Manchester United Missed Chance to Pressure Chelsea

Manchester United passed up the chance to move level with Chelsea at the top of the Premier League table, drawing 0-0 with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.

With Chelsea set to take on Arsenal on Sunday, United had a real opportunity to apply pressure to the champions, but Sir Alex Ferguson will be left rueing his decision to start the game with top goalscorer Dimitar Berbatov on the bench. The decision seemed all the more inexplicable given the lack of Wayne Rooney in United's matchday squad.

Ferguson introduced Berbatov at the break in place of Owen, and the Bulgarian found the net instantly, only to be correctly flagged for offside. Berbatov threatened again as the clock ticked down, but if any side deserved victory it was Sunderland as the game finished goalless.

(Latest) Saturday October 2, 2010 EPL Results:

Wigan Athletic     2 - 0     Wolverhampton Wanderers    
Birmingham     0 - 2     Everton            
Stoke City     1 - 0     Blackburn Rovers        
Sunderland     0 - 0     Manchester United    
Tottenham Hotspur     2 - 1     Aston Villa    
West Bromwich Albion     1 - 1     Bolton Wanderers    
West Ham United     1 - 1     Fulham   

Manchester United Rescued

Jussi Jaaskelainen can only watch as Michael Owen scores - PA photos

Michael Owen rescued a point for Manchester United after Sir Alex Ferguson's men twice had to come from behind against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium.
Owen nodded home Nani's free-kick 16 minutes from time to ensure United did not join the other victims on a weekend of shock defeats.
Yet it was hardly a pleasing outcome for Ferguson, who would have hoped for better once Nani levelled Zat Knight's early effort but instead saw his team fall behind again thanks to Martin Petrov.
As United have now conceded nine goals in five league games and trail leaders Chelsea by three points, it was not the best of weekends for them, nor an out-of-sorts Wayne Rooney, who was replaced by Federico Macheda half an hour from the end.
Saturday's results could not have worked out any better for United and the intent behind their attacking play was obvious from the first kick, but defensively they remain unconvincing.

Full EPL Sunday September 26, 2010 game result:

Bolton Wanderers 2 - 2 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Aston Villa
Newcastle United 1 - 2 Stoke City
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epl result august 28, 2010

- Chelsea now leading epl table with 9 points..

Latest epl result as at Saturday, August 28, 2010

Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Arsenal
Blackpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Chelsea 2 - 0 Stoke City
Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 1 Wigan Athletic
Wolvehampton Wanderers 1 - 1 Newcastle United
Manchester United 3 - 0 West Ham United

Latest EPL Result (updated)

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Arsenal 6 - 0 Blackpool
Birmingham 2 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
Everton 1 - Wolverhamton Wanderers
Stoke City 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion 1 - 1 Sunderland
West Ham United 1 - 3 Bolton Wanderers
Wigan Athletic 0 - 6 Chelsea  

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Newcastle United 6 - 0 Aston Villa
Fulham 2 - 2 Manchester United

Chelsea close in on 2009/10 EPL title

Should Chelsea win the title, they would become champions for the first
time since Mourinho reclaimed the trophy in 2006

Chelsea go into final day with a point leads against second place Manchester United. And as Chelsea host Wigan at Stamford Bridge, MU admits that they is 'not so sure' about Wigan chances of causing an upset.

Manchester United will host Stoke City in a must win game to keep their hopes for the title.

All game will be play today May 9, 16:00 UK time (23pm Malaysia).

Manchester United 3 - Spurs 1

United have done it!! two perfect penalties from Giggs and 81th goal from Nani give Manchester United an advantage to keep pressure on Chelsea to win Barclay EPL champion title.

United are top of the league by two points, but Chelsea have a game in
hand against Stoke tomorrow. Spurs are still two points ahead of Man
City, but have played a game more.

Chelsea: race for EPL title

Chelsea's remaining league fixtures (3 home, 2 away)
Tonight Bolton (h)
Sat Apr 17 Tottenham (a)
Sun Apr 25 Stoke (h)
Sun May 2 Liverpool (a)
Sun May 9 Wigan (h)

Arsenal's remaining league fixtures (2 home, 3 away)
Wednesday Tottenham (a)
Sun Apr 18 Wigan (a)
Sat Apr 24 Man City (h)
Mon May 3 Blackburn (a)
Sun May 9 Fulham (h)

Manchester Utd's remaining league fixtures (2 home, 2 away)
Sat Apr 17 Man City (a)
Sat Apr 24 Tottenham (h)
Sun May 2 Sunderland (a)
Sun May 9 Stoke (h)

The race for the Premier League Golden Boot
Rooney (Man Utd) 26
Drogba (Chelsea) 25
Bent (Sunderland) 22
Tevez (Man City) 22
Torres (Liverpool) 18
Defoe (Tottenham) 17
Lampard (Chelsea) 17

Barclays Premier League table
Top		Pld	Gd	Pts
1	Chelsea	33	54	74
2	Man United	34	50	73
3	Arsenal	33	41	71
4	Man City	33	28	62
5	Tottenham	32	26	58
6	Liverpool	34	21	56

Manchester United EPL title is over

Blackburn Rovers 0 - 0 Manchester United

LONDON (AP)—Manchester United was held 0-0 by Blackburn to squander a chance to temporarily regain the Premier League leadership on Sunday while Portsmouth reached the FA Cup final by beating Tottenham 2-0 a day after it was relegated from the English top flight.

It turned out to be a good day for Chelsea, which stayed ahead of United in the league title race and then found out it would face Portsmouth—in financial administration and down at the foot of the Premier League standings—rather than fifth-place Tottenham in the May 15 cup final.

In one of the biggest shocks of the season, extra-time goals by Frederic Piquionne and Kevin-Prince Boateng gave cash-strapped Portsmouth victory in a dramatic semifinal at Wembley.
more: sport.yahoo

Manchester United's Premier League title challenge is all but over as a season that promised so much just a fortnight ago is in danger of total collapse.
Despite dominating almost all their clash with Blackburn at Ewood Park, Sir Alex Ferguson's men rarely looked like making their pressure tell.

Paul Robinson needed to make two excellent saves to deny Antonio Valencia before half-time, but afterwards, with United so desperate for the points, the former England number one had surprisingly little to do.

Not for the first time recently, Dimitar Berbatov was a major disappointment and the fact Rio Ferdinand was feeling his groin towards the end suggested a problem Fabio Capello will not want.

There are no worries for Chelsea though, who still lead the Red Devils by a point, with a game in hand, knowing the main danger to their championship aspirations now lies much closer to home, at Arsenal.

Although United had not actually lost their last three games, that is how it felt.

more: soccernet

United must "wait and see" on Rooney blow

Sir Alex Ferguson has said Manchester United will be forced to "wait and see" regarding the severity of an ankle injury sustained by Wayne Rooney on Tuesday night.

Rooney appeared to turn over on his right ankle in the build-up to Bayern Munich's injury-time goal which gave the German side a 2-1 victory in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie.

Rooney has been in consistently destructive form in recent months, and scored his 34th goal of the season inside 64 seconds at the Allianz Arena, so news of a fitness concern is a real worry for United and England.

The striker, who left the stadium on crutches and with a protective boot in place, had to be helped from the pitch after going down in pain and Ferguson is unsure whether Rooney will be fit to play in a critical match against title rivals Chelsea at the weekend.

"He's obviously hurt his ankle," he said. "We'll know better tomorrow. It's too early to say. I don't think it's terribly serious, but we'll wait and see."

Asked if he could feature against Chelsea on Saturday, Ferguson added: "I can't answer that, we need to wait until tomorrow."

source: soccernet.espn

Liverpool Membelasah Manchester United (MU)

Manchester United Vs Liverpool
Venue: Old Trafford
Date: 21 March 2010
Time: 9.30 pm (malaysia)

Liverpool hampir pasti berpeluang untuk membelasah Manchester United dalam pertembungan penuh dramatik malam nanti. Kemenangan Liverpool malam nanti amat penting dalam menentukan slot tempat dalam Liga Juara Eropah.

saksikan nanti perlawanan yang pasti meleburkan harapan peminat peminat MU di Astro ESPN jam 9.25 malam nanti.

p/s: ini adalah harapan dari peminat Chelsea dan Arsenal juga. Manchester United kalah... senang sikit kerja Arsenal atau Chelsea untuk menguasai Barclays Premier League 2009/10.