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Premiership round-up 23rd & 24th August

Saturday 23rd August

Michael Owen came off the bench against Bolton in his first appearance of the season having missed the entire pre-season. The England striker still looked sharp as he scored the only goal to give Newcastle the win at St James’s Park. Newcastle 1 – 0 Bolton.

Hull City remain unbeaten in their debut season in the Premiership after a hard fought draw against Blackburn at Ewood Park. Hull went behind in the 38th minute when Jason Roberts coolly slotted home but within 2 minutes, Hull had equalised when Richard Garcia headed home when what looked like a far post cross dipped into the back of the net. There were very few chances after that and the game ended Blackburn 1 – 1 Hull.

Liverpool took on Middlesbrough at Anfield and when Mido opened the scoring in the 70th minute, it looked like it wasn’t going to be Liverpool’s day. But in the 86th minute, a thunderbolt from Jamie Carragher took a wicked deflection off Pogatetz and ended up in the back of the net. Liverpool would have been fortunate to escape with a draw but in the fourth minute of injury time, skipper Steven Gerrard does what he has done so many times and scored a screamer from just outside the box. Liverpool 2 – 1 Middlesbrough.

Stoke City lead three times at the Britannia Stadium against Aston Villa and after levelling the match twice, Aston Villa fell to an injury time winner from Sidibe giving the newly promoted side their first 3 points of the campaign. Stoke City 3 – 2 Aston Villa.

There was no space in the squad let alone the starting eleven for United target Dimitar Berbatov as Spurs succumbed to their second league defeat in as many games. Kieran Richardson scored a belter from outside the area in the 55th minute before Jenas tapped in the equaliser 18 minutes later. Spurs pushed for the winner but Sunderland new boy Cisse found himself unmarked to head home on 82 minutes giving the Black Cats all three points. Tottenham 1 – 2 Sunderland.

West Brom had the better of a slow first half as they took on Everton at The Hawthorns but were unable to capitalise on any of their chances. In Contrast, Everton made the most of their chances scoring 2 of their 3 shots on target through Osman (65th minute) and Yakubu (76th minute). The Baggies did mange to score from the spot late on but the game ended West Brom 1 – 2 Everton.

Fulham hosted Arsenal in the late kick off of the day and after an opening day defeat to Hull City, Arsenal were by far the bookies favourite. Hangeland put Fulham ahead after 20 minutes and a disappointing (depending on your perspective) Arsenal were unable to recover and the match ended Fulham 1 – 0 Arsenal.

Sunday 24th August

Chelsea travelled to Wigan and when Deco put the visitors ahead with a sublime free kick from the edge of the area, you would be forgiven for thinking this was going to be another rout. But Wigan regrouped and made it difficult for Chelsea and even probably had the better of the chances after that. Unfortunately, they couldn’t break through and the game ended Wigan 0 – 1 Chelsea.

Manchester City coasted to a 3 – 0 victory over West Ham as the Hammers effectively gifted the match to the home team. Noble was sent off in the 38th minute for a handball followed by a stupid sliding tackle and the ten men of West Ham never looked like they were going to compete. It took until the 65th minute for Sturridge to make the breakthrough and when they did, the flood gates almost opened. Elano scored a brace in 6 minutes to compound the misery for the Hammers as they went down without a single shot on target. Manchester City 3 - 0 West Ham.

It’s not all about Money at Aston Villa

Aston Villa are the first Premier League team to give away the normal advertising space on their shirts.

Acorns, a children’s hospice, will be displayed where normally a multi million pound advert would sit. It is believe Aston Villa could have raked in over £2 million should they have sold the space.

Full credit must go to Villa and in particular their American owner Randy Lerner. I wonder if any other Premiership clubs will follow suit?

If Manchester United were to go this route, they would lose a whopping £14 million a year. Man Utd command the highest fee for shirt sponsorship in the Premiership, followed by Chelsea and Liverpool. Arsenal are way down the list with their current deal for shirts and stadium naming rights working out to just $4 million a year.

Manchester United 4 - 0 Aston Villa

Manchester United	Team Statistics	Aston Villa
4	Goals	0
5	Shots On Target	2
7	Shots Off Target	8
3	Shots Blocked	4
4	Corners	7
3	Offsides	2
8	Fouls	7
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
55.6	Possession	44.4
83.3	Passing	81.4
28	Tackles	23
78.6	Tackling	91.3

Aston Villa 0 - 2 Manchester United

Aston Villa	Team Statistics	Manchester United
0	Goals	2
1	Shots On Target	6
5	Shots Off Target	9
1	Shots Blocked	2
5	Corners	5
0	Offsides	0
13	Fouls	9
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
50	Possession	50
0	Passing	0
0	Tackles	0
0	Tackling	0

Aston Villa 1 - 4 Manchester United

Aston Villa	Team Statistics	Manchester United
1	Goals	4
3	Shots On Target	13
8	Shots Off Target	8
3	Shots Blocked	2
3	Corners	9
3	Offsides	0
10	Fouls	10
2	Yellow Cards	2
2	Red Cards	0
30.2	Possession	69.8
73.9	Passing	85.4
32	Tackles	24
90.6	Tackling	85.4

                        

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