Hello and welcome to my round up of the top 5 leagues in Europe these leagues include England,Spain,France,Germany and Italy, without wasting anymore time lets get started
Premier League:
The action started early this week well it was slightly delayed after the referee for the match was taken sick and their was trouble finding finding a replacement eventually the game did kick off it was an open game with plenty of action and it wasnt long until Chelsea took the lead via a Drogba goal after 15mins Chelsea looked set to extend their lead to 5points on top of the Premier League summit but Aston Villa equalised through a Richard Dunne header just after a half hour mark, both teams continued to press on looking for the second goal and it fell to Villa's James Collins who Scored from another set piece after 52mins, Chelsea continued to attack but to no avail and Villa maintained their lead and won 2-1, and Chelsea lost their 2nd away game in a row.
The defeat left the door open for Manchester United to go top if they were able to beat a Bolton team who were on a decent run of form, but it wasnt long until Man Utd took the lead thanks to a Zat Knight on goal after just 5mins after Man Utd continued their attack and could have easily had 3 or 4 more, Bolton also could have easily pulled one back eventually Man Utd got their 2nd via a fierce shot from Antonio Valencia scoring his first goal for the club, Bolton looked buried at this point but their was fight left in them yet and the pulled one back when Matt Taylor headed in a Kevin Davis cross, Bolton continued to pile on the pressure but Man Utd held on to win 2-1 and go top of the Premier League.
Familiar faces returned to Fratton Park in the form of Jermaine Defoe, Peter Crouch and of course Harry Redknapp and it was Spurs who scored first through a Ledley King header and then a volley from Jermaine Defoe made it 2-0 but Boateng pulled one back for Portsmouth and Jermaine Defoe was then sent off so down to 10men Portsmouth tried to get the equaliser but ended up having their own Micheal Brown sent off in they dying moments of the game. So Spurs continue their good form while Pompey continue their poor start, talking of poor starts Liverpool are having a terrible start and things didnt get any better when they visited Sunderland the only goal of the game came from Darren Bent who scored his 8th of the season, as his shot was deflected of a balloon and found its way past Pepe Reina the result means Sunderland leapfrog Liverpool and go 7th in the league.
Arsenal seem to be scoring for fun the league's top scorers should no signs of stopping now as Van Persie opened the scoring after 16 minutes with a low drive past the Birmingham keeper and it wasnt long til the got their 2nd Diaby smashing the ball in the back of the net to make it 2-0, but Birmingham werent out of it yet as Lee Bowyer volleyed the ball after a mistake by Mannone but Arsenal's victory was confirmed when Arshavin curled in his shot to make it 3-1. The result puts Arsenal in 4th and Birmingham in 16th and they can easily fall into the relegation zone.
It seemed like Wolves were going to get an unlikely away win as they took the lead through a Kevin Doyle goal after he picked up the clearlance and flicked the ball past Tim Howard the game started rather poorly but their was late drama as Diniyar Bilyaletdinov scored a late equlizer to save Everton's blushes and rescue a 1-1 draw. West Ham's poor start to the season continued as they were beaten 2-1 by Stoke James Beatite opened the score from a penalty, Upson got one back for West Ham with a header but Stoke got the last laugh as James Beattie tucked in the winner for Stoke, this leaves West Ham in the relagation zone and continues their seven game losing streak.
Premiera Division:
It was an exciting day in Spain as the all three of the big guns played Sevilla played first and were high in confidence after beating an inform Real Madrid but it was Sevilla who tasted defeat a single goal from J.Rodriguez was enough to put out Sevilla's flame the result means Sevilla remain 4th on goal difference but Deportivo go 4th and draw level on points.
Next up was Real Madrid who were without a influential Ronaldo but record breaker Raul who set the record for most appearences in the white for R.Madrid was the headline maker scoring a double the 1st coming after 13mins after he flicked tha ball in and the 2nd came after 5mins after he sidefooted a Marcelo pass so the game looked all wrapped up but Nauzet German hit a brilliant free kick to make it 2-1 and it was game on until Marcelo scored a marvellous individual goal on the stroke of half time making it 3-1 but Valladoid were not done yet and scored another goal on the 53rd minute making it 3-2 and it looked set to be a nervous ending but subsitute Higuan scored to make it 4-2 and R.Madrid drew level with Barcelona on top of the table.
The big game of the day came from Valencia as they took on Barcelona who were looking to continue their 100% record but it wasnt to be as neither team were able to find the breakthrough despite attempts to break down Valencia's defence in they end they were unable to find a way through and the game ended 0-0 so Barcelona stay atop of the table but by just one point.
Italy:
It was a big day in Italy to as 4 of the teams in the top 5 went head to head first up Juventus took on Fiorentina in a rainy Turin it was Vargas who opened the scoring for Fiorentina after just 5mins but Juventus equalised through Brazilian Amuari who scored his 1st goal for the club after 19 mins after no side could find the winner it ended 1-1, this meant if Inter won they would go top and they won in style with a 5-0 vitory of Genoa it only took 6mins for them to open up the scoring after a Cambiasso goal after 5mins and they went on to score two more through goals from Balotelli and Stankovic and things didnt get any better after the break when subsitute Vieira added a fourth and the goal was all wrapped up when Maicon added a fourth.
Germany:
The big game of the day was the clash between the top 1 and 2 Bayer Leverkusen took on Humburger SV but neither side could take the advantage and the game ended goaless as both sides remain on top with 21 points each. Schalke 04 contiued to put pressure on the league leaders as they beat Stuggart 2-1 Rakitic opened the scoring after 24minuted and eventually Stuggart managed to pull one back in the 73rd minute through Cacau but after 3minutes Kuranyi scored the winner to put Schalke 04 into 3rd place. Wreder Breman continue their pursuit with a 2-0 win over Hoffenheim to goals within 5minutes sealed the points after Pizarro scored in the 18th minute and Mertesacker made it two after 22minuts.
Bayern Munich moved up to 5th with a 2-1 victory Muller scored after 42mins and a D.R Cha own goal after 62mins made it 2-0 their was consulation for Freiburg as Reisinger pulled one back in the 90th minute. At the bottom things got worse for Hertha BsC as they lost their 8th game of the season against Nurnberg, Gygax opened the scoring after 18minutes and then a brace by Bunjaku made it a comfortable victory for Nurnberg who move up to 15th and try and distance themselves away from the relagation zone in other games FC Koln picked up a 1-0 victory the only goal coming from Novakovic after 42minutes and Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Hannover 96 2-1 Liberopoulos opened the scoring after 24mins but Stajner equlized in the 68th minute before Meier scored the winner in the 74th.
France:
It was not a good day for the top teams in France as Lyon lost 2-0 to Sochaux Faty opened the scoring after 17minutes, Lyon pressed onto find an equaliser but their work never come to frutition and their fate was sealed just before full time as Privat scored a 2nd the result means Lyon remain top but only on goal difference, Bordeaux also lost to Auxerre the only goal coming from a Birsa penalty in the 73rd minute, Montepeillier went 2nd after a 2-1 victory over Saint Etienne all the goals come in the second half as Ait Fana scored in the 54th minute and it wasnt too long until they got their 2nd through Camara, St Eteienne were awarded a penalty and was converted by Bergessio in the 71st minute.
Marseille continued to put pressure on the league leaders as the won comforably away to Nancy the deadlock was broken after just 5minutes through a Valbuena strike and two late goals from Brandao and Abriel took Marseille to 4th in the league. Grenoble poor form continued they went down 2-0, goals from Samassa and Khalfallah meant the they stay rock bottom of Ligue 1. In other games Le Mans drew 1-1 with Boulogne Lamah scored for Le Mans after 63mins, but a injury time winner from Robert meant the teams had to share the spoils in the other game Lille and Stade Rennes played out 0-0 draw.
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