Stoke City were able to jump ahead of Newcastle on the Premiere League standings, now a point ahead of them after delivering an amazing one sided game. The first half Stoke only saw one goal made by Johnathan Walters, who was able to complete the cross made by Jermaine Pennant after 28 minutes of game time.
The second half proved that Stoke were not done, producing three other goals. The first two were made in succession of each other, Pennant making a goal four minutes before Higginbotham made his goal just before fifty minutes into the game. Two minutes after Stoke brought out substitute striker Ricardo Fuller, the forward made an extra goal for Stoke at the 90th minute.
Newcastle tried with all their might to make a goal, firing off many shots off target, only five of them accurate.
Aston Villa seemed to be unable to gain a win against Mick McCarthy's Wolverhampton, who won 1 - 0. The Wolves are in danger of being stuck within the bottom three, with a close race of 30, 31, and 32 with the Wolves a chance to move up if the produce two more wins. The only goal was scored just before the end of the first half, made by Matthew Jarvis at the 38th. Though the won, the Wolves were shown three yellow cards this game, Richard Stearman at the 30th, George Elokobi at the 81st, and Kevin Foley on the final minute of the game.
Wigan impressively were able to defeat Birmingham City, who are now a single point ahead of Wigan as the bottom two teams in the League. Birmingham took the lead at six minutes with a goal made by Liam Ridgewell. Wigan were able to tie after twenty five thanks to Tom Cleverley. It wasn't until the final minute when defender Maynor Figueroa, assisted by second of the game goal scorer Cleverly. Wigan for the most part had control of the game, ball possession about even between the clubs however Wigan proved to be more offensive. Yet another team today gets shown three yellow cards, Wigan players Victor Moses, Antolín Alcaraz, and Maynor Figueroa, all within the second half.
Finally for today the Blackburn Rovers host Blackpool, both teams only able to produce two goals each, leaving the pitch at a draw. Charlie Adam was able to prove himself still strong, scoring both goals for Blackpool. His first goal was a Penalty Kick, given to Blackpool from a challenge made by defender Martin Olsson. Four minutes later he drove another goal into the right side of the net from outside the penalty area.
After the first half, Blackburn decided they weren't going to lay back and let Blackpool dominate them, goals being scored by Christopher Samba at 49, then David Hoilett ensured the single point by making the tying goal in the final 90th minute. Both teams only had one each gain a yellow card, Brett Emerton of Blackburn at the 22ed and Gareth Taylor-Fletcher of Blackpool on the 90th. This game was for sure even between the two clubs, very obviously shown by the result.
Outside of the Premier League, the Italian League Serie A had two games of the same result. Lazio were able to win with 1 - 0 against Cesena, the only goal being scored two minutes in by Mauro Zarate.
Palermo were able to take on league leaders AC Milan, with another 1 - 0 victory today. AC Milan were unable to tie the game after a goal made by Dorin Goian only ten minutes into the game. After that, the league top took many well places shots towards the target, however unable to make it into the net. AC Milan were not able to keep in the UEFA CL, drawing with Tottenham but unable to continue losing at 1 - 0 Aggregate.
That's all for today! What a day it's been in the world of Football. Only makes you wonder how tomorrows big games will be. Can Chelsea take on the some-what crippled Manchester City? Will Sunderland be able to move up past Everton and defeat Liverpool? We shall see.
For more info on these games, please visit the Fox Soccer Channel website, and check out the Match Trax, which show you in depth information on the entire game! Cheers!
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