{"id":2111,"date":"2011-12-27T19:11:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T19:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2011-12-27T19:11:02","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T19:11:02","slug":"robs-round-up-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/robs-round-up-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob&#8217;s Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United moved level on points with Manchester City at the top of the Premier League thanks mainly to Dimitar Berbatov\u2019s hat-trick in a 5-0 Boxing Day win at home to 10-man Wigan while the leaders could only manage a goalless draw at West Brom.<\/p>\n<p>In the other Boxing Day games Fulham held Chelsea, who remained fourth, to a 1-1 draw and sixth-placed Liverpool were limited to the same scoreline by bottom side Blackburn.<\/p>\n<p>Seventh-placed Newcastle moved a point behind Liverpool with a 2-0 win over Bolton, Stoke and Aston Villa drew 0-0 while Sunderland and Everton finished 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>In the two Premiership Rugby Union fixtures on Boxing Day Sale went third in the table with a 27-19 victory over bottom side Newcastle and six-try Gloucester thrashed Wasps 39-10.<\/p>\n<p>In Rugby League\u2019s traditional Boxing Day friendlies Leeds beat Wakefield 26-10, Castleford saw off Bradford 28-18 and Warrington defeated Widnes 32-18.<\/p>\n<p>In Racing Kauto Star sealed a historic fifth King George VI Chase victory at Kempton Park.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/robs-round-up-40\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United moved level on points with Manchester City at the top of the Premier League thanks mainly to Dimitar Berbatov\u2019s hat-trick in a 5-0 Boxing Day win at home to 10-man Wigan while the leaders could only manage a goalless draw at West Brom. 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