Saturday, March 17, 2007

Red Devils, Blues Post Wins

Seven games were contested Saturday in the English Premier League:

At Manchester:

Ji-Sung Park (14', 25') and Wayne Rooney (17', 74') each scored twice as league-leading Manchester United belted visiting Bolton 4-1.

At London:

Second-place Chelsea stayed six points off the league lead with a 3-0 home whitewashing of Sheffield United. Andriy Shevchenko (4'), Salomon Kalou (17') and Michael Ballack (58') provided the scoring for the two-time defending Premiership champs.

At Middlesbrough:

Sylvain Distin (61') and Emile Mpenza (74') provided the scoring punch for Manchester City as the visiting Citizens blanked Middlesbrough 2-0.

At Reading:

Two clubs hoping for European play next season, visiting Portsmouth and Reading, battled to a 0-0 draw.

At London:

Goalkeeper Paul Robinson scored from his own half of the pitch (63') to help lead Tottenham Hotspur to a 3-1 home win over relegation-threatened Watford. The Hornets fell back into the bottom of the EPL standings.

At Wigan:

Visiting Fulham and Wigan Athletic battled to a 0-0 stalemate.

At Blackburn:

Second-half goals from Carlos Tevez (PK-71') and Bobby Zamora (75') enabled West Ham United to climb out of the league basement with their first road win of the Premiership season, 2-1 over Blackburn.

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