{"id":46332,"date":"2014-01-20T13:37:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T11:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=46332"},"modified":"2024-02-17T12:39:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T09:39:25","slug":"english-premier-league-match-week-22etoo-united-arsenal-london-derby-report-all-matches-highlights-epl-news-video-46332","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/english-premier-league-match-week-22etoo-united-arsenal-london-derby-report-all-matches-highlights-epl-news-video-46332\/","title":{"rendered":"English Premier League Match Week 22:Eto’o destroy United, Arsenal King of London derby, report all matches highlights \/ EPL News Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eto’o finished Manchester United’s dreams, Who will stop Arsenal ist not Fulham,\u00a0Liverpool still unstable (Video)<\/h1>\n

Chelsea 3 Manchester United 1:Samuel Eto’o gave\u00a0Mourinho’s 100th Premier League win<\/h2>\n

Chelsea were already title contenders before this consummate command performance, though reckoned by most to be only on the tails of Manchester City and Arsenal.<\/p>\n

Now any doubters will know. Mourinho\u2019s team are the real deal.<\/p>\n

Of course, this Manchester United are a wounded, hobbling beast compared to the formidable animal of old. Only at the beginning and end of this humbling afternoon did they show any of the fire of recent times.<\/p>\n

But they still have to be beaten, and in some style bar a late, late stutter, Chelsea did that in style to give Mourinho his 100th league win as a Chelsea manager.<\/p>\n

Samuel Eto\u2019o has had his critics since his expensive summer arrival from Anzhi Makhachkala, but his hat-trick here is something the 32-year-old and many Chelsea fans will remember for a long time.<\/p>\n

David Moyes\u2019 dreadful season took a turn into even more grim territory at Stamford Bridge. Yes, there was a late Javier Hernandez goal, but United ended the game with 10 men after Nemanja Vidic was sent off for an awful injury-time tackle on the irrepressible Eden Hazard.<\/p>\n

And it could have been still worse \u2013 Rafael should have gone too for a lunge on Gary Cahill.<\/p>\n

This morning United are 12 points behind Chelsea, 14 off the top, with 16 games to go. The title is long gone, and a top-four place looks a mighty long way away.<\/p>\n

United have now lost four of their five games in 2014, but it is the manner of this comprehensive defeat that will strike a chord of fear into Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

United started well, but as soon as Chelsea scored they folded \u2013 something they never used to do.<\/p>\n

At no point did they have any answer to the searing pace and skill of the electric Hazard, Willian, Oscar or Ramires. Even the old boy Eto\u2019o was too much for their rocky defence.<\/p>\n

Time and again Chelsea sprang out of defence with a venom and speed which left United\u2019s sluggish midfield trailing in their wake. In Hazard, Chelsea probably have the most electric player in Europe on their hands right now.<\/p>\n

Without either Wayne Rooney or Robin van Persie it was always going to be hard for Moyes\u2019 men to have the edge. They did though start with intent, as Ashley Young tested Petr Cech with a sharp drive.<\/p>\n

But Chelsea steadied, rode the storm, and struck. Eto\u2019o gathered the ball on the right, meandered inside and as no challenge came, fired in a shot that deflected off Michael Carrick into the far corner.<\/p>\n

Chelsea won every loose ball and were first to every challenge, and even though Patrice Evra and then Adnan Januzaj went close, and Danny Welbeck shot straight at Cech and could possibly have had a penalty for Cesar Azpilicueta\u2019s challenge, they were now in control.<\/p>\n

Oscar should have scored from Eto\u2019o\u2019s flick, but seconds before the break they struck again. United failed to clear a corner, Ramires found Cahill in acres of space, and Eto\u2019o steered in his low cross. Game over.<\/p>\n

Three minutes after the break, yet another corner exposed United\u2019s woeful defending. Willian\u2019s kick was nodded down by the unmarked Cahill, David De Gea somehow kept the ball out with his elbow, but Eto\u2019o was on hand to stab home the rebound.<\/p>\n

Humiliation looked on the cards for Moyes and his men. United were shapeless, ragged and lost. Only Januzaj provided any threat.<\/p>\n

But Chelsea relaxed with the game won, Oscar went off, and United had their late flurry. Welbeck pulled the ball back, Phil Jones shot low, and Hernandez from six yards out steered it past Cech. It was no more than a consolation.<\/p>\n

Moyes has never beaten Mourinho as a manager, and he was thoroughly out-witted here. Once Chelsea settled into their game their strikes were lethal, but just as importantly, Mourinho has instilled a steeliness and ruthlessness into this team, as he has done with all his best sides.<\/p>\n

At one point earlier in the season, sloppy goals were being given away, points surrendered. Those traits are now ironed out \u2013 this was a sixth win in a row in all competitions.<\/p>\n

Mourinho left for a glowing tribute night at the Savoy hotel in the Strand hosted by the Football Writers\u2019 Association, Moyes for his own lonely cloud of gloom.<\/p>\n

Chelsea vs Manchester United Match Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chelsea:\u00a0<\/b>Cech 7, Ivanovic 7, Cahill 7, Terry 7, Azpilicueta 7, Ramires 6, Luiz 6, Willian 8 (Matic 85′), Oscar 6 (Mikel 67′), Hazard 7, Eto’o 9 (Torres 78′).
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Subs not used:\u00a0<\/b>Cole, Lampard, Mata, Schwarzer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Booked:\u00a0<\/b>Luiz<\/span><\/p>\n

Goals:\u00a0<\/b>Eto’o 17′, 45′, 49′
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Man Utd:\u00a0<\/b>De Gea 6, Rafael Da Silva 5, Evans 5, Vidic 5, Evra 5 (Smalling 61′), Jones 5, Carrick 7, Valencia 6, Januzaj 7, Young 6(Hernandez 56′), Welbeck 5.<\/span><\/p>\n

Subs not used:\u00a0<\/b>Giggs, Lindegaard, Cleverley, Fletcher, Kagawa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Booked:\u00a0<\/b>Young, Valencia<\/span><\/p>\n

Sent off:<\/b>\u00a0Vidic
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Goal:\u00a0<\/b>Hernandez 78′
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Referee:\u00a0<\/b>Phil Dowd<\/span><\/p>\n

Att:\u00a0<\/b>41,615<\/span><\/p>\n

Chelsea 3 Manchester United 1 Match Video<\/strong><\/p>\n[media id=1021 width=610 height=340]\n

Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 2:Liverpool lost in Anfield<\/h3>\n

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Owner John W Henry made a rare visit to Anfield expecting to see the swagger that had carried Liverpool to the brink of the title race, only for them to stutter and splutter against an energised Aston Villa side.<\/p>\n

A few rows further back in the directors\u2019 box, Roberto Martinez looked on and left believing that when he returns here with Everton in eight days\u2019 time, he can be the manager who prospers where his predecessor routinely came unstuck.<\/p>\n

Certainly, when the visiting pair stopped to speak behind the scenes after the final whistle for perhaps their first tete a tete since Martinez was overlooked for the Anfield manager\u2019s job in favour of Rodgers, one appeared considerably happier than the other.<\/p>\n

Villa were eye-catching and brave and should have secured another scalp to sit alongside those of Arsenal and Manchester City by the interval, with Gabriel Agbonlahor leading the assault. But Liverpool were also a mess of their own making.<\/p>\n

Rodgers\u2019 teamsheet resembled a betting slip with six offensive-minded players shoehorned into the starting line-up in front of a back five that convinces as much as a chocolate fireguard at present.<\/p>\n

Little wonder he was soon ripping it up, trying to wrestle back the ascendancy Paul Lambert\u2019s midfield diamond formation had given the visitors.<\/p>\n

Agbonlahor should have scored inside 45 seconds and Ciaran Clark hit the post with a header before Andreas Weimann tapped in and Christian Benteke profited from another error from goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, his fourth aberration in his last five league games.<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably across the board, we were not very good, myself included. So we needed to change the structure of the team,\u201d said Rodgers, who quickly switched to a three-man defence and then brought on Lucas at half-time to stiffen the midfield, only to see him limp off amid fears he has another serious knee injury.<\/p>\n

It is against that unbalanced backdrop that Liverpool will launch a final bid for Basle\u2019s Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah this week when finding solutions to other problem areas would surely serve them better.<\/p>\n

Reinforcements at left-back and the need for a dominant midfielder were high on the agenda last summer, but answers remain in short supply. Muddled thinking appears the order of the day.<\/p>\n

The timing of Daniel Sturridge\u2019s goal on the stroke of half-time offered an escape route which was taken on when Luis Suarez tumbled over Brad Guzan\u2019s injudicious challenge and Steven Gerrard dispatched the penalty.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was pretty confident in myself that I hadn\u2019t touched him [Suarez] so I said to him, \u2018Did I touch you?\u2019 He said, \u2018I don\u2019t know\u2019. That\u2019s the honest truth of it,\u201d said Villa goalkeeper Guzan.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes they go for you and sometimes they don\u2019t. Unfortunately for us it didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Replays showed there had been contact, however, and Suarez did what every striker the world over would do.<\/p>\n

Yet the platform the penalty provided did not go on to produce a winner for Liverpool and, tellingly, Rodgers was reluctant to use summer signings Iago Aspas and Luis Alberto again.<\/p>\n

As for Villa, Lambert is irked by what he says is a \u201cmisconception\u201d that his 10th-placed side are struggling this season. Perhaps if they can muster the verve displayed here at home then they will change how they are perceived.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a misconception of the way we are going at the moment,\u201d said Lambert, who revealed Matthew Lowton was absent after being disciplined for missing training.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople think we are doing poor and we are sitting 10th \u2013 it\u2019s really, really incredible, the perception of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have kicked on in a lot of aspects, like our goals record, the way we play.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything goes against us. I don\u2019t think we get the credit at certain times, I really don\u2019t. They have been knocked unfairly in certain aspects of it. But they have been excellent for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

If there was a positive for Rodgers as he surveyed two points dropped, it was that this had been an experiment that should not be repeated any time soon. Not with buoyant Everton looming in a potentially pivotal showdown in the chase for fourth place.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019ll know it\u2019ll be a completely different game when the derby is here,\u201d said Rodgers of Martinez\u2019s spying mission. \u201cIt just wasn\u2019t one of our better days. We\u2019ll be ready for the derby game for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liverpool vs Aston Villa Match Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Liverpool (4-2-3-1):<\/strong>\u00a0Mignolet 5, Johnson 5, Toure 5, Skrtel 6, Cissokho 4; Gerrard 6, Henderson 6; Sterling 7, Suarez 6, Coutinho 5 (Lucas 46, 6; Allen 66, 6); Sturridge 6.\u00a0Goals:<\/strong>Sturridge 45, Gerrard 53 pen.<\/p>\n

Aston Villa (4-3-1-2):<\/strong>\u00a0Guzan 6, Bacuna 7, Vlaar 8, Clark 7, Bertrand 7 (Luna 81); El Ahmadi 7 (Sylla 62, 6), Westwood 7, Delph 7; Weimann 7; Agbonlahor 8 (Holt 49, 6), Benteke 7.Booked:<\/strong>\u00a0Clark, El Ahmadi, Bertrand, Bacuna.\u00a0Goals:<\/strong>\u00a0Weimann 25, Benteke 37.<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong>\u00a0Jon Moss (Tyne and Wear)<\/p>\n

NEXT UP \u2013 Liverpool:<\/strong>\u00a0Bournemouth (a) Saturday, FA Cup.<\/p>\n

Aston Villa:<\/strong>\u00a0West Brom (h) Jan 29, League.<\/p>\n

Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 2 Match Video<\/strong><\/p>\n[media id=1022 width=610 height=340]\n

Arsenal 2 Fulham 0:Arsenal King Of the London Derby<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Arsenal\u2019s squad is too thin. They lack firepower. They will blow up soon. Well it has not happened yet, and there was little sign of Fulham puncturing Arsenal\u2019s belief that they can stay the distance.<\/p>\n

Wenger has made no secret of his desire to bolster his attacking options but while he has such enterprise in midfield, the Gunners remain the team to catch.<\/p>\n

The 2-0 victory over Fulham was Arsenal\u2019s sixth successive victory since Christmas. They have scored 12 goals in those matches, nine coming from their array of talented midfielders.<\/p>\n

On Saturday it was Carzola\u2019s turn, the little Spaniard slotting home two in a five-minute spell early in the second half to undermine all of Fulham\u2019s good work in the first.<\/p>\n

Carzola said: \u201cThe best thing is that the boss gives me freedom so, when we don\u2019t have the ball, I have to stick a little to a certain position but, when we have the ball, there\u2019s more freedom between Mesut Ozil, Jack Wilshere and me to interchange positions, and it\u2019s something we players like a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis season, the team is much more solid, we\u2019re much better at closing out games. We need to continue this form, because of Chelsea and Manchester City.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment, we\u2019re showing that we\u2019re up there with them. Maybe at the start of the season nobody put us up as high as Manchester City or Chelsea, maybe because of the signings they made, but it\u2019s ultimately demonstrated on the pitch and, right now, Arsenal are above them and our objective is to keep fighting with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arsenal continue to be linked with transfer targets. Juventus\u2019s Mirko Vucinic is the latest to join a queue that includes Schalke\u2019s Julian Draxler, Real Madrid\u2019s Alvaro Morata and, closer to home, Fulham\u2019s Dimitar Berbatov.<\/p>\n

On Saturday\u2019s showing, the fleeting contributions of Berbatov hardly suggested he was out to impress Wenger, who was delighted with Cazorla\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe shows the mental qualities we have in our side,\u201d said Wenger. \u201cOur defensive stability shows the solidarity in our squad because everyone helps out and works for each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven when you go through difficult periods in a game, people put a shift in to help their partner, and Santi is one of them. He is a player who, offensively and defensively, works very hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the goals coming from all sections of the team \u2013 the last 12 have been spread between seven players \u2013 the pressure on Wenger to buy in haste and regret at leisure is eased.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to know everybody can score. If you depend on one player then you have to put him in cotton wool to keep him fit,\u201d said Wenger, who conceded he is in the market for another striker.<\/p>\n

\u201cIdeally, if it\u2019s possible, we\u2019d like another. I give you my phone number, if you find an exception, you can call me.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are open to strengthening our squad, but as well we have [Niklas] Bendtner back in the squad on Monday, and [Yaya] Sanogo is back in the squad on Monday week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fulham will take heart from a sturdy performance based around the return of the towering Brede Hangeland to the heart of defence alongside his young doppelganger Dan Burn.<\/p>\n

Burn, 21, recalled from a loan at Birmingham, stepped into his Premier League debut with impressive authority against the slick movement of Arsenal\u2019s interchanging midfielders.<\/p>\n

Shoring up the worst defence in the Premier League \u2013 48 goals conceded \u2013 is the priority of manager Rene Meulensteen if Fulham are to stay out of the bottom three.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe strongly believe that if we get more clean sheets that will keep us up,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have enough quality to win other games and to create chances to score.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look back to this performance and I feel we played really well. I said to the players at half-time, \u2018Everything we worked on, you have put into practice\u2019. But there were another 45 minutes to go and we knew what they could throw at us.\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019re a nuisance, that second 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

Arsenal vs Fulham Match Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ARSENAL:\u00a0<\/b>Szczesny 6; Sagna 7, Mertesacker 7, Koscielny 7, Monreal 7; Flamini 8, Wilshere 7; Gnabry 7 (Podolski 71), Ozil 6 (Chamberlain 86), Cazorla 8; Giroud 6.
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Subs not used:\u00a0<\/b>Rosicky, Fabianski, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

Goals:\u00a0<\/b>Cazorla 57, 62.
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FULHAM:\u00a0<\/b>Stekelenburg 6; Riether 6, Hangeland 7, Burn 6, Richardson 6; Sidwell 6, Parker 6; Dejagah 5 (Bent 68), Dempsey 6, Kacaniklic 6 (Kasami 86); Berbatov 6.
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Subs not used:\u00a0<\/b>Riise, Stockdale, Karagounis, Duff, Hughes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Man of the match:<\/b>\u00a0Santi Cazorla
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Ref:\u00a0<\/b>Lee Probert (Wiltshire) 7<\/span><\/p>\n

Arsenal 2 Fulham 0 Match Video<\/strong><\/p>\n[media id=1023 width=610 height=340]\n

English Premier League Match Week 22 Results<\/h5>\n

Sunderland 2 Southampton 2<\/p>\n

Man City 4 Cardiff City 2<\/p>\n

Crystal Palace 1 Stoke City 0<\/p>\n

Norwich City 1 Hull City 0<\/p>\n

Arsenal 2 Fulham 0<\/p>\n

West Ham 1 Newcastle 3<\/p>\n

Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 2<\/p>\n

Sunday, 19 January<\/p>\n

Swansea City 1 Tottenham 3<\/p>\n

Chelsea 3 Man United 1<\/p>\n

Monday, 20 January<\/p>\n

West Brom 20:00 Everton<\/p>\n

Barclays Premier League Match Week 22 Table<\/h6>\n

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