Round 3 saw the North London derby on Pitch A with both teams looking for not only their first win but their first goals of the tournament. The two goal-shy sides continued to fire blanks as defences and goalkeepers continued to hold the upper hand. The half-time whistle went with the scores at 0-0. The second half opened up and saw both sides create chances. Tottenham captain Sven Alexis eventually producing the moment to break the deadlock and put his side 1-0 up. 1-0 could have quickly become 2-0 as Sven Alexis searched for a second only to see Zoran Orlic clear his next effort off the line. It was not totally one-way traffic though as, at the other end, Daniel Rossiter produced a good save pushing the ball onto the post and out to deny Arsenal an equaliser. The result saw Tottenham jump from 8th to 6th place with their first points of the campaign.

 

Pitch B saw table-toppers Chelsea take on Liverpool . Both teams had started well with 4 points out of 6. The Portuguese Chelsea proved why they were top of the table keeping a clean sheet and scoring the decisive goal to take all three points. Edmundo Estevio was the man on the scoresheet to keep Chelsea on top of the table. Interviewed after the game, Liverpool 's Danny Troke commented that he thought the referee could have been stronger although ultimately the result was a fair one. Liverpool remained on 4 points.

 

Man Utd continued to impress and joined Chelsea at the top of the table following their second 3-point haul against Ipswich Town Elite. A 2-0 defeat saw Andrew Senior in the Ipswich goal beaten for the first time following two clean sheets. Goals from Celso Rosario and Pedro Xavier prevented a hat-trick of three clean sheets and saw another Portuguese victory over English opposition. The defeat for Ipswich left them in 5th place and just below the qualification places.

 

The final match of Round 3 saw Reading Royals meet Aston Villa on Pitch B. Aston Villa quickly put defeat against Man Utd out of their minds as they brushed aside a young Reading Royals side. Jerome Branch opened the scoring to put Villa on their way with goals from Harminder Seerha and Mehbub Ahmed completing the victory. The result put Aston Villa in third place just a point behind the two Portuguese teams whilst at the other end Reading were propping up the rest in 8th place.

 
Results

Arsenal (Eng)

0

v

1

Tottenham (Eng)

Liverpool (Eng)

0

v

1

Chelsea (Por)

Ipswich Town Elite (Eng)

0

v

2

Manchester United (Por)

Reading Royals (Eng)

0

v

3

Aston Villa (Eng)

 
Table

Team

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Chelsea (Por)

3

2

1

0

4

1

7

Manchester United (Por)

3

2

1

0

4

1

7

Aston Villa (Eng)

3

2

0

1

5

1

6

Liverpool (Eng)

3

1

1

1

2

2

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ipswich Town Elite (Eng)

3

1

1

1

1

2

4

Tottenham (Eng)

3

1

0

2

1

3

3

Arsenal (Eng)

3

0

1

2

0

2

1

Reading Royals (Eng)

3

0

1

2

1

6

1

 
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