English Premier League Recap and Video Highlights: Sunday August 16, 2009

The English Premier League complete had two more matches on Sunday August 16, 2009 including Manchester United v Birmingham City and Liverpol v Tottenham Hotspur. Here’s a recap of Sunday matches along with video highlights for each one.

Manchester United beats Birmingham City 1-0 – Video Highlights

Manchester United had chances against Birmingham City but was only able to score one on Sunday. It was still a victory for Man U even though it should have been at least 2-0 or 3-0. Birmingham is newly promoted and will probably be battling relegation again this season. The goal was scored by Wayne Rooney in the 34th minute as he headed a shot on goal and then recoverd the rebound to beat the goalkeeper.

Tottenham Hotspur beats Liverpool 2-1 – Video Highlights

Tottenham started their season off strong with a nice 2-1 victory over Liverpool on Sunday. Benoit Assou-Ekotto scored the first goal of the match as Tottenham took a 1-0 lead at halftime but Liverpool would respond. A penalty called on Tottenham was converted by Steven Gerrard to make it 1-1. Only three minutes later, Tottenham scored the gamewinner as newly signed player Sebastian Bassong scored on a header to make it 2-1.

Sunday, August 16, 2009
Status	Home	Score	Away	VENUE (ATT.)
Final	Manchester United	1 - 0	Birmingham	Old Trafford (75,062)
Final	Tottenham Hotspur	2 - 1	Liverpool	White Hart Lane (35,935)

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