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Manchester City were forced to fightback from 3-1 down to earn one point with 3-3 draw against Sunderland at Etihad Stadium and surrender 100% home back to back wins record. Two superb strikes from Mario Baloteli and Aleksandar Kolarov were to much for Sunderland golie and City leveled the score on 86 minute. Mario Baloteli score twice and prove Mancini wrong, as the manager said he does not trust Baloteli. Mancini boys would have grabbed a win if they had more time as Sunderland players seemed tied of resisting City pressure.
City had had a poor run recently, surrendering lead at premier league summit after draw with Stoke City and if Manchester United win against Blackburn, the red devils will be 5 point clear at the top. United will be looking for three points in tough game against relegation zone fighters Blackburn and if possible they will try to get more goals as possible to nourish their goal difference. A record 20th premier league title for United is right at the corner and they would love it more as they are competing with their biggest rival.
Manchester City vs Sunderland goal summary
Sebastian Larsson (31') 0-1
Mario Balotelli (pen 43') 1-1
Nicklas Bendtner (45') 1-2
Sebastian Larsson (55') 1-3
Mario Balotelli (85') 2-3
Aleksandar Kolarov (86') 3-3
Manchester City vs Sunderland video highlights of all goals
Manchester City maintained 100% home record this season after snatching 3-2 victory in five-goal thriller. Samir Nasri opened the score line with fantastic goal after super vision and assist from David Silva, the leading top assistor in premier league this season. Joleon Lescott went in with the ball to make it 2-0. Jermain Defoe capitalized on defence error to pull one back before Gareth Bale superb direct volley to level the score 2-2.
Then came Jermain Defoe miss in final minutes, he just miss timed the ball following good effort from Bale. Spurs then have to pay the price, Mario Balotelli fouled by Ledley King in penalty box, Balotelli converted the spot kick on 94 minutes. Salute to Roberto Mancini for Balotelli substitution, he looked dangerous with every ball despite controversial fouls which look like the good, the bad and Balotelli pointed out in soccernet.com. City remain 3 points clear at the top of premier league table after United 2-1 victory over Arsenal.
Tottenham hotspurs starting lineup and subs: Brad Friedel, Ledley King, Joleon Lescot, Younes Kaboul, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Kyle Walker, Scott Parker, Luka Modric, Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon (Steven Pienaar), Jermain Defoe and Rafael Van der Vaart (Jake Livermore).
Manchester City starting lineup and subs: Joe Hart, Stefan Savic, Gaël Clichy, Micah Richards, Gareth Barry, James Milner, David Silva, Samir Nasri, Edin Dzeko (Mario Balotelli) and Sergio Agüero.
Chelsea FC have secured a third consecutive crucial win after beating premier league leaders Manchester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge and registered the first league loss for Mancini's boys and end Manchester City unbeaten run.
The win came after two over victories against Newcastle (3-0) and champions league decider match against Valencia (3-0). Having fall a goal behind just on second minutes after Mario Balotelli score the opener, Andre Villas-Boas's club was able to fight back and level the score on 34' minute through Raul Meireles. Manchester City were reduced to ten men after Gael Clicly received two yellow card and a third City red card in 6 premiership games. City self destruct continue when Joleon Lescott handed a ball on penalty box and Frank Lampard netted to give Chelsea a winner on 82'. Lampard who missed a penalty kick against Newcastle is now on level with 7 goals for Chelsea as Daniel Sturridge.
Once again Andre Villas-Boas praised his team 'Going 1-0 down so early in the game made things very difficult because it gave Man City even more motivation and belief,' He said.
Chelsea ended poor run of loosing to big teams having lost to Manchester United (3-1), Arsenal (5-3) and Liverpool (2-0) and move to third place, 7 points behind the league leaders and 5 behind second place Manchester United.
Chelsea vs Manchester City Video highlights of all goals. szólj hozzá: Che 2-1 Mac Chelsea vs Manchester City goal scorers
Premier league resumed after Carling cup quarter final matches which left Chelsea and Manchester United dumped out by Liverpool and Crystal Palace respectively. Great premier league results for top five teams as they all secured important wins.
Robin Van Persie score again to remain current top premier league scorer
Manchester City remain five points clear premier league summit
The league leader, Manchester City resumed to winning ways with a 5-1 win over Norwich to remain unbeaten in premier league. Sergio Agüero (32'), Samir Nasri (51'), Yaya Touré (68'), Mario Balotelli (88') and Adam Johnson (90') on score sheet for Manchester City. Steve Morison score the only consolation goal for Norwich. szólj hozzá: Man City vs Norwich 5:1
Narrow win for Manchester united to stay second as couple of injuries face both clubs
Phil Jones scored his first goal for Manchester United and the only goal of the matches to secure victory over Aston Villa and prolong United record over Villa to 16 years. Injuries continue mounting for both clubs as Hernandez, Shay Given and Jermaine Jenas got injured during the game.
Tottenham 6th consecutive win record add pressure on Coyle
Tottenham Hotspur scored three goals through Gareth Bale (7'), Aaron Lennon (50') and Jermain Defoe (60') to put more pressure on Coyle, Bolton Wanderers manager. With Sunderland's manager already out pressure is mounting for other manager at the bottom of the table. Tottenham mark a new record with six consecutive wins to go third.
Crucial victory for Chelsea ahead of Valencia and Manchester City games
Chelsea managed to collect all three points and three goals at Newcastle Sports Authority stadium a big boost ahead of crucial games against Valencia and Manchester City. Andre Villas-Boas was impressed by team performance despite failure of Chelsea player to convert easy chance especially by Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge Penalty miss by Frank Lampard. Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and Daniel Sturridge were all on score sheet for Chelsea to go above Newcastle in the premiership log. Chelsea had difficult task putting off the on form Demba Ba who could have forced David Luiz red card on third minute but Chelsea were luck.
Andre Villas-Boas commented on solid performance and went on to say “3-0 was probably slightly excessive, but we were coming up against a team on a great run and with one of the best defences in the league, we did fantastically well, and it was the fairest of results” szólj hozzá: Newcastle vs Chelsea 0:3 MOTD
Arsenal's top hit man, Robin Van Persie score his 14th goal to send Arsenal to 5th
Arsenal crushed Wigan Athletic 4-0 with goals coming from four different player Mikel Arteta (28'), Thomas Vermaelen (29'), Gervinho (61') and the current premiership top scorer Robin Van Persie (78') who added his goals tally to 14. Arsenal have now moved to fifth place in the Barclays Premier League table as Wigan being sent to 20th position due to poor goal difference.
Manchester City's Mario Balotelli missed a goal against LA Galaxy after trying to score with back-heel only to see the ball going wide. Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini reacted immediately by replacing the 20 years old striker. Act is considered as lack of respect to opponent but also wasting effort on his team mates. Early he scored from a penalty spot and the game ended 1-1 but City won 7-6 on penalty.
