9-0 Celtic Run Riot.......

9-0 Celtic Run Riot.......
A potent display by Celtic's strikeforce blew Aberdeen away in an afternoon of high drama at Celtic Park.
Anthony Stokes opened the scoring from the penalty spot after Dons captain Paul Hartley saw red for handball.

Gary Hooper grabbed a brace before Celtic's Thomas Rovne also saw red, Stokes then converting another penalty.
Josh Magennis netted an own goal and Hooper claimed his hat-trick before Joe Ledley, a third for Stokes and a Paddy McCourt penalty completed the rout.
The home side started brightly, perhaps boosted by the news that club legend Henrik Larsson was watching from the stands, but could not carve out a clear chance in the opening minutes despite their pressure.
Stokes was the first to have a go at goal, picking up on a pass from Hooper, but his fierce right-footed drive flew over the bar.

Chris Maguire was first to have an effort for the visitors after Darren Mackie won the ball in midfield, but the young striker took too long before shooting allowing Celtic keeper Fraser Forster to narrow the angle and put the ball out for a corner.
Ki Sung-Yeung then fired in a shot from inside the box which Hartley blocked with his arm, referee Alan Muir pointed immediately for the spot and Hartley saw red.
Stokes sent Langfield the wrong way with his spot-kick to open the scoring - his sixth goal of the season.
Almost straight from the kick-off Celtic doubled their lead, Hooper outmuscled Zander Diamond before crashing a shot past Langfield from about 12 yards out.

Man City Mancini will appeal red card

Roberto Mancini believes it is vital Manchester City are going into Wednesday's derby clash with Manchester United having returned to form - and hopes their match-winner on Sunday Mario Balotelli might be available for the Eastlands encounter.

Balotelli eased some of the pressure on his manager and fellow Italian Mancini by netting twice in the first half against West Brom at the Hawthorns as City secured a 2-0 victory to halt their run of three successive defeats. But the 20-year-old's afternoon turned sour after the break as he received a yellow card having clattered in to Marek Cech and was then given his marching orders within minutes following a tangle with Youssouf Mulumbu - who was also dismissed late on for scything down Carlos Tevez.
Rejecting suggestions Balotelli had kicked out at Mulumbu, Mancini said: "I absolutely do not agree with the referee about this sending-off."

Mancini intends to appeal against the decision by referee Lee Probert. That opens up the possibility of the striker being cleared in time to face second-placed United, who City, in fourth spot, are now once again only three points behind in the Barclays Premier League.
He added: "A red card for what? He played a fantastic game, he scored two goals, but the sending-off was very strange.
"I want to know why it was a direct red card. For me this is not correct and the referee must explain."
City were in second place behind leaders Chelsea before suffering a slump in results, and asked how significant he thought it was for his side to have got back to winning ways before the derby, Mancini said: "It is important because we are in a good position. We have this game (against United) and we can get to second position again."
West Brom have now picked up three red cards in the space of a week after they were reduced to nine men at Blackpool last Monday.

While Pablo Ibanez's was rescinded following an appeal, Baggies boss Roberto Di Matteo had no complaints about the decision to send Gonzalo Jara off in that match and was similarly accepting that Mulumbu deserved to go against City - although he also felt there was nothing wrong with Balotelli's dismissal.
"I think the referee was in a good position on the (Balotelli) sending-off," Di Matteo said. "My player wasn't happy with the challenge and the official was there. In terms of the second one, for my player, I think there was no doubt about it."


Mock The Weekend
He scores two goals at the Hawthorns, he barely celebrates either. He gets sent off for a pointless dive and a petulant swipe, he doesn't visibly react either. Of course, it helps to be a 20-year-old that gets paid so much money it really doesn't matter how you perform (although not so much that he was prepared to throw away his £1.99 gloves in disgust). It also helps that the young Italian is pretty clearly off his rocker.

All off Robinho's man city goals

Robinho Manchester City 08/09 All Goals, posted with vodpod

EPL match reviews sat 30th oct 2010/11

Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United established their usual top three positions in the Premier League with gritty victories but Manchester City lost ground with their second successive defeat on Saturday.

Leaders Chelsea snatched a 2-1 win at Blackburn Rovers through a late Branislav Ivanovic strike and Alex Song's 88th-minute header secured a 1-0 home win for Arsenal over West Ham United.

Manchester United, who have not lost at home to Tottenham Hotspur for 21 years, notched up another win in the series as a Nemanja Vidic header and a bizarre late goal by Nani secured a 2-0 success.

Manchester City followed last week's 3-0 loss to Arsenal by going down 2-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers and Everton beat Stoke City 1-0 with Aiyegbeni Yakubu's first goal of the season. Fulham beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 thanks to two goals by Clint Dempsey.

Chelsea lead the table with 25 points from 10 games, five ahead of Arsenal and United and eight clear of City.

Autumn games against mid-table opposition are often looked back upon as decisive in the title race and the top four may come to see Oct. 30 as a key date in their seasons.

Blackburn were well on top of a lacklustre Chelsea in the early stages and took a deserved lead through Benjani Mwaruwari after 21 minutes before the visitors hit back through Nicolas Anelka six minutes before halftime.

Chelsea, held 1-1 by Blackburn last season, eventually awoke from their torpor but struggled to create chances until Yuri Zhirkov's cross was headed home by Ivanovic after 84 minutes.

It was an all-action start at Old Trafford as Ji-sung Park hit a post with a shot for United and Rafael van der Vaart doing the same for Spurs.

Both sides showed plenty of invention and attacking intent but the breakthrough came from a straightforward set-piece goal as Vidic headed home a Nani free kick after 31 minutes.

Spurs then lost the impressive Van der Vaart with a hamstring strain that could keep him out of Tuesday's Champions League clash with Inter Milan but the bad day was far from finished.

In an incident that will be replayed relentlessly, Spurs keeper Heurelho Gomes thought he had been awarded a free kick and placed the ball on the ground in front of his goal.

Nani, seemingly aware that the referee had in fact ruled "play on", nipped in and tucked the ball into the unguarded net and, despite furious protests, the goal was given.

DOMINATED POSSESSION

Arsenal dominated possession at the Emirates, hitting the woodwork twice, but had to wait until the 88th minute to find a way past an obdurate West Ham as Gael Clichy crossed for Song to nod in his third goal in a week.

"Song is amazing, he has added something to his game. He came as a centre back, becomes a defensive midfielder and now he's playing like a striker," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said.

Manchester City were all over Wolves initially but after a 23rd-minute Emmanuel Adebayor penalty they sat back and paid a heavy price when Nenad Milijas equalised and David Edwards scrambled in a winner after 57 minutes.

City manager Roberto Mancini was perplexed by the turnaround.

"We played very well for the first 15 minutes, some fantastic football, but after that I don't know why we finished playing football," he said.

"It's important for me to understand why this happened today. At the moment I don't. Maybe because we played well in the first 15 minutes we thought it was an easy game but it does not exist and in the end Wolves deserved to win the game."

Man utd win with an outragous 2nd goal........

Man City Vs Wolves and Guess who wants RSC?

Image by eckster via FlickrTEAM NEWS
Manchester City captain Carlos Tevez is out with a thigh injury. Tevez came off during the 3-0 defeat to Arsenal last weekend after suffering a dead leg and has been given permission by City boss Roberto Mancini to travel to Argentina to visit his family before reporting back on Monday. Dedryck Boyata is supended following his sending-off against the Gunners, while Aleksandar Kolarov (ankle) and Michael Johnson (toe) are still not ready to return to first-team action - but Kolo Toure should be fit to feature having missed the last three games with a hamstring problem.
Wolves skipper Karl Henry returns from suspension. The midfielder has served a three-match ban following his sending-off against Wigan a month ago. Central defender Jody Craddock is still sidelined with a thigh injury but is hoping to return to action in two weeks' time, while Stephen Hunt is in contention to make his first league start since his summer move from Hull after recovering from a foot injury.
KEY FACTS
Wolves’ first ever win in the Premier League came at home to Manchester City back in October 2003.
Carlos Tevez scored twice in this fixture last season.
Wolves are the only Premier League team not to have kept a clean sheet this season.
Wolves have not won since the opening day and have lost five of their last six games.
City have gone three games without keeping a clean sheet.
Manchester City have not won three successive Premier League away games since April 2007.
City have had just three attempts on goal emanating from indirect free-kicks this season, the fewest in the league.
No team has scored fewer second half goals than Wanderers this season, two.
Wolves have scored only one goal from a set piece this season, a joint-low.
Christophe Berra has picked up three yellows and one red card in his last six Premier League appearances.
MATCH ODDS
Wolverhampton 15/4, Draw 23/10, Manchester City 4/6

RSC can leave
Santa Cruz has played only once this season and was recently quoted as stating his desire to leave City in the next transfer window.

Roberto Mancini believes Roque Santa Cruz deserves better than his current predicament at Manchester City and hopes the Paraguay international can find another club in January
It has been a disappointing time for the striker at Eastlands since his arrival from Blackburn in 2009 and Mancini has given the green light for Santa Cruz to move on.

"Roque is a fantastic man and a good player, but he knows the situation here," the City manager said. "I am very sorry for him because Roque deserves to play every game because he works very well.

"But it is difficult at the moment. I hope for him that he can go to play for another team because he deserves this."

Hughes wants guess who
Fulham manager Mark Hughes could be set to renew his interest in Roque Santa Cruz when the January transfer window opens.

Hughes failed in an attempt to sign Santa Cruz on loan during the summer but is weighing up a second approach for the unsettled Manchester City striker.

Hughes worked with Santa Cruz at Eastlands and Blackburn and the Paraguay international has been told he can leave City.

"I'm interested in players of the quality of Roque," Hughes said. "My interest in him before was there for everybody to see.

"Whether we pursue that in January is open to debate. I'm not aware that he's available. That might change. But I don't like discussing players by name before we've actually signed him.

"This time in the transfer window we want to target players quite early so that we are ready to flick the switch when the window opens."

Related articles

• Santa Cruz can go (skysports.com)
• Manchester City's Roberto Mancini sympathises with Carlos Tevez but doesn't expect him to quit (telegraph.co.uk)
• Mancini: Tevez won't leave us in lurch (guardian.co.uk)