vipnerd Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 2002/2003 TableTeam GP W D L Pts GF GA GD __________________________________________________Manchester United 35 22 8 5 74 66 32 34 Arsenal 34 21 8 5 71 71 36 35 Newcastle United 34 19 4 11 61 58 45 13 Chelsea 34 17 9 8 60 61 34 27 Liverpool 34 16 10 8 58 5136 15 Everton 34 16 8 10 56 44 40 4 __________________________Remaining Games:Man U: @Tottenham , Charlton Athletic , @ EvertonArsenal: @ Bolton , Leeds , Southhampton, @ Sunderland, Newcastle Utd.: Aston Villa , Fulham, Birmingham, @ West BromChelsea: Everton, Fulham, @ Westham, LiverpoolLiverpool: Charlton Athletic, @ West Brom, Manchester City, @ ChelseaEverton: @ Chelsea, Aston Villa, @ Fulham, Manchester Utd.Analysis:The tiltle race will come down to the final week ... when Arsenal plays Southhampton (posponed game) and then plays @ relegated Sunderland in the last weekend ... I still see an edge for Arsenal ... it looks pretty difficult that either Arsenal or Man U will drop any points ... in which case they will define the EPL on goal difference ... Arsenal is ahead by one (1) goal in the GD ... and have one more game in hand ... which will facilitate their GD ... if both teams end tied in GD ... title will be defined by goals scored ... and in this category ... Arsenal is ahead of Man U in 71 to 66 ...Arsenal is motivated to be the first team to win back to back doubles (ELP and FA) ... it would be their chance ... and Werner's ... to enter in history for the said achievement ... a team that in the past five years has won the ELP twice and were runner-ups the other three ...Man U wants the title again ... which will add to their eighth in eleven years ... Sir Alex Ferguson still believes in their own double ... ELP and Champions League ... the latter to be played in Old Trafford ...The fight for third and forth place ... which gives access to next year's Champions League ... is as tight as anyone had foreseen a few weeks ago ...Four teams are still in the fight for it ... Newcastle Utd. having seen their title hopes vanish in the past two weeks now see the shadows of Chelsea and Liverpool ... Newcastle are on 61 ... Chelsea on 60 ... Liverpool on 58 and Everton on 56 ... This definition will come down to the last week as well ... the emotion increases since in the last game Chelsea receives the visit of Liverpool ... in which probably will define which of the two qualifies to the CL ...Tomorrow Chelsea receives Everton in a dramatic derby ... if Chelsea doesn't win ... Liverpool could join them in points ... for Everton is not only the significance of the derby but ... if they lose ... they will say goodbye to the dreams of a CL birth ... you can watch this game on tape delay (kick off at 10 am EST) on Fox Sports (English and Spanish) ... at 3 pm EST Vip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicman Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 this title race will be very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vipnerd Posted April 21 Author Report Share Posted April 21 LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Chelsea crushed Everton 4-1 at Stamford Bridge on Monday to move up to third in the premier league as the battle intensified for a Champions League qualifying place. Goals from Icelandic-Dutch strike pair Eidur Gudjohnsen and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, plus Danish winger Jesper Gronkjaer and Italian substitute Gianfranco Zola gave them a fully-deserved win and 63 points with three games to go. With leaders Manchester United (74) and Arsenal (71) not playing, the focus switched to the third and fourth places which carry a coveted place in the Champions League qualifiers. Just two points now separate the three teams involved in that battle. Newcastle United slipped to fourth on 62 points after they could only draw 1-1 at home to Aston Villa, while two goals in the last five minutes from skipper Sami Hyypia and Steven Gerrard gave Liverpool a vital 2-1 win over Charlton Athletic at Anfield and 61 points. Everton stay sixth on 56 points and are now realistically out of the running, and must concentrate instead on defending their UEFA Cup place from a Blackburn Rovers side on 53 points after a 0-0 draw with Bolton Wanderers. At the other end of the table, third-from-bottom West Ham United kept alive their faint hopes of avoiding relegation by beating Middlesbrough 1-0 to reach 32 points -- three behind Leeds United, who play Fulham on Tuesday. EUROPEAN COMPETITION But the battle for Europe soccer next season was the main focus of the day and few managers were as satisfied as Chelsea's Claudio Ranieri and Liverpool's Gerard Houllier. Looking ahead to their last three games of the season, Ranieri told Sky Sports: "We have two big derbies against Fulham and West Ham and the last match is against Liverpool. We need our best performances of the season. "Everybody is tired, but character and pride are what's important now." Houllier, whose side were trailing to a Shaun Bartlett goal after a defensive error by French defender Djimi Traore, said: "This game sums up our season. "A big blunder, but character to come back through a difficult period, in the second half, and then the energy to finish the game well. "We've got three games to play and we know what we want. We'll go for it, we'll give everything we have for that," he added of the team's aims to gain a Champions League qualifying place. Newcastle boss Bobby Robson, meanwhile, was demanding nine points from his side after their draw against Villa. Newcastle skipper Alan Shearer was bleeding for much of the game after a clash of heads with Gareth Barry and his team drew after Villa substitute Dion Dublin cancelled out a free kick from Peruvian midfielder Nolberto Solano. "We knew it wouldn't be easy, the Premiership never is," Robson said. "We've got a battle on our hands and we know that. "I said a couple of matches ago we needed three victories and a draw from the remaining games. Well, the games are receding and we've got one draw. We now need three victories to ensure that we can get there." Everton manager David Moyes was clearly disappointed with his team's poor display, which not was improved by a subdued performance from teenage England striker Wayne Rooney, who is being investigated by police after allegedly spitting at Liverpool fans during Saturday's derby. "This was a game to give both teams a chance to get close to the Champions League and we didn't do well enough," Moyes said. "All round for us it was poor." ++++++++++++++++++It's all about Chelsea, Newcastle and Liverpool now ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutogame Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 i see Manchester winning the titlearsenal finishes second and after todays games everton will not be in the champs league so its between chelsea,newcastle and liverpooland newcastle has the easiest schedule but the 3 and 4 are gonna be chelsea and liverpool in a landslide over newcastleeverton and blackburn for the 5th spot for the uefa cup and looks like manchester city is getting in because of some fair play award crap..............good thing sunderland got relegated so i dont have to hear about claudio reyna this and that he sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vipnerd Posted April 22 Author Report Share Posted April 22 Originally posted by sutogame i see Manchester winning the titlearsenal finishes second and after todays games everton will not be in the champs league so its between chelsea,newcastle and liverpooland newcastle has the easiest schedule but the 3 and 4 are gonna be chelsea and liverpool in a landslide over newcastleeverton and blackburn for the 5th spot for the uefa cup and looks like manchester city is getting in because of some fair play award crap..............good thing sunderland got relegated so i dont have to hear about claudio reyna this and that he sucks I would also like to see Chelsea and Liverpool in the Champions next year ... provided Chelsea can get passed the qualifying stages ... Lol ...Newcastle ... as you said has the easiest schedule ... but are screwing up big time lately ... and I believe they will still drop some easy points ...As to Man U winning the title ... I sincerely don't see where will arsenal drop any points ... therefore ... Man U would have to outscore their rivals by quite a few goals ...I think Man U knows this ... that's why the scoring they have been doing lately feels anger in those blowing shots ... have you realized how hard Scholes is hitting the ball into the net? ... and how often ... The way Man U has played their last three games has ben superb ... can't wait for Wednesday ... Man U will pull it back on Real .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicman Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 Raul wont play tommorow. It's likely he's out for the season. Emergency apendectomy yesterday. It's all over MARCA . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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