Saturday, November 18, 2006

Wayne Rooney Powers Red Devils Comeback

Eight games Saturday in the English Premier League:

At Sheffield:

Wayne Rooney scored twice (30', 75') to lead Manchester United to a 2-1, come-from-behind, road victory over Sheffield United.

At London:

After coming off the bench, Thierry Henry smashed in the equalizer in the 70th minute to lift Arsenal to a 1-1 home draw with Newcastle United.

At London:

A goal scored on Geremi's 22nd-minute free kick was all the scoring in Chelsea's 1-0 home win over struggling West Ham United.

At Liverpool:

Mikel Arteta's goal in the 60th minute was all the scoring as Everton defeated visiting Bolton 1-0.

At Manchester:

Bernardo Corradi's double (12', 32') helped paced Manchester City to a 3-1 tripling of visiting Fulham.

At Middlesbrough:

Visiting Liverpool and Middlesbrough battled to a 0-0 stalemate.

At Portsmouth:

Portsmouth picked up all three points with their 2-1 home win over Watford, thanks to Lomana LuaLua's game winning penalty kick in the 89th minute.

At Reading:

With goals from Seol Ki-Hyeon (18') and Kevin Doyle (72'), Reading racked up their second straight home win, a 2-0 blanking of Charlton Athletic, spoiling Les Reed's debut as the Addicks' new head coach.


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