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Yesterday in the English "Premier" league, eight matches of the 23rd round were played. After these matches, the leader Chelsea increased their lead over the closest pursuers to 10 points, while Man Utd reduced the gap from Arsenal to a minimum.
Chelsea yesterday defeated Tottenham away with two goals from midfielder Frank Lampard. Meanwhile, Arsenal further complicated their situation in the battle for the title by losing to Bolton with a score of 11.
One of the most interesting matches yesterday took place at Liverpool's Anfield stadium, where the local team Liverpool lost by a minimum result to Man Utd, who ended the match with ten players. The only goal of the match was scored by the young W. Rooney thanks to goalkeeper J. Dudek's mistake. In another match, Newcastle delighted their fans by beating Southampton 2-1.
Meanwhile, Blackburn unexpectedly defeated Portsmouth away. However, the hosts finished the match playing with nine players. Aston Villa claimed their eighth victory in the championship by beating Norwich 3-0.
All Saturday results:
0 - 1
21' [0 - 1] Wayne Rooney
65' Wes Brown sent off ("Man Utd")
3 - 0
9' [1 - 0] Liam Ridgewell
27' [2 - 0] Lee Hendrie
76' [3 - 0] Nolberto Solano
3 - 1
9' [1 - 0] Talal El Karkouri
55' [1 - 1] Mario Melchiot
67' [2 - 1] Shaun Bartlett
75' [3 - 1] Danny Murphy
3 - 1
12' [1 - 0] Shaun Wright Phillips
15' [2 - 0] Robbie Fowler
32' [2 - 1] Darren Powell
90' [3 - 1] Shaun Wright Phillips
2 - 1
9' [1 - 0] Alan Shearer (penalty)
38' [2 - 0] Titus Bramble
42' [2 - 1] Peter Crouch
0 - 1
55' [0 - 1] Morten Gamst Pedersen
51' Lomana Tresor LuaLua sent off ("Portsmouth")
90' Amdy Faye sent off ("Portsmouth")
0 - 2
39' [0 - 1] Frank Lampard (penalty)
90' [0 - 2] Frank Lampard
1 - 0
41' [1 - 0] Stelios Giannakopoulos
