TOUR EVENTS
Last weekend in the English Premier League, two intrigues died. The denouement of the plot of the battle for the last Champions trip came, and did not allow the audience to feel the severity of the climax. “Bolton” even opened an account at the beginning of the decisive match at the “Emirates”, but few believed in the seriousness of his intentions anyway. Goal kiss of the former Hungarian Anelka woke up a sleeping beauty, and fans of the “Gunners” again saw the familiar “Arsenal”. The fulfillment of Sam Allardyce's dream is again rescheduled.
In parallel with the consolidation of the Londoners in the “Champions League” zone, there was a Liverpool draw with Manchester City, which completely deprived the Merseysides of the chance - albeit purely mathematical - to compete with Manchester United in the fight for the championship. The maximum points that Liverpool can score before the end of the season are 76; while the “MJ” is already two more.
HERO TOUR
The Irishman Robbie Keane became the brightest protagonist of the most colorful show of the tour. “Wigan” and “Tottenham Hotspur”, despising caution, rolled out a cheerful, difficult-to-play draw 3: 3. Three times the hosts came forward and three times the “spurs” managed to find an adequate answer, and the last two times the captain of Londoners took the floor. First, Keene exemplarily realized a penalty for the demolition of Jermaine Jenas, and then with a graceful goal he crowned a homing transfer of Paul Robinson, who felt the taste of the attacking game. Having awakened the creative beginnings in another Premier League team, Tottenham leaves sunny Wigan with vague prospects for the fight for the UEFA zone.
TOUR FAILURE
Aston Villa goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen dropped a ball into the goal, carefully soaped by the Middlesbrough playmaker Fabio Rochemback. One of the most offensive goals in the career of the Dane put the team in a difficult position. However, having scored three times in response, the Birmingham team rescued their goalkeeper and saved him from mental anguish. Usually, by the way, it happens the other way around.
TOUR SENSATION
The defeat of West Ham in Sheffield - and the spiral of the struggle for survival in the Premier League is gaining a new round. “Hammers” did not lose to the owners of the game, but lost in character and once again in recent times have been mercilessly beaten by a direct competitor. The exploits of Dzhagelka, who continues to master new roles, the wonderful penalty Tonja, the slalom pass of the angular Steed - and the “blades” under the energetic cries of Neil Warnock at the edge leave the relegation zone. It was a round of Sheffield. After four rounds, the spiral will turn into a spring, and a trio of losers will catapult into a “championship”. Two-seat tickets to this fun ride are still in the draw.
TREND
The victories of “Portsmouth” and “Reading”, synchronized with the loss of points, “Tottenham”, inspired the intensification of the struggle for non-champion European cup competitions . There are now three of them - with the efforts of Manchester United and Chelsea, who reached the final of the FA Cup. And if two vacancies will almost certainly be taken by Bolton and Everton, then the remaining three clubs have views at once. And seriously, it seems that “Reading” is afraid to admit it even to itself, “Tottenham” plays exclusively for pure art and does not set mundane goals, while “Portsmouth” is more concerned with the appearance of his goalkeeper, whom his opponents and their own defenders have not let in the story.
CM. ALSO
Forward Aston Villa Luke Moore has a special love for Middlesbrough. This team is a Birmingham afflicted at every official meeting throughout his career. This time, Moore scored a decisive goal just four minutes after appearing on the field, in the second match after a six-month absence.
TOUR DIGIT
347 days and nights could not hit the gates of the rivals of Arsenal in the Premier League Cesc Fabregas and did not score at all in official matches for 247 days. And at the very beginning of the second half of the duel with “Bolton” the spell was lifted from the Spaniard. Fabregas's debut goal was victorious for the “Gunners” and comfortably located in the personal statistics of Cesca next to ten assists.
Dmitry LONGICH