22 sport Monday, February 1, 2010 D barclays premier league Birmingham ....1 Tottenham ...... 1 Ridgewell 90 Defoe 69 Att 27,238 Burnley ...........1 Chelsea .......... 2 Fletcher 50 Anelka 27 Att 21,131 Terry 82 Fulham ............0 Aston Villa ...... 2 Att 25,408 Agbonlahor 40, 44 Hull ..................2 Wolves ............ 2 Hesselink 11 Gardner 49 (og) Hunt 52 (pen) Jarvis 67 Att 24,957 Liverpool .........2 Bolton ............. 0 Kuyt 37 Att 43,413 Davies 70 (og) West Ham .......0 Blackburn ...... 0 Att 33,093 Wigan ..............0 Everton ........... 1 Att 16,869 Cahill 84 Yesterday Arsenal ............1 Man Utd ......... 3 Vermaelen 80 Almunia 33 (og) Att 60,091 Rooney 37, Park 52 Man City .........2 Portsmouth .... 0 Adebayor 40 Att 44,015 Kompany 45 P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 23 17 3 3 57 19 54 Man Utd 24 17 2 5 56 20 53 Arsenal 24 15 4 5 60 28 49 Tottenham 24 12 6 6 45 25 42 Liverpool 24 12 5 7 42 26 41 Man City 22 11 8 3 44 30 41 Aston Villa 23 11 7 5 31 18 40 Birmingham 23 9 7 7 22 23 34 Everton 23 8 8 7 33 34 32 Blackburn 24 7 7 10 25 40 28 Fulham 23 7 6 10 26 28 27 Stoke 21 6 7 8 19 26 25 Sunderland 22 6 5 11 30 40 23 Wigan 22 6 4 12 24 47 22 West Ham 23 4 9 10 29 38 21 Bolton 22 5 6 11 29 44 21 Wolverhampton23 5 6 12 19 40 21 Burnley 23 5 5 13 23 46 20 Hull 23 4 8 11 22 48 20 Portsmouth 22 4 3 15 19 35 15 coca-cola championship Cardiff .............2 Doncaster ...... 1 Chopra 9 Roberts 65 Bothroyd 90 Coventry .........1 Blackpool ....... 1 Baptiste 83 (og) Bannan 69 Crystal Pal ......2 Peterboro........ 0 Danns 28, 65 Derby ..............1 Nottm For ....... 0 Hulse 78 Leicester .........0 Newcastle ...... 0 Middlesboro ...0 Bristol City ..... 0 Preston ...........2 Ipswich ........... 0 Collins 64, Welbeck 84 QPR .................0 Scunthorpe .... 1 Thompson 74 Reading ..........1 Barnsley ......... 0 Long 29 Sheff Wed .......2 Plymouth ........ 1 Varney 24, 42 Fallon 24 Watford .......... P Swansea ........P West Brom ......3 Sheff Utd ........ 1 Dorrans 19 (pen) Henderson 49 (pen) Bednar 30, Thomas 50 P W D L F A Pts Newcastle 27 16 8 3 43 16 56 Nottm Forest 28 14 10 4 44 21 52 West Brom 27 14 8 5 55 29 50 Cardiff 27 13 6 8 52 30 45 Swansea 27 10 12 5 23 20 42 Sheff Utd 27 11 8 8 40 36 41 Blackpool 27 10 10 7 43 33 40 Leicester 26 10 9 7 29 27 39 Middlesbrough 28 10 7 11 39 32 37 Bristol City 27 8 12 7 33 37 36 Preston 26 9 8 9 31 33 35 QPR 27 8 10 9 40 44 34 Doncaster 26 8 9 9 33 34 33 Coventry 28 8 9 11 32 40 33 Barnsley 26 9 6 11 32 40 33 Scunthorpe 27 9 6 12 33 46 33 Watford 26 8 8 10 36 42 32 Derby 28 9 5 14 29 40 32 Sheff Wed 28 8 7 13 33 45 31 Crystal Palace 27 10 10 7 31 29 30 Ipswich 27 5 14 8 31 39 29 Reading 27 6 8 13 28 44 26 Plymouth 26 7 3 16 23 37 24 Peterborough 28 3 9 16 32 51 18 clydesdale bank premier league Aberdeen ........0 Motherwell ..... 3 Hamilton .........0 Celtic .............. 1 Att 4,922 Rasmussen 67 Hibernian ........2 St Mirren ........ 1 Kilmarnock .....4 Dundee Utd .... 4 Rangers ..........3 Falkirk ............ 0 Davis 18, Fleck 57 Att 45,907 Whittaker 62 St Johnstone ..1 Hearts ............. 0 P W D L F A Pts Rangers 23 16 6 1 54 14 54 Celtic 22 13 5 4 44 23 44 Hibernian 22 12 6 4 35 19 42 Dundee Utd 23 10 9 4 35 31 39 Motherwell 22 7 9 6 29 29 30 Hearts 23 7 7 9 20 25 28 Aberdeen 21 7 6 8 17 22 27 St Johnstone 20 6 5 9 29 37 23 St Mirren 22 5 5 12 21 32 20 Hamilton 21 4 5 12 16 34 17 Kilmarnock 22 3 7 12 16 31 16 Falkirk 21 2 8 11 16 35 14 africa cup of nations final Egypt................1 Ghana ............. 0 Nagui 85 GOLF EUROPEAN TOUR COMMERCIAL BANK QATAR MASTERS (Doha, Qatar) Final rnd (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72): 273 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 68 70 70 65. 276 Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 71 70 68 67. 277 Brett Rumford (Aus) 69 66 73 69, Lee Westwood 68 69 70 70. 280 Oliver Wilson 67 70 72 71, Paul Casey 71 69 66 74, Bradley Dredge 67 69 70 74. 281 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 73 70 70 68. 282 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 72 72 71 67, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 73 71 66 72, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 70 68 73 71, Camilo Villegas (Col) 70 72 70 70, Peter Lawrie 72 68 73 69. Others: 283 Graeme McDowell 73 67 72 71. 285 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 70 70 72 73, Shane Lowry 71 70 72 72. 288 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 74 70 71 73, Michael Hoey 74 72 71 71. 291 Gareth Maybin 71 74 72 74. RUGBY UNION A INTERNATIONAL Yesterday England Sax ... 17 Ireland A......... 13 TENNIS AUSTRALIAN OPEN (Melbourne) Mens Singles Final: (1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt (5) Andy Murray (Gbr) 6-3 6-4 7-6 (13-11). Womens Singles Final: (1) Serena Williams (US) bt Justine Henin (Bel) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 RESULTS ROUND-UP SOCCER PREMIER LEAGUE Classy Red Devils put Gunners to the sword Wed never sell Rooney, insists United chief Gill Wayne Rooney is not for sale at any price, according to Manchester United chief executive David Gill. after reports of interest in the striker from Barcelona and Real Madrid, and following Cristiano Ronaldos 80million sale last summer, United fans fear Rooney could follow. But the england striker scored in a sublime performance at arsenal yesterday and Gill said: Unless [United manager Sir] alex [Ferguson] agreed to it, we would not accept an offer, regardless of the value, for a player we want to keep. Im sure [a new deal] will be addressed in the close season. We would hope Wayne would stay with us until he has finished playing. There was no appetite to sell Cristiano. His contract expired in 2012 and we would have loved to give him another. There is no point in keeping an unhappy player. Gill also categorically confirmed old Trafford will never be sold and leased back to the club.Park avenue: Park Ji-Sung slides the ball past Manuel Almunia for Uniteds third Manchester United swept aside title rivals arsenal 3-1 at emirates stadium to move within a point of leaders chelsea. nanis 33rd-minute chip across goal was palmed in by arsenal goalkeeper Manuel almunia to opened the scoring, before in- form striker Wayne rooney swept home a second following a quick counter attack. a third on the break from Park Ji-sung at the start of the second half effectively ended the contest, although defender thomas Ver- maelen netted a consolation for the out-muscled Gunners. arsenal, who had started the match five points behind chelsea ahead of next weekends trip to stamford Bridge, began well as andreyarshavin drifted two shots wide of edwin van der sars post. But United slowly claimed the ascendancy and Paul scholes was denied a chance by a last-gasp William Gallas challenge. nani drilled the ball wide asar- senal were again exposed in the right channel, before playing a key part in the goal which gave United the lead. the winger skipped easily in between two defenders then chipped the ball back across goal. almunia pushed it inside his far post, with Park Ji-sung ready to tap the ball into the net. Four minutes later United were 2-0 ahead. again nani was the provider, dashing clear after pick- ing the ball up from rooney be- fore squaring it for the england man to sweep home his 22nd goal of the season. the Gunners faced an uphill battle to get back into the match, witharshavin firing wide just be- fore the break. It was game over on 52 minutes, when United scored a third fol- lowing another simple counter. this time is was Park who broke clear, before slotting past almunia from ten yards out. arsenal pulled a goal back with 11 minutes to go when Vermae- lens volley took a deflection off Jonny evans to wrong-foot Van der sar. however, there was to be no grand finale as arsene Wengers youngsters were again found wanting when it mattered most. Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna (Bendtner 72), Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Fabregas, Song, Denilson (Walcott 61), Nasri, Arshavin, Rosicky (Eboue 71). Booked: Song. Man United: Van der Sar, Rafael, Jonny Evans, Brown, Evra, Scholes (Giggs 71), Carrick, Fletcher, Nani (Berbatov 89), Rooney, Park (Valencia 87). Att: 60,091. Ref: Chris Foy ARSENAL 1 MAN UNITED 3 By Kevin Aitken Despair: Arsenals Arshavin SOCCER Barclays Premier League Sunderland v Stoke................... 8.00 Coca-Cola League Two Bury v Rochdale........................ 7.45 CRICKET International Twenty20 Series: Afghanistan v Ireland (Colombo), HORSE RACING Ludlow, Kempton, Wolverhampton TENNIS (all week) ATP Movistar Open (Santiago, Chile) ATP PBZ Zagreb Indoors (Croatia) ATP SA Tennis Open:(Johannesburg, South Africa) FIXTURES Cahill back to his best, says Moyes eVerton boss David Moyes feels that tim cahills second headed goal of the week shows the midfielder is fully back in the groove. cahill followed up his flicked opener in the 2-0 victory over sunderland on Wednesday with the late winner at Wigan on saturday, crashing home Leighton Baines corner as the toffees triumphed 1-0 at the DW stadium. It was only cahills fourth goal of the season but Moyes is delighted to see the 30-year-old back doing what he does best. I think hes looking fitter and I think he has played better in the last six weeks or so, Moyes said. I think he is beginning to feel much more like himself. Big guns missed boat on Moses neIl WaRnoCk claims the Premier league big guns will regret not taking a chance on Victor Moses after Wigan swooped for the teenage Crystal Palace forward. Manchester City, arsenal, Chelsea and everton were all linked with the 19-year-old but only latics manager Roberto Martinez matched Palaces 2.5million valuation. Palace boss Warnock said: I expect to see Victor do very well in the Premier league and I think a lot of other managers, who have ummed and ahhed and thought I was wasting their time, are going to eat their words. RaFael BenITez has dismissed claims he has already agreed a deal to take over at Juventus at the end of the season and repeated his long-term commitment to liverpool. Speculation in Italy claimed the Turin giants had already agreed personal terms with the Reds boss and a delegation were arriving on Merseyside today to thrash out an agreement to release Benitez from his anfield contract, which still has four years left to run, at the end of the season. However, the manager last night rejected such claims in the strongest terms. Contrary to reports in the Italian media this weekend, I want to make it absolutely clear I have no agreement with Juventus and have not and will not be meeting or their representatives or any other club, said the Spaniard. I have a long-term contract with liverpool and Ill repeat what I said on Friday. I am happy here and my only focus is to do my job as well as I can to get the team back into to the top four. 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