Domestic Action 2/1/2011

Lots of news today as Celtic defeated Aberdeen 3-0 in Scotland with goals from Gary Hooper, Mark Wilson, and Anthony Stokes. Aberdeen were quickly reduced to ten men as Andrew Considine was sent-off in the second minute. St. Johnstone played a fair game against Hamilton, winning 2-0 with both goals from Steve May. Down in England, Arsenal edged Everton to a 2-1 scoreline despite Louis Saha's 24th minute goal put Everton ahead. Andrey Arshavin and Laurent Koscielny both scored within five minutes to give the Gunners a late lead. Manchester United continued their dominance with a 3-1 victory over Aston Villa. Rooney struck twice before Villa could even put away one. Wayne Rooney struck in the first minute as well as the first minute of stoppage time in the first half. Darren Bent was the man who finally brought Villa one back, but Nemanja Vidic struck United's third in the 63rd to seal the deal. Sunderland's match against Chelsea was also pretty bad, as the home side fell 4-2 to the Blues. Phillip Bardsley gave Sunderland an early lead, but Frank Lampard and Salomon Kalu soon made it a 2-1 game for Chelsea. Kieran Richardson then equalised for the home side but to no avail: John Terry and Nicolas Anelka both struck to make it 4-2. Finally, West Brom tied Wigan as Peter Odemwingie and Marc-Antoine Fortune scored for the home side while Charles N'Zogbia and Ben Watson struck for Wigan. Further south, in the Netherlands, De Graafschap tied 0-0 with Utrecht while Italy saw Lazio tie 0-0 with AC Milan.