Blacks Cats pounce on Blues
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November 16, 2010, Tuesday
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THE English Premier League title race was thrown wide open on Sunday thanks to leader Chelsea's shock 0-3 home defeat to Sunderland and Arsenal's hard-fought 2-1 win at Everton.
Chelsea's 100 percent home record ended as a solo effort by Nedum Onuoha and second-half goals by strikers Asamoah Gyan and Danny Welbeck earned Sunderland a deserved victory at Stamford Bridge in London. They were the first goals the Blues have conceded at home this season.
Bacary Sagna and Cesc Fabregas were Arsenal's scorers at Goodison Park, with Tim Cahill's 89th-minute consolation coming too late for Everton.
Arsenal is now just two points behind Chelsea (28), with third-place Manchester United - which drew 2-2 at Aston Villa on Saturday - a further point behind. Manchester City is fourth, six points behind the leader, after drawing 0-0 at home to Birmingham City on Saturday.
Chelsea's makeshift defense, which was missing first-choice center backs John Terry and Alex, was ripped apart by the visitors' lively attacking display, and manager Carlo Ancelotti acknowledged Sunderland was a worthy winner.
"Everything went wrong," the Italian said. "We didn't play well or how we wanted. Sunderland played with fantastic spirit, fantastic pressure.
"It was a bad day. We were not able to play our football, just 15 minutes in the first half."
It was Chelsea's heaviest home defeat since April 2002 and its second loss in three league matches, having been beaten 0-2 at Liverpool last Sunday.
Since going down to an embarrassing 1-5 defeat at northeast neighbor Newcastle United on October 31, Sunderland has picked up seven points from a possible nine to move up to sixth place.
"Two weeks ago, we were hung, drawn and quartered," Sunderland manager Steve Bruce said. "We were looking for a response and got it. They have worked very hard to get over the Newcastle defeat.
"It was the worst performance of my career two weeks ago and today was arguably the best."
In Germany, Mario Gomez kept up his Bayern Munich revival when he scored twice and won a penalty to inspire the Bundesliga champion to a 3-0 win over Nuremberg on Sunday.
Gomez, who has scored seven goals in his last five league appearances, missed out on a hat-trick when he skied a penalty over the bar late in a match which also saw Franck Ribery make his return after an injury layoff of nearly two months.
Papiss Demba Cisse scored an injury-time winner, his 10th goal of the season, to give Freiburg a 1-0 win at Hoffenheim in Sunday's other game and lift it to fourth.
Borussia Dortmund is top with 31 points from 12 games, seven ahead of Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz 05 with Freiburg another three behind.
Bayern's win took it up to sixth, but still 12 points behind Dortmund.
Chelsea's 100 percent home record ended as a solo effort by Nedum Onuoha and second-half goals by strikers Asamoah Gyan and Danny Welbeck earned Sunderland a deserved victory at Stamford Bridge in London. They were the first goals the Blues have conceded at home this season.
Bacary Sagna and Cesc Fabregas were Arsenal's scorers at Goodison Park, with Tim Cahill's 89th-minute consolation coming too late for Everton.
Arsenal is now just two points behind Chelsea (28), with third-place Manchester United - which drew 2-2 at Aston Villa on Saturday - a further point behind. Manchester City is fourth, six points behind the leader, after drawing 0-0 at home to Birmingham City on Saturday.
Chelsea's makeshift defense, which was missing first-choice center backs John Terry and Alex, was ripped apart by the visitors' lively attacking display, and manager Carlo Ancelotti acknowledged Sunderland was a worthy winner.
"Everything went wrong," the Italian said. "We didn't play well or how we wanted. Sunderland played with fantastic spirit, fantastic pressure.
"It was a bad day. We were not able to play our football, just 15 minutes in the first half."
It was Chelsea's heaviest home defeat since April 2002 and its second loss in three league matches, having been beaten 0-2 at Liverpool last Sunday.
Since going down to an embarrassing 1-5 defeat at northeast neighbor Newcastle United on October 31, Sunderland has picked up seven points from a possible nine to move up to sixth place.
"Two weeks ago, we were hung, drawn and quartered," Sunderland manager Steve Bruce said. "We were looking for a response and got it. They have worked very hard to get over the Newcastle defeat.
"It was the worst performance of my career two weeks ago and today was arguably the best."
In Germany, Mario Gomez kept up his Bayern Munich revival when he scored twice and won a penalty to inspire the Bundesliga champion to a 3-0 win over Nuremberg on Sunday.
Gomez, who has scored seven goals in his last five league appearances, missed out on a hat-trick when he skied a penalty over the bar late in a match which also saw Franck Ribery make his return after an injury layoff of nearly two months.
Papiss Demba Cisse scored an injury-time winner, his 10th goal of the season, to give Freiburg a 1-0 win at Hoffenheim in Sunday's other game and lift it to fourth.
Borussia Dortmund is top with 31 points from 12 games, seven ahead of Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz 05 with Freiburg another three behind.
Bayern's win took it up to sixth, but still 12 points behind Dortmund.
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