Arsenal: 0 Blackburn: 0
Arsenal's Premier League title aspirations suffered a significant setback as 10-man Blackburn battled their way to a deserved point.

The Gunners' best moment came late on, when Nicklas Bendtner had a shot blocked on the line by Michel Salgado.

By then, Blackburn had been reduced to 10 men following Steven Nzonzi's two-footed challenge on Laurent Koscielny.

Martin Olsson earlier went close with a speculative effort that was fumbled by Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia.

Blackburn grew in belief after a shaky start - and their point owed much to a solid display from keeper Paul Robinson - but this was a distinctly laboured performance from Arsenal.

On a day when Manchester United overturned a two-goal deficit at Upton Park to cement their place at the Premier League summit, the Gunners could ill afford to slip up.

But falter they did and, as a consequence, they now find themselves seven points behind United - albeit with a game in hand - and contemplating the very real possibility of a sixth...

2011-04-03 7:08 AM PDT by Robin Van Persie (jeza123c) View entry - views: 40

International Round Up March 26-27
Sunday, 27 March 2011
International Match
Scotland

0-2
(HT 0-1) Brazil

Neymar (42, pen 77)

Saturday, 26 March 2011
European Championship Qualifying
Albania

Salihi (62)
1-0
(HT 0-0) Belarus


Bookings:
Salihi (17)
Lala (1
Cana (38+2)



Bookings:
Kulchy (21)
Shitov (32)
Hleb (4
Molosh (53)

Andorra

0-1
(HT 0-1) Slovakia

Sebo (21)


Bookings:
Moreno (36)
Jimenez (5



Bookings:
Stoch (54)
Mucha (65)

Armenia

0-0
(HT 0-0) Russia


Bookings:
Hayrapetyan (34)
Manucharyan (8



Bookings:
Shishkin (63)

Bosnia-Hercegovina

Ibisevic (63)
Dzeko (83)
2-1
(HT 0-1) Romania

Marica (29)


Bookings:
Ibisevic (54)
Rahimic (7


Bulgaria

0-0
(HT 0-0) Switzerland


Bookings:
Stoyanov (17)
Georgiev (69)
Manolev (87)



Bookings:
Behrami (15)
Derdiyok (77)

Cyprus

0-0
(HT 0-0) Iceland


Bookings:
Merkis (42)



Bookings:
Sigurdsson (20)
Magnusson...

2011-03-28 1:29 AM PDT by Robin Van Persie (jeza123c) View entry - views: 37

Man Utd 1 - 0 Bolton
Dimitar Berbatov's late goal gave 10-man Manchester United victory over Bolton and took their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points.
In a first half of few chances, Javier Hernandez shot wide and Martin Petrov hit a free-kick at Edwin van der Sar.
Home defender Jonny Evans was shown a straight red card in the second half for a lunge on Stuart Holden.
But Berbatov gave United the points by bundling home after Jussi Jaaskelainen failed to hold Nani's shot.
The Bulgarian's last-gasp strike, coupled with Arsenal's 2-2 draw at West Brom, allowed United to restore a cushion at the top of the table that had been damaged by defeats at Chelsea and Liverpool.
It had looked set to be a frustrating afternoon for the league leaders, who were more than matched by a spirited Bolton side for large parts of the game.
Indeed, had Matthew Taylor not directed a free header straight at Edwin van der Sar just moments before Berbatov's winner, Bolton might have been the victors.
Instead, United clinched...

2011-03-19 9:24 PM PDT by Arsène Wenger (damian15arsenal) View entry - views: 54