Boring, Boring City: 11/21 In Review

Blackburn 2-0 Aston Villa

Norwegian Morten Gamst Pedersen scored both goals for Rovers, and the three points moved them from the danger of 16th to the relative safety of 11th.

Fulham 1-4 Manchester City

As the away fans sarcastically sang, and Diego Maradona looked on from the stands, City scored early and were unstoppable on the counter-attack, getting three goals from Maradona's countrymen (Tevez and Zabaleta) to cruise to victory. The Citizens would seem to be title contenders, if only they looked this good more often than once every four matches. The win took them fourth, three points off the pace of Chelsea and Manchester United.

Spanish Inquisition:

Fifth place Sevilla got an 88th minute equalizer from Luis Fabiano, but lost 2-1 to Mallorca on a stoppage time tally from Pierre Webo. Sixth place Espanyol romped past Hercules, 3-0. Seventh place Atletico Madrid got four second half goals from Diego Forlan, Sergio Aguero and Simao to beat eighth place Real Sociedad, 4-2.

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Fifth place Juventus defeated Genoa 2-0 to move up to fourth. Second placed Lazio was held to
a 1-1 draw at Parma, and the gap between they and leaders AC Milan is three points. Sixth placed Inter Milan lost 2-1 at Chievo Verona. Fourth place Napoli beat Bologna, 4-1, thanks to a brace from Marek Hamsik, and moved up to third place.

Das Boot:

Both of Sunday's matches featured teams near or at the bottom of the Bundesliga. FC Cologne got a 1-0 victory at Stuttgart, thanks to a penalty for Lukas Podolski, to move up from eighteenth to seventeenth. St. Pauli and Wolfsburg played to a 1-1 draw, thanks to a second half equalizer from Edin Dzeko.

Midweek:

Champions League Group Stage- Round 5. Featured matches include Bayern Munich at Roma, Real Madrid at Ajax Amsterdam, Werder Bremen at Tottenham, Lyon at Schalke, and Manchester United at Rangers.