English Premier League: Race for the Top

This weekend's results showed that there is no such thing as a guaranteed result. Chelsea had to fight for the 3 points against Manchester City while the leaders Manchester United had to fight to get a point from their game against Middlesbrough. Liverpool drew with Arsenal 1-1 at the Emirates.

Chelsea took the lead in the early stage of the game courtesy of an own goal by Dunn and sealed it thanks to Kalou in the 52nd minute but it wasn't an easy task. They had  a couple of scares in the end of the 1st half when City came close but were unable to finish.

Earlier that day Liverpool were playing the 2nd game of their trilogy against Arsenal at the Emirates. Liverpool took the lead in the end of the first half with a shot from Crouch who got past the defenders thanks to some neat foot work. In the 2nd half Arsenal equalised from a free kick. Fabregas crossed it and BENDTNER heads it in. Final Score 1-1, just like the result in the champions league. And i think it will be the same result on tuesday night.

On a snowy Sunday United had a hard game agaisnt Boro. They took the lead, Ronaldo scoring from 6 yards out after some bad defending from Boro. Rooney found himself past the Boro defense and on his way to goal only for the referee to say it was offside, replayed showed that the United player was a yard onside. Boro didn't sit but fought and in the 35min Alves scored to tie the game. United were playing really bad and got punished for it, Alves scoring his second goal in the 56th minute. He would have scored a third, if it hadn't been for United defense reacting quick to clear the ball.

Park replaced Tevez who was out in this game and proved to be a very good sub. He managed to trick the defender, get past him and cross the ball in the middle only for Rooney to put it in the back of the net. United pressed forward for a third but were unlucky. The weather was really bad and you could see it affected the game. So, as it stands, United are on top by 3 points only, followed by Chelsea. Keeping in mind those  two will meet on April 26 at Stamford Bridge, this game could be a title decider. But before that United have to entertain Arsenal at Old Trafford.

With 5 games left in the season, neither Chelsea nor United can afford any points dropped as it could mean the end of their title hopes. Arsenal might still have an outside chance, but it doesn't look probable.