and are just waiting to make a £25million bid for him.

BREAKING NEWS:
Aston Villa have had a £7million offer for Fulham forward Clint Dempsey accepted, however Dempsey has said that he does NOTwant to go to Aston Villa, and wants to move to Liverpool instead.

Aston Villa have stopped their interest now.

Chelsea have been havily linke with Bayer Leverkusen winger Andre Schurrle and he is reportedly expected to join The Blues for around £20million.

Liverpool want to sign Daniel Sturridge and are keeping an eye on Fulham forward Clint Dempsey, who has just said that he wants to join them.

Marseille defender Stephane Mbia is expected at QPR in the next few hours, and midfielder Joey Barton has reportedly agreed personal terms with Marseille over a possible season-long loan move. 

UEFA Europa League Group Stage Draw:

(EPL Teams in LARGEST)

Group A:
Liverpool
Udinese
Young Boys
Anzhi 

Group B:
Atletico Madrid
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Plzen
Academica

Group C:
Marseille
Fenerbahce
Borrusia Monchengladbach
AEL Limassol

Group D:
Bordeaux
Club Brugge
Newcastle
Maritimo

Group E:
Stuttgart
FC Copenhagen
Steuau Bucuresti
Molde

Group F:
PSV Eindhoven
Napoli
Dnipro AIK
Solna

Group G:
Sporting FC
Basel
Genk
Vidoeton

Group H:
Inter Milan
Rubin Kazan
FK Partizan
Neftci

Group I:
Lyon
Athletic Club
Sparta Prague
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona

Group J:
Tottenham Hotspur
Panathinaikos
Lazio
Maribor

Group K:
Bayer Leverkusen
FC Metalist Kharkiv
Rosenborg
Rapid Vienna

Group L:
FC Twente
Hannover
Levante
Helsingborgs


Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle should both get out of their respective groups without much trouble, but Liverpool may struggle, as they have Udinese and Russian side Anzhi in their group.

Liverpool will hope that they can dominate, and manager Brendan Rodgers needs to get the balance right between fielding younger, more inexperienced players and experienced players throughout the 6 group games.


Anyways, back to TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY

BREAKING NEWS:
Sunderland have reportedly failed to sign Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas.

Tottenham have agreed a £22million fee for Porto midfielder Joao Moutinho.

Meanwhile, Italian side Inter Milan have confirmed that defender Maicon has travelled to meet the EPL champions Manchester City to discuss personal terms.

Italian champions Juventus are closing in on a transfer for Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner. 
He has been seen in Italy, going to have personal talks over terms.

Seen in Italy: Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner has been seen in Italy, after a move to Juventus has been reported.

Everton have agreed a fee with FC Copenhagen for Costa Rican player Bryan Oviedo.

BREAKING NEWS:
Tottenham midfielder Giovani Dos Santos has completed a move to Spainish club Real Mallorca on a four-year contract deal.

Spainish club Celta Vigo have signed Arsenal striker Park Chu Young on a seaon long loan contract deal.

Aston Villa have signed sstriker Jordan Bowery from Chesterfield on an undisclosed fee.



14:00:
9 HOURS TO GO!

14:02:
BREAKING NEWS:

Tottenham midfielder Rafael Van Der has agreed personal terms with German club Hamburg and is currently undergoing a medical at the club..

Chelsea youngster Thorgan Hazard who joined the club in July has joined Belgian club SV Zulte Wargem on a season-long loan deal to gain first-team experience.

QPR midfielder Joey Barton has agreed personal terms with French club Marseille and he has passed a medical.
He should be confirmed to have signed in the next few hours, while Marseille midfielder Stephane M'Bia is currently travelling to QPR to start personal terms.

Manchester City are set to confirm the news that Inter Milan defender Miacon has joined them for around £4million pounds later, meanwhile striker Roque Santa Cruz is in Spain having a medical with Malaga.

14:43:
Swansea have confirmed that Valencia winger Pablo Hernandez is undergoing a medical at the club.

14:44:
BREAKING NEWS:
Fulham have agreed a fee with Lyon for midfielder Michel Bastos.

14:47:
Stoke have confirmed the signing of Rangers midfielder Maurice Edu.

14:49:
BREAKING NEWS:
A helicopter has just arrived at Fulham's football stadium, Craven Cottage.
I do not know who is in the helicopter, but it could be Dimitar Berbatov...

14:50:
BREAKING NEWS:
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rafael Van Der Vaart has completed his £10million move to German side Hamburg.

Welcome back: Tottenham midfielder Rafael Van Der Vaart has joined Hamburg for around £10million.

That is some sad transfer news, because VDV is a great player and Tottenham could live to regret letting him leave unless they replace him well in the next few hours.

15:00:

TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY: 8 HOURS TO GO!

15:04:
Manchester City and Benfica have come to an agreement for midfielder Javi Garcia for around £24million.

15:23: 
Fulham have confrimed the £5million signing of Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov.

Done: Fulham have confirmed the £5million signing of Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov on a two-year deal.

15:30: 
Goalkeeper Richard Wright has officially signed for Manchester City, and will become their 3rd choice goalkeeper.

15:39:
BREAKING NEWS:
Marseille midfielder Stephane M'Bia has arrived in London and is now travelling to a secret location in Surrey to complete his medical.

15:46:
Marseille sporting dierector Jose Anigo has confirmed that midfielder Joey Barton will not join Marseille unles Stephhane M'Bia joins QPR.

Barton has passed a medical and took part in a light training session early this morning.

15:48:
BREAKING NEWS:
Lyon goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is at Spurs lodge.....


15:54:
Stoke have made a formal enquiry to Liverpool about the services of Liverpool's young midfielder Jordan Henderson.

Liverpool are interested in selling him, for around £8million, but do NOT want to loan him out and will only talk about a permament move.

Interesting news there, as Henderson has goo potential but is not being played so may want to leave.

16:00:

TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY: 7 HOURS TO GO

DONE DEAL:

Manchester City have confirmed the news that Inter Milan defender Maicon has joined the club for around £4million on a two-year contract deal.

BEAST: Inter Milan defender Maicon has been unveiled by Manchester City after signing on a two-year deal.

16:35:

Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz has completed his medical at Malaga, and will be unveiled later.

Liverpool reportedly are interested in signing Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun on a season-long loan dael.

QPR manager Mark Hughes has confirmed that Esteban Granero has received international clearance in time to be available for tomorrow's match against Manchester City.

17:02:

Swansea have confirmed the signing of Valencia winger Pablo Hernandez for around £6million pounds.

Attacking intent: Valencia winger Pablo Hernandez has signed for Swansea for £6million to replace Scott Sinclair.

Tottenham's move for Porto midfielder Joao Moutinho is reportedly 

17:06:

DONE DEAL:

Juventus have confirmed the signing of Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner on a season-long loan deal after he completed a medical in Italy.

More to follow on this story as the day continues...

17:20:

Former Manchester United and Liverpool striker Michael Owen is reportedly close to signing for Stoke on a free transfer.

More on this story as I get it...

17:26:
BREAKING NEWS:
Marseille midfielder Stephane M'Bia is undergoing a medical with QPR in a secret location in Surrey, while the news has been confirmed that Joey Barton and M'Bia are NOT linked and they do not rely on each other's transfers to move.

Joey Barton is set to join Marseille, even if the deal does not go through tonight, becuase the French market closes next Tuesday.

17:35:
BREAKING NEWS: 
Genk striker Christian Benteke is on a plane to Birmingham to try and complete a transfer to Aston Villa.

17:37:
MAJOR STORY:

Liverpool and Tottenham have both reportedly made bids for Fulham forward Clint Dempsey.

Let the bidding way begin!

17:45:
Michael Essien - Arsenal story seems like speculation now, with less than 6 hours to go now and no news confirmed...

Tottenham goalkeeping coach Tony Parks has said that a deal for Lyon goalkeeper Hugo Lloris remains 'far from done', despite him arriving at Spurs Lodge to talk personal terms. 

17:49:
DONE DEAL:
Everton have confirmed the signing of FC Copenhagen defender Bryan Oviedo.
The Costa Rican player becomes Everton's fourth signing of the transfer window, with less than 6 hours to go.

Southampton are still awaiting confirmation of the shock signing of Bologna winger Gaston Ramirez. 

18:00: 

TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY- 5 HOURS TO GO!

18:07:
DONE DEAL:

Chelsea youngster Gael Kakuta has signed for Vitesse Arnhem on a season-long loan deal.

18:33:
Midfielder Rafael Van Der Vaart has spoken of his delight at coming back home after rejoining Hamburg, four years after he left the club for Spainish giants Real Madrid.

He said: 'It feels a bit like I am coming back home. Everybody knows that I still have a strong bond with Hamburg and it is a compliment when a club wants you every year. This season was the right time to come back'.

Well... you have to be happy for him and I wish him good luck at Hamburg.
Great player, and it is a shame that Tottenham sold him.
Reminds me of Cesc Fabregas to Barca in 2011....
18:48:
BREAKING NEWS:
Liverpool's pursuit of Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge is surely over now, because Sturridge has been named on the bench in Monaco for the UEFA Super Cup.

18:52:
BREAKING NEWS:
Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien has been left out of Chelsea's squad to face Atletico Madrid tonight, so a loan move to Arsenal or another team is still on the table.

18:55:
DONE DEAL:
Bologna have announced on their website that midfielder Gaston Ramirez has moved to Southampton for a club record fee of around £12million pounds.

This will be HUGE publicity for Southampton, as Liverpool and dTottenham were both heavily linked with a move for the player. They should secure their place next season in the EPL now...


19:00: 

TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY - 4 HOURS TO GO!

19:01:
Here is what Southampton manager Nigel Adkins has had to say on the official website about th signing of Ramirez.

'A lot of hard work has gone in from the football club with a lot of negotiations behind the scenes to get this deal done.
Great credit to everyone because we have a young, exciting talent joining us who is one of the best around. 
We have got is one of the most exciting prospects in world football coming to St Mary's.
There is a lot of ambition at the football club and we are all delighted that Gaston is going to come and join us'.

19:03:
MAJOR STORY:
Fulham have rejected a £5.5million bid from Liverpool for their forward Clint Dempsey.

19:08:
Stoke are ready to sign Blackburn midfielder Steven N'Zonzi after reportes that he will try and force a move out of the club before the deadline tonight.

19:15:

UEFA Super Cup: Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid - LIVE from Monaco

UEFA Super Cup - LIVE Commentary

Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid from Monaco

Team Line-ups:

Atletico Madrid: Courtois, Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Filipe, Suarez, Gabi, Adrian, Koke, Turan, Falcao.
Subs: Rodriguez, Silvio, Diego Costa, Emre, Cata Diaz, Garcia, Asenjo.

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cahill, Cole, Mikel, Lampard, Ramires, Hazard, Mata, Tores. 
Subs: Turnbull, Meireles, Sturridge, Moses, Bertrand, Oscar, Romeu. 

The formations for the match tonight between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid: 4-2-3-1 for both teams.

19:30:
DONE DEALS:

Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz has completed a move to Spainish side Malaga on a season-long loan deal.

Defender Dedryck Boyata has joined Dutch side FC Twente on a six-month loan deal. 

19:37:
Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo has said that Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien will NOT join Arsenal on loan.

19:41:
BREAKING NEWS:
France international goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has completed his medical at Tottenham. More to follow as I get it. 

19:48:
Lyon have confirmed that midfielder Michel Bastos will NOT be joining Fulham despite reports earlier saying that Fulham and Lyon had agreed a fee.

19:51:

St Louis II, Monaco 

UEFA Super Cup - LIVE

Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea:

Striker Falcao has broken the deadlock against Chelsea in the 6th minute after a chip over Petr Cech's head hit the back of the net. 

1-0 to Atletico Madrid and Chelsea are trailing already in Monaco!

20:00:

 TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY - 3 HOURS TO GO!

20:04:

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea:

Chelsea are now 2-0 down... after striker Falcao scored his second goal of the match for Madrid.

19 minutes gone and Chelsea are going down.

Not stopping that: Falcao's curled effort beats Petr Cech to make it 2-0 against Chelsea after 18 minutes.

20:06:

The Sturridge to Liverpool move is DEAD.

According to reports, Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge rejected Liverpool's offer, because he wanted a permanent transfer deal but Liverpool wanted a season long loan deal. 

20:12: 

NEWS UPDATE:

Genk striker Christian Benteke is currently having a medical at Aston Villa.

20:30:

St Louis II, Monaco

UEFA Super Cup - LIVE

Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea

Just before half-time, Atletico go on the counter attack before a through ball finds Radamel Falcao on the flank who shoots past goalkeeper Petr Cech to make it 3-0 to Atletico.

Hat-trick: Falcao finishes off a dangerous counter attack for Atletico Madrid just before half-time to make it 3-0.

Three for me: Falcao celebrates his 3rd goal against Chelsea, who were interested in signing him when he was at Porto.

Game over, surely? Falcao jumps for joy with team-mate Gabi after scoring his 3rd before half-time.

20:40: 

BREAKING NEWS:

Liverpool will stop their interest in Fulham forward Clint Dempsey after a £5.5million bid for his services was rejected by Fulham earlier. 

20:45:

Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea has started the second half at Monaco.

20:55:

MAJOR NEWS STORY:

Benfica midfielder Javi Garcia has offically arrived at Manchester City for his medical with the club.

City agreed a £16million pound deal plus add-ons (up to £24million) with Benfica for the Spanish midfielder earlier on today.

  

21:00:

TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY - 2 HOURS TO GO!

21:01:
Atletico Madrid are now leading by 4 goals to nil thanks to Adrian chipping Cech before the ball took a deflection past defender Gary Cahill into the net.

21:12:
BREAKING NEWS:
Reports suggest that Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien may be on his way to Spainish side Real Madrid on a season-long loan deal.

This transfer deal would make sense, since Essien has worked with Jose Mourinho before. 

21:16:
Chelsea have scored a consolation goal, with defender Gary Cahill hitting the ball low, powerfully out of future team-mate and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois' reach into the net.

21:17:
DONE DEAL:

French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has signed for Tottenham for £9million pounds, with add-ons (up to £13million).

Now, all attention has moved to Porto midfielder Joao Moutinho who could complete a club record fee or stay at Porto.
50/50 so far. 

21:23:
Marseille midfielder Stephane M'Bia is 10 minutes away from arriving at Loftus Road to sign the contract with QPR - Sky Sources 

21:30:
Sources from Spain are suggesting that Michael Essien and Real Madrid are in an advanced talks. 

21:32:
BREAKING NEWS:
Fulham forward Clint Dempsey has been seen arriving at Spurs Lodge JUST NOW....

21:36:
St Louis II, Monaco

Atletico Madrid 4 Chelsea 1 FT

ATLETICO MADRID HAVE WON THE UEFA SUPER CUP

Radamel Falcao scored a hat-trick as Atletico Madrid thrashed Chelsea 4-1 in the UEFA Super Cup match.

Chelsea defender Gary Cahill scored a consolation in the 75th minute, but it was too litle too late for The Blues to get back into the match.

Chelsea were poor in the first half, got dominated and Atletico punished them for it.

Chelsea are the worst Champions League winners... surely.
Got lucky when they won anyway..
Got dominated, look lazy in defence and £100million spent in the transfer down the drain.. Going to be an interesting season to say the least.

21:39:
Manchester City have confirmed the £10million signing of Fiorentina defender Matija Nastastic.

'The next Vidic': Manchester City have confirmed the £10million signing of defender Matija Nastastic.

Manchester City's young defender Stefan Savic will go to Fiorentina as a trade deal.

21:40:
West Brom and Aston Villa will reportedly announce signings in the next few minutes.

21:42:
West Brom have confirmed the signing of Goran Popov on a season-long loan deal from Dyanmo Kiev.

21:55:
West Ham are ready to sign Chelsea defensive midfielder Yossi Beanyoun on a season-long loan deal.

22:00: 

TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY - 1 HOUR TO GO!!

BREAKING NEWS:

Fulham forward Clint Dempsey has completed a move to Tottenham for around £6million on a three-year contract deal.

22:11:

Joey Barton (season long loan deal) to Marseille is COMPLETE.

22:15:

45 MINUTES TO GO!

22:19:

DONE DEAL: 
Genk striker Christian Benteke's £7million deal to Aston Villa has been confirmed.

22.21:

DONE DEAL: Yossi Benayoun has rejoined West Ham on a season-long loan deal from Chelsea.

I will be back tomorrow for an EPL Super Saturday LIVE Coverage, with a summary of all of the big deals, and transfers that just went through possibly including Essien to Real Madrid and Javi Garcia to Manchester City....

2-Day EPL Weekend Special LIVE:

Yesterday's EPL Results:


15:00:


Stoke City 1 Arsenal 1
This match was played at The Britannia Stadium, as Stoke hosted 3rd placed Arsenal.


Striker Peter Crouch broke the deadlock in the 9th minute from a deadly header.

Deadly header: Crouch heads past Szczesny to score for Stoke against Arsenal.

'Player of the Year' striker Robin Van Persie equalised for Arsenal, 6 minutes later to make it 1-1.

Van Persie scores his 27th goal in the EPL this season to make it 1-1 against Stoke after 15 minutes.

Pure delight: Robin Van Persie celebrates his goal against Stoke with midfielder Tomas Rosicky.

This is how the match finished. 1-1.

Arsenal stay in 3rd place, with Stoke are in 14th place.




Wigan Athletic 4 Newcastle United 0
This match came from DW Stadium as Wigan hosted 4th placed Newcastle who are fighting for a Champions League qualification place.
Winger Victor Moses scored in the 13rd minute to give Wigan an early lead.
He doubled the lead, 2 minutes 


Swansea City 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4


Sunderland 2 Bolton Wanderers 2


Everton 4 Fulham 0


West Bromwich Albion 0 Aston Villa 0


17:30:


Norwich City 0 Liverpool 3

Today's EPL Matches:

Chelsea vs QPR: LIVE at 13:30pm

Tottenham Hotspur vs Blackburn Rovers: LIVE at 16:00pm

Chelsea vs Wigan:

Team Line-ups:

Chelsea: Cech, Ferreira, Bosingwa, Terry, Cole, Mata, Essien, Lampard, Sturridge, Torres, Kalou.
Subs: Turnbull, Romeu, Ramires, Drogba, Malouda, Meireles, Hutchinson.


QPR: Kenny, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Hill, Taiwo, Mackie, Barton, Derry, Buzsaky, Cisse, Zamora.
Subs: Cerny, Gabbidon, Campbell, Traore, Young, Smith, Wright-Phillips.

Live Commentary:

0: The referee blows the whislte to start this match-up at Stamford Bridge.
Former room-mates Roberto Di Matteo and Mark Hughes are the opposite managers in the dugout today. 
1: GOAL!
Daniel Sturridge takes a stinging drive from 20 yards out which spins and swerves past Paddy Kenny.

Chelsea players mob Daniel Sturridge after his 20-yard opener in the first 45 seconds of the match against QPR.

Dream start for Matteo and Chelsea.

13: GOAL!
Corner whipped into the box by Mata for John Terry who is unmarked.... He heads the ball past Kenny into the net. 
2-0, and Terry waves his hand in the air, (something to do with his dismassal on Tuesday against Barca) before patting his badge.

Defender John Terry heads the ball past Paddy Kenny to make it 2-0 to Chelsea against QPR.

He's earnt it: JT thanks the fans for their continued support after what happened on Tuesday.

18: GOAL!
Fernado Torres is played through in-front of goal and like his goal against Barcelona on Tuesday, gets past the keeper before slotting the ball in the far right corner of the net. 3-0, and it is probably home and dry for Chelsea.

3-0: Torres gets past Kenny with ease before slotting the ball into an empty net.

23: Chelsea are pasing the ball well and ensure ensuring QPR do not get any chance.


24: Defender Nedum Onouha heads the ball towards his goalkeeper Paddy Kenny who drops the ball towards open play, but Torres is there and cooly splots the ball into an empty net. 4-0 now and it's not even half-time yet! Poor defending by QPR, and this could get ugly very soon. 

Celebration time: Fernando Torres celebrates his 2nd goal of the day against QPR to make it 4-0.

28: Nice play by Chelsea, with one touch football from Sturridge, Mata and Torres. The ball comes to Lampard who is closed down well inside the box by Paddy Kenny to stop the scoreline being 5-0.


34: Chelsea still pressing for another goal, possession stats show that The Blues are dominating Rangers right now with 70% to 30% in Chelsea's favour.


35: Chelsea fans are booing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand now after the racial allegations involving him and John Terry.

Not surprising, but disgraceful nonetheless.


41: Foul by QPR midfielder Joey Barton on Chelsea forward Juan Mata. Free-kick to Chelsea, as Mata limps on. 
Replays show that Barton stomped on Mata on purpose to stop the dangerous attack. Lucky to get away without a yellow card.


45: The fourth official on the far side indicates that there will be 2 minutes of stoppage time to be added on here. 


45+2: Referee Howard Webb blows the whistle for half-time at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea comfortably lead 4-0 against their West-London rivals QPR who are still in the relegation battle.


2:25:

45: 
Howard Webb waits for Michael Essien and Daniel Sturridge to get back on the pitch for Chelsea, and we are now underway for the second half. 
Chelsea 4 QPR 0.


49: Sturridge has the ball at his feet inside the QPR half looking to strike at goal, before slipping on the floor and losing the ball.

51: Full-back Ashley Cole with the ball at his feet, he flicks the ball through the defence to forward Juan Mata who is onside and takes a shot at goal..... SAVE by Paddy Kenny!!

Weak shot by Mata, and it was straight at Kenny who comfortably saved (and held!) the ball.

52: QPR are trying to ensure that Chelsea are not getting the ball, or any more clear cut chances as they did in the first half, by passing the ball around well.

54: Striker Jamie Mackie runs on the ball and takes a shot from 20 yards out which is deflected by defender John Terry towards goal... GREAT SAVE!! by Petr Cech!
It was a swerving ball, and the deflection made it worse for Cech to save.. but it is still a clean sheet for Cech. Still 4-0.

59: Torres takes a shot from just outside the box, but the shot is parried by Kenny.

61: Yellow card given to Joey Barton after a late tackle on Juan Mata. He pretends as if nothing happens, trying to con Howard Webb.
I don't think the best referee in England will fall for that...


64: Juan Mata with a through ball to Fernando Torres who calmy placing the ball towards goal.... GOAL!!!

Fernando Torres places the ball past Paddy Kenny for his 3rd goal against QPR and Stamford Bridge.

It's been a long time coming: Torres celebrates his 3rd goal for Chelsea with their loyal fans.

Torres beats Kenny and completes his hat-trick today.

FACT: That is Fernando Torres' first hat-trick for Chelsea, and his first for over 2-and-a-half years.

5-0 to Chelsea.

67: Chelsea SUB:
Florent Malouda ON
Juan Mata OFF

71: Fernando Torres' stats today:
5 shots, 4 on target, 3 goals
Looks like a £50million striker again.

73: QPR striker Djiribil Cisse has a headed shot which narrowly goes over the bar. Close.

75: Chelsea SUB:
Ramires ON
Salomon Kalou OFF

77:  
QPR SUB: 
Shaun Wright-Phillips ON
Bobby Zamora OFF
Zamora has failed to get into this match at all so far and Wright-Phillips' pace will get Chelsea's defence something to think about.

80: Ramires crosses the ball into the box for Malouda. Ferdinand fails to clear the ball out of danger and Malouda simply powerfully taps in a shot past Kenny to make it 6-0.

Too easy: Florent Malouda scores for Chelsea to make it 6-0 against QPR in the 80th minute.

Destruction by Chelsea, and QPR will feel disgusted now.
'Refunds please'

82: Chelsea SUB:
Sam Hutchinson ON
Jose Bosingwa OFF


Hutchinson replaces Bosingwa to partner John Terry in the heart of defence. 
He had to retire due to a serious injury in 2010 (and he is only 19!), but made a remarkable comeback.


Well done, Hutchinson!
Great example to a rising star like me! Never give up!
 
Anyways,

84: Djirbil Cisse hits the ball low and hard past Petr Cech into the net from a good cross by Onouha.

90: The fourth official signals for 3 minutes of stoppage time to be added on here at Stamford Bridge.

90+3: The referee blows the whistle for full-time here. 

Chelsea thrash QPR 6-1 with Torres scoring his first hat-trick in over 2 years.
To be honest, they hardly need to get past fourth gear as QPR were poor in defence and attack, with Cisse providing a consolation goal.
Chelsea move ahead of Tottenham who are yet to play against Blackburn later today, while close behind Newcastle in 4th place.

QPR have more problems as they have to play well against Manchester City and Stoke City if they want to stay in the EPL next season.
They stay in 16th place. 


15:35:

Tottenham Hotpsur vs Blackburn Rovers:

Team Line-ups:


Tottenham: Friedel, Walker, Gallas, Kaboul, Rose, Lennon, Modric, Sandro, Bale, Van der Vaart, Adebayor.  
Subs: Cudicini, Saha, Giovani, Defoe, King, Livermore, Nelsen.


Danny Rose and Sandro both start for Tottenham.
Jermain Defoe and Louis Saha are the attacking options available for Harry Redknapp on the bench.


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

David Goodwillie and Ruben Rochina are both on the bench.
If David Hoilett (pace master, long shot taker) and Yakubu (clinical finisher) can strike up another good performance, they can give Spurs a run for their money.  


16:00: The referee blows the whistle to start the match at White Hart Lane.
Blackburn start the match in 19th place, with Tottenham are in 6th place.


16:45:
Half-time at White Hart Lane.
The home side have dominated throughout and deservedly are ahead at the break.
They were denied a couple of times by the woodwark and the post.
Midfielder Rafael Van Der Vaart broke the deadlock in the 22nd minute, after winger Gareth Bale's header hit the crossbar and came back to VDV who hit the ball into the net (but the defender tried clearing the ball to protest).

Rafael Van Der Vaart scores a rebound to put Tottenham ahead against Blackburn.

10th of the season: VDV wheels away to celebrate his goal to put Spurs ahead in a crunch match for a CL spot next season.

18:00:
Full-time here at White Hart Lane.
Tottenham comfortably beat Blackburn Rovers by 2 goals to nil.
Blackburn failed to defend properly and will be happy that they were saved by the woodwork and post on several occasions.
Full-back Kyle Walker scored a 30-yard screamer from a free-kick in the 74th minute to give Spurs all three points at home.

Full-back Kyle Walker hits a superb free-kick from 30 yards out to give Tottenham a 2-0 lead against Blackburn.

Absolutely brilliant: Walker celebrates his amazing goal against Blackburn to cap off a great fortnight after winning the PFA 'Young Player of the Year' award last weekend.

See Kyle Walker's screamer against Blackburn here:

Tomorrow:

Manchester City vs Manchester United: LIVE from 20:00pm at The Ethiad Stadium
The title race is all on this match.
If United win tomorrow, they have virtually won the title with 2 matches left and 6 points ahead of Manchester rivals City.
If City win, then only goal difference will be between the two teams.



19:35:
BREAKING NEWS:


West Bromwich Albion have granted permission for The FA to speak to their manager Roy Hodgson about the England job.

Today's EPL Results, plus Analysis and the LATEST News:

Today's EPL Action:

(All 15:00pm)

Aston Villa 2 Chelsea 4

This match was played at Villa Park, as 15th placed Aston Villa hosted 5th placed Chelsea in an important match for both teams. 
Midfielder Stiliyan Petrov was seen in the stands after being diagnosed with acute leukaemia yesterday lunchtime.

Retirement beckons? Aston Villa captain Petrov watches on at Villa Park as his side face Chelsea.

Striker Daniel Sturridge opened the scoring for the away side after 9 minutes to make it 1-0 to Chelsea.

10th of the season: Daniel Sturridge celebrates opening the scoring for Chelsea against Villa in the 9th minute.

Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic doubled their lead, in the 51st minute to make it 2-0.

Defender James Collins halved Chelsea's lead in the 77th minute, to give Villa hope of salvaging something at home.

James Collins' header flew past Petr Cech to give Aston Villa a chance of equalising against Chelsea at home.

Fellow defender Eric Lichaj also scored for the hosts, three minutes later in the 80th minute to equalise.

False hope: Eric Lihaj equalises for Aston Villa to make it 2-2, but it was not enough to beat Chelsea.

Ivanovic scored his second of the day in the 83rd minute, before striker Fernado Torres capped off a 4-2 win for Chelsea in the 90th minute to put the icing on the cake and take Villa out of the match.

Striker Fernando Torres scores his first goal in the EPL for six months to end his drought and give Chelsea a 4-2 win against Aston Villa.

£50million man starting to shine: Torres celebrates scoring against Villa for his 3rd goal in 3 matches.

Everton 2 West Bromwich Albion 0

This match came from Goodison Park, as a morale boosted Everton side who moved into the semi-final of the FA Cup on Tuesday, faced 14th placed West Brom who are 11 points away from the relegation zone. 

Defender Gareth McAuley broke the deadlock in the 18th minute for Everton - with an own goal after it took a deflection from Leon Osman's shot.
Striker Victor Anichebe doubled the hosts lead in the 68th minute, to end the match with a 2-0 win at home for Everton.

Everton players celebrate striker Victor Anichebe's goal to make it 2-0 in the 68th minute against West Brom.

Fulham 2 Norwich City 1

This match was played at Craven Cottage, as 13th placed Fulham faced Norwich who are in 11th place.
Midfielder Clint Dempsey gave the hosts an early 1-0 lead in the 2nd minute.
Fellow midfield man Damien Duff scored for Fulham to make it 2-0, in the 13 minute.
Andrew Wilbraham made it 2-1 after half-time, in the 77th minute but it was too late for them to win or earn a point at Craven Cottage.

Fulham move into 11th place, 4 points off 7th place, while Norwich drop down a place into 12th but stay on the same points as Fulham.

Manchester City 3 Sunderland 3

2nd placed City faced 8th placed Sunderland in an important match for the future of the EPL title this season. Rivals United face Blackburn on Monday, and they need a win to move back into 1st.

Midfielder Sebastien Larsson broke the deadlock for the visitors in the 31st minute, to give Sunderland a shock lead at The Ethiad Stadium.
Striker Mario Balotelli equalised for the home side in the 43rd minute, from the penalty spot after Dzeko was obstructed by Craig Gardner.

Striker Mario Balotelli equalises for Manchester City in the 43rd minute from the penalty spot.

Nicklas Bendtner scored just before half time (45) to make it 2-1 to Sunderland.
Larsson scored his second of the match in the 55th minute to give them a 3-1 lead.

Midfielder Larsson celebrates scoring his second goal of the match against Manchester City in the 56th minute.

Balotelli inspired a comeback for City in the 85th minute after scoring his second, with 5 minutes left to give City a chance to equalise.
Alexsandar Kolarov equalised for City in the 86th minute to complete the comeback against Sunderland.

 

The comeback is sealed: Kolarov equalises for City against Sunderland in the 86th minute to make it 3-3.

This is how the match finished in the end, with City dropping points in the race for the title although they made a sudden comeback to keep their unbeaten run at The Ethiad alive.
Sunderland are now 9th and will be upset that they blew a 3-1 lead against City and could have moved into 7th place but thankful they took a point away from home.

QPR 2 Arsenal 1

Today, Loftus Road was the stadium where 3rd placed Arsenal looked for their 8th win in a row. QPR were the team in their way, having comeback from 2-0 down to beat Liverpool 3-2 last week.
Striker Adel Taarabt gave the hosts the lead in the 22nd minute to make it 1-0.

Adel Taarabt breaks the deadlock for QPR against Arsenal at Loftus Road in the 22nd minute.

First goal in the EPL for the former Tottenham striker, against his London rivals Arsenal.

Theo Walcott equalised for The Gunners, 15 minutes later.

Winger Theo Walcott scores his 10th goal of the season for Arsenal to level at Loftus Road against QPR.

Another camera angle view, of Walcott's equaliser against QPR at Loftus Road.

Midfielder Samba Diakite scored his first goal for QPR to win the match for the home side in the 66th minute.

There was a hint of timewasting by QPR, with three players geting booked in the last minute (Barton, Ferdinand and Diakite), but Rangers took the three points. 

Wigan Athletic 2 Stoke City 0

Relegation calling for Wigan who are in 19th place against an unpredictable 12th placed Stoke.
Wigan captain and defender Antolin Alcaraz opened the scoring for the home side after half-time in the 54th minute to make it 1-0.

Defender Alcaraz towers to head the ball the past past the Stoke defence to break the deadlock at The DW.

Striker Victor Moses doubled the hosts lead in the 90th minute to seal Wigan's first win at the DW Stadium for 7 months.

Long time coming: Victor Moses scores the winner for Wigan to give them their first win at the DW in 7 months.

They are still in 19th place though as results did not go their way with QPR and Bolton both winning today.
Stoke have moved 1 place down to 13th place, 2 points away from the magic 40 point barrier which almost certainly seals next season's place in the EPL.

Wolves 2 Bolton Wanderers 3

Terry Connor looked for his first win as caretaker manager against Bolton. 2 relegation fighting teams going head-to-head, with Bolton looking to win for Fabrice Muamba who is currently in hospital.
This match was a thrilling 5 goal thriller at Molienuex.

Midfielder Michael Kightly broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute to make it 1-0 to Wolves. 

Deadlock broken: Kightly celebrates scoring against Bolton in the 51st minute

Midfielder Martin Petrov equalised, 10 minutes later from the penalty spot.

A placed penalty is the best penalty: Petrov equalises from the penalty spot for Bolton against Wolves.

Marcos Alonso made it 2-1 to the visitors, in the 80th minute to give them the lead for the first time in the match.

Jubilation: Marcos Alonso celebrates his 1st goal of the season to make it 2-1 to Bolton.

Captain Kevin Davies made it 3-1, 4 minutes later before Matthew Jarvis pulled a goal back in the 88th minute to make it 3-2.
This was not enough for Wolves to save the match, and they lost eventually.
They will be disappointed that they lost all three points at home, especially as they were in-front. 

The LATEST EPL News:

Arsene Wenger slammed UEFA after vowing to appeal a three-match European ban and a £33,000 fine after he reportedly abused a referee during their 3-0 win (4-3 loss) against AC Milan.

Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal are all interested in  cut-price £6million Athletic Bilbao midfielder Markel Susaeta.

Jose Mourinho has distanced himself from a shock move to Manchester City.

Real Madrid are ready to launch a £10million bid for Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois, who has been on loan with Atletico Madrid.

Courtois: Been on-loan at Atletico Madrid from Chelsea, but Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho are interested.

Arsene Wenger's first priority this summer is tying Theo Walcott and Robin van Persie to new long-term deals at Arsenal.

Manchester City's title hopes have suffered a new blow following a bizarre injury to star striker Sergio Aguero.  

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers, strongly linked with taking over at Tottenham should Harry Redknapp become England boss, says he is ready for a top job.

Brendan Rodgers: Ready for the big job call-up to Tottenham?

Everton manager David Moyes has credited Nikica Jelavic with helping to transform Everton's season.

Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo has expressed anger and disappointment at the decision to stage Chelsea's FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur at 6pm on Sunday, April 15.

Defender Rio Ferdinand is considering an offer to move to  China when his contract at Manchester United finishes at the end of next season.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp suggested yesterday that key midfielder Luka Modric could be interested in a lucrative move this summer, with Roberto Mancini admitting his admiration for the Croatian.

Modric: Manchester City calling the Croatian, on a possible £10million salary a year.

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I will speak to all of you tomorrow, in my next post where the race for a European place next season intensifies, as Liverpool face Newcastle and Tottenham play Swansea.