The Exciting Premier League Finale Continues

Manchester United went back on top of the Premier League yesterday courtesy of a 1-0 victory at Wolves. Paul Scholes coolly slotted home the only goal quarter of an hour from time after a clearance was sliced into his path.

Manchester United had a legitimate claim for a penalty in the first half turned away after Darron Gibson was dragged down inside the penalty area. Mame Diouf missed a great opportunity when he headed over as United ended up hanging on. Sam Vokes should have equalised in stoppage time when the ball trickled into his path 6 yards out, centre of goal. He fired over. A minute later he then had a harder opportunity, with a free header outside the 6 yard box, but he failed to test Edwin van der Sar.

Sir Alex Ferguson knows all about grinding out results and picking up fortunate results. This was one of those days and at the end of it, 3 points were collected. At this point, I would like to point out my prediction of a half time draw and full time Manchester United victory came true.

Earlier in the day, Arsenal had gone joint on top with Chelsea following their 3-1 victory over Burnley. Unfortunately I took Arsenal to win by 3 goals or more so ended up losing my bet. Even at 1-1 in the second half, Arsenal’s odds were only 1/3. Nicklas Bendtner missed a number of great opportunities. Enough to make a hattrick, he didn’t take a single one.

2 points now separate the top 3, with Chelsea having a game in hand. The Blues were comfortable 2-0 winners over Stoke City today to setup a semi final clash with Aston Villa who came from a 2-0 half time deficit at Reading to win 4-2 with John Carew scoring 3.

West Ham lost 2-1 at home on Saturday, one of two bets I lost. Manchester United’s victory, along with Aston Villa in the cup and Everton’s 5-1 win over Hull City today ended the weekend on a high for me. There’s little to chose from during the week in the Premier League. Liverpool travel to Wigan tomorrow night, looking to move back into 4th place.