A disciplined batting and bowling performance by the Rajastan Royals paved the way for their
defeat of the Kings XI Punjab. Faiz Fazal and Adam Voges were the the stars of the Rajastan Royals
batting and Yusuf Pathan also made a contribution. Munaf Patel and Trivedi bowled well for Shane
Warne's team.
Manchester United
move to the top of the Premiership log again after coming from behind in beating
Liverpool
by two goals to one at
Old Trafford
. Fernando Torres opened the scorecard for Liverpool and shortly after that wayne Rooney was
back on the scoreboard with his equaliser for manchester United.
The much awaited clash will take place at Old trafford today when Manchester United hosts
Liverpool and the outcome of this game will surely have a bearing on both teams progress. Sir Alex
WILL BE looking for more silverware and also to go top of the log again wheras Rafeal benitez will
be looking to cEmenting fourth spot and Champions League
Fulham fresh from their recent win, host Manchester City and have home ground advantage.
Arsenal 2 - 0 Westham
Arsenal occupy top spot for a short while after defeating Westham by 2 goals to nothing ,
however this spot may just be temporarily since both Manchester United and Chelsea have to play
their games as well. Denilson scored early giving the young gunners well deserved early lead
however they were later reduced to 10 men after Vermeulen was sent off for a professional foul and
Alumina saved the penalty which may have changed the outcome of the game.
Shane Warne's charges won their first game against the Kolkata Knightriders in a thrilling match
and he was indeed very pleased at how well his boys are starting to improve on thier game and we
can now anticipate more wins
The Knightriders left it for too late and they did not really attack the bowling of the Rajastan
Royals, their batting was very conservative which actually cost them the match.
Shane Warne's charges won their first game against the Kolkata Knightriders in a thrilling match
and he was indeed very pleased at how well his boys are starting to improve on thier game and we
can now anticipate more wins
The Knightriders left it for too late and they did not really attack the bowling of the Rajastan
Royals, their batting was very conservative which actually cost them the match.
IPL 3 Results thusfar
Delhi Darevils won the 6th IPL3 match against the Rajastan Royals by 6 wickets with a splendid
batting performance by Virendra Sewag Shane Warne's charges are not as good as they were during the
opening IPL season when they won against all odds but have not performed well in the IPL 2 and are
not doing so well now.
he IPL3 kicked off with a grand opening ceremony and all captains were introduced to the massive
crowd that had assembled for the ceremony and opening matches. All the captains signed on the
banner their commitment to the spirit of cricket.
Kolkata Knight won their match against the Deccan Chargers by 11 runs in a nail bitting
finish.
Arsenals were eliminated from the Champions League by a gallant performance from Liverpool. Diaby
in the 13th min scored for Arsenals who were having the better of the first half. From a brilliant
set piece in the 30th minute, Hypia reduced the deficit and Liverpool were now on level terms
again.
Chelsea will have to dig deep to cancel out the advantage that the Turks bring with them this
evening and will have to lead by at least two goals or more. They are capable of winning here and
going into the finals
Peter Cech will be out due to an injury received at training and Drogba may be declared fit to
play
Prediction: Chelsea to progress
Return leg of the quarter finals tonight and tomorrow evening
Arsenal meet Liverpool at Anfield this evening and it will be the third time they play against each
other in a matter of 8 days. Twice now in the Quarter Finals and one Premier League game.
FIRST LEG - 1 st and 2nd APRIL 2008
The draw was made this afternoon at Uefa's head office in Switzerland and as anticipation, two
great English teams were drawn against each other. Arsenals host Liverpool at the Emirates.
Arsenals will be playing against their rivals three games within a space of a week.
Two of the top guns from the Premiership were bundled out from the Fa Cup a great surprise to the
two top trainers namely Sir Alex and Avant grant
Portsmouth with a 78th minute penalty by Sulley Muntari gave Portsmouth a smooth passage into the
semi finals at Wembley at the expense of Manchester United.
Liverpool are on the boil at the moment with three wins from three matches and they will be pinned
on their recent form to outfox Newcastle today.
Mascherano is out of today's match with an injury to his muscle and the rest of the squad are ok
for this match.
Newcastle will be without Joey Barton due to his bail conditions.
After 3 minutes in the first half, Birmingham were reduced to ten men when their captain Taylor was
red carded for a tackle on Eduardo who had to be hospitalized.
Theo Walcott scored two goals which temporarily place the Gunners in command , however a technical
mistake by Clichy in injury awarded Birmingham a penalty which resulted in the draw.
