SERIE A 2007/2008

1 Arsenal	27 19 7 1 36 64
2 Man U	27 19 4 4 40 61
3 Chelsea	26 16 7 3 21 55
4 Liverpl	26 12 11 3 24 47
5 Everton	26 14 5 7 18 47
6 Aston V	27 13 8 6 15 47
7 Portsmth	27 12 8 7 11 44
8 Man City	26 12 8 6 5 44
9 Blackbrn	27 11 9 7 2 42
10 West Ham	26 11 7 8 8 40
11 Tottenhm	26 8 8 10 7 32
12 Middlesb	27 7 8 12 -16 29
13 Newcastle	27 7 7 13 -22 28
14 Wigan	27 7 5 15 -16 26
15 Sunderl	27 7 5 15 -20 26
16 Bolton	27 6 7 14 -12 25
17 Birmingh	27 5 8 14 -13 23
18 Reading	27 6 4 17 -24 22
19 Fulham	27 3 10 14 -20 19
20 Derby C	27 1 6 20 -44 9

RESULT
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Saturday February 23
 Birmingham 2 - 2 Arsenal
 Fulham 0 - 1 West Ham
 Liverpool 3 - 2 Middlesbrough
 Portsmouth 1 - 0 Sunderland
 Tottenham v Chelsea
 Wigan 2 - 0 Derby County
 Newcastle 1 - 5 Man U 
Sunday February 24
 Reading 1 - 2 Aston Villa
 Blackburn 4 - 1 Bolton
Monday February 25
 Man City v Everton



NEXT
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Saturday March 1
 Arsenal v Aston Villa
 Birmingham v Tottenham
 Bolton v Liverpool
 Derby County v Sunderland
 Everton v Portsmouth
 Fulham v Man United
 Man City v Wigan Athletic
 Middlesbrough v Reading
 Newcastle v Blackburn
 West Ham v Chelsea

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VILLA STAY IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HUNT
Author: Sportinglife.com, 25 Feb 2008

Aston Villa saw off Reading 2-1 at the Madejski Stadium to bring their dream of Champions League football nearer to reality and push their opponents closer towards relegation from the Barclays Premier League.

Goals from Ashley Young and substitute Marlon Harewood were enough to take the points against a side who have now lost a club-record eight successive league fixtures and appear incapable of saving themselves.

Villa could have triumphed by a much larger margin, especially as Gareth Barry missed a first-half penalty.

Nicky Shorey's 90th-minute free-kick - Reading's first goal in 540 minutes of play - had no bearing on the game.

Reading chairman John Madejski had called for the fans to turn the stadium into a "cauldron of optimism" but although James Harper planted an early shot into Scott Carson's midriff, it quickly became apparent Villa would simply not allow any release from the paralysis that has gripped the home side's season.

Young's fourth goal of the campaign may have taken 45 minutes to arrive but when it did, it was merely the inevitable result of his side's superiority and the home players' lack of confidence.

And Harewood's strike meant Shorey's late effort was merely a consolation.

In Sunday's other game, Benni McCarthy forced beleaguered Bolton to pay the penalty at Ewood Park with two ice-cool spot-kicks as Blackburn won an incident-packed Lancashire derby 4-1.

Gary Cahill's needless 65th-minute foul on David Dunn in the visitors' box turned the game on its head, paving the way for Rovers to reignite their European hopes and leaving Gary Megson's men deep in relegation trouble.

Bolton had burst out at the start of the second period and Kevin Davies' 49th-minute equaliser - after McCarthy's opening penalty - sparked a prolonged period of dominance which was only broken by Cahill's clumsy challenge.

Five minutes later the match was effectively over when David Bentley nodded home Rovers' third at the far post, with Morten Gamst Pedersen giving an overly one-sided look to the scoreline with an injury-time fourth.

(http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/02/24/manual_142753.html&TEAMHD=premiership)

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