Chelsea stay top, Liverpool keep pressure
6/10/2008 16:35
Chelsea lead English Premier League after a comfortable 2-0 victory over
Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge yesterday while Liverpool keep pressure on the
leaders after an impressive comeback 3-2 win at Manchester City.
The win for
Liverpool, however, was overshadowed by a knee injury to defender Martin Skrtel,
who was taken off the field on a stretcher after colliding with Ched Evans in
the 87th.
Chelsea outplayed Aston Villa with goals by Joe Cole and Nicolas
Anelka, but Liverpool's comeback at City of Manchester Stadium put it even at
the top with 17 points. Fernando Torres scored two goals and Dirk Kuyt added the
winner in stoppage time.
Tottenham Hotspur remained rooted to the bottom of
the table after losing 1-0 at home to Hull City as the pressure mounted on
manager Juande Ramos. Promoted Hull are third with 14 points.
Portsmouth beat
next-to-last Stoke 2-1, Bolton won 3-1 at West Ham and Newcastle came from two
goals down to draw 2-2 at Everton.
On Saturday, Arsenal needed an injury-time
equalizer from Cesc Fabregas to draw 1-1 at Sunderland, and defending champion
Manchester United won 2-0 at Blackburn with Wayne Rooney scoring one goal and
crossing for Wes Brown to score the other.
Xinhua
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