20 METROSPORT Monday, September 21, 2009 D barclays premier league Arsenal ............4 Wigan ............. 0 Vermaelen 25, 49 Att 59,103 Eduardo 59, Fabregas 90 Aston Villa ......2 Portsmouth .... 0 Milner 34 (pen) Att 35,979 Agbonlahor 43 Bolton .............1 Stoke .............. 1 Taylor 89 (pen) Kitson 53 Att 20,265 Burnley ...........3 Sunderland .... 1 Alexander 13 (pen) Bent 39 Nugent 67, 86 Att 20,196 Hull ..................0 Birmingham ... 1 Att 23,759 OConnor 75 West Ham .......2 Liverpool ........ 3 Diamanti 29 (pen) Torres 20, 75 Cole 45 Kuyt 41 Att 34,658 Yesterday Chelsea ...........3 Tottenham ...... 0 Cole 32 Att 41,623 Ballack 58, Drogba 63 Everton ...........3 Blackburn ...... 0 Saha 22, 54 Att 35,546 Yobo 58 Man Utd ..........4 Man City ......... 3 Rooney 2 Barry 16 Fletcher 49, 80 Bellamy 52, 90 Owen 90 Att 75,066 Wolves ............2 Fulham ........... 1 Doyle 18 Murphy 66 (pen) Edwards 50 Att 27,670 P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 6 6 0 0 15 3 18 Man Utd 6 5 0 1 15 6 15 Liverpool 6 4 0 2 16 9 12 Man City 5 4 0 1 11 6 12 Aston Villa 5 4 0 1 8 3 12 Tottenham 6 4 0 2 12 10 12 Arsenal 5 3 0 2 17 8 9 Sunderland 6 3 0 3 9 9 9 Burnley 6 3 0 3 5 10 9 Stoke 6 2 2 2 5 7 8 Birmingham 6 2 1 3 3 4 7 Wolverhampton 6 2 1 3 5 8 7 Everton 5 2 0 3 7 10 6 Fulham 5 2 0 3 4 7 6 Wigan 6 2 0 4 4 12 6 West Ham 5 1 1 3 5 6 4 Bolton 5 1 1 3 6 8 4 Blackburn 5 1 1 3 4 8 4 Hull 6 1 1 4 5 13 4 Portsmouth 6 0 0 6 3 12 0 coca-cola championship Friday Sheff Utd .........3 Sheff Wed ....... 2 Ward 7 Tudgay 46 Henderson 15 Esajas 65 Buxton 42 (og) Saturday Barnsley ..........0 Swansea ........ 0 Bristol City ......1 Scunthorpe .... 1 Saborio 50 McCann 90 Cardiff .............0 QPR ................ 2 Simpson 19, 40 Crystal P .........1 Derby .............. 0 Ambrose 55 Doncaster .......3 Ipswich ........... 3 Fairhurst 13 Colback 66 Woods 74, Fortune 84 Priskin 77, Martin 79 Middlesbro .....0 West Brom ..... 5 Brunt 17, 31 Mulumbu 42 Bednar 82, Thomas 89 Newcastle .......3 Plymouth ........ 1 S Taylor 6 Duguid 50 Nolan 61, Carroll 84 Nottm For .......0 Blackpool ....... 1 Adam 19 Peterboro .......3 Reading .......... 2 Mackail-Smith 48 Sigurdsson 30 Mclean 54, Boyd 90 Church 42 Preston ...........3 Coventry ......... 2 Brown 50, 68 Clingan 19 Mellor 55 Morrison 90 Watford ...........3 Leicester ........ 3 Graham 58 Fryatt 20 (pen), 40 H Helguson 60, 77 NGuessan 90 P W D L F A Pts West Brom 8 6 2 0 20 7 20 Newcastle 8 6 1 1 13 4 19 Middlesbrough 8 5 1 2 14 9 16 Preston 8 4 3 1 15 9 15 Sheff Utd 8 4 3 1 14 9 15 Cardiff 8 4 1 3 12 7 13 Blackpool 8 3 4 1 11 7 13 Watford 8 3 4 1 13 11 13 Leicester 8 3 4 1 10 8 13 Bristol City 8 3 4 1 8 8 13 Coventry 8 3 2 3 10 11 11 QPR 7 2 4 1 7 5 10 Scunthorpe 8 3 1 4 11 15 10 Sheff Wed 8 2 3 3 14 12 9 Doncaster 8 1 5 2 8 10 8 Crystal Palace 7 2 2 3 6 10 8 Derby 8 2 1 5 10 13 7 Peterborough 8 1 4 3 10 13 7 Nottm Forest 8 1 4 3 8 11 7 Swansea 8 1 4 3 3 8 7 Reading 8 1 3 4 6 11 6 Barnsley 8 1 2 5 6 14 5 Ipswich 8 0 4 4 8 15 4 Plymouth 8 0 2 6 7 17 2 league one Brentford ........1 Bristol R ......... 3 Brighton ..........2 Southend ........ 3 Colchester ......2 Hartlepool ...... 0 Exeter ..............2 Tranmere ........ 1 Leeds ..............4 Gillingham ...... 1 Millwall ............3 Hdersfield ..... 1 Norwich ..........2 Charlton ......... 2 Oldham ...........2 Carlisle ........... 0 Southampton .2 Yeovil .............. 0 Stockport ........2 Leyton O ......... 1 Walsall ............1 Swindon ......... 1 Wycombe ........0 MK Dons ........ 1 P W D L F A Pts Leeds 8 7 1 0 16 4 22 Charlton 8 6 2 0 18 6 20 Bristol Rovers 8 6 0 2 13 6 18 MK Dons 8 5 2 1 10 6 17 Colchester 8 4 2 2 16 8 14 Huddersfield 8 4 2 2 18 11 14 Swindon 8 3 4 1 8 10 13 Southend 8 2 5 1 12 9 11 Gillingham 8 3 1 4 14 11 10 Millwall 8 2 4 2 7 7 10 Brentford 8 2 4 2 8 9 10 Walsall 8 2 4 2 8 9 10 Stockport 8 2 3 3 10 12 9 Norwich 8 2 3 3 13 16 9 Exeter 8 2 3 3 8 11 9 Oldham 8 2 3 3 7 10 9 Carlisle 8 2 2 4 8 11 8 Hartlepool 8 2 2 4 6 9 8 Brighton 8 2 2 4 9 16 8 Yeovil 8 1 3 4 10 13 6 Leyton Orient 8 1 3 4 11 16 6 Wycombe 8 1 2 5 8 14 5 Tranmere 8 1 0 7 7 20 3 Southampton 8 1 5 2 7 8 -2 league Two Barnet .............2 Bradford ......... 2 Burton A .........0 Dag & Red ...... 1 Cheltenham ....1 Rotherham ..... 1 Chesterfield ....4 Macclesfield .. 1 Crewe ..............1 Aldershot ....... 2 Darlington .......0 Brnemouth .... 2 Hereford ..........2 Accrington S .... 0 Lincoln City ....0 Shrewsbury .... 2 Morecambe ....2 Notts Cnty ...... 1 Northampton ..1 Rochdale ........ 2 Port Vale .........0 Bury ................ 1 Torquay ...........0 Grimsby .......... 2 P W D L F A Pts Bournemouth 8 7 0 1 13 4 21 Dag & Red 8 6 1 1 19 9 19 Rotherham 8 5 2 1 12 6 17 Barnet 8 4 3 1 12 7 15 Aldershot 8 4 2 2 13 9 14 Rochdale 8 4 2 2 13 9 14 Shrewsbury 8 4 2 2 14 12 14 Notts County 8 4 1 3 20 8 13 Cheltenham 8 3 4 1 12 10 13 Crewe 8 4 0 4 10 8 12 Bradford 8 3 3 2 12 15 12 Burton Albion 8 3 2 3 13 12 11 Chesterfield 8 3 2 3 11 11 11 Port Vale 8 2 4 2 9 7 10 Lincoln City 8 3 0 5 7 11 9 Accrington S 8 3 0 5 7 13 9 Bury 8 3 0 5 5 11 9 Grimsby 8 3 0 5 7 14 9 Morecambe 8 1 5 2 12 16 8 Hereford 8 1 4 3 10 12 7 Northampton 8 2 1 5 11 14 7 Torquay 8 2 0 6 9 14 6 Macclesfield 8 1 3 4 8 16 6 Darlington 8 0 1 7 3 14 1 clydesdale bank premier league Aberdeen ........1 St Mirren ........ 0 Mulgrew 88 Dundee Utd ....0 Motherwell ..... 1 Forbes 66 (pen) Hamilton .........0 Falkirk ............ 0 Hibernian ........3 St Jstone ....... 0 Stokes 21, 73 Riordan 36 Kilmarnock .....0 Rangers .......... 0 Yesterday Celtic ...............2 Hearts ............. 1 Killen 56 Santana 5 Loovens 90 Att 58,024 P W D L F A Pts Celtic 5 4 1 0 12 5 13 Rangers 5 3 2 0 10 3 11 Hibernian 5 3 0 2 8 5 9 Motherwell 5 2 3 0 6 3 9 Aberdeen 5 2 2 1 5 3 8 Dundee Utd 5 2 2 1 5 3 8 St Mirren 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 Kilmarnock 5 1 1 3 5 6 4 Hearts 5 1 1 3 5 8 4 Hamilton 5 1 1 3 3 10 4 St Johnstone 5 0 3 2 7 13 3 Falkirk 5 0 2 3 3 9 2 seTanTa cup group one Sligo R .............2 Cork City......... 2 P W D L F A Pts Cork 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Sligo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Cliftonville 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 group Two Coleraine ........0 Glentoran ....... 0 P W D L F A Pts Glentoran 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 Coleraine 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Bohemians 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 league of ireland premier diVision Friday Bohemians .....3 Dundalk .......... 2 Keegan 13 Rowe 37 Byrne 41, 51 McGowan 85 Drogheda U ....1 Derry City ....... 3 Duffy 79 Farren 75, 90 McManus 82 Galway Utd .....2 St Patricks ..... 1 Connelly 23 Gavin 71 Russell 50 Saturday Shamrock R ....3 Bray ................ 1 Rice 56 Webster 16 Twigg 67, 73 P W D L F A Pts Bohemians 28 18 4 6 46 17 58 Shamrock R 28 16 9 3 39 20 57 Derry City 28 15 5 8 40 21 50 Cork 27 14 5 8 31 18 47 Dundalk 28 11 4 13 34 38 37 Galway Utd 28 10 4 14 27 41 34 St Patricks 27 9 2 16 21 37 29 Sligo 27 6 8 13 27 42 26 Drogheda Utd 28 5 9 14 22 36 24 Bray 27 5 8 14 23 40 23 firsT diVision Friday Kildare C ........2 S Fingal .......... 3 Hughes 30 ONeill 53 Tirnen 51 Byrne 71, Kirby 82 Monaghan U ...4 Mervue U ........ 2 Hanaphy Holborn 71, 79 (pen) Bermingham 49, 67 Donnelly 73 Shelbourne .....3 Limerick FC ... 3 McGill 10 OFlynn 38, 45, 90 Flood 70, Hayes 80 Wexford Y .......1 Longford T ..... 1 Sheehan 74 Glynn 78 Saturday Athlone T ........1 Waterford U ... 2 McGee 88 Sullivan 73 Carey 84 (pen) Finn Harps ......0 UCD ................ 5 Finn 34 (pen) E McMillan 45 Kilduff 46, 74 D McMillan 67 P W D L F A Pts UCD 26 18 4 4 43 14 58 Shelbourne 25 18 4 3 45 18 58 Sporting Fingal 25 17 4 4 48 17 55 Waterford Utd 25 16 5 4 42 13 53 Wexford Youths25 11 4 10 21 23 37 Monaghan Utd 25 10 5 10 37 41 35 Limerick FC 26 9 7 10 36 31 34 Finn Harps 25 6 9 10 25 36 27 Longford Town 25 5 5 15 34 46 20 Athlone Town 26 4 8 14 24 43 20 Mervue Utd 26 5 4 17 23 52 19 Kildare County 25 2 3 20 15 59 9 Low-key victories a big lift for Van Persie ROBIN van Persie insists Arsenal are learning to kill off the Premier Leagues so-called smaller teams. The Holland striker played a part in two of the Gunners goals as Wigan were trounced 4-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Following last weekends 4-2 defeat at Manchester City it was vital Arsenal got back to winning ways in the league and they did so with some ease against a lacklustre Latics side. But Van Persie claims it is victories like Saturdays which could underpin the Gunners challenge for the Premier League title this term. The 26-year-old said: If you look last year, the way Manchester United became champions was against the smaller teams. They won against all the teams from 19th place to tenth. So it is very important to win these games. Maybe even more in the end than the big games. redknapp rages as spurs fall at bridge Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Ballack (Mikel 62), Essien, Lampard, Malouda, Anelka (Borini 89), Drogba (Kalou 85). Tottenham: Cudicini, Corluka, King (Hutton 48), Bassong (Kranjcar 82), Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Jenas, Huddlestone, Palacios, Defoe (Crouch 67), Keane. Booked: Bassong, Jenas. Referee: Howard Webb MATCH FACTS Catching on: Spurs keeper Carlo Cudicini foils Didier Drogba HARRY REDKNAPP launched a fierce attack on referee Howard Webb last night after Tottenhams defeat by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The Spurs manager was furious the match official failed to give his team a penalty when Ricardo Carvalho appeared to trip Robbie Keane in the penalty area early in the second half. The Blues were leading through a first-half header from Ashley Cole and soon after Webb waved play on they extended their lead through Michael Ballacks 57th- minute goal. Carvalho caught Robbie and he tried to stay on his feet, Red- knapp said. Robbie said he was caught and if hed gone down straight away it would have been a nailed-on penalty. At the same time, if the referee thought it was a dive, then he has to send him off. It has to be one of two decisions it cant be nothing. We had him [Webb] at Old Trafford last season and he cost us the game with a diabolical penalty decision. Chelsea remain top of the Pre- mier League after what proved to be an emphatic win. Didier Drogba finished Spurs off with a third goal in the 62nd minute to make it six straight wins for the Blues and leave them three points clear of Manchester Unit- ed at top of the table. But the Ivory Coast striker sparked alarm when he left the game seven minutes from time with a calf injury. We dont know precisely what happened, added Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti. It is too early. We will have to wait a few days. Ancelotti was delighted with his side and said: All the players did a very good job. The match was easy in the second half. If you dont do a good job on the pitch against Tottenham you cannot win 3-0. Spurs lost defenders Ledley King and Sebastien Bassong to injury during the match while Redknapp revealed Jonathan Woodgate has suffered a setback in his recovery from a groin problem. CHELSEA 3 TOTTENHAM 0 McCarthy delight as Doyle sparks Wolves WOLVES manager Mick McCarthy praised his sides hard work and determination after they recorded a first home victory of the season. Record signing Kevin Doyle opened his account for the club, having joined from Reading for 6.5million in the summer, before David Edwards added a second just after half-time. Fulham captain Danny Murphy scored a penalty in the 67th minute after a foul by Michael Mancienne on Bobby Zamora. But Wolves, promoted in the summer, held on. We wont win anything if we dont work hard, said McCarthy. I thought it was a really good performance. We were energetic, we closed them down and pressed the ball really well. I thought we handled it well and we only really suffered when we gave the penalty away. I think we were just starting to get a bit leg-weary and then it became nervy. Fulham manager Roy Hodgson was surprised by his sides poor performance, especially as the players had been given all week to prepare after sending a second string side to CSKA Sofia in the Europa Cup in midweek. We left it late to start playing the football we should be playing, he said. This team did not play in Europe so they have no excuses at all. We made two rather blatant errors and we were punished for both of them.Off the mark: Kevin Doyle Wolves: Hennessey, Halford, Mancienne, Berra, Elokobi, Edwards (Maierhofer 70), Henry, Castillo, Jarvis (Kightly 86), Doyle (Ebanks- Blake 77), Keogh. Fulham: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky (Greening 71), Duff, Etuhu (Kamara 77), Murphy, Dempsey (Davies 61), Andrew Johnson, Zamora. 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