OSG Prem: Mourinho Concedes Title, Man City-Arsenal Rules The Afternoon

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The early morning started with protests above Old Trafford, but a big win inside as Manchester United went down a goal early. They came back to win 4-1 over Aston Villa thanks to two Wayne Rooney goals.

Elsewhere...

Southampton continued their claim to the top half by blowing out an outgunned Newcastle side 4-0.
Peter Odemwingie scored to give Stoke a 1-0 over Hull City
Two goals from de Guizman gave Swansea a big three points in a 3-0 over Norwich

Now, to the wild stuff...

The last time Chelsea's John Terry gave up an own goal was, like, in 1934 or something. But his OG in the 52nd minute gave Crystal Palace their first win over the Blues since 1990. The Eagles got a HUGE three points taking them 5 points clear of the drop. Afterwards, Jose Mourinho all but conceded the title...


West Brom and Cardiff had all the appearance of a six-pointer with the Bluebirds in the drop zone and the opponents hovering just above it. The game had its huge swings of momentum, and the Baggies' Morgan Amalfitano gave Paul Merson fits...
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And then, there was all the late drama of stoppage time...


Cardiff manager Ole Gunnar Solksjaer seemed to get a good laugh out of the last two minutes along with counterpart Pepe Mel. He still seemed a little shocked about getting a point out of the deal...
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So, that put everything into the courts of Man City and Arsenal- who were the nightcap at the Emirates.
David Silva had the Citizens up at the break, but his squad gave up their first goal since February 3rd to Flamini. The game ends in a 1-1 draw and keeps Chelsea one up on Liverpool with City another point back- with two games in hand.

Arsenal are three back of third with the Reds playing tomorrow.

OSG Prem: Mourinho Chases Lambert In Postgame

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The Villa-Chelsea match will be more known for a couple of events on the pitch than anything else...

Should Ivanovic have been given a red card for his elbowing of Benteke for the challenge in the air...???
Should Villa have been given a stoppage time PK for a John Terry hand ball in the box...???

Answers are, probably, yes and yes...

Either way... Villa comes away from their first two matches with three points instead of four and Jose Mourinho decided to do some verbal jousting on his counterpart, Paul Lambert, in the postgame interview...

Evidence below...


It will be an interesting season if business picks up the way it has already...

Why Soccer Needs Goal-Line Technology

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Okay, it's the last day of round-robin play for the 2012 European competition held in both the Ukraine and Poland...

Donetsk was privy to the co-host's last game against the Three Lions...
England was up 1-0 on a Wayne Rooney goal until, we all thought, this...


You can easily see, on overhead replay, John Terry was inside the goal when he retrieved it. But the side judge didn't call it...

The HQ is wondering, if the co-hosts lose, how long it will be before the rioting starts and UEFA has to apologize...

Chelsea's Terry Facing Charges On Alleged Racist Slur

England and Chelsea captain John Terry is now facing prosecution over allegations that he made a racist comment towards Queen Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand.

The 30-year-old will appear in court on February 1st of next year.

A Chelsea statement said: "John has made it clear he denies the charge and is determined to do all he can to prove his innocence.

"Chelsea FC has always been fully supportive of John in this matter and will continue to be so.

"The club finds all forms of discrimination abhorrent and we are proud of the work we undertake campaigning on this important issue."

Here's an interview with Blackburn defender Jason Roberts discussing the matter, thank to our friends at the Guardian...
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And here is one view of the play in question...
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