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Yesterday in the English Premier League, there were five matches in the 22nd round. After these matches, the leader Chelsea club increased their lead over the closest pursuer Arsenal to 7 points.
The most talked-about match without goals was between Man Utd and Tottenham. However, in the 89th minute, the guests managed to score a goal when P.Mendes scored from midfield and the goalkeeper R.Carroll unsuccessfully tried to catch the ball he accidentally put it into his own goal. To everyone's amazement, one of the assistant referees, ignoring all protests, decided that the ball did not cross the line, although it is clearly visible in video replays.
In other matches, the leader Chelsea easily defeated Middlesbrough who lost the fifth place at home. Both goals in the match were scored by the Ivory Coast's London club legionnaire Didier Drogba. Meanwhile, the fourth-placed Everton club snatched victory in a dramatic fight during added time on the referee clock against Portsmouth.
The title-defending Arsenal lost two points. The London club played at home in front of 38,000 spectators and only managed a draw against Man City. The visitors from Manchester took the lead after S.W. Phillips's goal, but in the last 15 minutes of the match, the recently productive Swedish player F. Ljungberg managed to equalize the score.
Tuesday's results:
1 - 1 31' [0 - 1] Shaun Wright Phillips 75' [1 - 1] Fredrik Ljungberg
1 - 2 17' [0 - 1] El Hadji Diouf 66' [1 - 1] Matthew Upson 90' [1 - 2] Kevin Nolan
2 - 0 15' [1 - 0] Didier Drogba 17' [2 - 0] Didier Drogba
2 - 1 29' [1 - 0] Alan Stubbs 31' [1 - 1] Aiyegbeni Yakubu 90' [2 - 1] Leon Osman
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