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Today, eight matches of the eleventh round were played in the English Premier League. Once again, the eternal phrase - the leader remains unchanged after this round.
On Saturday, defending champions "Chelsea" defeated "Blackburn" 4-2. Two goals were scored by midfielder Frank Lampard, with Didier Drogba and Joe Cole also scoring once.
However, the most interesting match of the round took place at the "Cellnet Riverside" stadium, where the home team "Middlesbrough" unexpectedly crushed the struggling "Man Utd" club 4-1. Notably, Manchester's team was saved from complete humiliation in the last minute by a goal from Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo.
This was the second failure of Sir Alex Ferguson's team this season. With 18 points from ten matches, "Red Devils" dropped to sixth place in the table, trailing the leader by 13 points. "Middlesbrough" with 15 points is in tenth place.
In another match, "Liverpool" coach Rafael Benitez proved his critics wrong as his team won 2-0 against "West Ham". With 13 points from nine matches, the European champions are in twelfth place and have a game in hand on the leader.
"Arsenal" continue to struggle, only managing a draw against "Tottenham". The former champions scored an equalizer in the 77th minute after trailing for a long time.
In a surprising turn of events, league debutants "Wigan" club are performing well. With a goal in the last minute, they defeated "Fulham" and climbed to second place in the table with 22 points.
All Saturday results:
1 - 0
90` [1 - 0] Pascal Chimbonda
1 - 1
17` [1 - 0] Ledley King
77` [1 - 1] Robert Pires
0 - 1
43` [0 - 1] Simon Davies
0 - 1
72` [0 - 1] Kevin Nolan
4 - 2
10` [1 - 0] Didier Drogba
14` [2 - 0] Frank Lampard (from penalty spot)
18` [2 - 1] Craig Bellamy (from penalty spot)
44` [2 - 2] Craig Bellamy
62` [3 - 2] Frank Lampard
74` [4 - 2] Joe Cole
2 - 0
18` [1 - 0] Xabi Alonso
82` [2 - 0] Boudewijn Zenden
1 - 4
4` [1 - 0] Dean Whitehead (from penalty spot)
48` [1 - 1] Zvonimir Vukic
59` [1 - 2] Matthew Taylor
67` [1 - 3] Matthew Taylor
74` [1 - 4] Dario Silva
4 - 1
2` [1 - 0] Gaizka Mendieta
25` [2 - 0] Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
45` [3 - 0] Yakubu (from penalty spot)
78` [4 - 0] Gaizka Mendieta
90` [4 - 1] Cristiano Ronaldo
