Good week, bad week

Five star performance: Berbatov
Giles Lucas13 April 2012

We round up who had a brilliant weekend of sport, and those who had one to forget.

GOOD WEEK

Tottenham
Aaron Lennon sent Tottenham into injury-time heaven on Sunday, scoring a 92nd-minute goal as Spurs beat Liverpool 2-1 at White Hart Lane.
Harry Redknapp's side are now six points from the top of the Premier League. "It was a great game," said Redknapp. "It's been a fantastic week for us."

Dimitar Berbatov
The Bulgarian scored an astonishing five goals for Manchester United as they demolished Blackburn Rovers 7-1 at Old Trafford.
Berbatov became only the fourth player in Premier League history to score that many goals in one game. Andy Cole netted the same amount in 1995 as the Red Devils thrashed Ipswich 9-0, and Alan Shearer's five strikes helped Newcastle see off Sheffield Wednesday 8-0 in 1999. Jermain Defoe delighted the Spurs crowd with five goals against Wigan last season as Tottenham triumphed 9-1.
So Berbatov's not only back with a bang, he's also broken into a prestigious group of goal-getters.

Carl Froch
Carl Froch regained the WBC super-middleweight title after beating Arthur Abraham in the super six series in Helsinki.
Froch had lost his belt to Mikkel Kessler in April, but on Saturday evening he received scores of 119-109, 120-108 and 120-108 from the judges to win back the title.
"Every second of every round I was concentrating," said Froch. "I executed a game plan that me and Rob MCracken [his trainer] had been working on for the past four months, so it was mentally draining."

Roger Federer
The Swiss player won the ATP World Tennis tour title at the O2 Arena in London on Sunday as he saw off Rafael Nadal 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the final. "I've really enjoyed playing here," said Federer. "It's been a wonderful atmosphere once again."

England cricket
England hit an unbelievable 517-1 on the final day of the first Ashes Test before declaring. Alistair Cook made an incredible 235 not out, the sixth best Ashes score by an Englishman, and the 25-year-old's knock surpassed Sir Don Bradman for the highest Test score made at the Gabba. Cook and his partner, Jonathan Trott, put on 329, the ninth highest England stand in history. Australia were then put into bat and reached 107-1 before the match finished in a draw.
Records broken everywhere as England travel to the Adelaide test with momentum.

BAD WEEK

England Rugby
England faulted on a frosty Saturday afternoon at Twickenham, losing 21-11 to South Africa at Twickenham.
Willem Alberts and Lwazi Mvovo each scored tries while Francois Steyn recorded three penalties as South Africa beat England 21-11. "Very disappointing day," observed the former World Cup winning coach, Sir Clive Woodward. "They [England] were really battered."

Wales
The Welsh national rugby side fell to a 37-25 defeat to New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium at the weekend. Hosea Gear touched down twice while Mils Muliaina, Isaia Toeava and John Afoa all scored to help see the All Blacks prevail. "We're disappointed," said Wales coach Warren Gatland. "[But] we're proud of the effort we put in."

Everton
David Moyes' side slumped to 4-1 home loss to West Brom on Saturday. Tim Cahill scored what turned out to be a consolation goal for Everton and the hosts even went down to 10 men when Mikel Arteta saw red for a stamp on Gonzalo Jara.
After the disappointment, Everton's Phil Jagielka was eager to quickly put the poor result behind them. "I'll probably lift the lads by telling them they are against Chelsea next," said Jagielka.

Andy Murray
While the ATP Finals Tour was a brilliant one for Roger Federer, Brit Andy Murray dropped out at the semi-final hurdle to Rafael Nadal, who won 7-6 3-6 7-6 at the O2 Arena last Saturday.
"I'm disappointed to lose," said Murray. "But it was a great match; there were so many long rallies, so many good points. I probably played one bad game the whole match."

Jamie Carragher

As if Liverpool's defeat to Tottenham wasn't bad enough, Roy Hodgson's side lost Jamie Carragher to injury.
The 32-year-old was withdrawn late in the game just before Aaron Lennon struck the winner for Spurs, and it was later discovered that he'd dislocated his shoulder.
"It's a disappointing thing to happen on his 450th appearance in the Premier League," lamented Hodgson.

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