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English Premier League Standings and Scores on Week 25: Feb 12

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LONDON — English Premier League standings and scores on Sunday, February 12, following the Week 25 fixtures.

Chelsea extended their lead atop the Premier League standings to 10 points, despite being held 1-1 at Burnley on Sunday.

The Blues moved to 60 points after 25 games, 10 more than second place Tottenham, who were beaten 2-0 at Liverpool on Sunday.

Also on Sunday, Swansea City beat struggling defending champions Leicester City 2-0 to jump to 15th in the EPL standings with 22 points.

Meanwhile, the Foxes, who became the first reigning league champions to go six straight EPL matches without scoring a goal, are now just one point above the drop zone.

In scores on Saturday, Arsenal secured a controversial 2-0 victory over Hull City, Manchester United impressively beat Watford 2-0 at Old Trafford, while Sunderland conceded four goals at Southampton, one week after scoring four against Crystal Palace.

Elsewhere, Stoke City edged Crystal Palace 1-0, West Bromwich Albion picked up a late point against West Ham United with a 2-2 draw, while Middlesbrough and Everton ended 0-0.

Following Chelsea in the Top 4 this week are Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool, but Manchester City can go second with a win over Bournemouth on Monday.

The bottom three teams in the Premier League standings are Hull City, Crystal Palace and Sunderland.

Premier League Scores

Sunday, February 12

Burnley 1 Chelsea 1
Swansea City 2 Leicester City 0

Saturday, February 11

Arsenal 2 Hull City 0
Liverpool 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0
Manchester United 2 Watford 0
Middlesbrough 0 Everton 0
Stoke City 1 Crystal Palace 0
Sunderland 0 Southampton 4
West Ham United 2 West Bromwich Albion 2

English Premier League standings

Standings P W D L F A Pts

1 Chelsea 25 19 3 3 52 18 60
2 Tottenham Hotspur 25 14 8 3 46 18 50
3 Arsenal 25 15 5 5 54 28 50
4 Liverpool 25 14 7 4 54 30 49
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5 Manchester City 24 15 4 5 49 29 49
6 Manchester United 25 13 9 3 38 21 48
7 Everton 25 11 8 6 40 27 41
8 West Bromwich Albion 25 10 7 8 34 31 37
9 Stoke City 25 8 8 9 30 36 32
10 West Ham United 25 9 5 11 34 43 32
11 Southampton 25 8 6 11 28 31 30
12 Burnley 25 9 3 13 27 36 30
13 Watford 25 8 6 11 29 42 30
14 Bournemouth 24 7 5 12 35 47 26
15 Swansea City 25 7 3 15 31 54 24
16 Middlesbrough 25 4 10 11 19 27 22
17 Leicester City 25 5 6 14 24 43 21
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18 Hull City 25 5 5 15 22 49 20
19 Crystal Palace 25 5 4 16 32 46 19
20 Sunderland 25 5 4 16 24 46 19

Premier League: Arsenal vs Norwich City Watch Live

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Watch Arsenal v Norwich Live Stream on NBC Sports Extra: Oct. 19 @9:45 AM ET.

LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Arsene Wenger doesn’t Mesut Ozil to miss Arsenal’s Premier League game against Norwich City, but says he will check on the midfield playmaker before the start of the game Saturday.

Ozil picked up a knock while he was on national duties with Germany and was seen as doubtful for the contest.

However, Arsenal manager Wenger believes his star summer signing will be ok to feature.

“He is alright,” the manager said on www.arsenal.com. “He came back with a knock on the knee but it was just a kick.

“We’ll have a test tomorrow to see if he is fit enough for Saturday or not. When you have not played, there is always a little doubt but not a major one.”

Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla could make his return for the first time since September after covering from an ankle injury, while full-back Bacary Sagna has also recovered from a hamstring injury and could also play.

“Sagna is 80 per cent fit and he will have a test. Cazorla is available in training but he is not match-fit,” Wenger said.

“It is just about competitiveness with him. There is a possibility both are in the squad for Saturday. I have not decided whether they will start or not.”

Arsenal (from): Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Flamini, Ozil, Ramsey, Wilshere, Arteta, Giroud, Fabianski, Jenkinson, Bendtner, Rosicky, Monreal, Miyaichi, Gnabry, Vermaelen, Cazorla.

Norwich (from): Ruddy, Whittaker, Martin, Turner, Garrido, Howson, Johnson, Redmond, Hoolahan, Van Wolfswinkel, Snodgrass, Elmander, Fer, Bassong, Pilkington, Bunn, Becchio, Hooper, Olsson, Ryan Bennett, Ayala, Tettey, Murphy.

Watch Arsenal v Norwich Live Stream on NBC Sports Extra

English Premier League leading goalscorers – Sept. 30

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LONDON (Sporting Alert), – The top goal scorers in the Barclays English Premier League, following the latest round of games on Monday night.

Leading the way is Liverpool FC forward Daniel Sturridge, who after netting in the 3-0 win over Sunderland on Sunday, improves his tally to five goals this season, one more than his early close followers.

Olivier Giroud, his Arsenal teammate Aaron Ramsey, Christian Benteke of Aston Villa and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure are all on four goals.

Romelu Lukaku, who scored twice for Everton on Monday night in the 3-2 nervy win over Newcastle United at Goodinson Park, Robert Brady (Hull City), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Robin van Persie (Manchester United), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Tottenham Hotspur), and Loic Remy (Newcastle United), are all on three goals.

EPL Leading Goal Scorers – on Sept. 30

5 Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool)
4 Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Christian Benteke (Aston Villa), Yaya Toure (Manchester City)
3 Romelu Lukaku (Everton), Robert Brady (Hull City), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Robin van Persie (Manchester United), Loic Remy (Newcastle United), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 Lukas Podolski (Arsenal), Fraizer Campbell (Cardiff City), Oscar (Chelsea), Leighton Baines (Everton), Ross Barkley (Everton), Luis Suarez (Liverpool), Edin Dzeko (Manchester City), Samir Nasri (Manchester City), Alvaro Negredo (Manchester City), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United), Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United), Rickie Lambert (Southampton), Emanuele Giaccherini (Sunderland), Ben Davies (Swansea City), Michu (Swansea City), Roberto Soldado (Tottenham Hotspur), Morgan Amalfitano (West Bromwich Albion)

EPL Week 6: Fixtures and Live TV Channels – Sept. 28

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — The following is the list of games that are taking place in the Barclays English Premier League (EPL) on Saturday.

Live EPL coverage will be on NBC Sports, NBC Sports Live Extra, NBC Sports Network, beIN SPORT Premier League HD Indonesia, BT Sport 1, Al Jazeera Sport HD1, Al Jazeera Sport HD6, ESPN 2 Caribbean, ESPN3 South America, Setanta Sports 1, BBC One, BBC Radio 5 Live, DirecTV, SuperSport 3 Africa, PremierLeaguePass, Sky Go, Sky Sport 2, Sky Sport 2 HD, Sky Sports 1/HD, Sky Sports 1 Ireland,

The fixtures will kick-off with the London derby clash between Chelsea and Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

Spurs are joint top of the EPL standings with 12 points after winning four of their five games of the season and manager Andre Villas-Boas is hoping his side will continue on the good form they’ve been in recently.

Striker Jermain Defoe, despite being in top form in his recent starts, is expected to return to the bench, as summer recruit Roberto Soldado is well set to go back into the starting XI after being on the bench in the midweek English League Cup win.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is yet to decide on whether to stick with Fernando Torres in his starting team after the Spanish international scored in the Cup game in midweek, or recall Samuel Eto’o to lead his attacking line.

Meanwhile, Manchester City, fresh from their 4-1 thrashing of Manchester United last week, visit Villa Park to take on Aston Villa, who is without leading striker Christian Benteke, who will be out for up to six weeks with a hip flexor injury.

At Craven Cottage Fulham play host to Cardiff City in a game the home is looking to snatch three points from after picking up just one point in their last four games.

Manchester United, who bounced back from the derby defeat with a League Cup win over Liverpool earlier this week, will play host to West Bromwich at Old Trafford, with striker Robin van Persie set for a recall after missing the last two games with a groin injury.

Elsewhere, leaders Arsenal look to maintain their place at the top with a win over Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium, Hull City and West Ham clash at The KC Stadium, while Southampton face off with Crystal Palace at St. Mary’s Stadium.

English Premier League Week 6 Fixtures

7:45am Aston Villa v Manchester City at Villa Park
10:00am Fulham v Cardiff City at Craven Cottage
10:00am Hull v West Ham at The KC Stadium
10:00am Manchester United v West Brom at Old Trafford
10:00am Southampton v Crystal Palace at St. Mary’s Stadium
12:30pm Swansea v Arsenal at Liberty Stadium

Capital One Cup Fourth Round Draw: Chelsea get Arsenal

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — English Premier League giants Chelsea and Arsenal have been drawn together in the fourth round of the Capital One Cup, following the draw on Wednesday night.

Chelsea brushed aside Swindon Town 2-0 in their third round clash with Fernando Torres and Ramires providing the goals for Jose Mourinho’s side.

Arsenal, on Wednesday, got past West Bromwich on penalties after the two teams played to a 1-1 draw after extra-time with that victory earning Arsene Wenger’s team a tie with fellow EPL side Chelsea.

Another all Premier League clash in the draw sees Manchester City, who ripped apart Wigan 5-0 in their 3rd round game, taking on Newcastle United.

David Moyes and Manchester United have been handed a home draw with Norwich City, following a close 1-0 win over Liverpool at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

Elsewhere, the on form Tottenham have drawn against Hull City, Sunderland take on Southampton, Birmingham, who knocked out holders Swansea City, have been reward with a home clash with Stoke City, while Burnley face West Ham and Leicester City host Fulham.

Fourth round draw:

Sunderland v Southampton
Leicester v Fulham
Birmingham v Stoke
Manchester United v Norwich
Burnley v West Ham
Arsenal v Chelsea
Tottenham v Hull
Newcastle v Manchester City

Fixtures, TV Channels on Week 5 In The EPL on Sunday – Sept. 22

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MANCHESTER (Sporting Alert) — The following are the English Premier League (EPL) games taking place on Sunday, along with some of the TV Channels that will broadcast these games live.

Live TV Channels: Al Jazeera Sport HD1, Al Jazeera Sport HD6, Sky Go, Sky Sport 2 HD, Sky Sport 2, ESPN, ESPN HD, beIN SPORT Premier League HD Indonesia, Sky Sports 1/HD, Sky Sports 1 Ireland, Premier League Extra Time, NBC Sports Live Extra, CNBC, Mun2, BBC One, BBC Radio 5 Live, DirecTV, Telemundo.

Heading the list of games on the fixture is the Manchester derby between defending champions Manchester United and arch rivals Manchester City, a game both teams will be looking to win as they eye an early advantage in the race for the title.

The Etihad Stadium hosts this game and the bookies are backing Wayne Rooney to open the scoring once again and with the form he’s been in, no one is betting against the England international to give United the early advantage.

Midfield playmaker David Silva could be fit for this game, but the Manchester City staff will wait until close to game time to make any decisions on whether he will play any part.

In the early kick-off at Emirates Stadium, Mesut Ozil makes his home debut for Arsenal against Stoke City and Gunners are hoping to seal a win that would see them move ahead of Chelsea into the lead at the top of the EPL table standings.

Mikel Arteta could also make a return for Arsenal in today’s game.

At Cardiff City Stadium, the home side entertains Tottenham with the hopes of beating another title contender, following their shocking victory over Manchester City earlier in the season.

In the day’s other game at Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace will host a very confident Swansea City side which has been impressive at home and in Europe recently.

EPL Fixtures – Sunday 22 September 2013
8:30 Arsenal v Stoke City Emirates Stadium
8:30 Crystal Palace v Swansea Selhurst Park
11:00 Cardiff v Tottenham Cardiff City Stadium
11:00 Manchester City v Manchester United Etihad Stadium

English Premier League Week 5: Live TV Channels and Fixtures

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Leaders Liverpool will look to maintain their undefeated form this season when they take on Southampton in one of six English Premier League (EPL) games on Saturday.

Watch Live on Channels: NBCSports, Al Jazeera Sport HD6, Al Jazeera Sport HD1, ESPN HD, ESPN, Fox Sports 1 Australia, BBC Radio 5 Live, TSN2, beIN SPORT Premier League HD Indonesia, Digi Sport 1, BT Sport 1, DirecTV, NBC Sports Live Extra, Sky Sport 1 HD, Sky Sport 1, Sky Go, Sky Sports 1 Ireland, BBC One, Mun2, Sportsnet World, TalkSport Radio, Premier League Extra Time, Live Audio Commentary on MediaOnDemand

Also on the schedule for Saturday Norwich City will take on Aston Villa in the first game on the day, while Chelsea will look to bounce back from back-to-back defeats in their overall fixture, when they take on Fulham at Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool, who is one of only two unbeaten side left in the EPL this season, are on ten points from three wins and a draw and Brendan Rodgers’ side will be looking for another good performance against the Saints at Anfield.

Chelsea, beaten by Everton on the road in their last EPL outing, enter Saturday’s fixture with Fulham after losing in the Champions League to FC Basel, but manager Jose Mourinho is refusing to panic, stating that it’s too early in the season to start worrying.

“I think scrutiny is normal,” Mourinho said. “I’m in football for too long a time to not be surprised with scrutiny and opinion and criticism and everything else.

“I’m not surprised. I’m not worried. I didn’t read many, but for sure I have to agree with some, for sure. I have to disagree with some others, for sure.

“But I have a job to do and I know where I want to go. I know the steps I want to give. When you want to build something different than the players are adapted to and comfortable with, it’s more difficult.”

Meanwhile, at The Hawthorns, Stephane Sessegnon is set to start for West Bromwich against his former club Sunderland, while Everton, the other undefeated side in the Premier League this season, travel to face West Ham.

At St. James’ Park Newcastle United will tackle Hull City.

EPL Top Ten In The Table Standings

1 Liverpool 4 3 1 0 5 2 3 10pts
2 Arsenal 4 3 0 1 8 5 3 9pts
3 Tottenham Hotspur 4 3 0 1 4 1 3 9pts
4 Manchester City 4 2 1 1 8 3 5 7pts
5 Manchester United 4 2 1 1 6 2 4 7pts
6 Chelsea 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 7pts
7 Stoke City 4 2 1 1 3 2 1 7pts
8 Newcastle United 4 2 1 1 3 5 -2 7pts
9 Everton 4 1 3 0 3 2 1 6pts
10 West Ham United 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 5pts

Liverpool seek another win at Swansea – TV and Radio Channels; Squads

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(Sporting Alert) — Liverpool, the only remaining undefeated team in Premier League (EPL), will look to maintain their 100-percent winning start to the season when they take on Swansea City at Liberty Stadium on Monday.

Live TV and Radio Channels: Al Jazeera Sport HD6, Al Jazeera Sport HD1, Sky Sport 1, Sky Sport 1 HD, Sky Go, SiriusXM FC, TalkSport Radio, NBC Sports Live Extra, DirecTV, NBC Sports Network, Sky Sports 1/HD, Sky Sports 1 Ireland, Sky Go, BBC Radio 5 Live

Brendan Rodgers’ side have made an impressive start to the new campaign, after beating Stoke, Aston Villa and Manchester United in consecutive fixtures, but the former Swansea City boss isn’t getting too carried away.

“We have to be vigilant going forward. It has been a good start but we can be better,” Rodgers on Liverpool FC official website at www.liverpoolfc.com.

“We just need to keep getting results. We need to keep the feel-good factor going and you do that by winning games.

“We have shown in all three of our games at some stage the qualities we want.

“The quality of our football has been good and that commitment and desire to win games and our resilience has been there.”

Striker Daniel Sturridge could be in line to start after missing England’s two World Cup qualifiers with a thigh problem he picked up during the Manchester United win.

However, England right-back Glen Johnson will miss the contest after he was sidelined for over a month with an ankle injury.

New signing Mamadou Sakho and Victor Moses are set to start on the bench, while Simon Mignolet aim to keep his shutouts going.

Swansea manager Michael Laudrup has an almost fully fit squad to chose from and he hopes to keep them fit as he brace for a very demanding schedule.

“We have already played seven games,” said Laudrup. “And now we have another seven before the next break.

“We have four in the league, including Liverpool and Arsenal at home, as well as Crystal Palace and Southampton away. Then we have a cup game too.

“But I think the important thing right now, in the next seven games, is the Premier League.

“The Premier League is our priority. I use the words ‘daily bread’ because it’s here that we have to survive and then do well.”

Liverpool (from): Jones, Mignolet, Agger, Enrique, Flanagan, Ilori, Kelly, Sakho, Skrtel, Toure, Wisdom, Alberto, Allen, Gerrard, Henderson, Ibe, Lucas, Aspas, Coutinho, Moses, Sterling, Sturridge.

Swansea City (from): Tremmel, Vorm, Zabret, Amat, Chico, Davies, Meade, Monk, Obeng, Rangel, Situ, Taylor, Williams, Britton, Canas, De Guzman, Dyer, Pablo, Pozuelo, Richards, Routledge, Shelvey, Bony, Donnelly, Lamah, Lita, Michu, Vazquez.

Live Streaming Southampton v West Ham Live on NBC Sports

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(Sporting Alert) — Ravel Morrison starts today for West Ham United in their English Premier League (EPL) clash with Southampton on the road at St. Mary’s Stadium.

Live Streaming Southampton v West Ham Live on NBC Sports

Morrison, a former Manchester United youth player, was handed his first Premier League start for Sam Allardyce side, as a replacement for the injured Stewart Downing in West Ham’s one change from the side that featured in the last outing.

The Hammers are still without forward Andy Carroll, while Ricardo Vaz Te is only on the bench again.

Meanwhile, Southampton made three adjustments from the side that was beaten at Norwich City, as Nathaniel Clyne, Luke Shaw and Jay Rodriguez all come into the starting team, replacing Calum Chambers, Danny Fox and James Ward-Prowse.

Former Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama also starts today for Southampton.

Southampton v West Ham

Southampton: Boruc, Clyne, Lovren, Fonte, Shaw, Wanyama, Schneiderlin, Rodriguez, Lallana, Osvaldo, Lambert.
Subs: Kelvin Davis, Steven Davis, Ramirez, Ward-Prowse, Do Prado, Chambers, Hooiveld.

West Ham: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Reid, Collins, O’Brien, Diame, Noble, Morrison, Nolan, Jarvis, Maiga.
Subs: Tomkins, Rat, Collison, Vaz Te, Adrian, Taylor, Lee.

Referee: Andre Marriner (W Midlands)

English Barclays Premier League Fixtures – Sept. 14

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David Moyes
David Moyes at his press conference

MANCHESTER (Sporting Alert) — The following is the list of games on the schedule as the English Barclays Premier League resumes on Saturday.

In the early kick-off at 7:45 (ET), defending champion Manchester United will look to get back to winning ways when they take on newly promoted Crystal Palace at Old Trafford.

New summer signing Marouane Fellaini is named in the Manchester United squad for the clash, while Shinji Kagawa is set to start as well after failing to feature in the opening three games of the season.

In other games, Tottenham, starting new life after the Gareth Bale departure finalized departure, will host Norwich City at White Hart Lane and are being backed as favourites to take all three points.

Mesut Ozil is set to make his debut for Arsenal when they tackle Sunderland at Stadium of Light, several signings, including Samuel Eto’o is set to make his debut for Chelsea against Everton on the road at Goodison Park.

An injured hit Manchester City travel to Britannia Stadium to face Stoke City.

Saturday 14 September 2013 – English Premier League games – All Time in EST

7:45 Manchester United v Crystal Palace at Old Trafford: Sportsnet, Directv, Mun2, Sky Sport 1, Sky Go, Sky Sport 1 HD, TalkSport Radio, Fox Sports 1 Australia, NBCSN, Al Jazeera Sport HD6, Al Jazeera Sport HD1, BBC Radio 5 Live, ESPN Caribbean, NBC Sports Live Extra, BT Sport 1

10:00 Aston Villa v Newcastle at Villa Park: Directv, TalkSport Radio, NBC Sports Live Extra,TSN.ca, Premier League Extra Time

10:00 Fulham v West Bromwich at Craven Cottage: Directv, TalkSport Radio, NBC Sports Live Extra,TSN.ca, Premier League Extra Time

10:00 Hull v Cardiff City at The KC Stadium: Sportsnet World, Directv, TalkSport Radio, NBC Sports Live Extra, Premier League Extra Time

10:00 Tottenham v Norwich City at White Hart Lane: Sportsnet World, Directv, Al Jazeera Sport HD5, TalkSport Radio, Absolute Radio, TSN.ca, NBC Sports Live Extra, Premier League Extra Time

10:00 Stoke v Manchester City at Britannia Stadium: Sportsnet, Directv, TalkSport Radio, Al Jazeera Sport HD1, NBC Sports Live Extra, Premier League Extra Time, beIN SPORT Premier League HD Indonesia, Star Sports India, ESPN HD India

10:00 Sunderland v Arsenal at Stadium of Light: TSN, RDS, TalkSport Radio, Sky Sport 1 HD, Sky Sport 1, Fox Sports 1 Australia,NBCSN, BBC One, Al Jazeera Sport HD6, BBC Radio 5 Live, NBC Sports Live Extra, Canal+ Sport Poland

12:30 Everton v Chelsea at Goodison Park: TSN, Sky Sports 1/HD, Al Jazeera Sport HD1, NBC, Sky Sport 1, Sky Go

TV Channels For Manchester United v Chelsea

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MANCHESTER (Sporting Alert) — Manchester United and Chelsea will feature in what should be an open encounter in the Barclays Premier League at Old Trafford on Monday night.

Watch Live on: Fox Soccer Channel, NBC Sports Live Extra, Al Jazeera Sport, SuperSport 3, Sky Sport 1 HD, Fox Sports HD,  NBC Sports Network, BBC One.

Managers David Moyes and Jose Mourinho will be looking to win one over each other in early goings of the title race after both managers joined to new clubs this summer.

In team news, Mourinho is expected to be without defender David Luiz, who remains doubtful for the contest with a hamstring problem. The Brazilian center-back missed Chelsea’s Premier League openers against Hull and Aston Villa and could skip the Old Trafford.

He, however, was still named in the Chelsea traveling squad.

Mourinho must also decide on whether to star Demba Ba, Fernando Torres or Romelu Lukaku in his attack.

Meanwhile, Moyes has hinted that striker Wayne Rooney could join Robin van Persie in the Manchester United starting line-up tonight, despite Chelsea pushing to sign the player before the end of the transfer window.

Danny Welbeck has also been playing well and would feel a little disappointed to lose his place after scoring twice in the season opener against Swansea City.

Teams:

Manchester United (squad): De Gea, Lindegaard, Smalling, Jones, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Buttner, Fabio, Zaha, Valencia, Carrick, Cleverley, Anderson, Giggs, Lingard, Januzaj, Welbeck, Rooney, Van Persie

Chelsea (squad): Cech, Schwarzer, Hilario, Ivanovic, Cole, Luiz, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Bertrand, Mikel, Essien, Oscar, Ramires, Lampard, Van Ginkel, Hazard, Mata, Moses, Schurrle, De Bruyne, Torres, Lukaku, Ba.

Premier League Results – Aug 24

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — The following are the results from the games played in the English Barclays Premier League on Saturday. A total of seven games were played on Saturday.

After losing on opening day of the season, Arsenal bounced back with a convincing 3-1 victory over Fulham, with German forward Lukas Podolski netting a brace for the Gunners. Olivier Giroud was the other Arsenal scorer, while Darren Bent scored the lone goal for Fulham.

“We were impressive and always in control. We deserved the win and it’s a good win,” said Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger after the game.

“We had a convincing win against Fenerbahce and that was a good response to the disappointing first result (against Aston Villa). We played the way we wanted to play, we were in control and the team enjoyed it.”

There were also 1-0 victories for Liverpool and Hull City over Aston Villa and Norwich City, respectively.

England forward Daniel Sturridge netted a beauty in the 21st minute for Liverpool, while Robbie Brady scored a first half penalty in Hull’s win.

“We just needed to defend a bit deeper today, Aston Villa are brilliant on the counter and we had to deny them chances,” Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said.

“It’s a great win for us because they are such a difficult team to play against.

“We were calm on the ball in the first half, our movement was fluent and very good and we knew we couldn’t open up too much because they would hurt us on the counter.”

The defeat for Aston Villa was their second in a row, after a midweek defeat to Chelsea and boss Paul Lambert said: “We have had really tough week. We have had those two intense matches against Arsenal and Chelsea with quick turnarounds.

“These are three teams that are vying to get in the top four, top five. I am proud of the team for what they have done.

“If I could have taken three points from these three games I would have taken it right at the beginning.”

Premier League Results

Fulham 1 – 3 Arsenal
Everton 0 – 0 West Brom
Hull City 1 – 0 Norwich
Newcastle United 0 – 0 West Ham
Southampton 1 – 1 Sunderland
Stoke 2 – 1 Crystal Palace
Aston Villa 0 – 1 Liverpool