Hull City v Chelsea
by eldoronaldo

Chelsea springs a leak in its hull. The smaller clubs have made this year's title race a fascinating one to watch. So much so that Arsenal blown out of the water against Man Utd this weekend still has a pulse.

Wenger should be running tape on Stephen Hunt's battling qualities as Notts County beat Wigan in the FA Cup today to enter the 5th round as preparation for the Gunners trip to Stamford Bridge.

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From the Independent (via Goal.com):

The broadsheet claims that the Turin side's president Jean-Claude Blanc is keen to reach an agreement and has: "...already fixed everything with [Rafael] Benitez and has in his drawer a detailed agreement of his terms and length of contract."

Note the contradiction.

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Robbie Keane capped a day of frenetic transfers as clubs scrambled to sign players to bolster their squads.

He goes to Celtic on loan from Spurs till the end of the season after falling in the depth chart with Harry Redknapp preferring Peter Crouch to partner Jermain Defoe.

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The best thing about Arsenal's brutal annihilation at the hands of Man Utd was that it came very quickly. By the end of the match one had gone through the five stages of grief. In fact, I emerged looking forward to the Chelsea match next weekend with a sense of acceptance. At this point a 7-0 thrashing looks pretty acceptable.

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....and is going to stay on as Chelsea's captain despite rumours to the contrary.

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A 35 year old centre back is matched against Manchester United's star forward.
More on Wenger and unconventional wisdom here..

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Birmingham CIty's run of 15 games without a loss came to an abrupt end when Chelsea (now playing their fourth game without the deadly Drogba) beat them quite comprehensively by 3 goals to nothing.Lampard hit two of those goals prompting Anceloti to get a bit carried away in his praise..

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The clouds of gloom around Anfield lifted a bit as Liverpool with a 2 - 0 win over Spurs are now just a point away from fourth place.

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A booking instead of a penalty for Lucas.A 90th minute equaliser.What might have been an injury time winner from Kuyt didn't happen because the goalpost came in the way.Liverpool's long dark night of the soul goes on and on..

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Sunderland steamrolled into surprised,sad,sorry,stunning,severe,sevenfold,submission.7 words starting with 's' to emphasise the significance of the win in the absence of 's'ien and Drogba.

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Cameron Jerome scored for Birmingham after Jonny Evans made a hames of a clearance.
Man U managed to draw the game when an unfortunate Scott Dann turned the ball into his own net.The linesman had his flag up for offside or something but he was over ruled and the goal stood.

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A combination of snow and sub-zero temperatures have produced mayhem in the EPL sporting calendar ...
Apart from the obvious dangers of playing on slippery frozen surfaces the ball also tends to pick up a bit of snow and get kind of a bit too large to play with as you can see.
Saturday's game between Fulham and Portsmouth is off, while Liverpool have asked for Sunday's match with Tottenham to be postponed.

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Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres are on their way out apparently.The new year hasn't brought any significant change of fortunes yet for the reds if their FA cup game against Reading is any indication.

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Sir Alex finally sees his team gel. Funny how they usually do this when it matters most. Rooney looks like he's coming into his best as well.

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He scored two goals out of three against Aston Villa and Arsenal are just four points behind Chelsea.Fabregas was not fully fit but his entry into the field at around the hour mark turned the game around.More..

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Rooney was involved in all the goals of the game.He scored the first.A lousy back pass to the goalkeeper led to Hull getting their equaliser.The remaining two goals of the game from Dawson and Berbatov also came off passes from Rooney.

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Roberto Mancini began his stint as manager of Manchester City with a 2 - 0 win over Stoke City.The fact that Robinho started instead of Craig Bellamy may be an indication of the dressing room unrest that he has to live with in view of the unceremonious sacking of his predecessor Hughes.Still a winning start is a winning start so Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan won't be thinking of sacking him just yet.

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The Christmas break did Liverpool a bit of good because on the 26th they managed to do something they haven't managed to do much this season - win.
If Benitez is strolling around humming "joy to the world" it's because of this - Liverpool's two goals against the Wolves..

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Four defeats in 6 games- the latest at the hands of the bottom placed Portsmouth.Javier Mascherano got sent off and the 2 nil defeat means that there still isn't any light at the end of the tunnel that Rafa is sitting in.

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A 3 nil win over Hull City took Arsenal back to the 3rd spot.The first goal came off a sublime free kick from Denilson.The second was a wonderful goal from Eduardo which came at the end of series of brilliant short passes that Arsenal are so good at and which generally break down just before scoring.

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Man U have to live down the indignity of a three nil beating by Fulham...

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Tottenham Spurs gave Manchester City a 3 - 0 drubbing,with Jermain Defoe chalking up goal number 13 in the process.

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Mick McCarthy sent in the reserves and they got duly hammered 3 - 0.
No less than 10 players who were in the squad that beat Spurs the other day were left out.His rationale for this bit of managerial mystery can be read here..

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Faced with the worst slump in 30 years Carragher realises what Tennyson knew all along - that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of....

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Howard Webb denied Steven Gerrard a penalty after he had been fouled by William Gallas. Liverpool dominated the match and Dirk Kuyt got the opener. Then came the second half in which Glen Johnson scored an own-goal and Andrei Arshavin did the rest.
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Julian Dicks: The end of the "Liverpool culture."

Graeme Souness has been on Rafa Benitez's back fearing a "meltdown" of his former club.

Sounds very much like a job audition. In recent days, it has been a tag team with Juergen Klinsmann joining the chorus of doomsayers.

Here is Ian Rush on the last days of Graeme Souness as Liverpool's manager:

"The Bristol City match was a disaster.

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What 'fit and proper person' test?

Pompey's revolving door ownership continues. The theme is the same, they are all bankrupt. Meanwhile, the club is getting indebted to a Hong Kong based businessman called Balram Chainrai who is footing the player's wages and he is not even part of the ownership.

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Belhadj is not a happy camper at Portsmouth

The Algerian wingback and a pivotal player in the national squad's entry into the World Cup is ready to quit Portsmouth, frustrated by his lack of playing time.

He has only featured in two of Pompey's Carling Cup fixtures this season.

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Wenger might have to contend with the return of Fernando Torres and the possible first full introduction of Alberto Aquilani, in Arsenal's fixture against 'Pool this weekend.

Rafa's description of " a new season" for the Arsenal match is probably to get players disconcerted by their CL campaign ending on a sour note, to focus on the important task of challenging for the Premiership's top four spots.

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The picture continues to get grainier in Notts County's ownership saga.

The latest sees Sven Goran Ericksson as a potential owner.

He joins Peter Trembling, the CEO and another unknown financial backer in an bid to buy out Qadbak Investments, a many layered company with strong Middle East and European who now own the club.

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Needed midfielder to fill perennially injured Mikael Arteta's shoes.

The buzz is that Landon Donovan is heading to Everton this transfer season on a three month loan from the Galaxy.

Instant impact. Check.

Counterattacking speed and link up play with Saha and Agbeyeni Yakubu very essential.

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After seeing tantalizing morsels of the AS Roma player, Rafa Benitez will start Alberto Aquilani in the Fiorentina match at Anfield this Wednesday. The match itself has little consequence for Liverpool.

Will we get to see him start against Arsenal over the weekend or will Rafa once again turn to Gerrard, Lucas, and Mascherano to provide "balance in the midfield" much to the chagrin of 'Pool fans?

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Oscar Cardozo is a "direct style" striker

Cesc talks about a direct style as sometimes the best way to go about scoring goals.

"An average team that has the best striker in the world can always do something and Didier Drogba makes all the difference to them."

The problem is who?

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A comeback like this can build belief which seems to be in short supply at Goodison Park nowadays. Louis Saha had a great game off the bench and Tim Cahill once again proved a big time goal scorer. Saha almost pulled off goal of the year with a bicycle kick. 21 year old Seamus Coleman a £150,000 summer arrival from Irish side Sligo Rovers had a hand in both goals.

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Arsenal - Stoke city.The final scoreline of 2 - 0 does not reveal how much Arsenal dominated the game.Stoke spent most of the game defending and Arsenal spent the time missing umpteen chances to score.

Meanwhile Chelsea went down 2 -1 to Manchester City in a scrappy rain drenched game.

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