English Premier League 2011, Week 10: Newcastle Take Care Of Stoke At The Britannia Stadium

*It was a perfect hat trick, actually, one header, one right footed shot and one left footed.

The changes made a bit of a difference, and Boothroyd pulled a goal back following a corner kick, but that only seemed to galvanise Spurs and they went on the attack again, drawing a series of fine saves from Kenny before Bale put the game away after a lovely passing exchange with Lennon on the edge of the box. All that was left to do was to see it out, and they did, moving into fifth place with an emphatic display.

Lukaku likely committed a foul on the move, backing into and knocking down Andre Santos, but there’s no taking away from Mata’s finish. With Santos down on the ground, Meireles picked up the ball on the right side and put a great pass into the middle for Mata. Arsenal closed him down, but the Spaniard was still able to rip a jaw-dropping left-footed shot into the top corner, leveling the match through 81 minutes.

Scoring done? Don’t count on it.

For more on these two teams, check out Chelsea blog We Ain’t Got No History and Arsenal blog The Short Fuse. We’ll have coverage of all of the action in England in our Premier League Week 10 StoryStream. For more on the entire world of football, check out SB Nation Soccer.

For more on these two teams, check out Chelsea blog We Ain’t Got No History and Arsenal blog The Short Fuse. We’ll have coverage of all of the action in England in our Premier League Week 10 StoryStream. For more on the entire world of football, check out SB Nation Soccer.

Chelsea lead Arsenal by a score of 2-1 at halftime of their huge Premier League clash, but in all honesty, both teams should have a couple more. The defending in this match has been incredibly poor, with Chelsea having a goal disallowed for an unnecessary offside and Arsenal missing a couple of sitters. Chelsea also had a couple of instances in the opening five minutes where they had yards of room to get crosses in, but couldn’t convert. Something like 3-2 or 4-3 would be more fitting based on the way this one has gone.

For more on these two teams, check out Chelsea blog We Ain’t Got No History and Arsenal blog The Short Fuse. We’ll have coverage of all of the action in England in our Premier League Week 10 StoryStream. For more on the entire world of football, check out SB Nation Soccer.

For more on these two teams, check out Chelsea blog We Ain’t Got No History and Arsenal blog The Short Fuse. We’ll have coverage of all of the action in England in our Premier League Week 10 StoryStream. For more on the entire world of football, check out SB Nation Soccer.

The Gunners have had chances of their own, but the finishing hasn’t been there. The way both defenses are playing, this game has a few more goals in it.

For more on these two teams, check out Chelsea blog We Ain’t Got No History and Arsenal blog The Short Fuse. We’ll have coverage of all of the action in England in our Premier League Week 10 StoryStream. For more on the entire world of football, check out SB Nation Soccer.

For more on these two teams, check out Everton blog Royal Blue Mersey and Manchester United blog The Busby Babe. We’ll have coverage of all of the action in England in our Premier League Week 10 StoryStream. For more on the entire world of football, check out SB Nation Soccer.

Chelsea Lineup (4-3-3): Cech; Cole, Terry, Ivanovic, Bosingwa; Mikel, Ramires, Lampard; Mata, Sturridge, Torres

Arsenal Lineup (4-3-3): Szczesny; Andre Santos, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Djourou; Song, Ramsey, Arteta; Gervinho, Van Persie, Walcott

Everton Starting Lineup (4-5-1): Howard; Baines, Jagielka, Heitinga, Hibbert; Bilyaletdinov, Fellaini, Rodwell, Coleman, Osman; Saha

Manchester United Lineup (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Evra, Vidic, Jones, Evans; Fletcher, Cleverley; Welbeck, Rooney, Park; Hernandez

English Premier League Week 10, General Preview

Everton Vs. Manchester United Preview

Both sides find themselves in need of a victory, though for different reason. Everton need this win to prevent yet another slow start to the Premier League season; whereas Manchester United need a victory in order to right the ship after last weekend’s tumultuous result.

Related: English Premier League TV Schedule

Until last season, Chelsea always beat Arsenal. And Didier Drogba always scored. That was the case when the two sides last met at Stamford Bridge, Alex adding a thumping free-kick to Drogba’s early goal. In the return fixture at the Emirates, though, Arsenal were excellent in beating their city rivals 3-1.

In what was Arsenal’s best performance of the season, Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott were superb. This time around, though, Fabregas is elsewhere and Walcott may as well be. The Englishman’s loss of form has been sudden and dramatic and is, given the precedents set by certainly Tomas Rosicky and debatably Andrei Arshavin, worrying for Arsenal fans: Gervinho will need to have a good game.