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January 01, 2003
EPL REPORT WEEK 20: 3-2 Arsenal squeaker over Chelsea, Gunners five points clear at the top. [much more inside]
posted by worldcup2002 to soccer at 05:18 PM - 5 comments
Oh, and Villa seem to have found a little form too. Yay!
posted by BigCalm at 02:46 AM on January 02, 2003
Houllier blames Dudek for a couple of games...replaces him with Kirkland....how many games have Liverpool won since he put Dudek on the bench!?!?!
posted by StarFucker at 02:53 PM on January 02, 2003
Where's the checkbook, Houllier? It's the dark days of Liverpool (popup) and Gerard has already given up the chase. Look what everyone else is doing:
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- Birmingham: Went French, bought defender Coly and borrowed striker Dugarry.
- Everton: Borrowed striker McBride (USA!) and defender Said (Egypt).
- Man City: Borrowed midfielder Belmadi (Algeria, via Marseilles) and want striker Fowler (Leeds) for 7mil pounds.
- Newcastle: Want defender Woodgate (Leeds), 10mil-pound bid rejected, still trying, may have to go to 12mil pounds.
- Spurs: May lend out striker Rebrov.
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:39 PM on January 02, 2003
And the Magpies are tied (with Chelsea) for third! Righteous!
posted by Ufez Jones at 04:29 PM on January 02, 2003
Arsenal lead the Premiership by five points after squeezing by Chelsea 3-2 in a closely-contested London derby between the top two teams in the league. Manchester United stole into second spot thanks to a last-gasp 2-1 win over Sunderland, in a match where Man U scored all the goals, including a last-minute winner from Scholes and a Juan Veron own goal. Meanwhile, my beloved Liverpool broke their string of three successive draws by losing to Newcastle 1-0, courtesy of a deflected freekick by journalist-puncher Laurent Robert. Liverpool continue their descent in the table by slipping into seventh. They have now collected four out of a possible 30 points in the last 10 games (that's six losses and four draws). When will the agony end? Well, at least they got to play. Charlton v West Ham and Fulham v WBA were postponed due to heavy rain. But forget the games! January is shopping month, as the EPL mid-season transfer window opens and teams begin the horse-trading frenzy to shore up broken teams and find the missing link in their bid for glory (or survival). More linkage: (btw, Soccernet debuted a brighter and cleaner site design at Christmas)