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Live text - GW 18 - LSTD - Kick off 18:45

QPR 1-2 Man City FT
Arsenal 3-1 Norwich City FT
Wolves 2-2 Newcastle Utd FT
Portsmouth 2-2 West Brom Albion FT
Reading 1-2 Birmingham City FT
Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea FT
Southampton 1-2 Wigan Athletic FT
Man Utd 1-2 Liverpool FT
Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Hull City FT

Early Kickoffs
Everton 0-2 Aston Villa – Giroud (Kuba) Gibbs (Fellaini)

TEAM NEWS FROM THE EMIRATES
Norwich travel to the Emirates, which is going to be a very difficult game for them. Good news for them is that Saf is back in the dugout. Rooney makes changes and gives some of the rest of the squad a chance to impress.
Arsenal Reina; Walker, Vidic, Barzagli, Cole; De Rossi, Moutinho; Ronaldo, Silva, Villa; Cavani
Norwich Akinfeev; Jung, Alderwield, Ruiz, Chivu; Casemiro, Jiracek; Pepe, Tadic, Zarate; Pazzini

TEAM NEWS FROM MOLINEUX
Wolves’ team has changed a lot since the last time they met Newcastle. Newcastle have an awful record against them though and today they will be looking to get one over them.
Wolves Mandanda, Juanfran, Mbiwa, Benatia, Cissokho; Gargano, Asamoah; Shaqiri, Pastore, Gaitan; Lukaku
Newcastle Szczesny; Johnson, Godin, Boateng, Zabaleta; Mikel, Milner, Oscar, Walcott, Hazard; Higuain

TEAM NEWS FROM FRATTON PARK
This could be a difficult game for Portsmouth but on paper you’d back them for full three points. Jordan Henderson and Kevin Strootman are handed starts.
Portsmouth Zieler; Howedes, Bonnuci, Luiz, Criscito; Strootman, Henderson; El Sharaawy, Kroos, James; Lewandowski
West Brom Hart; Iraola, Jagielka, Tomkins, Monreal; M’vila, Cabaye; Ben Arfa, Michu, Lamah; Ba

TEAM NEWS FROM OLD TRAFFORD
What a game we have here today! Both teams consist of amazing quality and it will be interesting to see who comes out on top. United must be wary of Roberto Soldado though, who is in quiet decent form.
Man UTD Buffon; Rafael, Albiol, Pepe, Filipe; Sandro, Pirlo; Reus, Gerrard, Young; Tevez
Liverpool Courtois, Azpilicueta, N’koulou, Cahill, Marcelo; Capoue, Benata, Yaya Toure, Ramires, Mata, Soldado

00:00 GOAL! Arsenal go ahead. And it's a great goal as well. David Villa plays the ball in to Edinson Cavini’s feet 30 yards from goal, the big man turns Alderwield easily before lashing a low shot in at the near post. Excellent finish.

02:00 GOAL! Wow, two goals in the first two minutes of the afternoon. Mesut Ozil whips in a 25-yard free-kick, he hits it very well, but the keeper can only get one hand on to it and help it into the roof of the net.

04:00 Wolves’ striker Romelu Lukaku turns down the chance to slide in Xherdan Shaqiri, opting to put his laces through the ball from 25 yards out instead. It is a decent dipping effort that needs careful attention from Szczesny, but maybe the pass to Shaqiri was the better option.

07:00 Juan Mata is beginning to have an influence at Old Trafford, sending in a couple of decent crosses from the left. His latest one is a beauty, picking out Roberto Soldado at the back stick but his header is well off target.

10:00 GOAL! This is either an amazing pass or a terrible mishit from Tom Huddlestone - I'm not sure which. It’s starts with Hull losing possession cheaply as Tottenham are discipline in defence. It leads to Pablo Hernandez who gets free down the left and cuts the ball back, Huddleston then squeezes it across the six-yard box and Oscar Cardozo is in the right place to pounce and smash home.

12:00 Birmingham are screaming for a penalty at the Madjeski as Gomez’s flicked header from Robben’s cross strikes one of the defenders’ raised arm in the box. It certainly wasn't intentional and the referee waves play on much to the home side's frustration.

15:00 Hull go close. Lavezzi whips in an inviting cross which Huntelaar gets on the end of but he heads agonisingly over. Tottenham counter-attack and Pablo Hernandez has a clear sight of goal but his shot from just inside the area is too close to the keeper, who gathers at the second attempt.

17:00 GOAL! Chaos at Fratton Park. A corner is met at the back post by David Luiz, WBA keeper Joe Hart tries to turn it over the top under pressure but can only palm it against the crossbar, and Stephan El Sharaawy is left with a tap-in.

19:00 GOAL! This has worked quiet well so far for Wolves today. Long ball to Lukaku, who heads it down and Javier Pastore is there to smash the ball in. Nobody closed him down.

21:00 A goal is in the air for Chelsea. You can taste it. Sergio Aguero is the latest to have Fan on his feet, bending a free-kick over the wall and into the side-netting.

23:00 The best chance Liverpool have had, as Nicolas N’koulou wins a header from a corner which is heading for the net until Marco Reus flicks it clear. The visitors looking to build up a head of steam here.

25:00 RED CARD - Robert Lewandowski
This is an awful tackle. Lewandowski dives in two footed and gets what he’s deserved. The man who has been in excellent form is now suspended for the next game.

27:00 GOAL! Juan Mata is given all the space he needs to pick out a cross from the left and Roberto Soldado gets up to guide his header right into the corner. There was an element of shoulder in that one - but they all count.

30:00 GOAL! Arsenal fail to clear a corner from the left and after a bit of pinball the ball falls to Tadic at the back post and he makes no mistake with a finish into the far corner.

32:00 Chelsea come close to breaking the deadlock as Sergio Aguero and Neymar Da Silva combine to release Phillip Lahm in the right channel and his cross is marginally too high for Hulk to head in

35:00 Hull are battling for a way back into the game against Tottenham. Kaka meets a corner and heads back across goal but a defender is on the line to head away. Close.

37:00 Newcastle are dominating against Wolves who are struggling to get the ball off them. When they do they lose possession quiet quickly. Eden Hazard has a good chance to bring Newcastle level but he miscues his shot.

39:00 Hull are level. Huntelaar collects a pass from Marchisio, cuts inside and scores with a left-footed shot. A moment of quality.

41:00 Newcastle are level now also. Oscar picks up the ball and plays a lobbed through ball over the top for Theo Walcott to run onto and score.

43:00 GOAL! Reading strike first. Arteta’s free-kick is floated over the top of the Birmingham defence and to the back post, where Luuk De Jong is well-placed to head into the top corner. It is a good finish, but Birmingham need to look at themselves for allowing the striker so much space.

45:00 GOAL! Ezequiel Lavezzi’s pace takes him away down the left following a pass from Kaka and his pull back is stroked into the far corner of the net by Klaas Jan Huntelaar from inside the box.

Half Time

Second Half

45:00 GOAL!Nemanja Vidic gives Arsenal the lead, burying a header into the bottom corner of the net from 12-yards-out. Pretty even-stephens until then.

47:00 Back at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea are on the front foot as Neymar swings in a cross from the left but Arturo Vidal heads over for Chelsea.

49:00 GOAL! What a finish this is! Immediate breakthrough for Birmingham after the break. It’s Mario Gomez who collects a neat through-ball from Bastien Schweinsteiger and hammers the ball into the roof of the net from 10 yards. Unstoppable.

51:00 WBA seeing a lot of the ball now. N21 seems to have not made any changes and Portsmouth continue to play without a striker.

53:00 GOAL! Wow this game has been really quiet but it’s Wigan who take the lead. Stephan Lichtsteiner with a piledriver following a nice lay off by Fernandinho.

55:00 At Old Trafford, it's been a quiet restart between Man United and Liverpool. Pepe headed over for the hosts but there's been little else to report.

57:00 Reading keeper Maarten Stekelenburg, is forced to touch Luka Modric’s rasping drive over the bar in what is turning into a very tight game. Still 1-1 at the Madjeski.

59:00 GOAL! You could see it coming! Hatem Ben Arfa runs down the right before turning to feed Demba Ba, who eludes a tired and desperate challenge before firing past Zieler. Pompey need to bring a striker on..

60:00 Subs - Finally the change is made at Fratton Park. Wilfred Bony comes on to replace Jordan Henderson. Furthermore Gustavo is on for Strootman. Cazorla for Villa and Roberto for Moutinho at the Emirates.

62:00 GOAL! Tottenham are level. It’s been the story of their day. They counter and Hull have committed too many bodies forward. This leads to a corner which is headed in by Michael Dawson

65:00 GOAL! Marco Reus bursts through onto Carlos Tevez's through ball to bear down on Thibaut Courtois. He pushes away his effort but only into the path of Steven Gerrard who taps in from five yards. Looks like an interesting finish to this game.

Fernando Torres replaces Jefferson Farfan at Loftus Road.

67:00 Well after that goal United fans have got their team going and finally there are creating chances, Marco Reus seems to be seeing a lot of the ball at the moment and is playing some lovely passes and he slipped Tevez through but the keeper made a good low save.

69:00 Portsmouth starting to play much better now that Bony has come on, despite being down to ten men. Meanwhile, Chelsea are creating chance after chance but just can’t find the finishing touch despite all three of their frontmen being in good form.

Subs – Jelavic for Cisse (Southampton) Dzeko for Gerrard (United) Martinez for Soldado (Liverpool) Mkhit is on for Hulk (Chelsea) Pato for Kiessling (Sunderland) Ramsey for Banega (Villa)

71:00 GOAL! That red card has cost Portsmouth as WBA go ahead for the first time. Again Ben Arfa is involved, as he dances into the area with some great feet before cutting the ball back. Demba Ba is in the thick of it, and the ball ricochets in. It may have come last off of a defender but Ba is certainly claiming it and he has his second.

72:00 GOAL! Arsenal score a third after a good finish from Edinson Cavaniwho latched onto David Silva’s pass.

73:00 What a miss by Pompey striker Wilfred Bony. The striker heads wide while unmarked six yards out after a cross by James.

74:00 GOAL! A shot from Eden Hazard is deflected into the path of Theo Walcott, who shoots home from eight yards to give Robin’s team a 2-1 lead.

Subs – Llorente for Lukaku (Wolves) Giggs for Walcott (Newcastle) Lamela for Ramires (Liverpool) Remy and Destro for Kaka and Varela (Hull) Dempsey for Nasri (QPR) Hernanes for Cleverly (City)

76:00 GOAL! Hull City’s subs pay off as Remy and Destro combine to score.

77:00 West Brom close to a third at Portsmouth. Michu almost sneaks in to a cross but his touch lets him down.

79:00 Southampton have been poor but Jelavic has given them some hope of getting something from this game, sweeping in a cross from the left first-time. He is such a cool finisher.

Subs – Juan and Song for Hazard and Oscar (Newcastle) Affelay for Benat (Liverpool) Eto’o for Young (United) Mobokani for Aguero (Chelsea) Sturridge for Willian (Villa)

81:00 GOAL! QPR equalize through Fernando Torres Dempsey’s cross is met firmly.

83:00 Liverpool starting to find a lot of space now as United have 3 CF’s on the pitch. A ball from Mata is cutely played but it is just out of Martinez’s reach.

85:00 GOAL! Well it was a cheap free-kick to give away in the first place. Luka Modric is bundled over. Arjen Robben did what his manager wanted him to do, who placed it into the top corner. Good goal.

86:00 GOAL! A cross from the right is only headed down, Damiao instinctively swings his left foot at it and smacks a shot against the crossbar. He follows up to cushion it into the net.

87:00 Neymar's low shot is well saved by Sunderland goalkeeper Brad Friedel, before Sergio Aguero sees his effort on the turn go wide.

88:00 GOAL!Sergio Ramos makes ground down the right before sliding a pass into the stride of Karim Benzema, the striker taking his time before firing in low from 15 yards.

89:00 Pompey go close to equalize - Gotze the provider this time, finding Gustavo in space but his shot is straight at Joe Hart.

90:00 GOAL! Finally! A goal for Chelsea, a long ball is played by Vincent Kompany which chested down Sami Khedira, Leighton Baines is in the perfect position to smash it in.

91:00 GOAL! Newcastle had dominated this half, but somehow Wolves are level. Glen Johnson has a nightmare at the back for Newcastle. A real howler, as he gives the ball away under no pressure at all. Javier Pastore is able to square the ball from the left and Fernando Llorente is able to steer in with his left foot.

Penalty to Manchester United

Penalty Missed – Carlos Tevez

93:00 GOAL! Well the penalty is missed, Liverpool snatch what surely is a late winner on the counter! Edin Dzeko is bundled over by Nicolas N’koulou, it was a clear penalty, probably even a red card. Tevez steps up but the penalty was poor and tame. Courtois throws the ball out immediately to Erik Lamela who runs all the way to the United box and has a shot also, the ball is rebounded perfectly into the path of Juan Mata and he slots it in.

94:00 GOAL! You knew Pompey were on top, and now they have a late equalizer too. It's a lovely goal too, with James skipping past a couple of challenges before teeing up Wilfred Bony to bury his shot into the top corner from the edge of the area. Bony may well be starting next week in place of Lewandowski. Kanga will be really disappointed; this game was there for the taking.

FULLLLL TIMMMEEEE!!!

Wilshere - league table please

comment by Robin (U3899)

posted on 2/2/13

renegade has decided to hide

comment by Robin (U3899)

posted on 2/2/13

I'm starting to feel left out, I don't beat any teams around me

posted on 2/2/13

did not expect that, good game renegade, youre very unlucky

i'll lose at home i can guarantee lol

comment by Robin (U3899)

posted on 2/2/13

LSTD are you on your laptop

posted on 2/2/13

no just phone atm

comment by Robin (U3899)

posted on 2/2/13



Was going to ask you to collect the scorers and assisters but you got lucky lol

posted on 3/2/13

Lost at home

Prefer my side personally so nothing else I can do really. Well played

posted on 3/2/13

I think you had a stronger side on paper tbh but I'd set up more to counter rather thank play my full strength attacking force. Guess its just luck on my part this time. We're level on points now though, makes it interesting

posted on 3/2/13

Only interesting cause you won Annoying for me losing a game I don't think I should have

comment by Robin (U3899)

posted on 3/2/13

Happens Renegade

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