LONDON (AP)—Carlos Tevez scored twice in Manchester United’s 4-0 win at Fulham and Chelsea cruised past second tier Coventry 2-0 to reach the FA Cup semifinals on Saturday.
Wayne Rooney and Park Ji-sung also hit the target at Craven Cottage as Man United, with Cristiano Ronaldo rested and Dimitar Berbatov on the bench, still had far too much firepower for Fulham.
Tevez scored with a close range header in the 20th minute and a solo run and shot in the 25th as Alex Ferguson’s Red Devils stayed on course for an unprecedented five titles in one season.
United, which won the Club World Cup in December and the League Cup last weekend, is seven points clear at the top of the Premier League and is also going strong in the Champions League.
Didier Drogba (15th minute) and Alex (72nd) fired Chelsea into the semifinal with an easy victory at Coventry.
on Sunday, Everton hosts Middlesbrough for a place in the semifinals while Arsenal, which is round behind because of replays and postponements, welcomes second-tier Burnley in a fifth-round game.
In the only Premier League game this weekend, Robbie Keane scored an 89th-minute equalizer as Tottenham drew 1-1 at Sunderland after Kieran Richardson had netted for the home side in the third. The draw means that both teams are five points above the relegation zone with 10 games to go.
FRANKFURT (AP)—Andrey Voronin scored all three goals in Hertha Berlin’s 3-1 victory at Energie Cottbus and defending champion Bayern Munich outplayed Hannover 5-1.
Although Atan Cagdas gave Cottbus the lead, Voronin hit back with goals in the 34th, 45th and 88th minutes, while Bayern also had to rally against Hannover after falling behind to Jiri Stanjer’s 15th minute strike.
Daniel van Buyten, Miroslav Klose, Hamit Altintop, Lukas Podolski and Martin Demichelis all scored in Munich.
Hertha remains atop the Bundesliga with 46 points through 23 rounds and now has a four-point lead over the next four teams. Bayern jumped from fifth to sit tied with Hoffenheim in second.
Hoffenheim also has 42 points after a scoreless draw at home against Werder Bremen.
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP)—St. Mirren upset Celtic 1-0 to reach the Scottish Cup semifinals, a week after losing 7-0 to the same opponents in the league.
Billy Mehmet scored the only goal of the game at New St. Mirren Park with a 55th-minute penalty after Celtic captain Stephen McManus had brought down Craig Dargo as the striker charged in to the area.
Dunfermline and Aberdeen face a replay after a 1-1 draw and Falkirk won 1-0 at Inverness to reach the semifinal. The other quarterfinal between Rangers and Hamilton is on Sunday.
ATHENS, Greece (AP)—Dimitris Salpingidis scored one goal and set up another to help Panathinaikos beat visiting Larissa 3-0 and move into second place in the Greek league.
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos and Gilberto Silva also scored.
The Athenians now have 50 points from 25 games, eight behind league leader Olympiakos and one point ahead of PAOK Thessaloniki. Olympiakos travels to PAOK on Sunday.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment