Hull 1 Bolton 1

Premier League relgation battle continues with Hull City getting a point towards their cause.

Phil Brown's Hull managed to get an invaluable point at the Reebok Stadium to pull the Tigers out of the Premier League relegation zone, putting Newcastle United back in.

Gary Megson would have been pleased with a decent performance against a fired up Hull City and ultimately a point that consolidates their Premier League status for next season.

It was the home team Bolton took the lead with a good counter attack ending with full back Gretar Steinsson scoring after 26 minutes, his long distance drive from 20 yards appeared to have a slight deflection.

Hull eaqualised with Craig Fagan after a defensive mistake by Danny Shittu. Hull City kept pushing and pushing for a winner, they came very close. A great performance by Bolton keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen kept the Tigers out but Phil Brown has to be happy to get out of the relegation tonight after a nightmare second half of the season.

Premier League results 16th May

Premiership results for today - 16th May 2009.

Bolton 1 Hull City 1
Everton 3 West Ham 1
Manchester United 0 Arsenal 0
Boro 1 Aston Villa 1
Newcastle 0 Fulham 1
Stoke 2 Wigan 0
Tottenham 2 Manchester City 1

Spurs gunning for the Europa League sport

Tottenham Hotspur 2 Manchester City 1

Harry Redknapp's Spurs continue their strong finish to the season with a 2-1 home win against Manchester City.

With both teams locking horns over the Europa League spot (7th in the Premier League), it was Tottenham Hotspur who had the better of the first half, with Modric and Defoe starting brightly pushing Man City on to the back foot.

It was Defoe who clinched the opener to get the White Hart Lane faithful going. Luca Modric passed the ball out to Tommy Huddlestone who crossed in to Jermain Defoe who skillfully flicked the ball into the net with his back heel.

Man City turned everything on it's head in the second half when they took the game to Tottenham with good performances from Benjani and Ireland but it was subsitute Bojinov who picked up on a loose ball clearance from Corluka who neatly volleyed the equaliser in the 65th minute.

Harry would have been scratching his head a little bit in the second half, the lily whites just couldn't get going. Jermaine Jenas felt ill during the match so Zokora replaced him and then the teams started to really have a go at each other, real end to end stuff.

Then Spurs were awarded a slightly dubious penalty in the 85th minute. Defoe put a cross into on-loan striker Fraizer Campbell who appeared to have Micah Richards climbing on the back of him. There was an awkward pause when the penalty was awarded and the Man City players expressed their distaste to the decision. Captain Robbie Keane made no mistake for Spurs, coolly slotting home his spot kick.

Great win for Spurs, they're now on 51 points which just demonstrates that Levy's decision to cut his losses and get a traditional English management structure in at Tottenham i.e. the Harry factor was a correct one. Fulham and Everton both won also so the race will go to the fnal day.

Manchester United champions of the Barclays Premier League

Manchester United 0 Arsenal 0
A nil-nil draw today at Old Trafford meant that Manchester United retained the Premier League title. This is Man Utd's 18th league title, meaning that they have equaled Liverpool's 18 sharing the 'most league titles won' record.

Arsene Wenger really fired his players up to put in a strong, professional performance to not make it easy for Man U and they did that. Sir Alex's boys reacted in their typical gritty, determined way to get the result they needed to get In the first half, Fabianski had a quiet afternoon in goal for the Gunners. In fact Dutch striker Robin van Persie could have scored for the visitors but headed over the bar from an Andre Arshavin.

In the second half, Man Utd had to work hard, with spirited performances from Tevez and Giggs. Carlos Tevez will have felt vindicated with my 'Sign him up' chants and there were jeers from the home crowd when he was subbed by Ji-Sung Park. Park got a goal that was judged to be offside but overall this was a work like performance that displayed the home team as true champions of the Barclays Premier League.

Manchester United v Arsenal team news

Here is the latest football news ahead of the lunchtime Premier League clash between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford, kick off 12.45pm.

Arsenal team news
Arsenal have been without Rosicky for a long time now, the good news is that he is back in training but will not feature in any action until next season. It has been well documented that Arsenal's problems all season has been defending - teenager Gibbs will remain as the understudy to Clichy at left-back and William Gallas is still out with a knee injury. That said, Gibbs has done well against Cristiano Ronaldo in previous games and the real defensive issue if cover in the Arsenal midfield area. Eduardo is also sidelined with a groin problem.

Manchester United team news
The champions are at full fitness other than England international defender Rio Ferdinany who has a calf injury. Rio will hope to be back for their trip to te KC stadium v Hull City. Darren Fletcher might get a start because he will not take part in the Champions League final due to suspension.