Premier League Result: Fletcher fires for Sunderland in away win

The result was sealed when Stephane Sessegnon scored the goal of the match with a fantastic strike from outside the box.

Martin O'Neill's men pick up rare away win as Hangeland sending off proves crucial in Craven Cottage clash... 

Steven Fletcher scored his sixth goal of the season as Sunderland were matched at 5.95/1 on their way to valuable 3-1 away win over Fulham.

After a dour first-half, in which the one notable incident was Brede Hangeland's sending off for a foul on Lee Cattermole, the Scottish striker put the Black Cats ahead. 

The hosts hit back, however, when Damien Duff set up Mladen Petric to equalise from close range.

Sunderland were determined to make their one man advantage count and Carlos Cuellar headed them back in to the lead only three minutes later.

The result was sealed when Stephane Sessegnon scored the goal of the match with a fantastic strike from outside the box.

It was a splendid result for the away side, for whom this was a first win for seven matches, and there was plenty to cheer too for those who backed 1-3 at 110.00109/1 in the correct score market. 

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Carling Cup Results: Bellamy fires Liverpool into Wembley final

Carling Cup / Maxliu / 25 January 2012 / Leave a Comment

Gerrard celebrates his penalty

"Bellamy received the ball from Dirk Kuyt, exchanged passes with Glen Johnson, and fired past Hart."

Excellent display from Welshman as he knocks Manchester City out to set up a Carling Cup Final against Cardiff...

Liverpool were matched at [2.66] to reach the Carling Cup final before Craig Bellamy scored the goal that means the Reds will meet his old club Cardiff at Wembley on February 26.

Kenny Dalglish's men, who are [1.18] to win the tournament, carried a one goal advantage into tonight's second leg at Anfield, following their victory at the Ethiad Stadium a fortnight ago. After half-an-hour, however, the tie was level as Nigel De Jong curled in a fantastic effort from 25 yards out. It was a delight to watch, especially for those who backed the Dutchman to be first goalscorer at [140.00].

The home side were level less than ten minutes later when Micah Richards was unlucky to concede a penalty. The ball definitely struck his hand inside the box but whether he was able to avoid touching Daniel Agger's shot is another matter. Steve Gerrard didn't care as he dispatched the ball past the excellent Joe Hart to restore Liverpool's advantage.

After 67 minutes Edin Dzeko made it 2-2 on aggregate but parity was short lived as Bellamy received the ball from Dirk Kuyt, exchanged passes with Glen Johnson, and fired past Hart. After that City surged forward but Liverpool held their nerve, Daniel Agger heroically throwing himself in front of a shot from Dzeko as the visitors tried to force extra-time.

It wasn't to be, Liverpool held out for the draw, which was matched at [4.6], and are now into their first Wembley final since 1996. For Dalglish, who looked emotional at the final whistle, it is a chance to start restoring the glory to Anfield, as he promised to when he took over a year ago.

Michael Lintorn expects Manchester City to exit their third competition in 50 days when fighting to overturn a 0-1 Carling Cup semi-final deficit at Anfield......

Cardiff knocked out Crystal Palace on penalties but are far from being favourites on Betfair's Carling Cup winner market, despite being the only team guaranteed a place in the final....

A 1-0 defeat at Selhurst Park leaves Cardiff with it all to do in the second leg of their Carling Cup semi-final, but Michael Lintorn thinks they will deliver......

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Premier League Results: Resurgent Rooney fires United closer to title

Premier League / Joe Dyer / 01 February 2011 / Leave a Comment

Wayne Rooney was finally among the scorers

"The title is surely destined for United after Old Trafford were treated to the Wayne Rooney show for the first time in a long time. "

In-running drama aplenty as leading teams all win - but find very different ways to do it

A titanic night at the top of the table ended in wins for Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea - but only one of them did it the easy way. Meanwhile, a 2-2 draw did little for either West Brom or Wigan at the other end of the league.

The title is surely destined for United after Old Trafford were treated to the Wayne Rooney show for the first time in a long time. The England star scored in the first minute and on the cusp of halftime to make it easy for United who are now [1.69] to end up top of the pile. Darren Bent retaliated for Aston Villa, but a Nemanja Vidic rocket put the home team back in the comfort zone.

The Reds' pursuers in the title race - Arsenal and Chelsea - both went behind in their fixtures but came back to keep themselves just about in touch with the leaders.

Sunderland scored early on at the Stadium of Light but that only seemed to wind Chelsea up. The champions struck back to take a 2-1 lead only to be pegged back again. It stayed that way until the second half when the Blues were able to pull away thanks to John Terry and a late Nicolas Anelka effort, the 4-2 final score traded at [120.0].

At the Emirates, Arsenal went behind to an early Louis Saha effort and laboured in their attempts to overhaul the Toffees, having to wait until the 70th minute for an equaliser and the 75th for a winner. The Gunners traded at [8.0] for the win and are [4.3] for the title.

There was yet more drama at the Hawthorns where West Brom touched [1.28] when taking an early lead only to concede twice to Wigan, who were matched at [1.4]. Of course it couldn't end that way and the draw was backed at [6.6] before the Baggies scored a late goal of their own.

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