The weekend blew the Barclays Premier League wide open with a number of results having contrasting effects on the league positions of a number of teams.
Arsenal vs. Chelsea: All eyes this weekend were on the Barclays Premier League clash between Arsenal and Chelsea at the Emirate Stadium. Both Arsene Wenger and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo see their sides in the fight for a spot in next season’s UEFA Champions League.
Arsenal started the match in third place with Chelsea in fifth, with a win for the latter allowing the Blues to close the gap between the two sides.
However, from the way Di Matteo set his team up it became apparent early on that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 on Tuesday night, one can understand why.
The semi-final of the Champions League holds more importance than a league match and one can understand the manager’s move to rest a number of key players such as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 and Juan Mata.
It was a relatively dull affair as compared to previous meetings between the two London sides; however, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 should have won the match based on Chelsea’s distracted team selection.
In the end the match ended as it began, with the score-line reading 0-0 and honours even.
Final Score: ARS 0 – 0 CHE
Newcastle United vs. Stoke City: There was plenty of hype in the build-up to the match with the home side in with a real shot at playing in the UEFA Champions League next season. At the same time, Stoke City were in a confident enough mood for what was set to be an entertaining game of football.
And so it was, albeit, the only people who found the match entertaining were the neutrals and the Newcastle United fans. The home side gave their fans another fantastic display as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yohan-Cabaye-c37423 bagged a brace and Papiss Cisse continued his spectacular goal scoring form with another goal.
The result saw Newcastle United claim fourth spot for their own and stand a great chance of finishing 3rd as well.
Final Score: NEW 3 - 0 STK0
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