14 December 2005 Everton 1 (Beattie 9) West Ham 2 (Weir 19 og, Zamora 67) West Ham move into seventh after coming from behind to beat Everton. The home side went ahead early on when James McFadden's cross was swept home emphatically by James Beattie, however within ten minutes the Hammers were level when Thomas Repka was allowed time to cross and after Nuno Valente failed to clear at the near post, the ball struck David Weir on the shin and looped in over his own keeper. Midway through the second half, West Ham deservedly clinched victory as Matty Etherington's run and shot was well saved by Richard Wright, however Bobby Zamora was on hand to tap in his third goal in as many games. Attendance : 35,704 Assists : McFadden, n/a, n/a Manchester United 4 (Ferdinand 29, Rooney 34, 54, van Nistelrooy 69 pen) Wigan 0 Man United are back on form as they swept Wigan aside at Old Trafford. Away keeper Mike Pollitt made a succession of decent saves, however when Rio Ferdinand nodded in a corner from Ryan Giggs, the fingertips of the stopper only diverted the ball away from a defender on the line and into the net for Ferdinand's first United goal since joining in the summer of 2002. The lead was soon doubled when Darren Fletcher crossed for Wayne Rooney and although he originally slipped as he tried to wriggle through three defenders, he regained his footing, made space and fired in a terrific goal at the near post. Rooney added a third early in the second half when he was sent clear by Ruud Van Nistelrooy and the calmly clipped the ball over the advancing Pollitt and with twenty minutes left, Van Nistelrooy was fouled in the area by the keeper and then sent him the wrong way from the spot to clinch a resounding win. Attendance : 35,704 Assists : Giggs (ck), n/a, van Nistelrooy, van Nistelrooy (won pen) 12 December 2005 Tottenham 3 (King 57, Mido 85 pen, Defoe 90) Portsmouth 1 (Lua Lua 24) Attendance : 36,141 Assists : O'Neil, Carrick (ck), n/a, Reid 11 December 2005 Manchester United 1 (Giggs 15) Everton 1 (McFadden 7) Attendance : 67,831 Assists : Osman, Scholes 10 December 2005 Newcastle 1 (Solano 82) Arsenal 0 Attendance : 52,297 Red Card : Silva 57 (Arsenal) Assist : Shearer Chelsea 1 (Terry 67) Wigan 0 Attendance : 42,060 Assist : Lampard (ck) Liverpool 2 (Morientes 72, 77) Middlesbrough 0 Attendance : 43,150 Red Card : Riggott 84 (Red Card) Assist : Luis Garcia, n/a West Brom 2 (Kamara 5, Campbell 61) Manchester City 0 Attendance : 42,060 Red Card : Cole 87 (Manchester City) Assists : Inamoto, Robinson Birmingham 1 (Butt 84) Fulham 0 Attendance : 27,597 Assist : Heskey Blackburn 3 (Dickov 56 Pen, 58, Kuqi 76) West Ham 2 (Zamora 45, Harewood 63) Attendance : 20,370 Assist : Harewood, n/a, n/a, Zamora, n/a Bolton 1 (Diouf 82) Aston Villa 1 (Angel 88) Attendance : 23,646 Assist : Vaz Te, Moore Charlton 2 (Bent 42, Ambrose 49) Sunderland 0 Attendance : 26,065 Assist : n/a, n/a Gary Dowden Chief Editor SoccerAge UK Gary Dowden - Joint Admin Topica Premier-L list http://www.topica.com/lists/premier-L/ Leeds United and Scotland and proud of it http://www.peanutsfan.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/footiemad The Unofficial Premiership Site |