The English Premier League schedule has some very exciting matches coming up this week and in the holiday schedule next week and coming into those matches, the EPL table and standings has Arsenal in the lead by just two points over Liverpool and Chelsea and that came after a loss for the Gunners this week.
The Barclays table has Chelsea and Manchester City next on the table ahead of Everton and they are above Newcastle and Tottenham. The matches on Saturday has a number of top teams in action, including Liverpool taking on Cardiff City and Manchester City playing against Fulham, while Hull City and West Brom and Manchester United vs. West Ham are also going down. The Sunday matches has Southampton and Tottenham playing and the Spurs will be looking to rebound from their bad loss to the Reds last week, while Swansea City and Everton will be the latter match on Sunday
Arsenal and Chelsea are the big game on Monday and that will be before the Christmas schedule after Christmas Day and that has teams like Manchester United, Everton, Chelsea, Norwich, Tottenham, Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool and basically everyone playing.
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In other world soccer news, some good news for the man who hugged Ronaldo back in August during an exhibition match from Reuetrs.com:
A prosecutor on Monday dropped charges against a 20-year-old college student who jumped out of the stands, ran onto the field and hugged Real Madrid soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo during an exhibition match in Miami in August.
The Portugal striker personally intervened in the case of Ronald Gjoka, a Canadian who faced charges of disorderly conduct and trespassing after the incident in the second half of the International Champions Cup match between Real and Chelsea.
After learning of Gjoka's legal predicament, Ronaldo wrote a letter to the prosecutor in the case appealing for the charges to be dropped.
"We are happy to announce the prosecutor today dropped the charges against our client in open court," Richard Hujber, a lawyer for Gjoka, said on Monday.
"In particular, we thank Cristiano Ronaldo for all his assistance and consideration in this important matter involving a young college student with an extremely bright future."
Gjoka, who attends Palm Beach State Community College, said he hoped to have a chance one day thank the star personally. "My dream now is just to see him again to say thanks," he said.
Wearing a No. 7 Ronaldo shirt, Gjoka sprinted onto the field during the August 7 match and did a knee slide, imitating the striker's traditional goal-scoring celebration.
He then stood up and embraced the star, who reacted calmly and chatted with Gjoka during a hug that lasted almost a minute and elicited wild cheers from the crowd of 70,000 fans. Security guards then escorted Gjoka off the field. (Reuters)