The Independent

Tuesday, December 02 2008

Soccer

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Ronaldo's petulance mocks the essence of greatness

So all glory, then, to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was this morning crowned Europe's best player and assigned by Alex Ferguson to the company of Pele and Johan Cruyff?

Inside Soccer

Premier League Table

PosTeamPldWDLPts
1Liverpool 15104134
2Chelsea 15103233
3Man. Utd. 1484228
4Arsenal 1582526
5Aston Villa 1574425
6Hull 1565423
7Everton 1564522
8Portsmouth 1564522
9Bolton 1562720
10Fulham 1454519
11Wigan 1554619
12Middlesbrough 1554619
13West Ham 1553718
14Stoke 1553718
15Man. City 1552817
16Tottenham 1543815
17Newcastle 1536615
18Sunderland 1543815
19Blackburn 1534813
20W.B.A. 15321011

Click on team name for full stats

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Premier League Results

01/12/2008 Liverpool0-0West Ham
30/11/2008 Tot'ham0-1Everton
30/11/2008 P'mouth3-2Blackburn
30/11/2008 Man City0-1Man Utd
30/11/2008 Chelsea1-2Arsenal
29/11/2008 Stoke1-1Hull
29/11/2008 Wigan2-1WBA
29/11/2008 S'land1-4Bolton
29/11/2008 M'brgh0-0N'castle
29/11/2008 Villa0-0Fulham

Click on result for full match stats

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Columnist Comments

Tony Ward

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Kidney must turn up the heat using Welsh recipe

As sure as night follows day, New Zealand completed another northern hemisphere Grand Slam at Twickenham on Saturday.

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Ronaldo's petulance mocks essence of greatness



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