2014/15 English Premier League : Chelsea are Champions

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Sat , Dec 20 , 2014
06:15pm IST Man City v Crystal Palace , Live on Star Sports 4 & HD1
08:30pm IST Aston Villa v Man Utd , Live on Star Sports 4
08:30pm IST Southampton v Everton
08:30pm IST Tottenham v Burnley
08:30pm IST West Ham v Leicester
08:30pm IST QPR v West Brom
08:30pm IST Hull v Swansea

Sun , Dec 21 , 2014
07:00pm IST Newcastle v Sunderland , Live on Star Sports 4 & HD2
09:30pm IST Liverpool v Arsenal , Live on Star Sports 4 & HD2

Tue , Dec 23 , 2014
01:30am IST Stoke v Chelsea , Live on Star Sports 4 & HD2

Manchester City- 3 - 0 - Crystal Palace

goals from the oldest guards of the fort. 2 by silva and 1 by toure. all in second half. at 39 points, along-with Chelsea at top.

Aston Villa v Man Utd (1-1)

Villa scored in the first half through Benteke & Falcao equalized for Man Utd in the second half...after that Agbonlahor was sent-off rather harshly....aa sending-off vendaayirunnu...11 vs 11 Man Utd could have won it...that red card galvanized Villa who had no clue in the early stages of the second half.....a semi stop for Title talk.....now the talks back to Top 4

Replays shows Agbonlahor gone harder & catched Ashley Young's ankle

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Originally Posted by Giggs

Replays shows Agbonlahor gone harder & catched Ashley Young's ankle

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Originally Posted by vivek achayan

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During the match I also thought it was harsh....and Young's history :smile:....but after match ..saw the replays....it was a 50-50 tackle ....and if you didn't get the ball and land on your opponents like that...you risk being getting punished ..that's the way now it is....actually that helped Villa & defended brilliantly and had their chances too....at One time in the second half the ball possession was like AV : 18% , MU : 82% ....then the goal came & then the Red card....I still believe if it was 11 vs 11 Man Utd could have won the match

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Originally Posted by Giggs

During the match I also thought it was harsh....and Young's history :smile:....but after match ..saw the replays....it was a 50-50 tackle ....and if you didn't get the ball and land on your opponents like that...you risk being getting punished ..that's the way now it is....actually that helped Villa & defended brilliantly and had their chances too....at One time in the second half the ball possession was like AV : 18% , MU : 82% ....then the goal came & then the Red card....I still believe if it was 11 vs 11 Man Utd could have won the match

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to say it was 50 - 50 is harsh.. to say it was harsh is an understatement...
it was NOT a red card clearly.. extremely poor decision.. i am fairly confident if villa contest it fifa will change the decision..

and yes the red card gave real spark to villa..they really went for it after that and went very close to scoring the winner.. well that spell by 10 men villa highlighted uniteds defensive frailities..
whata goal by benteke...even the brilliant de gea couldnt do anything with that kind of strike...

The victory moved City level on 39 points with Chelsea, who face Stoke City on Monday, and added spice to a title race that only recently had looked to be a one-horse race. Champions City had trailed Chelsea by eight points in November, but have cranked into gear heading into the busy festive period, taking 22 points from a possible 24 in their last eight games.

Stoke atleast oru draw ekilum adikumaayrkum alle.... 1 ennam ittitu marichu defend cheyyyukka....mou inte forula thanne ubayokikuka..baaki elaaam luck..

Liverpool v Arsenal (2-2)

Rivals for top 4 ...both dropped points....
Excellent second half for neutrals ....
Liverpool were the better team overall...they had around 27 shots compared to Arsenal's 7 ..of that 10 were on Target ...Arsenal scored two goals from their 3 shots on target