Liverpool 4 burnley 0, Yossi benayoun's Hattrick

Liverpool F.c displayed master piece football when they battled burnley at anfield. The reds showed that the premier league new boys, burnley, were definitely not a match for them as they controlled every department on the field. Israeli international Yossi benayoun was a thornin the flesh of burnley who could not find an answer to his rampaging moves around their 18 yard box.

Liverpool's constant pressure payed dividends as benayoun struck in the 27th minute of play after he dribbled two burnley defenders, showed gile in front of the goal before tucking it into the right of goalkeeper to open his account for the season. Liverpool's second goal was no surprise as they completely took control of the midfield. Dutchman Dirk kuyt made it two for liverpool from a loose ball after a shot from benayoun rebounded off burnley goal keeper who could not handle it. Yossi benayoun was on song again in the 61st minute when Spanish striker Fernando Torres displyed dexterity to displace two defenders, gave the pass to Steven Gerard who found Yossi benayoun wide open to the keepers right.

Steven Gerard and Veronin combined with a one-two pass that bewildered burnley defence to find benayoun onside and wide open who showed guile in front of the goal keeper before tucking the ball to left to complete the route for Liverpool. Liverpool is now in the fifth position with 9 points from five games

Tottenham slump to ten man United

Manchester united exhibited a scintillating performance at white hart lane to ward off the seeming speed of tottenham up the premiership table. Jermaine Defoe struck first blood with probably the fastest goal in the premiership for a long time to come when he attempted a scissors kick that ended at the back of the net after just about 50 seconds of play. Evergreen Ryan giggs equalized for the defending champions with a well taken free kick in the 25 minute after berbatov was brought down.

Brazilian born Anderson made it two for united with a blistering shot after a loose from paul scholes intial attempt wasn't cleared by the spurs defense. Scholes received a red card for the second bookable offense after a silly challenge on huddlestone. United clustered the midfield in order to hold spurs imminent attacks leaving Rooney alone upfront.

United finally made it three goals in the 78th minute after a clear cut pass by Darren Fletcher in the united path to connect the rampaging Rooney who shrugged off two spurs defenders to put the ball in between the legs of the spurs keeper cudicini. United held on to maintain the scoreline and bag three maximum vital points. Manchester is now in second position with 12 points from five games before current league leaders Chelsea.

Chelsea continues winning spree at stoke

Chelsea once again left it late to ensure they grabbed all three points from the Britannia Stadium. Stoke shocked Chelsea in the 32nd minute through a header from abdoulaye Faye, a goal that left peter cech watch as the ball sails past him and into the back of the net. Cote ivoire striker didier drogba commenced the Chelsea onslaught in the 45th minute with a sublime shot after he made a turn in six pence from a through dissecting pass from frank lampard.

Stoke city seemed to be going for tie with Chelsea, an overturn in the 94 minute after a carefully distributed ball in the stoke 18 yard box resulted to goal by Chelsea scored by a shot from Laurent malouda to break stoke hearts. Chelsea maintains their winning streak and now at the top of the English premier league.

Manchester city defeat Arsenal

Manchester city continued their fine performance this weekend to defeat one of English premier leagues big boys Arsenal. City produced a stout performance both offensively and defensively to defeat the gunners. City scored first in the 20th minute with a header from Micah Richards which ricocheted off the goal post and off the back of arsenal goal keeper and into the net. City held on to end the first half with one goal ahead.

Arsenal came back strong in the second half and their fight back paid off with a goal from Robin van persie who got a pass from substitute tomas rosicky in the 62nd minute. It was a case of mass attack and mass defense for city. A second goal was on the cards for them when a well executed counter attack resulted into a goal from Craig Bellamy in the 74th minute. Man of the match , Emmanuel adebayor, made it four goals in four games when he connected a swift cross from Shaun wright-Phillips to make it three goals for city. Shaun wright-Phillips got on the scorers sheet when another city counter attack after Craig Bellamy got the ball from the mid-field to make it four for city. Arsenal had chances to even tie the game but most chances were to no avail.

Arsenal made it two with a goal from tomas rosicky after a good set play in the 18 yard box of city in the 88th minute.

Nigeria held by tunisia

Nigeria soccer suffered a blow dealt to them by Tunisia in a world cup qualifier game. A game largely controlled by the west African team ended up in a tie. Osaze odemwingie opened scoring in the 25th minute when he did a yeoman job and drove into Tunisian goal, eliminated two Tunisia defenders and shot into the top roof of the Tunisia goal. Tunisia leveled the score almost immediately in the 27th minute with a curled blistering shot from Tunisia midfielder Nabil Sliti. Going on into the second half saw the Nigerians largely take over possession of the game which resulted into a goal from substitute eneramo that got a pass from obinna nnsofor after Chelsea midfielder mikel obi moved dangerously on the far left of the Tunisian goal in the 85th minute. The lead didn't last long as poor tactics and defense saw the Tunisian restore possession and raced up towards the Nigerian half that resulted into goal scored by Oussama Darragi in a similar fashion as Osaze odemwingie. He put the ball into the top corner of the Nigerian net to make it 2-2 on the night. The north Africans held on to grab a point. This tie ensures that Tunisia stays top of the group with 8 points from 4 games and Nigeria 6 points from 4 games and in a danger of not making it to south Africa 2010.

England strolls into South Africa.

The English national soccer team eased their way into next summer world cup competition by trouncing Croatia 5-1. England opened the account on the night through a penalty kick taken and converted by Chelsea midfielder frank lampard. Steven Gerard made it two for England in the first half. The scoring spree continued as frank lampard made it a brace for himself and three for England from a cross he got from the menacing right full back Glen Johnson who proved to be invaluable on the night. Steve Gerard also made it two for himself and four goals for England when he got a cross from the hardworking Rooney on the night. Wayne Rooney got on the score sheet when he was gifted a pass from the Croatian goal keeper who poorly cleared the ball into the path of the Manchester united forward. Rooney wasted no second when he put the ball into an open goal post. Croatia got a consolation through arsenal striker Eduardo while involved in a goal mouth scramble in the English goal area. this will make it 9 goals in total that England put past Croatia in two games. This victory makes it 8 wins out of 8 games played for England. A 100% record that ensures their journey into south Africa 2010 is unperturbed.

Cameroon Vs Gabon , 2 - 1. The lions bounce back!!

Cameroon bounced back from a disappointing brace of games to pounce on the Gabonese national team 2-1. The indomitable lions made their mission clear from the onset and throughout the course of the game. jeam Makoun put the home crowd in a frenzy state when he first struck the net in the 24th minute. The lion carried on their dominance of the game into the second half. This resulted into a second goal inter Milan striker and former African footballer of the year Samuel scored a goal that seemingly dimmed the fight in the Gabonese in the 64th minute. Gabon struggled to pull one back in the 90th minute through subsitute Daniel cousin who came in for Pierre Aubameyangin the 59 minute. Both teams met five days ago, also in a world cup qualifier that saw the Cameroonian revival when that beat Gabon in Libreville 0-2. Cameroon now sits on top os the group with seven points.

Argentina Vs Brazil 1 - 3

Soccer warlords, Brazil, continued their dominance over argentina. In a high tempo game saw the Argentinians commence attack of the Brazilian goal from the blow of the whistle. Luis Fabiano scored a brace in the game, kaka remained a thorn in the flesh of the Argentinians whom seemingly could not just get rid of him. The first goal came from elano's free kick which got converted with a nod into the Argentine net by Luisao in the 23rd minute. Luis Fabiano scored his first from a loose ball in the Argentine net after a free kick was taken. Argentina pulled one back in the 65 minute through Jesus Datolo. Kaka once again displayed he is the king of the passing game when he laid a through ball that beat two Argentine and into the path Fabiano who curled the ball around Argentina keeper, Mariano Andujar. I wonder if the legendary Diego Armando Maradona will keep his job after his latest defeat

Denmark Vs Portugal, 1-1

In a game where portugal had chances after chances to bury the Dens, surprisingly came out with a point. Denmark scored the first goal in the 42nd minute through arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner. He showed calm after chesting the ball before he released a seemingly rocket that flew pasted the portugese keeper, Calvaho Eduardo. Danish goal tender, Stephan Anderson, kept the myriads of portugese chances with fantastic saves. Cristiano Ronaldo kept running rings round the danish defense but could strike blood. Portugal finally equalised through brasilian born Da silva muniz Liedson in the 87th minute. Portugese chances of booking a ticket to south africa next year seems all so slim.

England Vs Slovenia, 2-1

England continued their winning streak and a 100% record by ensuring a victory against Slovenia last Saturday. Frank lampard gave England the lead with a penalty kick after Wayne Rooney way purported brought down in the 18 yard box. Jermaine Defoe also continued his fine form in front of goal by making it two for the lions of England. Slovenia was able to pull one back but could not make the comeback.

France Vs Romania 1-1, Eschude's error

A game largely dominated by the french team ended with one goal apiece and also a point a piece. It was had to predict the Romanians coming out of the game with a point considering the french 13 points on goal with 8 on target as against the 3 shots on goal with 2 on target. Henry Theirry socred to put france ahead, an error by the french defender eschude while trying to clear the ball from his goal area resulted in an error that ricocheted off his side foot and into his own net. Romania held on to earn a point

Hungary Vs. Sweden 1-2, Ibrahimovic's dagger

In a game practically balanced, eventually saw the Belgian hearts shell shocked by a late from Sweden's danger man Zlatan Ibrahimovi. The first goal was scored by Olof Melberg in the 8th minute. The home team, the belgians, came back with an equalizer from a penalty kick converted by Sszabolcs Huszti in the 79th minute. Ibrahimovic left it late in the 90th minute to drive in the dagger to break Belgian hearts. so Sad!!!. Even with the loss, Hungary remains second in the group with 13 points, Sweden in third with 12 points. Denmark remains top of that group with 17 points.