22 sport Monday, February 8, 2010 D RESULTS barclays premier league Bolton .............0 Fulham ........... 0 Att 22,289 Burnley ...........2 West Ham ...... 1 Nugent 14 Ilan 81 Fox 55 Att 21,001 Hull ..................2 Man City ......... 1 Altidore 31 Adebayor 59 Boateng 54 Att 24,959 Liverpool .........1 Everton ........... 0 Kuyt 55 Att 44,316 Man Utd ..........5 Portsmouth .... 0 Rooney 40 Att 74,684 Van den Borre 45 (og) Hughes 59 (og) Berbatov 62, Wilson 69 (og) Stoke ...............3 Blackburn ...... 0 Higginbotham 8 Att 27,386 Sidibe 45, Etherington 67 Sunderland .....1 Wigan ............. 1 Jones 64 Diame 20 Att 38,350 Tottenham ......0 Aston Villa ...... 0 Att 35,899 Yesterday Birmingham ....2 Wolves ............ 1 Phillips 80, 85 Doyle 42 Att 24,165 Chelsea ...........2 Arsenal ........... 0 Drogba 8, 23 Att 41,794 P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 25 18 4 3 60 20 58 Man Utd 25 18 2 5 61 20 56 Arsenal 25 15 4 6 60 30 49 Liverpool 25 13 5 7 43 26 44 Tottenham 25 12 7 6 45 25 43 Man City 23 11 8 4 45 32 41 Aston Villa 24 11 8 5 31 18 41 Birmingham 24 10 7 7 24 24 37 Everton 24 8 8 8 33 35 32 Fulham 25 8 7 10 27 28 31 Stoke 23 7 8 8 22 26 29 Blackburn 25 7 7 11 25 43 28 Sunderland 24 6 7 11 31 41 25 Hull 25 5 9 11 25 50 24 Burnley 24 6 5 13 25 47 23 Wigan 23 6 5 12 25 48 23 Bolton 23 5 7 11 29 44 22 West Ham 24 4 9 11 30 40 21 Wolves 24 5 6 13 20 42 21 Portsmouth 24 4 3 17 19 41 15 coca-cola championship Barnsley ..........1 Watford .......... 0 Hallfredsson 55 Blackpool .......1 Leicester ........ 2 Dobbie 89 NGuessan 15, Dyer 78 Bristol City ......1 Coventry ......... 1 Clarkson 83 Bell 47 Doncaster .......1 Reading .......... 2 Sharp 81pen Long 39, Howard 77 Ipswich ...........1 Middlsboro ..... 1 D Murphy 1 Wheater 62 Nottm For .......2 Sheff Wed ....... 1 Blackstock 24pen, 80 Varney 73 Peterboro .......1 QPR ................ 0 Mclean 9 Plymouth ........0 West Brom ..... 1 Cox 66 Scunthorpe .....1 Crystal Pal ..... 2 Mirfin 84 Ambrose 63, Danns 90 Sheff Utd .........1 Derby .............. 1 Williamson 90 Savage 17 Swansea .........2 Preston ........... 0 Cotterill 35, Williams 48 P W D L F A Pts Newcastle 28 17 8 3 48 17 59 West Brom 29 16 8 5 59 31 56 Nottm Forest 29 15 10 4 46 22 55 Cardiff 28 13 6 9 53 35 45 Swansea 28 11 12 5 25 20 45 Leicester 27 11 9 7 31 28 42 Sheff Utd 29 11 9 9 41 40 42 Blackpool 29 10 10 9 46 38 40 Barnsley 28 11 6 11 37 41 39 Middlesbrough 29 10 8 11 40 33 38 Bristol City 28 8 13 7 34 38 37 Watford 28 9 8 11 39 43 35 Preston 28 9 8 11 32 39 35 QPR 28 8 10 10 40 45 34 Coventry 29 8 10 11 33 41 34 Crystal Palace 28 11 10 7 33 30 33 Doncaster 27 8 9 10 34 36 33 Derby 29 9 6 14 30 41 33 Scunthorpe 28 9 6 13 34 48 33 Sheff Wed 29 8 7 14 34 47 31 Ipswich 28 5 15 8 32 40 30 Reading 28 7 8 13 30 45 29 Plymouth 27 7 3 17 23 38 24 Peterborough 29 4 9 16 33 51 21 league one Brentford .......4 Gillingham ...... 0 Exeter ..............1 Southmptn ..... 1 Hartlepool .......2 Leeds .............. 2 Huddersfld ......1 Carlisle ........... 1 Leyton O .........1 Brighton ......... 1 Millwall ............2 Norwich .......... 1 Stockport ........1 MK Dons ........ 3 Swindon ..........1 Charlton ......... 1 Tranmere ........0 Oldham ........... 1 Walsall ............0 Bristol Rov ..... 0 Wycombe ........1 Yeovil .............. 4 league Two Accrington S ..3 Morecambe ... 2 Barnet .............3 Aldershot ....... 0 Bournemth .....0 Cheltenham ... 0 Bradford .........0 Bury ................ 1 Burton A .........1 Port Vale ......... 0 Chesterfld .......2 Lincoln City .... 1 Dag & Red ......0 Northmptn ..... 1 Darlington .......2 Rotherham ..... 0 Grimsby ..........0 Notts Cnty ...... 1 Hereford ..........1 Torquay .......... 0 Macclesfld ......0 Shrewsbury .... 1 Rochdale ........2 Crewe ............. 0 TennenTs scoTTish cup fifTh round Dundee ...........2 Ayr .................. 1 Hibernian ........5 Montrose ........ 1 Kilmarnock .....3 Inverness ....... 0 Raith ................1 Aberdeen ....... 1 Ross County ...9 Stirling ............ 0 St Johnstne ....0 Dundee Utd .... 1 St Mirren .........0 Rangers .......... 0 Yesterday Dunfermline ....2 Celtic .............. 4 Graham 21 Kamara 20 Kirk 28 (pen) Rasmussen 43 Att 8,933 Woods 59 (og) Keane 68 (pen) clydesdale bank premier league Motherwell .....1 Hamilton ......... 0 P W D L F A Pts Rangers 23 16 6 1 54 14 54 Celtic 23 13 5 5 44 24 44 Hibernian 22 12 6 4 35 19 42 Dundee Utd 23 10 9 4 35 31 39 Motherwell 23 8 9 6 30 29 33 Hearts 23 7 7 9 20 25 28 Aberdeen 22 7 6 9 17 23 27 St Johnstone 20 6 5 9 29 37 23 St Mirren 22 5 5 12 21 32 20 Kilmarnock 23 4 7 12 17 31 19 Falkirk 22 3 8 11 17 35 17 Hamilton 22 4 5 13 16 35 17 GAA ALLIANz NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Division 1 Dublin 1-12 Kerry 1-10 Cork 3-13 Monaghan 3-12 Derry 1-18 Tyrone 1-12 Mayo 2-14 Galway 1-10 Division 2 Meath 2-8 Armagh 0-13 Laois 1-13 Tipperary 1-11 Down 1-16 Kildare 0-8 Donegal 1-13 Westmeath 0-9 Division 3 Offaly 1-13 Fermanagh 1-10 Louth 0-13 Wexford 1-8 Cavan 2-20 Roscommon 1-10 Antrim 1-12 Sligo 0-14 Division 4 Limerick 0-17 London 1-4 Carlow 1-10 Longford 0-10 Clare 1-9 Wicklow 0-11 Waterford 0-13 Leitrim 0-10 GOLF EUROPEAN TOUR OMEGA DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC (Emirates Golf Club, Majlis Course, Dubai) Final rnd (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72): 277 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 67 68 72 (Miguel Angel Jimenez won at the third play-off holes), Lee Westwood 72 65 68 72. 278 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 70 66 69 73. 279 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 70 68 70, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 68 70 70 71. 280 Rory McIlroy 68 70 69 73, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 69 69 67 75. 282 Tom Watson (USA) 73 70 71 68, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 74 70 70 68, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 76 69 69 68. Others: 285 Graeme McDowell 72 68 70 75, Gareth Maybin 73 68 72 72. 286 Darren Clarke 71 70 72 73. 289 Damien McGrane 73 73 71 72. RUGBY UNION RBS 6 NATIONS England .......... 30 Wales ............. 17 England: Tries: Haskell (2), Care. Con: Wilkinson (3). Pen: Wilkinson (3). Wales: Tries: A. Jones, Hook. Con: S. Jones (2). Pen: S. Jones. Att: 81,406 Ireland............. 29 Italy ................ 11 Ireland: Tries: Heaslip, OLeary. Con: OGara (2). Pen: OGara (4), P. Wallace. Italy: Tries: Robertson. Pen: Gower, M. Bergamasco. Att: 77,686 YESTERDAY Scotland ........... 9 France............ 18 Scotland Pens: Paterson (3). France Tries: Bastareaud (2). Con: Parra. Pen: Parra (2). Att: 65,687 P W D L F A Pts Ireland 1 1 0 0 29 11 2 England 1 1 0 0 30 17 2 France 1 1 0 0 18 9 2 Scotland 1 0 0 1 9 18 0 Wales 1 0 0 1 17 30 0 Italy 1 0 0 1 11 29 0 TENNIS ATP SA TENNIS OPEN (Johannesburg) Final: (3) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt (8) Stephane Robert (Fra) 7-5 6-1. ATP PBz zAGREB INDOORS (Zagreb, Croatia) Final: (1) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Michael Berrer (Ger) 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 Mersey maestro: Kuyt Carra keen to cash in on derby win Jamie Carragher insisted Liverpool have to follow up their backs-to-the-wall derby victory against everton with another three points at arsenal on Wednesday night. The reds saw off David moyes men 1-0 thanks to Dirk Kuyts 55th-minute header after playing with ten men for much of the game after Sotirios Kyrgiakos first-half dismissal. Victory saw Liverpool return to the top four for the first time since October and boss rafael Benitez hailed the result as massive. With the reds now unbeaten in seven matches, Carragher hopes they can extend that run with a win at the emirates a ground on which they have never won. The 32-year-old defender said: it is not just three points, it has a massive impact and everyone is buzzing. But that can change if the result doesnt go our way at arsenal. it is important we keep that feelgood factor after the arsenal game by making sure we get a good result. For the last four or five years we have been good defensively under rafa and we are getting back to our normal selves. if you keep clean sheets you are going to win games. SKIPPER Gary Neville believes Manchester United hold the destiny of the Premier League title in their own hands. Neville turned his attentions from the 5-0 thrashing of bottom side Portsmouth at Old Trafford on Saturday to the April 3 visit of title rivals Chelsea. United, who won thanks to strikes from Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov, plus own- goals from Pompeys Anthony Vanden Borre, Richard Hughes and Mark Wilson, have won six of their last seven games in the Premier League. And Neville said: It is in our hands now and it has not been like that for a while. Chelsea have to come here and that is where we want to be. Meanwhile, Portsmouth executive director Mark Jacob has revealed two or three groups are close to becoming the clubs fifth owners of the campaign. Pompey, currently owned by Balram Chainrai, face a winding-up order over a 7.5million VAT bill, for which a High Court hearing is due on Wednesday. Jacob said: It is a short-term, interim measure where he is taking control pending new investment or [ownership]. Destiny in Uniteds hands, says Neville SOCCER PREMIER LEAGUE ASTON Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel expects the race for Champions League qualification to go down to the last game of the season. Manchester City, Villa, Tottenham and Liverpool are all battling to finish in the top four. And Friedel, who denied Spurs with a string of fine saves in Villas goalless draw at White Hart Lane on Saturday, said: I cant remember it being this tight. I think it will go to the end. Clubs are dropping points and its going to make it very exciting. RACING Cup Gold for Joncon PauL NOLaN reached the pinnacle of his 14-year training career as Joncol edged out Cooldine to gift him irelands premier jumps prize yesterdays hennessy gold Cup at Leopardstown. Jockey alain Cawley swooped on the run-in aboard the 9-4 favourite to narrowly edge out Cooldine after a punishing exchange of blows in front of the roaring grandstand. Just a neck separated the pair, and Nolan said: i dont care what the winning margin is so long as we have won. This is brilliant and days like this dont come round too often. i thought we were in trouble for a while but he is very gutsy. Perfect Terry leads Blues back to the top Clubbing together: Chelsea fans show their support for skipper John Terry after yesterdays victory over Arsenal CheLSea coach Carlo ancelotti paid trib- ute to his perfect captain John Terry after two goals from Didier Drogba against arse- nal put the Blues back on top of the Barclays Premier League. Terry, stripped of the england captaincy by england boss Fabio Capello on Friday after a week of lurid headlines about his private life, produced an inspirational performance that won more plaudits from his club boss. John is the perfect captain for Chelsea, said ancelotti. my captain has a fantastic at- titude. he is doing very well in every game. it is very important for the team to have this leadership. he was always in control of the game. he has a strong mentality. he is work- ing for his club and we are happy to have this performance from him in this moment. Drogba applied the finishing touch to a Joh Terry flick-on to give Chelsea an eighth- minute lead before the ivorian finished off a flowing counter-attack to double the lead be- fore half-time. But ancelotti refused to rule arsenal out of the title race even though the gunners are now nine points behind the leaders after this Stamford Bridge defeat. arsenal still have a possibility because they are a good team, added the italian. it depends on the performances of man- chester united and Chelsea. i am not sure it will be a race with two horses. The Chelsea coach was equally delighted with the form of Drogba, scorer of three in two games since returning from the african Nations Cup and 22 this term. We scored an unbelievable second goal, said ancelotti. it was fantastic movement, fantastic passing and a fantastic shot from Didier. This is football. Wenger praises Chelseas defensive display ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger credited Chelsea with a fine defensive display after his side were shut out at Stamford Bridge yesterday. You have to congratulate Chelsea, said the Frenchman. We did not get a demonstration of football but they were efficient and that is what made the difference. The first goal contributed to our defeat but apart from that we had great spirit and attitude. We could not get back to 2-1 and get them really wobbling. They defended very well. I am completely happy with our performance and spirit. chelsea 2 arsenal 0 By Mark Curtis Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Mikel, Ballack (Zhirkov 81), Lampard, Malouda, Drogba (Kalou 90), Anelka (Joe Cole 87). Booked: Joe Cole, Zhirkov. Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna (Eboue 74), Vermaelen, Gallas, Clichy, Diaby (Rosicky 74), Song, Fabregas, Nasri, Walcott (Bendtner 64), Arshavin. Booked: Song, Fabregas. Ref: Mike Dean MATCH FACTS Picture:Getty index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html