Congrats To The Big Bear: 11/20 In Review

Van der Vaart and Gareth Bale are either excited about the win, or terrified of an onrushing horde of zombies.

Arsenal 2-3 Tottenham

See the previous post for The Big Bear's understandably semi-delirious live blog of the action. I would put this question to him, though: Which match brought you (and other Spurs fans like you) more joy, this win, or the dismantling of Inter Milan at White Hart Lane?

Birmingham City 1-0 Chelsea

While this is a tough fixture for even the biggest clubs, Chelsea had a boat load of chances to grab the points and reassert their strength at the top of the league, and they simply failed. Credit to the non-London Blues and Lee Bowyer for scoring the winner and holding on for 75 agonizing minutes.

Blackpool 2-1 Wolverhampton

The winning goal for Blackpool came as a result of poor goalkeeping from USA's Marcus Hahnemann, allowing an easy tap-in for Marlon Harewood.

Bolton 5-1 Newcastle United

Notlob are in fourth place (Hello Champions League!) after destroying Newcastle at the Reebok. Two goals for Johan Elmander and two penalties converted by Kevin Davies helped them to that result.

Manchester United 2-0 Wigan

Already down 1-0, Wigan saw Antolin Alcaraz and Hugo Rodallega each sent off inside of a three minute span in the second half, and it's a testament to the Red Devils' struggles that they only added one goal on with a considerable advantage at home. Much as I hate his Mexican ass, Javi Hernandez did convert a nice header for ManU's second. Thanks to Chelsea's loss, Fergie's side are now level on points with the reigning champions atop the table.

West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Stoke City

A late brace from Jonathan Walters extended the scoreline out from the tame affair that preceded it. Stoke creep back into the top half of the table, and the Baggies continue to slide back toward the bottom three.

Liverpool 3-0 West Ham United

And I thought Liverpool were a poor team this year...my God, the Hammers were completely toothless and uniterested from the first minute to the last. Glen Johnson, not even having to bother with his usual failed attempts at defending, scored the opener, with a Dirk Kuyt penalty and a MAXI! header rounding out the scoreline.

Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly:

Rangers won away to Kilmarnock, 3-2, to extend their league lead to three points, as their only title rivals, Celtic, dropped points at home in a 1-1 draw. Their opponents, Dundee United, scored the equalizer in second half stoppage time.

Spanish Inquisition:

Giuseppe Rossi scored the tying goal in third place Villareal's 1-1 draw with fourth place Valencia. The draw seems likely to make the Spanish League title race into a two-teamer once again, as Barcelona dropped five first half goals on relegation-threatened Almeria in a 8-0 victory, and Real Madrid leads Athletic Bilbao 4-1 in the 70th minute.

Insert Cheap Italian Stereotype Here:

Roma won, 2-0, against Udinese to move into third place for a day. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ray Hudson codename: The Magnificent Nose) scored for Milan in their 1-0 win against Fiorentina.

Das Boot:

Borussia Dortmund came from 1-0 down to win at Freiburg, 2-1, and maintain their seven point lead. Mainz moved back up to second place by coming back from 2-1 down in the 75th minute to beat Monchengladbach, 3-2. In the featured match of the Bundesliga weekend, second place Bayer Leverkusen and fifth place Bayern Munich played to a 1-1 draw.