Premier League

City are looking more like a candidate to 5th place than to 4th. This draw is clearly a loss for City, despite Mancini’s upbeat speech.
City conceded a goal very early in the game, with Kenwyne Jones’ 9th minute header, and honestly didn’t go out to the pitch with the level of concentration they should be [...]

Arsenal came close to disaster at Hull, but Bendtner’s last minute goal saved the day.
Arshavin scored early and Arsenal looked settled for an easy win. But a controversial penalty, conceded by Campbell, saw Hull pull even. And from then on, Hull tightened their lines and sought to hold onto the point. And they would arguably [...]

An excellent win for Tottenham against a Blackburn team that clearly played for the draw.
The entire first half was a game of cat and mouse, with Blackburn holding tight at the back and Spurs trying their best to crack open their defensive line. In first half stoppage time, a corner for Tottenham saw Jermain Defoe [...]

Burnley seriously damage their League hopes with this loss, while Wolverhampton will be glad with a win against fellow relegation strugglers.
An own goal by Carlisle and another by Jarvis were enough to see Wolverhampton get all three points, with Thompson’s lonely goal unable to dig Burnley out of the hole they dug themselves.
But more worrying [...]

Neither team could get what would be an important 3 points in the fight for a position in the Europa League.
Everton started the game in the most positive of notes, and before the half-hour mark were 2 goals ahead of their opponents, with Anichebe and Yakubu the men responsible for the scoreline.
It looked like smooth [...]