D Monday, November 2, 2009 METROSPORT 23 barclays premier league Arsenal ............3 Tottenham ...... 0 van Persie 42, 60 Att 60,103 Fabregas 43 Bolton .............0 Chelsea .......... 4 Att 22,680 Lampard 45 (pen) Deco 61 Knight 82 (og) Drogba 90 Burnley ...........2 Hull ................. 0 Alexander 20 (pen), 77 Att 20,219 Everton ...........1 Aston Villa ...... 1 Bilyaletdinov 45 Carew 47 Att 36,648 Fulham ............3 Liverpool ........ 1 Zamora 24 Torres 42 Nevland 73 Att 25,700 Dempsey 87 Man Utd ..........2 Blackburn ...... 0 Berbatov 55 Att 74,658 Rooney 87 Portsmouth ....4 Wigan ............. 0 Dindane 35, 64, 90 (pen) Att 18,212 Piquionne 45 Stoke ...............2 Wolves ............ 2 Elokobi 17 (og) Craddock 47, 64 Etherington 44 Att 27,500 Sunderland .....2 West Ham ...... 2 Reid 39 Franco 30 Richardson 76 Cole 36 Att 39,033 Yesterday Birmingham ....0 Man City ......... 0 Att 21,462 P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 11 9 0 2 28 8 27 Man Utd 11 8 1 2 23 11 25 Arsenal 10 7 1 2 32 13 22 Man City 10 5 4 1 18 11 19 Tottenham 11 6 1 4 21 17 19 Liverpool 11 6 0 5 25 16 18 Aston Villa 10 5 3 2 14 9 18 Sunderland 11 5 2 4 20 17 17 Stoke 11 4 4 3 11 13 16 Burnley 11 5 0 6 12 22 15 Fulham 10 4 2 4 13 13 14 Wigan 11 4 1 6 12 21 13 Everton 10 3 3 4 13 16 12 Birmingham 11 3 2 6 8 12 11 Bolton 10 3 2 5 14 19 11 Wolverhampton11 2 4 5 11 18 10 Blackburn 10 3 1 6 11 24 10 Hull 11 2 2 7 8 24 8 West Ham 10 1 4 5 13 17 7 Portsmouth 11 2 1 8 9 15 7 coca-cola championship Friday QPR .................1 Leicester ........ 2 Taarabt 33 Fryatt 37, 64 Saturday Bristol City ......1 Sheff Wed ....... 1 Maynard 59 Varney 75 Coventry .........1 Reading .......... 3 Eastwood 64 Rasiak 1, 72 McAnuff 54 Doncaster .......3 Blackpool ....... 3 M Woods 5 Ormerod 21 Sharp 46, 90 Emmanuel-Thomas 62 Burgess 77 Ipswich ...........1 Derby .............. 0 D Wright 66 Middlesbro .....0 Plymouth ........ 1 Mackie 64 Peterboro .......1 Barnsley ......... 2 Boyd 24 (pen) Bogdanovic 26 Macken 39 Preston ...........1 Crystal Pal ..... 1 Wallace 35 Ambrose 37 Scunthorpe .....0 Swansea ........ 2 Beattie 32 Van der Gun 67 West Brom ......5 Watford .......... 0 Olsson 5 Dorrans 18 (pen) Moore 49 Zuiverloon 63 Cox 68 Yesterday Cardiff .............1 Not Forest ...... 1 Bothroyd 63 McGugan 90 P W D L F A Pts West Brom 15 8 4 3 29 13 28 Cardiff 15 8 3 4 31 16 27 Newcastle 14 8 3 3 21 9 27 Leicester 15 7 6 2 18 12 27 Bristol City 15 6 7 2 18 14 25 Blackpool 15 6 6 3 22 16 24 Middlesbrough 15 7 3 5 22 16 24 Preston 15 6 6 3 23 20 24 QPR 14 6 5 3 26 15 23 Nottm Forest 15 6 6 3 17 14 23 Swansea 15 5 7 3 11 10 22 Watford 15 5 6 4 22 26 21 Crystal Palace 14 4 6 4 14 16 18 Sheff Wed 15 4 5 6 22 23 17 Sheff Utd 14 4 5 5 23 25 17 Coventry 15 4 5 6 17 23 17 Barnsley 15 5 2 8 18 26 17 Scunthorpe 15 5 2 8 19 28 17 Doncaster 15 2 9 4 18 20 15 Derby 15 4 2 9 17 26 14 Reading 15 3 4 8 14 24 13 Plymouth 15 3 3 9 14 26 12 Peterborough 15 2 5 8 18 25 11 Ipswich 15 1 8 6 16 27 11 league one Friday Southend ........1 Gillingham ...... 0 Saturday Brighton ..........3 Hartlepool ...... 3 Carlisle ............3 Charlton ......... 1 Exeter ..............3 Brentford ........ 0 Leeds ..............4 Yeovil .............. 0 Leyton O .........2 Soton .............. 2 Millwall ............2 Colchester ..... 1 MK Dons .........2 Bristol Rs ....... 1 Stockport ........1 Norwich .......... 3 Tranmere ........1 Swindon ......... 4 Wycombe ........2 Walsall ............ 3 Yesterday Oldham ...........0 Huddersfield .. 1 P W D L F A Pts Leeds 15 11 3 1 29 8 36 Charlton 15 8 5 2 24 15 29 MK Dons 15 9 2 4 18 13 29 Colchester 15 8 4 3 26 13 28 Norwich 15 7 4 4 29 21 25 Huddersfield 15 7 3 5 29 16 24 Millwall 15 6 6 3 21 11 24 Swindon 15 5 7 3 18 19 22 Bristol Rovers 15 7 1 7 21 24 22 Southend 15 5 5 5 20 18 20 Hartlepool 15 5 5 5 18 17 20 Walsall 15 5 5 5 19 20 20 Oldham 15 5 5 5 13 15 20 Yeovil 15 4 6 5 19 21 18 Carlisle 15 4 5 6 18 21 17 Brentford 15 4 5 6 15 20 17 Exeter 15 4 5 6 17 23 17 Leyton Orient 15 4 4 7 17 28 16 Gillingham 15 4 3 8 20 24 15 Brighton 15 3 5 7 18 27 14 Stockport 15 3 5 7 14 25 14 Southampton 15 5 7 3 25 18 12 Tranmere 15 3 1 11 12 33 10 Wycombe 15 1 5 9 15 25 8 league Two Friday Grimsby ..........2 Accrington ..... 2 Saturday Bournemouth .0 Rochdale ........ 4 Burton Alb ......0 Bury ................ 0 Cheltenhm ......0 Crewe ............. 4 Chesterfield ....1 Barnet ............ 0 Dag & Red ......1 Port Vale ......... 1 Hereford ..........2 Darlington ...... 1 Macclesfield ...2 Bradford ......... 2 Morecambe ....3 Lincoln City .... 1 Notts County ..1 Shrewsbury .... 1 Rotherham .....0 Aldershot ....... 0 Torquay ...........1 Northampton . 0 P W D L F A Pts Bournemouth 15 10 1 4 20 13 31 Rochdale 15 9 2 4 28 14 29 Dag & Red 15 8 5 2 28 17 29 Notts County 15 7 5 3 32 13 26 Rotherham 15 7 5 3 21 14 26 Chesterfield 15 8 2 5 23 20 26 Shrewsbury 15 7 4 4 25 19 25 Barnet 15 7 3 5 21 15 24 Bury 15 7 3 5 18 19 24 Aldershot 15 6 4 5 25 19 22 Burton Albion 15 6 4 5 21 20 22 Bradford 15 5 6 4 23 24 21 Port Vale 15 4 8 3 17 15 20 Accrington S 15 6 2 7 22 23 20 Crewe 15 6 0 9 25 25 18 Northampton 15 5 3 7 23 25 18 Hereford 15 4 6 5 18 21 18 Macclesfield 15 4 6 5 18 24 18 Lincoln City 15 5 1 9 10 20 16 Morecambe 15 2 9 4 22 29 15 Cheltenham 15 3 6 6 17 28 15 Torquay 15 3 5 7 17 22 14 Grimsby 15 3 2 10 14 30 11 Darlington 15 1 2 12 7 26 5 clydesdale bank premier league Celtic ...............3 Kilmarnock .... 0 McGeady 13 Samaras 32 McGinn 78 Hibernian ........2 Aberdeen ....... 0 Nish 88, Miller 90 Motherwell .....1 Hearts ............. 0 Forbes 55 St Johnstone ...3 Falkirk ............ 1 Samuel 2 Finnigan 49 Millar 64 Davidson 66 St Mirren .........0 Hamilton ......... 2 M Paixao 3 Canning 41 Yesterday Dundee Utd ... A Rangers ..........A Davis 29 Due to heavy rain fall. P W D L F A Pts Celtic 10 7 2 1 20 8 23 Hibernian 10 6 2 2 16 8 20 Rangers 9 5 4 0 15 6 19 Motherwell 10 4 5 1 12 9 17 Dundee Utd 9 4 4 1 12 7 16 St Mirren 10 3 3 4 12 14 12 Aberdeen 10 2 5 3 7 9 11 Hearts 10 2 3 5 9 13 9 Kilmarnock 10 2 3 5 8 12 9 St Johnstone 10 2 3 5 16 21 9 Hamilton 10 2 2 6 8 17 8 Falkirk 10 0 4 6 5 16 4 league of ireland premier diVision Friday Bohemians .....3 Sligo ............... 1 Madden 9 Marshall 46 Ndo 10, Byrne 29 Cork ................2 Dundalk .......... 1 Long 52 Kelly 18 Kuduzovic 66 (pen) Derry City .......3 Bray ................ 0 McDaid 18 Delaney 55 Mulcahy 63 (og) Drogheda U ....1 St Patricks ..... 2 Chambers 6 OBrien 49, Guy 54 Shamrock R ....1 Galway Utd .... 1 Twigg 44 Greene 69 P W D L F A Pts Bohemians 35 24 4 7 61 20 76 Shamrock Rs 35 21 10 4 51 26 73 Cork 35 17 8 10 40 26 59 Derry City 35 17 5 13 47 30 56 Dundalk 35 12 8 15 45 49 44 Galway Utd 35 12 5 18 34 55 41 Sligo 35 10 10 15 38 50 40 St Patricks 35 12 4 19 28 46 40 Drogheda Utd 35 7 11 17 31 47 32 Bray 35 6 9 20 29 55 27 firsT diVision Friday Athlone Tn ......0 UCD ................ 5 Harding 35 Finn 59 (pen) McMillan 69, Corry 71 McMahon 82 Limerick FC ....3 Finn Harps ..... 0 Treacy 15, OFlynn 27 Ryan 79 Mervue Utd .....1 S Fingal .......... 4 Ludden 58 ONeill 17, Byrne 22 Zayed 24, James 74 Monaghan U .. P Wexford Ys ....P Postponed - due to waterlogged pitch. Shelbourne .....4 Longford Tn ... 5 McAllister 42 Glynn 10, 37 Baker 45 Murphy 25 (pen) Hynes 83, 90 King 69, 87 Saturday Waterford U ....2 Kildare C ....... 0 Murray 74, Sullivan 87 P W D L F A Pts UCD 32 23 5 4 61 18 74 Sporting Fingal 32 21 6 5 66 25 69 Shelbourne 31 20 7 4 58 29 67 Waterford Utd 32 19 6 7 48 19 63 Monaghan Utd 31 14 7 10 53 48 49 Wexford Youths31 15 4 12 27 28 49 Limerick FC 32 11 8 13 47 42 41 Finn Harps 31 8 9 14 34 46 33 Longford Town 32 8 4 20 45 60 28 Athlone Town 32 5 9 18 29 61 24 Mervue Utd 32 6 4 22 28 64 22 Kildare County 32 4 3 25 24 80 15 rafa backs gamble to save Torres for europe LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez insists he took Fernando Torres off at Fulham in order to save him for Wednesdays crucial Champions League match in Lyon. Torres was withdrawn with less than half an hour left at Craven Cottage and the scoreline 1-1 but the Reds ended up being beaten 3-1 and with nine men after red cards for Philipp Degen and Jamie Carragher. Benitez says, though, he had no option but to sub- stitute the Spain striker ahead of this weeks must- win game in France. We needed to do something to protect the player, said the Liverpool boss. We were more or less in con- trol of the game. If we had left him on the pitch maybe we would have lost the player for a month, It was a difficult decision but we decided to start with him because he can do a proper warm-up. But we decided to take him out at 60 minutes. The last time he played 80 minutes it took him four days to be fit. Torres had levelled for the Reds before the break on Saturday with his tenth goal of the season, can- celling out Bobby Zamoras opener for the Cottagers. But Erik Nevland and Clint Dempsey sealed victory for Ful- ham late on, leaving Benitez to rue their two red cards. He added: They were two incidents in a few minutes when we were losing and they were difficult to take. The first one was a yellow card. The second one you can clearly see Carragher kicking the ball. The Cottagers moved up to 11th place but boss Roy Hodgson said: It is important to keep our feet on the ground now.Feeling the strain: Torres takes a breather at Fulham Picture: Getty carrick cautious over visit to leaders MICHAEL CARRICK is determined Manchester United will not surrender at Chelsea as they did at Liverpool last week. The champions head to Stamford Bridge next Sunday in second place, two points off Carlo Ancelottis in-form Blues. But, despite beating Blackburn 2-0 at Old Trafford on Saturday, England midfielder Carrick is wary of a repeat of the below-par display which saw them lose at Anfield. It is always a big game at Stamford Bridge, no matter what the occasion is, said the 28-year-old. When it is tight at the top like it is, after the defeat to Liverpool we do not want to lose ground on the big teams and it will be an important game for us. At this stage of the season it is all about accumulating points and seeing where you are in the later stages. Before then, however, United host CSKA Moscow in the Champions League tomorrow, buoyed by a hard-earned win over Rovers, courtesy of second-half goals from Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney. United may no longer be the free-scoring side led by Cristiano Ronaldo, but Carrick added: We always believe that if can create a chance we can score and thankfully Berba did that with a terrific finish. Warning: Carrick Drogba hailed as worlds best Prolific: Drogba FRANK LAMPARD insists Didier Drogba is the best striker in the world ahead of a huge week for the club. The 4-0 destruction of ten-man Bolton keeps Carlo Ancelottis men top of the Premier League ahead of next weekends home clash against Manchester United. Before then they travel to Atletico Madrid tomorrow, where a win will qualify the Blues for the Champions League knock-out stages with two matches to spare. Drogba returns from his European ban for that game, having scored his tenth goal of the season at Bolton. And Frank Lampard, who put the visitors in front from the penalty spot after Jlloyd Samuel was sent off for bringing down Drogba, said: Having Didier back in the Champions League this week is great for us. Hopefully, he can step straight into Europe and continue with his league form as he is scoring in every game. Hes neck and neck with Fernando Torres in the goals chart, but for me Didiers the best in the world because of his all-round game. 6 Defeats in seven games for Liverpool after the weekend SOCCER RESultSSOCCER PREMIER LEAGUE BY DAVID KENNEDY roys delighted to get off mark ROy KEANE refused to get carried away after his Ipswich side finally bagged their first win of the season with a 1-0 success against injury-ravaged Derby. David Wrights second-half goal at Portman Road on Saturday secured Keanes sides first victory in 15 games although they stay bottom of the Championship. And Keane was far from ecstatic, saying: Im pleased, its better than losing. Its ironic because I dont think we played that well. Having said that, for four or five weeks Ive been saying how well weve played without getting the rewards. Today we huffed and puffed and won an ugly match. 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