Kenny Palmer gives us his match report from Saturday's first league home game
of the season:
An injury time goal by West Brom's James Morrison denied Andre Villas-Boas's new look Tottenham
victory in the Portuguese's manager's first game in charge at the Lane.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea, Saturday 24th March 2012, Stamford Bridge, 12.45pm kick
off, SS2 & HD2 and in 3D
THFC1882 is once again delighted to welcome back Kenny Palmer for his preview of the
important game on Saturday.
Saturdays visit to Stamford Bridge against Roberto Di Matteo's revitalized Chelsea takes on even
greater importance after an injury time goal by Rafael Van der Vaart salvaged a draw for Spurs on
Wednesday night and ended the teams run of 3 defeats on the bounce but extended the run without a
win in the league to 5 games.
Chelsea moved back up to fourth place in the Premier League after picking up a 2-1 away victory
against Wolves, although it took an 89th-minute winner by Frank Lampard to end Chelsea's four-match
winless run.
Stephen Ward thought he had done enough to earn Wolves their fourth consecutive draw when he
cancelled out Ramires's second-half effort with just five minutes remaining, but Lampard pounced to
take the Blues a point above Arsenal, who failed to reclaim fourth spot after losing 2-1 at
Fulham.
Chelsea moved back up to fourth place in the Premier League after picking up a 2-1 away victory
against Wolves, although it took an 89th-minute winner by Frank Lampard to end Chelsea's four-match
winless run.
Stephen Ward thought he had done enough to earn Wolves their fourth consecutive draw when he
cancelled out Ramires's second-half effort with just five minutes remaining, but Lampard pounced to
take the Blues a point above Arsenal, who failed to reclaim fourth spot after losing 2-1 at
Fulham.
The title races in both France and Germany took another turn this weekend, while AC Milan and
Manchester United took anther step towards winning their respective championships.
France
The Ligue 1 title race tightened as leaders Lille were upset 1-0 by Monaco. Luckily for Lille,
there other title contenders failed to take full advantage of Lille's defeat.
LONDON, England — An injury-time goal from Sunderland's Ghanaian international Asamoah Gyan
denied Newcastle home-and-away victories over their northeast rivals as Birmingham and Aston Villa
drew in the Premier League on Sunday. Newcastle, seeking to bounce back from their shock FA Cup
exit to lowly Stevenage last week, looked to be heading to a 1-0 [.
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previews.
After Manchester United's lackluster performance against Rangers last night, what struck
me most was how Fergie's assistant Mike Phelan was motionless while United struggled to breakdown
the Rangers defense. It made me come to the conclusion that maybe Phelan is not the man for the
Number two job at United.
England is in danger of having no teams in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League for
the first time since 1995-96 after Chelsea were defeated by Napoli 3-1 in the first leg of the
Round of 16.
Juan Mata's fortuitous goal midway through the first half was cancelled out by Ezequiel
Lavezzi's brace and Edinson Cavani's goal just before halftime.
Chelsea v Newcastle 2011 Final score:- Chelsea vs Newcastle 2-2 ( Jonas Guiterrez, Steven Taylor/
Branislav Ivanovic, Alex) Steven Taylor's injury time goal allows Newcastle United to draw 2-2
against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea were playing in their new 11/12 home kit against
Newcastle. The 2-2 draw vs Newcastle was also Chelsea's last home [.
In the summer of 2006 Manchester United were written off. Chelsea had just won the league with
ease and added one of the best players in the world for each position to their squad. Ashley Cole,
Michael Ballack and Andriy Shevchenko joined them, whilst in contrast we sold our top scorer, Ruud
van Nistelrooy, and didn't replace him, and brought in Michael Carrick, who was hardly the midfield
general the fans had been hoping for.
Twenty one years ago, Arsenal won the League title in the most unbelievable way by scoring an
injury-time goal at Anfield. Arsenal was leading 1-0, but if the score had remained the same,
Liverpool would have won the 1988-89 League title. Instead, the ball fell to Arsenal's Michael
Thomas who knocked the ball past Bruce Grobbelaar to win the match 2-0 to the Gunners and to crown
Arsenal champions based on goal difference.
Well I enjoyed a nice little layoff over the last week and a half, or however long it's been
since I wrote something. I wasn't out of town, but did have more real work to do than normal. Kudos
to Darren for doing the heavy lifting over the last week.
Anyway, we've been treated to another round of mostly meaningless internationals in the last few
days.
Football, eh? After conceding an injury time goal at the Stadium of Light, Arsenal dropped two
points and missed out on the chance to take top spot off Chelsea. Given the widespread gnashing of
teeth ...
It took an injury time goal from Lionel Messi to salvage a point for Barca at San Mames. With
this draw Barca found themselves trailing leaders Real Madrid by three points. This is the first
time Guardiola's team is trailing their arch rivals by more than two points. This result has put
the emphasis in the league back to Real madrid as they could aproach the home match against us on
December 10 with a bit of ease.
Lionel Messi scored an injury-time goal to salvage a point as Barcelona drew 2-2 with Athletic
Bilbao Twice the Spanish champions went behind in a match which is traditionally the oldest in La
Liga history, and twice they rallied back with goals from Cesc Fabregas and a 91st minute strike
from Lionel Messi.
The Strikers proved their victory last week versus Edmonton was no fluke by taking out league
leader Carolina Railhawks 2-1 with 10 men and a lot of heart! Over 3,000 fans showed up to a game
threatened by rain and were delighted to see a hard fought Strikers dominated game. As an omen of
good fortune the sky turned red and yellow, perhaps a sign of things to come (See picture).
We've already seen a player notch with his crotch today, so bona fide Brazilian futsal legend
Falcao's injury-time goal against Russia in the Grand Prix final continues the theme nicely in so
far as the tricky-dicky 34-year old veteran scored the late winner with his left breasticle to
secure a 2-1 victory at the death and, by extension, that Brazil lifted the trophy on home
soil.
Crowd trouble The Bosnian Cup match between Zrinjski and Velez descended into chaotic scenes when
Rijad Demic scored an injury time goal for away side Velez. The game is the Mostar derby, with the
teams sitting on either side of Croat and Muslim community divide. The Velez players were
celebrating the goal when they decided [.
Pies' pick of the 15 best photos from last night's Europa League action...
Lokomotiv Moscow's Felipe Caicedo celebrates his injury time goal against AEK Athens as he
passes AEK keeper Giannis Arabatzis
The Britannia Stadium sits empty an hour or so before Stoke City kicked off against Maccabi
Tel Aviv
Besiktas' Filip Holosko and Dynamo Kiev's Betao gurn away while tussling in the air over
Kiev
Birmingham fans decorate the square in the centre of Bruges before kick-off
Standard Liege's Yoni Buyens almost has his face pummelled by Vorskla Poltava goalkeeper
Serhiy Dolganskiy
Club Brugge 'keeper Colin Cooseman celebrates his side's early lead against Birmingham,
though it didn't last with Brum eventually winning it 2-1 in the 9th minute of injury time
Kenwyne Jones celebrates in customary style after scoring the opening goal for Stoke against
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Legia Warszawa's Maciej Rybus gets crumpled in a pile-up with Rapid Bucharest duo Rui Duarte
and 'keeper Danut Coman
Tottenham's Danny Rose is fouled on the edge of the box by Rubin Kazan captain Roman
Sharonov.
Stoke City vs Sunderland February 5, 2011- Britannia Stadium- Premiership Final score:- Stoke vs
Sunderland 3-2 ( John Carew, Robert Huth*2/ Kieran Richardson, Asamoah Gyan) Robert Huth's late
brace earns Stoke City a 3-2 comeback win ( including an injury time goal) over Sunderland AFC at
the Stadium of Light.
One by one they walked off, the golden generation. Jermain Defoe shirtless; Joe Cole man of a match
he would never wish to remember; Paolo Di Canio staring straight ahead, perhaps contemplating his
pledge to commit suicide if West Ham were relegated.
Liverpool 2-1 Bolton Wanderers ( Fernando Torres, Joe Cole/ Kevin Davies) Anfield, Liverpool-
January 1, 2011 A crucial win for Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson, with Joe Cole's injury time goal
giving Liverpool a 2-1 comeback win over Bolton Wanderers. Liverpool vs Bolton 0-1 ( Kevin Davies
goal) Liverpool vs Bolton 1-1 ( Fernando Torres goal) [.
Matchday 4 of the U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan saw record-breaking performances from
Korea DPR (who handed the poor Argentinean girls a 9-0 thrashing with five goals
from Kim Un Hwa!) and Germany, whose injury-time goal from Lina Magull in
Hiroshima saw them advance to the next round.
Gennaro Gattuso's pathetic display of petulance helped an Italian team revert to stereotype last
night and it's debatable whether his absence in the second leg will be a bigger blow to Milan or
Spurs.
Amidst Gattuso's childish performance we saw imaginary cards being waved and a horrendous
two-footed tackle from ex-goon Flamini that could have easily inflicted far more damage than it
did.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Marcus Berg and Balazs Dzsudzsak each scored twice as PSV Eindhoven
blanked AZ Alkmaar 4-0 to stay top of the Dutch league on Saturday. Berg slotted a rebound to give
PSV the lead after eight minutes then Ola Toivonen played in Dzsudzsak for the second on the stroke
of the hour.
Who would want to be a football manager these days? Alan Pardew thinks 2+2=4 we've dropped 4
points these last two games After seeing his team outplay a top six side, for the second time in
two games, Alan Pardew again witnessed his side give up an injury time goal and two points [...]
PARIS, France — Lille, who climbed to the top of the French first division last weekend by
demolishing Lorient, maintained top spot on Saturday but only after an injury time goal downed
bottom club Arles-Avignon. With second-placed Paris Saint Germain keeping the wheels on their title
push with a 2-1 win at Valenciennes, Lille were [.
LONDON, England West Bromwich Albion beat Newcastle 3-1 in English soccer's Premier League today,
while Sunderland defeated West Ham 1-0. Peter Odemwingie got two goals at the Hawthorns and Somen
Tchoyi also scored to lift West Brom five spots to eighth one position below Sunderland. Newcastle,
which got an injury-time goal from Peter [.
An injury-time goal from Mirko Vucinic gave Roma a 1-0 win at home to Serie A leaders Inter Milan.
The Vucinic goal also snaps the capital club's rotten run of late, with a first win of the
2010-2011 season after 5 matches. Young Jeremy Menez played an excellent match for the home side as
Roma with late substitutions of Mirko Vucinic (for Totti), Matteo Brighi (for Menez), and Julio.
