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Seven matches were played in the English Premier League on Saturday.
The second-placed "Man Utd" club lost two important points at home, failing to break through the solid "Newcastle" defense - 1-1.
However, the hosts scored one goal - in the 49th minute, after an unsuccessful attempt by Steven Taylor to clear the ball, it bounced off Javier Hernandez and ended up in the net.
Nevertheless, in the 64th minute Demba Ba converted a questionable penalty from 11 meters and equalized, and throughout the remaining time the Newcastle team smiled at success, without which it would not have been possible to snatch a draw.
Impressively, the visitors' goalkeeper Tim Krul repelled two shots, Ashley Young hit the crossbar, and defender Danny Simpson cleared the ball from the goal line.
London's "Chelsea" team easily secured three points, defeating one of the underdogs, "Wolverhampton", 3-0.
The "Blues" ended a two-game losing streak and slightly reduced the pressure on the coach Andre Villas Boas, who has been receiving a lot of criticism lately.
The capital club's victory was determined by the excellent play of Juan Mata: the Spaniard made assists to John Terry and Daniel Sturridge, and scored the final goal himself.
In the early match, after four consecutive defeats, the "Stoke" club stretched with a 3-1 victory over "Blackburn".
Rory Delap scored the first goal with his head in the 28th minute, and Glenn Whelan doubled the lead in the second half with a deflected shot.
Peter Crouch secured the victory in the 72nd minute, so Ruben Rochina's accurate shot at the end was only a small consolation for the guests, who remain second-to-last in the table.
Meanwhile, "Stoke" temporarily moved up to 12th position.
Results:
"Bolton" 0 - 2 Liverpool "Everton" 49' [0 - 1] M.Fellaini 78' [0 - 2] A.Vellios 19' D.Wheater ("Bolton") sent off from the field
London "Chelsea" 3 - 0 "Wolverhampton" 7' [1 - 0] J.Terry 30' [2 - 0] D.Sturridge 45' [3 - 0] J.Mata
"Man Utd" 1 - 1 "Newcastle" 49' [1 - 0] J.Hernandez 64' [1 - 1] D.Ba (from a penalty kick) 79' J.Gutierrez ("Newcastle") sent off from the field
"Norwich" 2 - 1 "Queens Park Rangers" 14' [1 - 0] R.Martin 59' [1 - 1] L.Young 73' [2 - 1] G.Holt
"Sunderland" 1 - 2 "Wigan" 8' [1 - 0] S.Larsson 44' [1 - 1] J.Gomez (from a penalty kick) 90' [1 - 2] F.Di Santo
"West Bromwich" 1 - 3 London "Tottenham" 10' [1 - 0] Y.Mulumbu 26' [1 - 1] E.Adebayor 81' [1 - 2] J.Defoe 90' [1 - 3] E.Adebayor 26' E.Adebayor ("Tottenham") missed a penalty kick
"Stoke" 3 - 1 "Blackburn" 28' [1 - 0] R.Delap 58' [2 - 0] G.Whelan 72' [3 - 0] P.Crouch 86' [3 - 1] R.Rochina
London "Arsenal" 1 - 1 London "Fulham" 65' [0 - 1] T.Vermaelen (own goal) 82' [1 - 1] T.Vermaelen
