Sunday, April 3, 2011

What happened in the domestic action of this weekend.

Well in Scotland, Rangers messed up quite badly as they lost 3-2 to Dundee United and lost their chance to overcome Celtic's league lead. Motherwell played well against Aberdeen, winning 2-1. St. Mirren meanwhile, defeated Hamilton 3-1with Michael Higdon striking all three of their goals after David Buchanan had put Hamilton in the lead. Moving down to England now, Arsenal could only tie Blackburn 0-0 while Newcastle had their way with Wolves 4-1. Chelsea were held 1-1 by Stoke, West Brom defeated Liverpool 2-1, as Manchester United defeated West Ham 4-2. Over in the Netherlands, AZ beat Feyenoord 1-0 while Twente defeated PSV 2-0 with Theo Janssen striking both Twente goals! Over in Germany, Bayern were able to edge Monchengladbach 1-0 thanks to Arjen Robben's 77th minute goal. Bremen tied Stuttgart 1-1 thanks to Torsten Frings' 34th minute equalise after Tamas Hajnal put Stuttgart ahead 1-0 in the 13. Dortmund managed to beat Hannover 4-1 in their match which gives them a 7 point lead over second place Leverkusen and 14 points over third place Bayern. Kaiserslautern on the other hand weren't so lucky as they lost 1-0 at home to visiting Leverkusen. In France, Lille sit at the top of the table by 4 points after a 3-1 victory over Caen. Sochaux had a good game against Brest, winning at home in the first minute of stoppage time in the second half thanks to Brown Ideye's strike. They had an earlier lead after Ryad Boudebouz converted a penalty in the 7th to give the home side a 1-0 lead. Bruno Grougi's 62nd minute penalty for Brest equalised matters but to no avail after Brown Ideye's goal. Over in Italy, the biggest game of the weekend may have been AC Milan's 3-0 destruction of Inter Milan which was begun by Alexandre Pato's first minute strike, continued by his 62nd minute goal, and concluded with Antonio Cassano's 90th minute penalty conversion. After his goal, Cassano was then given two cards, a yellow, and then a send off to conclude an up and down night for the man. Over in Spain, Barcelona worked wonders, winning 1-0 over Villarreal while Real Madrid fell further off the mark after a 1-0 loss to Sporting Gijon at home in Madrid! Valencia showed Getafe what was what in a 4-2 victory as well. Finally, in the big Portuguese game of the weekend, Porto edged Benfica 2-1 after going ahead in the 9th through Freddy Guarin before Javier Saviola tied it 1-1 with his 17th minute penalty. Hulk then converted a penalty of his own in the 26th to conclude an action-packed first half but a weaker game.

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