Premier League Results 30th November 2010

Arsenal 1-0 West Ham United
It wasn’t easy for Arsenal. Robert Green was having one of those blinders he only ever seems to have against Arsenal but they finally managed to score and got the win they deserved against the bottom side.
Danny Gabbidon put in a very good performance in central defence for West Ham. Without him, Arsenal would have opened the scoring a lot sooner.

Everton 1-0 Stoke City
Everton are up in seventh place and unbeaten in five after beating Stoke, who had a goal questionably disallowed.
Ryan Shawcross and Danny Collins were both in defence for Stoke. Ryan had a great chance to score and missed but it was a more than acceptable attempt from a centre back.

Fulham 2-0 Wigan Athletic
Fulham were back to winning ways after a deserved victory over Wigan.
Simon Davies was back in Fulham’s starting line-up and played 80 minutes. He played well and probably should have got an assist.

Manchester United 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United’s first goal was perfectly okay and arguably deserved. The second was a farce of beachball proportions. Nani committed an offence that should have given Tottenham a free kick and goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes made the assumption the free kick had been given. But he didn’t take it. Instead, he stood back and looked towards the referee as Nani calmly walked up to the ball and kickec it into the net.
It took the referee, his assistant and their new best friend Rio Ferdinand a while to sort it all out but eventually the goal was given in Manchester United’s favour. This was the correct decision. If the referee either didn’t see a foul or doesn’t recognise it as such, he can’t give the free kick. Therefore the teams have to play on and if the Tottenham players choose to abandon the ball in the penalty area, an opponent has every right to kick it wherever he likes.
I think it was quite unsporting of Nani to kick the ball into the net when the Tottenham players had obviously misunderstood, especially when he must have known he’d committed an offence. But who could blame him? It’s only an offence if the referee says so and his life wouldn’t have been worth living if he’d ignored an opportunity like that. And to be fair to Nani, his hesitation did give Gomes the chance to reclaim the ball.
Gareth Bale wasn’t rested after all but he was clearly saving himself for Inter Milan – which is completely understandable as he seems to be the only player who can do anything with them. In this match, Gareth attempted to create a mirror image version of his hat-trick goals using his right foot and he wasn’t far away at all.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Manchester City
Wolves got only their second win of the season – and their first since the opening day – against the richest team in the league. And they deserved it too.
Dave Edwards kept his place in Wolves’ starting line-up and thoroughly justified his selection with an excellent performance. He got the winning goal and he was actually quite unlucky he only scored once. Wayne Hennessey was on the bench but David Jones wasn’t in the squad at all.