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United Move Closer, Lose Nani

Manchester United dominated West Ham en route to a 4-1 victory, holding off Chelsea for another week. Ronaldo netted a double for the Red Devils before his countryman Nani received a red card for a blatant headbutt to Lucas Neill's nose. Now Nani will be forced to sit out the final match of the season against Wigan. A win there for United and there will be nothing Chelsea can do to overcome the gap. Dean Ashton of West Ham had the most stylish goal of the match, while my boy Carlos Tevez added an absolute rocket to shut the door on the Hammers. More »

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Bendtner To Villa: Bite My Shiny Metal Ass

Arsenal 1, Aston Villa 1 — When you get right down to brass tacks, Arsenal scored two goals, while Villa couldn't even get one. That sounds about right. Now, the story of who kicked whose ball into whose net shouldn't matter. The fact that the team in red scored on each side of the pitch was symmetrical enough to allow a point for each team. More »

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Another Royal Stunner

Last year's biggest surprise in the Premier League, the Americans Royals of Reading FC, pulled off the surprise of the day with a crushing 3-1 victory over Liverpool. Fernando Torres could have set the tone with an early goal but he was unable to put in an easy attempt against American keeper Marcus Hahnemann. Subsequently, Stephen Hunt gave Reading the lead off of a penalty but Steven Gerrard (who else?) was able to equalize shortly thereafter. The Royals pounced in the second half with goals recorded by Kevin Doyle and James Harper (pictured). Liverpool sits fourth on the league table after giving up a sure opportunity to keep pace with the rest of the big four. More »