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Manchester United 1-4 Liverpool
Liverpool demolished United in a must win game if they wanted to stay in the title chase. United went in front via a Ronaldo spoy kick, but Torres and Gerrard had ‘pool in front before half time. Any ope of a comeback was stalled when Vidic was red carded in the second half. Aurelio and Dossena put the icing on the cake late.

Arsenal 4-0 Blackburn
The Gunners scored early through and Ooijer own goal, but saved the best for the second half with a 3 goal outburst. Arshavin and a double from Eboue did the damage.

Bolton 1-3 Fulham
A stirring middle of the table clash saw the visitors emerge with an impressive win. Fulham had the lead through Johnson in the 42nd, but Davies tied things up on the stroke of half time before Simon Davies and Kamara sealed the win in the 2nd.

Everton 3-1 Stoke
Everton kep themselves in the running for a Champions League spot with a win over Stoke. Jo, Lescott and Fellaini scored for the Toffees with Shawcross netting the consolation goal for Stoke.

Hull 1-1 Newcastle
With both of these sides in the thick of the relegation battle, they will probably both admit to being happy with the point. Geovanni gave Hull the early lead, but a fine strike from Steven Taylor cancelled it out.

Middlesbrough 1-1 Portsmouth
Pompey players and fans alike must be sick that they let this game, as well as the chance to create a bit of breathing space from the drop zone, get away. One up through Peter Crouch and playing against 10 men after the dismissal of Matthew Bates, they allowed a last gasp goal from Marlon King to deny them of 2 extra points.

Sunderland 1-2 Wigan
So tight is the relegation battle this season, Wigan, in 8th spot after this win, find themselves a mere 9 points clear of the drop zone. Goals from Watson and N’Zogbia gave them the points, with Leadbitter scoring for Sunderland who sink deeper into trouble with the loss.

Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City
A vital win for title seeking Chelsea who now find themselves a mere 4 points behind Man United, albeit having payed a game more. Michael Essien scored the games only goal.

Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham
Villas Champions League hopes were dealt a serious blow with this loss to Spurs. Jenad and Bent scored for the visitors before John Carew added a late consolation.

All 4 EPL team that took part in European Cup action managed to prevail and move into the quarter finals. Liverpool tore Real Madrid apart, coming away with a 4-0 win at Anfield to add to the one goal lead they had from the first leg. Torres, Gerrard (2) and Dossena were the scorers.
Chelsea, clinging to a one goal lead from their home leg, scored an impressive 2-2 tie away to Juventus. Essien and Drogba got the goals in a rollercoaster game that saw the blues come from behind twice.
Arsenal stunned Roma in a penalty shootout, winning 7-6 in the spot kick duel. The Italians had the edge over 90 minutes, winning 1-0 which levelled the aggregate score.
Manchester United eased past Inter Milan 2-0 courtesy of goals from Vidic and Ronaldo.. With only 8 teams going into the draw, it seems a certainty that we will see an all EPL quarter final match-up

Arsenal 3-0 Burnley
Thanks to replays and postponements, these two teams ended up playing their 5th round tie on a weekend where the quarter finals were played. Arsenal eased their way into the next round with a very comfortable victory. Goals from Vela, Eduardo and Eboue were enough to see them through.

Everton 2-1 Middlesbrough
Everton booked their place in the semis, the best FA Cup showing in David Moyes’ 7 year tenure, with a come from behind win over Boro. The visitors took the lead on the stroke of half time through a David Wheater strike, but were pegged back in a 7 minute stretch with goals from Fellaini and super sub Louis Saha.

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Sunderland 1-1 Tottenham
Goal at the very start and the very end of this one led to a share of the points. Kieran Richardson got the home side off to a dream start in the 3rd minute, but a last gasp equalizer from Robbie Keane was enough to earn Spurs a much needed point.

FA CUP

Coventry 0-2 Chelsea
The FA Cup dream ended for the sky blues today as their Premiership opponents eased into the semi-finals. Goals in either half from Drogba and Alex were enough to seal the win.

Fulham 0-4 Manchester United
United were in blistering form and absolutely tore apart Fulham to book their place in the semis.  Tevez got the ball rolling with a double strike before Rooney and Park put the icing on Uniteds FA Cup cake.

It took 90 minutes, extra-time and a penalty shootout, but United finally prevailed and nabbed their second trophy of the season (the first was their World Club Championship trophy). It came as no real surprise, given that Sir Alex has stated that the league comes first, that United fielded what many would consider to be a weaker team.
On the balance of play, Spurs will feel that they did enough to win, but a combination of stout defending by United and poor execution did them in. Their inability to finsih was none more evident than in the penalty shootout which they went on to lose 4-1.
United will now go on and hope to win the title, the FA Cup, and the European Cup, a staggersing achievement if they can pull it off.