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Over the weekend, all ten matches of the 26th round of the English Premier League were played. After a long series of victories, "Chelsea" finally stumbled at home in front of more than 42 thousand spectators, playing a 0-0 draw with "Man City". Now the London club leads the closest rival "Man Utd" by 9 points.
For other favorites, this weekend was much more successful. Defending champions "Arsenal" easily defeated "Aston Villa" away. Meanwhile, "Man Utd" defeated "Birmingham" 2-0 thanks to goals from R. Keane and W. Rooney.
New Liverpool forward from Spain F. Morientes is gaining momentum. After scoring a goal in a cup match, the Spaniard defeated the opponents' goalkeeper for the first time and helped Liverpool beat "Fulham" 3-1 in the league match.
In other matches, "Newcastle" played a 1-1 draw with "Charlton". "The Addicks" took the lead when K. Dyer scored in the 52nd minute, but during the next attack, the away team's player D. Rommedahl restored balance, which lasted until the end of the match.
Weekend results:
- 2-2
- 4' [0 - 1] James Beattie
- 36' [1 - 1] Peter Crouch
- 55' [2 - 1] Henri Camara
- 90' [2 - 2] Marcus Bent
- 0-0
- 0-1
- 31' [0 - 1] Kevin Nolan
- 3-1
- 9' [1 - 0] Fernando Morientes
- 16' [1 - 1] Andy Cole
- 63' [2 - 1] Sami Hyypia
- 77' [3 - 1] Milan Baros
- 2-0
- 55' [1 - 0] Roy Keane
- 78' [2 - 0] Wayne Rooney
- 1-0
- 35' [1 - 0] Franck Queudrue
- 89' Ray Parlour ("Middlesbrough") sent off
- 1-1
- 52' [1 - 0] Kieron Dyer
- 53' [1 - 1] Dennis Rommedahl
- 3-2
- 41' [0 - 1] Robert Earnshaw
- 45' [1 - 1] Craig Fleming
- 49' [1 - 2] Kieran Richardson
- 62' [2 - 2] Gary Doherty
- 85' [3 - 2] Damien Francis
- 3-1
- 28' [0 - 1] Diomansy Kamara
- 34' [1 - 1] Mido
- 57' [2 - 1] Mido
- 83' [3 - 1] Robbie Keane
- 1-3
- 10' [0 - 1] Fredrik Ljungberg
- 14' [0 - 2] Thierry Henry
- 28' [0 - 3] Ashley Cole
- 74' [1 - 3] Juan Pablo Angel
