16 January 2012
WIGAN 0
MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Dzeko 22)
Man City restore their three point lead at the top after a frantic, end to end game at bottom club Wigan. The only goal came midway through the first half as Edin Dzeko to head home superbly from David Silva's free kick on the left.
Attendance : 16,026
Assist : Silva
15 January 2012
NEWCASTLE 1 (Best 37)
QPR 0
Newcastle move into sixth place after seeing off QPR in a largely uneventful game at St James Park. The only goal came late in the first half as Danny Guthrie found Leon Best in the area and after a sharp turn, he slotted the ball neatly inside the far post.
Attendance : 49,865
Assist : R Taylor
SWANSEA 3 (Sinclair 16 Pen, Dyer 58, Graham 70)
ARSENAL 2 (RVP 5, Walcott 69)
Swansea move into the top half after coming from behind to beat Arsenal at the Liberty. The Gunners led early when Andrey Arshavin found Robin Van Persie in the area and although he seemed to take his time, he clipped the ball over keeper Michel Vorm and inside the near post. Swansea weren't rocked back by such a poor start and levelled when Aaron Ramsey clipped the heel of Nathan Dyer in the area and Scott Sinclair made no mistake from the penalty spot. Replays showed that Dyer seemed to step on Ramsey's leg rather a foul the other way around. Swansea went ahead for the first time after the break as Joe Allen won the ball from Ramsey in midfield, found Dyer who arrowed in a powerful shot from the edge of the area. The visitors levelled matters when Johan Djourou's excellent through ball sent Theo Walcott clear to scoop the ball over Vorm as he came out but straight from the kick off, they switched off and a pass from Sigurdsson put Danny Graham clear to fire across goal and inside the far post to put Swansea back ahead.
Attendance : 20,409
Assists : Arshavin, Allen, Allen, Djourou, Sigurdsson
14 January 2012
ASTON VILLA 1 (Bent 56)
EVERTON 1 (Anichebe 69)
Aston Villa and Everton remain in mid-table safety after a point each at Villa Park. After a goalless first half, Villa went ahead when Stephen Ireland's ball across was bobbled into the roof of the net by Darren Bent at the near post. Everton levelled with a lovely through ball from Landon Donavon which sent Victor Anichebe clear to slot in.
Attendance : 31,853
Assists : Ireland, Donovan
BLACKBURN 3 (Pedersen 45 fk, Dunn 46, Formica 79)
FULHAM 1 (Duff 56)
Blackburn's roller-coaster of a season took over twist as they beat Fulham despite being down to ten men for three quarters of the game. The red card went to Yakubu whose waist high challenge for the ball with Danny Murphy caught the Fulham man on the knee. Despite that, Rovers netted either side of the break as Morten Gamst Pedersen curled in a beauty of a free kick from the edge of the area and then 56 seconds into the second half, David Dunn drilled in a low shot after David Goodwillie's effort was blocked. The visitors pulled one back when Damien Duff fired low across goal and inside the far post after being found by Murphy but Rovers wrapped up the points when Stephen Nzonzi's looped pass found Mauro Formica to volley in.
Attendance : 18,003
Red Card : Yakubu 23 (Blackburn)
Assists : Dunn (fk), Goodwillie, Murphy, Nzonzi
CHELSEA 1 (Lampard 13)
SUNDERLAND 0
Chelsea maintain their unlikely title challenge with a narrow win at home to Sunderland. Frank Lampard grabbed the only goal although he knew little about it as Fernando Torres thumped a superb volley against the bar and the ball bounced in off Lampard's leg.
Attendance : 41,696
Assist : Torres
LIVERPOOL 0
STOKE 0
Stoke held Liverpool to their 7th home draw of the season as neither club found the net at Anfield. The hosts had the better of things and should have won it when Dirk Kuyt's diving header was just wide.
Attendance : 44,691
Assists : n/a
MANCHESTER UNITED 3 (Scholes 45, Wellbeck 74, Carrick 83)
BOLTON 0
Man United move level on points with Man City after comfortably seeing off Bolton. They even had the luxury of a penalty miss as Wayne Rooney's effort was brilliantly kept out by Adam Bogdan after Zat Knight had fouled Danny Wellbeck. They led on half time when Rooney's low cross was turned in by out-of-retirement Paul Scholes. Wellbeck doubled the lead with a slotted finish after being set up by Rooney and then Michael Carrick added a third with a low long range shot after being set up by Ryan Giggs.
Attendance : 75,444
Assists : Rooney, Rooney, Giggs
TOTTENHAM 1 (Modric 51)
WOLVES 1 (Fletcher 22)
Spurs missed the chance to go level on points with the two Manchester clubs after they were held at home by Wolves. The visitors took a surprise lead when Roger Johnson's header was saved and Steven Fletcher thumped in the loose ball. Spurs were level in the second half when Gareth Bale's pass was drilled in by Luka Modric from the edge of the area.
Attendance : 36,194
Assists : Johnson, Bale
WEST BROM 1 (Long 68 Pen)
NORWICH 2 (Surman 43, Morison 79)
Norwich collected an excellent win at West Brom to move up to ninth. They led just before the break as Andrew Surman volleyed home a cross from Wes Hoolahan. The Baggies levelled with a Shane Long penalty after an awful challenge by Daniel Ayala on Jerome Thomas, however Norwich regained the lead thanks to a breakaway goal which saw Grant Holt cross for Steve Morison to nod in.
Attendance : 22,474
Assists : Hoolahan, Thomas (won pen), Holt
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