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BOLOGNA 0
PARMA 0

Attendance : 19,000
Assists : n/a


CAGLIARI 0
FIORENTINA 0

Attendance : 6,000
Assists : n/a


LECCE 2 (Esposito 30, Di Michele 93)
CHIEVO 2 (Paloschi 3, Paloschi 24)

Two Lecce defenders ran into each other in a Keystone Cops style moment (I realise many people out there won't even know what that means anymore) and Paloschi fired the rebound into the roof of the net. As Esposito tackled a Lecce player on the edge of the box the ball spun in the air and Paloschi volleyed over Benassi as he came off his line. Esposito made amends when he headed in Olivera's fabulous inswinging corner. Chievo threw away the points in injury time when they failed to pick up Di Michele who arrived at the back post to turn in a cross.

Attendance : 6,500
Assists : n/a, n/a, Olivera (ck), Pasquato


NOVARA 0
MILAN 3 (Ibrahimovic 57, Robinho 68, Ibrahimovic 90)

Ibrahimovic juggled an Ambrosini cross off his right thigh before volleying past Ujkani. In trying to control a cross Nocerino handled the ball, El Shaarawy miscued his center and Robinho arrived at the back post to end his goal drought. Ibrahimovic scored an outrageous third. Ujkani punched out an El Shaarawy cross and the giant Swede, side on to goal, nonchalantly flicked the ball into the empty net.

Attendance : 17,000
Assists : Ambrosini, n/a, n/a


PALERMO 5 (Budan 27, Silvestre 37, Mantovani 42, Miccoli 70, Migliaccio 79)
GENOA 3 (Palacio 14, Palacio 59 Pen, Jankovic 89)

Palacio tapped in a Gilardino cross to give Genoa the lead. Palermo coach Bortolo Mutti's job was on the line in this match but his players produced a rousing comeback. Budan headed in the equaliser from a Miccoli cross and Silvestre headed in the second from another left wing cross. Mantovani made it 3-1 at half-time when he slid home a Miccoli center. Palacio converted a penalty for handball. Miccoli, having laid on two goals, scored Palermo's fourth when he beat Genoa's offside trap. He completed a hat-trick of assists with the cross for Palermo's fifth - another header. Jankovic tapped in a late consolation goal after Palermo failed to clear a corner.

Attendance : 15,658
Assists : Gilardino, Miccoli, Ilicic, Miccoli, n/a, Budan, Miccoli (fk), n/a


SIENA 1 (Calaio 67)
NAPOLI 1 (Pandev 86)

Calaio failed to connect with a center, the ball came to Vergassola, he swung a cross the back post and Calaio got to his feet to power home a header. Siena should have been more than a goal to the good at this point. Lavezzi made the most of a stupid challenge to win a penalty but Pegolo denied Cavani with a brilliant save. Pandev headed in the equaliser from a Lavezzi cross. Too little, too late. Napoli won't be back in the Champions League for 2 seasons at least.

Attendance : 14,643
Assists : Vergassola, Lavezzi


UDINESE 2 (Izco 20 og, Di Natale 53)
CATANIA 1 (Lodi 95 Pen)

Udinese scored 4 seconds after defending a corner. They sprung a counter attack, Isla threaded a ball between two defenders and Armero beat them for pace before poking the ball past Campagnolo. Di Natale scored a fantastic second, a thundering left foot volley from Armero's cross. Lodi converted a late penalty.

Attendance : 13,000
Assists : Isla, Armero, Catellani (won pen)


INTER 2 (Milito 44, Pazzini 63)
LAZIO 1 (Rocchi 30)

Lucio tried to clear a longball but didn't get enough purchase, Rocchi pounced but hit the woodwork. Minutes later however he ran into a huge gap between Lucio and Samuel and finished with a shot into the bottom corner. Three of Inter's Argentinean's combined for the equaliser. Milito played Zanetti's pass into Alvarez, he returned it and Milito fired in off Marchetti - who should have saved. Lazio's offside trap failed to catch Pazzini and as Marchetti came off his line Pazzini dropped the ball over his head. Klose missed a sitter and Lazio were jobbed out of a penalty for handball in a poor second half which means Inter keep their delusions of a title challenge alive for a few more weeks.

Attendance : 57,893
Assists : Ledesma, Alvarez, Lucio


21 January 2012

ROMA 5 (Totti 1, Totti 8, Borini 8, Juan 62, Pjanic 70)
CESENA 1 (Eder 58)

Totti scored inside the first minute, around the 45 second mark, when he fired a first time shot through former team-mate Antonioli's legs. Lamela, who made the first with a back heal, lofted a ball over the Cesena defence and as they appealed for offside Totti slammed a volley into the bottom left corner. It was his 211th Serie A goal for Roma, breaking the legendary Gunnar Nordahl's record for most goals scored for one club (210 for Milan). Chelsea reject Borini arrived at the back post to tap in Roma's third seconds later.

Stekelenburg raced off his line to clear a cross but Eder kept his composure and lifted the ball over him before tapping into an empty net. Juan tapped in the fourth, punishing another mistake by Antonioli and he completed a truly miserably performance by punching a Pjanic effort straight back to him and this time he found the back of the net. One season too many for Antonioli.

Attendance : 32,341
Assists : Lamela, Lamela, Greco, Candreva, n/a, n/a


ATALANTA 0
JUVENTUS 2 (Lichtsteiner 54, Giaccherini 82)

Lichtsteiner headed in a superb Pirlo cross at the back post. Giaccherini scored a beautiful second. Italy youth international Morrone flicked a Pirlo centre through the Atalanta defence and the former Cesena player caught the ball on the drop, volleying inside the left post.

Attendance : 21,000
Assists : Pirlo, Marrone


LEADERS
41 points - Juventus
40 points - Milan
38 points - Udinese
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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


LEADERS
51 points - Manchester City 48 points - Manchester United 46 points - Tottenham 40 points - Chelsea]]> http://soccer-europe.com http://soccer-europe.com/ 4509791D-AE21-463F-97BE-296EB2FFBBDE Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:37:12 +0000