Barclays Premier League Gameweek 22 Results

Hey. Did anyone enjoy the football this weekend? Yeah me too.

Manchester City v Tottenham: 3-2

Manchester City have remained three points ahead of United after a less than convincing win over third place Tottenham. The first half produced little chance but in the second half it changed completely. It was City that took control going two-nil up before the hour mark, with goals from Nasri and Lescott. Tottenham did get it back to two a piece, all this in the space of 10 minutes. In what was a crazy game, there wasn’t much doubt over who stole the game. Balotelli was bundled over by Ledley King in the last minute of injury time, and scored the resulting penalty, to seal the win. The main talking point of the game, though, was whether he should have been on the pitch in the first place. He had stamped on Parker’s head. I haven’t seen the incident but looking at various images it did look like he did it on purpose.

Star Man: Mario Balotelli – He will be on the back pages (as usual)

Arsenal v Manchester United: 1-2

Manchester United put more pressure on City after a close victory. Valencia nodded in a cross from Giggs for the opener on the stroke of Halftime. It was none other than Robin Van Persie who curled in a goal that Henry would have been happy with, as he looked from the crowd. However, Arsenal fell apart late on and allowed Valencia to sneak a cross to Welbeck for his third goal in three. I would like to see whether Wayne Rooney still thinks Arsenal are a threat to the title as he thought this on Friday. Overall it wasn’t as entertaining as the previous meeting (8-2) but it still was a decent game.


Star Man: Antonio Valencia - A goal and an assist from the Ecuadorian

Summed up in 10 words (or less):
Norwich v Chelsea: 0-0- Torres comes closes in a game that ended goalless

Everton v Blackburn: 1-1- Blackburn pick up a vital point thanks to Goodwillie’s equaliser

Fulham v Newcastle: 5-2 – Living the American dream. Dempsey hat-trick added to two penalties

QPR v Wigan: 3-1 – Wigan are bottom after losing to QPR who looked comfortable

Stoke v West Brom: 1-2 – Walters penalty miss proved costly as Stoke lose at home

Sunderland v Swansea: 2-0 – Sessegnon and Gardner gives Martin O’Niell another win as manager

Wolves v Aston Villa: 2-3 – Keane is back again. Striker’s double gives Villa the win

Bolton v Liverpool: 3-1- Liverpool failed to turn up, Bolton are out of relegation

Simply the Best:

Player of the weekend: Clint Dempsey – a hat-trick against Newcastle and a good performance from the American

Game of the Weekend: Had to be the one from today in Manchester. Four goals in 10 minutes and a last minute penalty.

Goal of the Weekend: Not really an incredible goal but the pressure and coolness of Balotelli penalty was pretty class

Stat of the Weekend: Fernando Torres has now gone 15 games without a goal. Will his luck ever change?