Arsenal has extended their lead in the Soccer Betting Premier League to five points after a 2-0 win over Blackburn on Monday. Philippe Senderos scored early and Emmanuel Adebayor scored late for the Gunners. It would have been more of a rout if not for Blackburn goalkeeper Brad Friedel.
The win by Arsenal was a big one considering Manchester United was upset by Manchester City 2-1 on Sunday. Arsenal has 12 games left as they try and hold off the powerful United club. The loss by United to their rivals was a shock as Manchester City swept United for the first time since 1970. The 2-1 win was their first win at Old Trafford since 1974. The loss ended United’s 13 match winning streak. Darius Vassell and Benjani Mwaruwari scored first-half goals for City and United's only goal in injury-time came from Michael Carrick.
United played without suspended players Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra, and Owen Hargreaves was on the bench. In the 25th minute City took the lead as Ireland, Petrov and Vassell combined for the first tally. United nearly tied it but Hart made a key save on Carlos Tevez and got a break when Cristiano Ronaldo’s free kick went over the bar.
In the second half Petrov's cross was taken by Benjani and he scored just inside the far post. United thought they had gotten back in the game but Tevez was ruled offside. Carrick scored in injury time for United but it was too late to do any good. "It was probably the result that City deserved really," Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs said, "They played better than us. City scored at important times in the game and we didn't recover. City could just sit back then and try to catch us on the counter attack.
Defensively we didn't play well. Attacking-wise, we just didn't turn up.
But there was enough motivation for us – a massive game for the club, a derby and an important three points."
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City’s win was important for head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and for the fans of Manchester City. This was the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster and City fans were very respectful and observed a period of silence. "I am extremely proud of our team. If you go to Old Trafford and win you deserve it," Eriksson said. "But everyone who belongs to City, players, officials, must be proud of what our fans did here. Their behavior was fantastic and I am extremely honored to be the club's manager. I have never been involved in a ceremony like that before, it was a very nice experience to be able to pay our respects. The two teams together, and all the fans, absolutely silent for one minute. It was beautiful. I understand the history, and the last time City won here or did the double over United. It was far too long and we have now corrected that. It was time to out that right, and we have done it and given our fans something special."
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