18 December 2011
ASTON VILLA 0
LIVERPOOL 2 (Bellamy 11, Skrtel 15)
Liverpool move above Newcastle into sixth place after a win at Aston Villa where they barely needed to break sweat. Liverpool tore into an early lead with two quick fire set piece goals as Stuart Downing's corner against his former club was helped on by Shelvey and tapped in by Craig Bellamy after a back heel from Luis Suarez was blocked. The goalscorer turned provider for the second as Bellamy's corner was headed in by Martin Skrtel. Suarez should have added a third early in the second half but walloped a shot against the bar when a goal looked certain and he then hit the post ten minutes later with a lovely chip.
Attendance : 37,460
Assists : Suarez, Bellamy
MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Silva 53)
ARSENAL 0
Man City regain top spot - lost earlier in the day to Man United - with a narrow, but deserved, win against Arsenal. The only goal came when Mario Balotelli cut inside and although his shot was saved and Sergio Aguero couldn't head home the loose ball, David Silva managed to slide in at the far post to convert.
Attendance : 47,303
Assists : Aguero
QPR 0
MANCHESTER CITY 2 (Rooney 1, Carrick 56)
Man United go top ahead of Man City's game with Arsenal after a comfortable win at QPR. They led early on when Wayne Rooney headed in Antonio Valencia's cross after just 53 seconds. They secured the win early in the second half thanks to Michael Carrick's run from midfield and shot from the edge of the area which the keeper perhaps should have done better with.
Attendance : 18,033
Assists : Valencia, n/a
TOTTENHAM 1 (Pavlyuchenko 61)
SUNDERLAND 0
Spurs continued their decent season by bouncing back after a tricky week with a home win against Sunderland. Roman Pavlyuchenko netted the only goal with a low shot after being found by Rafael Van Der Vaart. Luka Modric could have doubled matters but blazed over an open goal from eight yards.
Attendance : 36,021
Assist : van der Vaart
17 December 2011
BLACKBURN 1 (Dann 72)
WEST BROM 2 (Morrison 53, Odemwingie 89)
West Brom heaped more pressure on Blackburn boss Steve Keen with a late winner at Ewood. After a goalless first half, the Baggies took the lead when a corner was only cleared to the edge of the area and James Morrison walloped in a beauty of the first time volley. Rovers equalised after a long kick from keeper Paul Robinson was nodded on by Chris Samba and scrambled inside the near post by Scott Dann. The game was heading for a draw until Peter Odemwingie cut in from the right and arrowed a cracking drive which flew inside the post.
Attendance : 22,909
Assists : Brunt, Samba, Reid
EVERTON 1 (Osman 81)
NORWICH 1 (Holt 28)
Everton needed a late goal at home to Norwich to salvage a draw as their awful recent form continues. The Canaries led at half time as Steve Morison found Grant Holt in the area and he showed excellent close control to turn his man and shoot inside the far post. Everton's point came courtesy of Leon Osman who deflected in a shot from Royston Drenthe.
Attendance : 31,004
Assists : Morison, Drenthe
FULHAM 2 (Dempsey 33, Ruiz 34)
BOLTON 0
Bolton remain rooted at the bottom after slumping to two quick fire goals at Fulham. Both strikes came inside three first half minutes as Bryan Ruiz crossed for Clint Dempsey to head superbly in and then the roles were reversed as Dempsey sent Ruiz clear and he beat the keeper with a cheeky looping lob which looked to be going over initially.
Attendance : 25,643
Assists : Morison, Drenthe
NEWCASTLE 0
SWANSEA 0
Swansea's good defensive record continues as they held Newcastle to a goalless draw at the Sports Direct Arena (St James Park!). The hosts had the better of things with both Fabricio Coloccini and Demba Ba hitting the post.
Attendance : 51,767
Assists : n/a
WOLVES 1 (Hunt 17 Pen)
STOKE 2 (Doyle 58 og, Crouch 70)
Stoke move up to eighth ahead of the Sunday games after coming from behind to win at Wolves. The home side led at the break thanks to a penalty from Stephen Hunt after Jonathon Woodgate had fouled Matt Jarvis. It needed a major stroke of luck for Stoke to level as Robert Huth's shot took a huge deflection off of Kevin Doyle to find the net and they won it as Matt Etherington's far post cross was nodded in by a stooping Peter Crouch.
Attendance : 24,684
Assists : Jarvis (won pen), n/a, Etherington
WIGAN 1 (Gomez 88)
CHELSEA 1 (Sturridge 59)
Wigan netted a late equaliser to earn a point in a game which Chelsea looked to have wrapped up but ultimately paid the price for not killing their hosts off. Chelsea failed to make any major impact on the game until just before the hour when they went long ball to take the lead. The provider was Ashley Cole whose excellent cross-field pass was superbly controlled by Daniel Sturridge who then drilled a shot across goal and inside the far post. Chelsea almost shot themselves in the foot as a mix-up at the back resulted in Franco Di Santo's goalbound shot being deflected wide by Branislav Ivanovic whose original error caused the chance in the first place. It proved to be a warning as Wigan levelled totally out of the blue as Hugo Rodallega burst into the area and after his shot was spilled by Petr Cech, Jordi Gomez was on hand to thump in from a matter of yards.
Attendance : 18,320
Assists : Cole, Rodallega
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