Manchester United 2 - 0 Blackburn

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Ronaldo Bags a Brace!


The shooting season has started in earnest with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring with two of the finest. Although Samba, had come close to putting Blackburn ahead, the Portuguese hot shot soon put them in their place, with two goals in two minutes, to clinch the game just after the half hour.


Mark Hughes was not pleased when David Dunn was sent of in the 53rd minute. Neither was Dunn, but it was a second yellow, resulting in a red card. There seemed to be some controversy, whether the first card was deserved or not, for a foul on Tevez that match commentators thought wasn’t particularly severe. However, he had an arm round Tevez's shoulder, and if the ref sees it, a foul is a foul as they say! There may be many that do not result in a yellow card, but there are probably more still that go unseen!


Ronaldo has scored 26 goals in 51 games, in 2007, for club and country. His double here, brought his tally for the season up to 10, and he is almost worth the entrance money on his own, because he is an absolute star, who rarely turns in a poor performance. He showed United's strength, even without the injured Rooney, who has been sidelined for about a month. If it wasn't for Blackburn's efficient American goalkeeper, Ronaldo would have got his hat trick.


Prior to this match, Blackburn had won seven out of their last eight games, and they are certainly a pretty smart outfit, with a pretty smart manager in Mark Hughes. He is the bookmaker's favourite, in front of Roy Keane, to eventually succeed Sir Alex.


After a fine show against worthy opponents, United are again at the top of the Premiership, but Arsenal are in hot pursuit, with two games in hand.


Chelsea 1 - 1 Everton


Chelsea looked all over the winners, until right at the end, in the 90th minute, Cahill got a tremendous equaliser.


Overhead scissor kicks are always spectacular, but when Cahill received the ball after McFadden's shot was blocked, he fired it into the net with an acrobatic display, that wouldn't have been out of place in a circus ring!


Chelsea could/should have been ahead by the interval, but Everton keeper, Tim Howard, was in scintillating form and kept them out. Then Drogba inexplicitly missed a sitter, when he failed to make contact in front of an open goal.


Despite some good efforts at both ends, there was no score, until Drogba made amends in the 70th minute. He was presented with a free header at the near post, and this time there was no mistake as he headed home.


You might have expected Chelsea to carry the day, and perhaps they deserved to win, but Cahill's equaliser was a boy's own special, so the points were shared after a little bit of football magic!


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