This week in the English Premier League we witnessed many upsets, many stunning goals and as usual conuntless controversial decisions. The week kicked off on saturday night where goals from high earners Mario Balotelli and James Milner helped overcome Everton as they slump to a defeat.
Arsenal picked up some form as a double from Dutch International Robin Van Persie and a late goal from Alexander Song helped the Gunners defeat Bolton Wanderers as they were kept scoreless away from home. Chelsea piled on four goals to help rediscover there EPL dominance despite the fact Fernando Torres was sent off for indiscipline behaviour. Torres however did start the scoring followed by a double from the Brazilian Ramires and Didier Drogba.
Liverpool and Newcastle United both earned victories as they both remain in the top 6 of the Ladder. The two prominent clubs have showed others why they will be hard to beat at home. Demba Ba was man of the match in the Newcastle game as he scored his first EPL hat- trick. Suarez was given the match ball after his perfomance for Liverpool as his goal separated both teams.
There were two games this week which ended up in a 1-1 (all) draw where Stoke halted Manchester United win streak thanks to an equaliser from Peter Crouch early in the second half. The other game being referred is the Aston Villa v Queens Park Rangers where Traore scored a last minute goal which earned his team a point.
The last two games of the round both provided 2-1 victories for Tottenham and Norwich City. Late goals from Diame and Kieran Richardson from the two teams couldn't provided a spirited comeback for there team or fans.
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Fun Facts: There were 1.2 million public internet sessions at EPL in 2011 which is a 14% increase from 2010. Wigan Athletics JJB stadium only holds 25,000 seats, however it is not as low as teams like Portsmouth FC and Blackpool who both had under 20,000 seats.
Transfer Rumours : The Gunners are looking to bring in Valencia's Pablo Hernandez in next summer. Arsenal are also looking to bring in Schalke's Benedikt Howedes to partner Mertesacker. Liverpool are looking to bring in South Korean International Ki Seung- Yeung who is looking to leave Celtic FC.
Paris Saint Germain and Valencia are in a two horse race for Manchester United Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov.
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