Two leaders of the Premier agreed to cede two draws with no goals in their stadiums before two rivals in the middle of the table. Chelsea crashed to Shay Given, the Newcastle goalkeeper, while the group Benitez did not find his best football and ran out of gunpowder to Fulham.
Goals of the Saturday afternoon just arrived in Manchester, where the City got into more trouble for Arsenal in a free fall (3-0). With Gallas point for his incident in the locker room, the 'Gunners' fell before the crash with goals from Ireland, Robinho and Sturridge, penalty.
The season 13 Arsène Wenger in the dock the bearer of very bad news seems. The nightmarish French technician continues and after 14 days, stars in their worst start since his arrival in London, with five defeats and just one victory in the last five commitments.
Leaders were left without scoring
In this way, it was Arsenal's lead to 10 points, which continue to share Chelsea and Liverpool, with the 'blues' with better goal difference. However, Scolari's team squandered a good opportunity to put greater distance after a draw without goals to Newcastle, who are not familiar with the triumph at Stamford Bridge in their last 22 visits.
The 'magpies', just one point clear of the drop, suffered harassment at the first local party and was entrusted with stops Shay Given after the break. The Irish goalkeeper has signed a spectacular stop to Frank Lampard, while the referee annulled a goal for offside from Joe Cole.
The setback was not taken advantage of Chelsea by Liverpool, without the injured Steven Gerrard and gunpowder wet before the Fulham. Benitez opted to pair Mascherano and Leiva in midfield and left Xabi Alonso on the bench. But football 'red' did not find fluency.
In this way, Reina made two interventions merit before Bullard and Johnson in the first half. The domination of the premises was sterile and never offered a clear choice to beat Mark Schwarzer.
Aston Villa to Manchester United slows
Aston Villa today succeeded in curbing its Villa Park stadium in the Alex Ferguson of Manchester United with a draw without goals that allowed Arsenal failed to advance to the fourth position of "Premier".
The "red devils" clearly enjoyed greater possession throughout the match and took threats, especially in the first act, where they enjoyed opportunities from Park Ji-Sung and Cristiano Ronaldo, always a threat.
The United tried to press more during the final stretch, with a dangerous shot from the English international Wayne Rooney when missing just two minutes to finish the match.
Robinho beats Almunia to score the second goal of the City. (Photo: EFE)
Result Premier League: 22 November 2008
Chelsea 0 - 0 Newcastle U.
Liverpool 0 - 0 Fulham
Manchester C. 3 - 0 Arsenal
Middlesbrough 1 - 3 Bolton W.
Portsmouth 2 - 2 Hull C.
Stoke C. 1 - 0 West Bromwich A.
Aston Villa 0 - 0 Manchester U.
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