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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Money Time 2011 2012: Division One Norwich Manchester City and Manchester United Aston Villa

  Il y a une semaine, Manchester United semblait avoir titre gagné après avoir porté son avance sur Manchester City à huit points en tête de la Premier League. Le son de cloche pourrait être bien différent dimanche. Alors que City a fait le plein de points et de confiance en laminant West Bromwich Albion (4-0) puis Norwich City (1-6), United est descendu de son nuage avec une défaite à Wigan (1-0) mercredi. Les Red Devils n'ont plus que deux longueurs d'avance sur leur voisin au moment d'affronter Aston Villa (17h00) à Old Trafford. Tout autre résultat qu'une victoire des hommes de Sir Alex Ferguson relancerait définitivement la course au titre, et donnerait une dimension encore plus importante au derby entre les deux équipes le 30 avril à l'Etihad Stadium. 

 Même si Roberto Mancini, le manager des Citizens, a continué de dire que sa formation n'a plus aucune chance de remporter le titre après la victoire face à Norwich. "Je ne crois pas, a répondu le technicien italien à la question de savoir si sa formation peut encore être sacrée en fin de saison. Quand on lutte contre une équipe fantastique comme Manchester United, c'est impossible. C'est fini." Reste que Man Utd a subi un coup d'arrêt à Wigan. Après avoir signé onze victoires et un nul lors de leurs douze dernières sorties en championnat, les Red Devils ont réalisé l'une de leurs pires prestations de la saison chez les Latics, avec un seul tir cadré en 90 minutes. L'absence de Paul Scholes, laissé au repos par Sir Alex Ferguson, n'y était probablement pas étrangère. Depuis que Fergie l'a sorti de sa retraite, MU a remporté tous les matches que le milieu offensif mancunien a débuté. Il sera de retour face à Aston Villa. "Paul Scholes sera frais et jouera. Il a montré à quel point il était influent depuis qu'il est revenu, mais je crois que j'ai fait le bon choix en le laissant au repos mercredi", a estimé le manager écossais. Réponse au terme d'un match face à Villa qui aura son importance dans la course au titre. 

Indésirable depuis sept mois et une sévère explication avec son entraîneur Roberto Mancini, Carlos Tevez est de retour en grâce à Manchester City. Et ce ne sont pas les Citizens qui s'en plaindront. Déjà buteur mercredi face à West Brom (4-0), l'attaquant argentin a récidivé samedi face à Norwich (6-1), en ouverture de la 34e journée de Premier League. Et de quelle manière ! Une frappe puissante de ce dernier, dont la trajectoire a trompé le gardien adverse, John Ruddy, a d'abord permis à son équipe de se mettre sur de bons rails après un peu plus d'un quart d'heure de jeu (1-0, 18e). Sans démériter, le promu, dixième au classement et assuré de son maintien depuis sa victoire de lundi sur le terrain de Tottenham (2-1), encaisse rapidement un deuxième but sur lequel est encore impliqué le natif de Buenos Aires. A l'entrée de la surface, Sergio Agüero sollicite le une-deux avec son compatriote qui lui remet le ballon dans la course d'une subtile talonnade. L'ancien de l'Atletico fusille le dernier rempart adverse d'un tir à mi-hauteur (2-0, 27e).

De retour des vestiaires, les hommes de Paul Lambert, qui a pris les destinés du club du Norfolk en 2009, alors que celui-ci évoluait en League One, l'équivalent du National en France, réagissent. Sur un centre venu de la gauche, Joe Hart dégage du poing plein axe, directement sur Andrew Surman qui ne se fait pas prier pour envoyer le cuir au fond des filets d'une belle frappe (2-1, 51e). Mais, après quelques minutes de flottement, les joueurs de Norwich vont se rendre compte que le show Tevez-Agüero était encore loin d'être terminé. Sur un tir de Yaya Touré, repoussé par le gardien, Tevez s'élève plus haut que son vis-à-vis pour marquer de la tête (3-1, 73e). Dans la foulée, Agüero s'en va défier la défense adverse sur le côté gauche et inscrit son deuxième but dans cette rencontre d'un bel enchaînement crochet- frappe enroulée de l'entrée de la surface (4-1, 75e). Sur une passe en retrait mal assurée, Tevez s'offre ensuite un triplé (5-1, 81e). Après des mois sans jouer à ruminer dans son coin, L'Apache, de retour au meilleur moment pour City, qui ne compte désormais plus sur Mario Balotelli, auteur de l'écart de trop, peut alors céder sa place à Adam Johnson, qui ajoute un sixième but dans les arrêts de jeu sur une remise astucieuse de Gaël Clichy (6-1, 90e+2). Les Citizens décrochent ainsi un succès important qui leur permet de rester dans le sillage de leurs rivaux d'United en tête du classement et donc en course pour le titre de champion d'Angleterre. De son côté, MU reçoit Aston Villa dimanche et ne devra pas perdre de points en route, ni contre Everton le week-end prochain -City se déplacera dans le même temps chez la lanterne rouge Wolverhampton- pour espérer aborder le derby de Manchester, prévu le 30 avril, avec une avance confortable.  




Norwich City Manchester City FC


 14 April 2012
Carrow Road,
Norwich, Norfolk
Referee: C. Foy
Attendance: 26812


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15 April 2012
Old Trafford,
Manchester
Referee: M. Halsey

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Monday, February 27, 2012

FA Cup 1999 2000 Chelsea Aston Villa

Final
20 May 2000
Wembley Stadium,
London
Attendance: 78,217
Referee: Graham Poll

  This is why the F.A. Cup is such a wonderful competition. It is, in football terms, the oldest school of tradition, and in that school tradition is the eternal rocking of boats. We have seen boats rocked here at Wembley in the Final, most recently when Wimbledon beat Liverpool in 1988. There have not really been any major shocks since, and unless Chelsea or Aston Villa win by a landslide this afternoon there will not be a shock this year either. 

 But there has been drama. Linighan's last minute winner for Arsenal against Sheffield Wednesday in the 1993 replay which prevented penalties. Cantona's late volleyed winner against Liverpool in 1996 which secured the League and Cup double. And of course, one of today's contestants, Di Matteo's first minute power-drive for Chelsea against Middlesbrough in 1997. We have not always enjoyed great games in the Final. That is partly because it is so important to the players. But I truly believe that Aston Villa and Chelsea are capable of serving us a great Final. They have wonderful entertainers, and also dogged club servants, the kind of players that fans love. 

 This is an important Final. It is seeing out the old Wembley; it is climaxing a difficult year in which one club - for the only time so far and never again in the foreseeable future - has been excused entry; and it is seeing in a new century. As the competition has climaxed the demand for tickets, the interest of the media, and the sense of impending glory has been stronger than ever. You can broadcast as many club matches as you want, you can create as many new competitions across the world as you like, and you can update the rules of the game bit by bit every year. But you can't lessen the greatness of the F.A. Cup Final. To be here today, to feel a part of Chelsea or Aston Villa, to feel a part of this great competition, or even to watch it on television, is a passion which is incomparable to all other domestic occasions. Villa and Chelsea are worthy Finalists for the last of our dear old Wembley. Ring out the old, ring in the new. May the best team win.





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Sunday, January 29, 2012

FA Cup 2011 2012 Arsenal Aston Villa

29 January 2012
Emirates Stadium,
London
Referee: M. Jones
Attendance: 60019 

  So now we know. If you wish to substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, you do it with two minutes to go, with your team in the lead, and you bring on Thierry Henry. Signal joyous whoops all round. As it happened, the idea of any kind of happy ending was difficult to imagine at half‑time, as Arsenal trailed 2-0 and appeared to be on their way to yet another crushing blow after three straight Premier League defeats. All reason pointed towards gloom. Few inside the stadium would have backed Arsenal to rebound from another punishing spell on the ropes. As Arsène Wenger admitted: "When you don't win, belief goes." But against all expectation, the players rallied during the interval in the bowels of the Emirates Stadium, found reserves of courage to disprove the doubters, and scored three goals in a frenetic seven‑minute burst to tip this compelling Cup tie on its head. Theo Walcott, one of those who comes most under scrutiny at times like this, was quick to suggest that there can be more to this team than meets the eye. "It just shows we have got characters in the dressing room even though no one thinks we do," he said pointedly.

The Arsenal manager had suggested that his team required a performance to get their crowd back onside but, with nerves frayed by recent events, just what they needed was to go a goal behind. And just to make them feel even better about themselves it was assisted by typically passive defending. Villa had already come close to a gift in the 21st minute as Lukasz Fabianski pelted off his line to meet a 50‑50 ball against Darren Bent. The Arsenal goalkeeper missed, and the Villa striker was centimetres away from a clean connection in front of an unguarded net. It was not long before the visitors profited from Arsenal's aerial hesitancy. Just after the half‑hour they eased in front when Robbie Keane found space to angle in a cross which invited Richard Dunne to leap highest, and with most conviction, to thump in a header. The two old Irish team-mates, who knew each other's game inside out, were thrilled. In an instant the home tension‑ometer ratcheted up a few notches. Then on the stroke of half‑time the mood worsened. Arsenal again found little resistance as Villa launched an electric counterattack. 

 When Stephen Ireland helped the move on to Bent, the England forward lashed in an angled shot. Although Fabianski parried, Bent steered the rebound in from an even tighter spot. Villa's noisy contingent, who benefited from the chairman, Randy Lerner, laying on 70 coaches for this expedition, erupted. "The first half was blinding, brilliant, international class," said Alex McLeish. "But it's never over, is it. I said to the boys at half‑time there's 45 minutes to go." Arsenal were reeling. They had enjoyed a decent amount of possession, even testing Shay Given a couple of times. Thomas Vermaelen whacked in a shot from 30 yards and Oxlade-Chamberlain took aim from long range. Effort was not really the problem for Arsenal. Quality was. They emerged after half time accompanied by an anthem by the aptly named House of Pain. Could they muster the fortitude, and the finesse, to recover? Recent form would suggest absolutely not. Yet in an dazzling turnaround Arsenal transformed 0-2 into 3-2. Per Mertesacker and Aaron Ramsey both glimpsed chances before Robin van Persie was able take control by getting into shooting territory.

Arsenal were awarded a penalty when Alex Song carved Villa open with a threaded pass to Ramsey, who was felled by Dunne. The defender, who had already been cautioned, was fortunate not to receive double punishment as a clear scoring opportunity was denied. Van Persie stepped up to slot his kick low and true past Given. Arsenal were level when Walcott cruised past Stephen Warnock and saw his dinked shot repelled by Given on the line. Alan Hutton attempted to clear, but only shunted the ball against the winger and in. Astonishingly, moments later Arsenal were in front. Laurent Koscielny galloped upfield and left the chasing Bent in his wake, which takes some doing. Bent was lured into a clumsy challenge and the referee awarded his second penalty. The ever confident Van Persie crashed his second effort high into the net. He ran into the arms of the substitute Henry. Wenger, who has felt aggrieved about the non-award of some clear penalty appeals for his team in recent games, was pleasantly surprised to see Michael Jones deliver two. "That was one of the positives of the day," he said wryly. Villa staggered around for a while, unable to take in quite what had happened, and then refocused. Stilian Petrov was a picture of frustration when his move was intercepted by Mertesacker. Ciaran Clark nodded in a header which Fabianski smothered. Van Persie retreated to help and blocked off Keane. McLeish was incandescent about an offside decision that went against his team. "To say I am disappointed we did not see it out is an understatement." Arsenal reclaimed control and a gutsy mission was accomplished.


ARSENAL: Fabianski – Coquelin, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Vermaelen – Oxlade-Chamberlain, Song, Ramsey, Rosicky, Walcott – Van Persie.
ASTON VILLA: Given – Hutton, Dunne, Cuellar, Warnock – Ireland, Petrov, Clark – Agbonlahor, Keane, Bent.





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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2093062/Arsenal-v-Aston-Villa-live.html
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