Liverpool's unbeaten run quashed by Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur has ended Liverpool's eight match unbeaten run in the English premier league. The 5th place team defeated the Reds by 2-1 at the White Hart Lane.

The match was played on Wednesday night at a fully packed stadium. Brendan Rodgers and Andreas Villas Boas were formally under Jose Mourinho in 2004.

Aaron Lennon scored the first goal in the 7th minute of action. Gareth Bale made a dazzling run down the left wing before setting up the England international.

In the 16th minute, Bale scored a spectacular free kick that beat Pepe Reina. The Spanish goal keeper was rooted to the same spot.

Prior to the encounter, Liverpool had refused to lose any of their last eight games, but the selection of Stewart Downing and Henderson backfired. The duo of Jonjo Shelvey and Suso would have done better.

Philip Dowd failed to award two clear penalties to Liverpool. Steven Gerrard was pushed down in the penalty box, while Suarez was tripped in the same area later in the second half.
Liverpool's best effort was a goal bound attempt that was cleared off the line by Kyle Walker.

In the second half,Gareth Bale scored an own goal, but that was not enough to guarantee the reigning League cup champions a draw.

Arsenal v Tottenham preview

Another big game will be played in the English Premier League this weekend. The North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur will be played at the Emirates stadium at lunch time. Andreas Villas Boas will be looking forward to having a rejuvenated Spurs side after they lost their last two games against Swansea and Manchester City.
Arsene Wenger's men will also try and get back to winning ways after getting just a point in their last two EPL games. Arsenal were held by Fulham in a 3-3 draw last weekend while Tottenham succumbed to a 2-1 defeat at the Etihad stadium.
The two sides are separated by just a point, with AVB's men sitting on the sixth position while the 'Gunners' a place below their rivals.

Arsenal doesn't have fresh injury worries while Tottenham will definitely unleash Emmanuel Adebayor to do the damage against his former side. Meanwhile, the two clubs have problems with their back four.

Our prediction: Arsenal 2-2 TottenhamCopyright 2012 Chat Soccer

Stalemate at the White Hart Lane

Andrea Villas Boas staged a return to Europa League action on Thursday night. The Portuguese manager led FC Porto to winning the title in May 2011. Tottenham played a goalless draw against S.S Lazio of Italy.

The North London side named Hugo Lloris in goal,while Gylfi Sigurdson was also included in the team. The Premiership side failed to break down a stubborn Italian defence for the entire duration of the game.
Tottenham won their first match of the season with a 3-1 win over Reading last weekend.

English Premier League review

Sweet Swans
Swansea were fully at home as the Welsh side cruised to a three nil win over West Ham United at the Liberty stadium. Angel Rangel scored the first goal in the 20th minute. His shot bounce under the body of Juusi Jaaskelainen as Michael Laudrup's men triumphed over Sam Allardyce's team.  New signing, Michu scored his third goal of the campaign in the 29th minute after a poor defensive move by a West Ham defender. Danny Graham added the third goal after the restart. Swansea were very delightful to watch as they had 77% of the ball possession. Meanwhile, Matt Jarvis was also impressive for the visitors as he made his debut following his £10 million move from Wolves.

Hazardous Chelsea
 In other games, Chelsea defeated Newcastle United by two unreplied goals at the Stamford Bridge. The reigning Champions League holders finished their business in the first half of the match. Eden Hazard created a lot of hazard for the visitors throughout the encounter. Fernando Torres won a penalty in the 20th minute and Hazard stepped up to slot the ball to the right hand side of Tim Krul. Newcastle struggled to contain the Belgian who orchestrated a well aligned midfield that also comprised of Mikel Obi and Raul Meireles.

Hazard provided a sleek pass to Torres in the closing moments of the first half and the Spaniard finished calmly to seal a third successive premier league win for Roberto Di Matteo's team.

Van Persie's phenomenal finish
Manchester United won their first league win of the season at the Old Trafford stadium. The Reds overcame Martin Jol's Fulham that were without Clint Dempsey who is unsettled at the London club. Damian Duff drew the first blood in the third minute of the game. United reacted to hat early goal in a great fashion. The Red Devils exchanged a lot of accurate passes amongst themselves. Shinji Kagawa and Ashley Young combined well with Van Persie who led the attack in the absence of Rooney who was on the bench. Patrice Evra floated an in-swinger for Van Persie, the former Arsenal goal poacher volleyed the ball into the top corner of the Fulham net to mark his debut at the 'Theatre of Dreams'. Kagawa's controversial goal was allowed to stand while Rafeal added a third goal to make it 3-1 at the end of the first half.

In the second half, Sir Alex Ferguson's men took their foot of the pedal as Wayne Rooney's men came on for Kagawa who was the man of the match. After some minutes of action, Rooney was stretched off as his thigh had a deep cut. The injury will keep him out for the next four weeks.

Other games
Andrea Villas Boas' woes continued at Tottenham. The former Chelsea boss couldn't lead his team to claim all the three points at the White Hart Lane. Spurs struggled to break down West Bromwich Albion's defence for more than an hour of play. The first half ended goalless as the visitors looked solid at the back. In the 75th minute Assou Ekotto gave Tottenham the lead, but his goal was cancelled out in the 90th minute when James Morrison fired the ball home after a sloppy defending by the hosts.

Everton were superb at the Villa Park. The 'Toffees' defeated Aston Villa by 3-1. Paul Lambert's Villa side were very poor and they were lucky not to have lost by a wider margin. Everton took a three nil lead after 45 minutes. Steven Pienaar unleashed a 25 yard shot to give his side the lead inside the opening 10 minutes of the match. Marouane Fellaini made it 2-0 with a good header that came from a corner kick. After the restart, Villa had a man sent off and Distin's header came off the crossbar with the score line at 3-0. The Birmingham based club rallied to score a consolatory goal before the end of the match.

The game between Reading and Sunderland has been postponed till next Tuesday due to a water logged pitch that was caused by a heavy downpour at the Stadium of Light.

I'm not interested in working with Chelsea-Guardiola

FC Barcelona manager, Pep Guardiola has laughed off claims of being linked to the job at Chelsea. The Portuguese coach was fired on Sunday, 24 hours after the Londoners were beaten by midland team, West Bromwich Albion  by a lone goal. Chelsea are currently in search of a permanent manager that will commence his work at the end of this current season. The Portuguese man has been linked to the job at AS Roma and Internazionale. Although Pep has not extended his contract at the Catalan club, it is unlikely that the successful Spanish tactician will join the Roman Abrahamovic team this summer. 

Birmingham might harm Chelsea!

The English FA Cup replay between Championship side, Birmingham City FC and Premier League campaigners, Chelsea will be played at the St. Andrews later tonight. The first meeting between these two sides ended in a 1-1 draw at the Stamford Bridge last month. That match was played during the era of Andre Villas Boas. Roberto Di Matteo will have to lead his players victory of any kind tonight. Whether via penalties or otherwise. A defeat for Chelsea will further increasing the confusion and the bad atmosphere at the club owing to the departure of AVB. Birmingham City is being handled by Chris Hutton, a former Newcastle manger with Premier League experience. A second half equaliser by Daniel Sturridge saved Chelsea from being beaten at home about 3 weeks ago. Didier Drogba,Frank Lampard,John Terry, Florent Malouda and Ashley Cole were among the senior players that didn't say goodbye to their former Portuguese manager after he was fired last Sunday. His assistant, Roberto Di Matteo is also an unpopular figure according to reports from London. The fans will hope the instability in the camp won't lead to their ouster from the FA Cup. The Blues are currently fifth in the Premier League and are trailing Napoli of Italy by three goals to one in the UEFA Champions League.

Who's next after AVB?

Andre Villas Boas has been relieved of his position as the manager of Chelsea FC of London. For the sixth time in three years Chelsea have parted ways with their manager. The London club announced this decision on Sunday afternoon, 24 hours after their 1-0 loss at The Hawthorns against high flying West Bromwich Albion who won their third straight match in the League for the first time in 76 years. Andre Villas Boas joined Roman Abrahamovic's side in June 2011. The Portuguese manager led FC Porto to the Europa League and the Portuguese league title last season but he has failed to show any sign of doing that at Chelsea. The 34 year old manager became the youngest Premiership manager when he took over from Carlo Ancelotti who is currently enjoying a good spell at PSG of France. Avram Grant was sacked at the end of the 2007/2008 season while Luiz Felipe Scolari was brought in as a replacement. The former World Cup winning manager was fired in February 2009 while Guus Hiddink was named as a temporary manager. The National team job of the Dutch man prevented him from taking the Chelsea job on a permanent basis and Carlo Ancelotti was hired to tinker the London club for the 2009/2010 season. The Italian tactician won a double in his first season before he was sacked for his failure to win trophies at the end of the 2010/2011 season. This paved the way for AVB who couldn't control his players. Senior players like Drogba and Lampard were rumoured to have been one of the players that made AVB to lose his job. The Portuguese could have had a different experience at the club if he had sold players like Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda. This view was echoed by Scolari when he left Chelsea. Now that AVB has been sacked, former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has been linked to the job. Barcelona's Pep Guardiola is another man that has been linked with the hot seat at the Stamford Bridge.
The question now is "Who is the next manager that will be fired at Chelsea?" Only time will tell.