Results for 2/5/2011 part I.

Beginning in England where a ton of goals were scored in every game and upsets reigned supreme: Aston Villa and Fulham finished level 2-2 after John Pantsil gave Aston Villa an early lead with his own-goal in the 13th minute. Andrew Johnson brought Fulham level in the second half before Kyle Walker gave Villa the lead once more in the 72nd minute. Clint Dempsey then equalised again for Fulham six minutes later to end the game 2-2. Everton's match with Blackpool was also an interesting affair as Louis Saha struck his first in the 20th before Alex Baptiste equalised in the 37th Saha then struck in the 47th to make it 2-1. Jason Puncheon then made it 2-2 in the 62nd. Charlie Adam then gave Blackpool their first and last lead of the match two minutes later. Saha then struck twice while Jermaine Beckford notched in one of his own to make it 5-3 when the final whistle blew. Manchester City v.s. West Brom was a game dominated by one man as well, as Carlos Tevez struck a hat-trick including two penalties and a nice goal in the 22nd. West Brom were really at City's mercy for the rest of the game. As for Newcastle, they played a fantastic match against Arsenal which concluded at a blood-pumping 4-4 scoreline. Arsenal had the game up until the 30th minute when they had scored their four goals, which came from the boots of Theo Walcott, Johan Djourou, and a pair from Robin van Persie. Things soured in the second half though, as first Vassiriki Abou Diaby was sent off in the 50th and then Joey Barton converted a penalty to make it a 4-1 game. That was only the beginning though, as Leon Best struck in the 75th. Barton then converted a second penalty in the 83rd to make it 4-3. Cheik Tiote completed the come back in the 87th to totally upset Arsenal's way. Stoke v.s. Sunderland finished 3-2 as Kieran Richardson and Asamoah Gyan scored for the away side while John Carew and two Robert Huth goals were enough to win the game for Stoke. Tottenham battled to edge out Bolton 2-1 as Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring for Tottenham in the 6th from the spot while Daniel Sturridge equalised in the 55th for Bolton. Niko Kranjcar was Tottenham's man though, as he scored in the second minute of stoppage time in the second half to win the game for his side. In Blackburn's match with Wigan, both sides scored a ton of goals but Wigan were the more successful, coming back from Jason Roberts' 23rd minute strike for Blackburn to win 4-3 thanks to two James McCarthy goals, a strike by Hugo Rodallega, and Ben Watson's 65th minute penalty. David Dunn and Christopher Samba were the other scorers for Rovers. Concluding the day of matches in England, I am quite a bit happy to announce that Manchester United are undefeated no longer. The team to end their streak? Wolverhampton Wanderers! Nani's opening salvo in the third minute wasn't enough to get United victory as George Elokobi and Kevin Doyle each put one away to give Wolves a 2-1 victory over the table-topping United. Crossing over the Channel to Germany's Bundesliga now, Hannover defeated Wolfsburg 1-0 thanks to Sergio Pinto's 4th  minute strike; Hoffenheim outscored Kaiserslautern 3-2 as Gylfi Sigurdsson and Sebastian Rudy both put one away for Hoffenheim before the Red Devils' Erwin Hoffer struck the away side's first. Rodnei then struck Kaiserslautern level 2-2 before Vedad Ibisevic gave Hoffenheim a lead which lasted them to the end of the match. The biggest match though, was between Koln and Bayern Munchen. Bayern led 2-0 into half-time through Mario Gomez and and Hamit Altintop. Koln then made a remarkable come-back thanks to Christian Clemens and Milivoje Novakovic. Mainz and Bremen tied 1-1 thanks to goals from Andre Schurrle and Claudio Pizarro for the respective sides. Monchengladbach v.s. Stuttgart was also a close match, as Stuttgart won 3-2. Dante and Igor de Camargo put 'Gladbach ahead 2-0 before Stuttgart took control of the second half, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Martin Harnik, and Timo Gebhart were the scorers who drastically turned the game around. Finally, Nurnberg and Leverkusen had a low scoreline for the day, Christian Eigler was the man who won Nurnberg the match, 1-0.