Blackburn completed its two-game sweep of Premier League leader Arsenal in front of a solid effort from Brad Friedel. Elsewhere, Eddie Lewis scored a stunning goal in a losing effort and Jonny Walker shone once again in Chile.

ENGLAND

* Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Arsenal, 2-0.

Started: 90 minutes. Friedel's club completed its sweep of the defending champs and matched its point total of last season with eight games remaining. Friedel's best stops came off free kicks by Thierry Henry and Giovanni van Bronckhorst. The win allowed Manchester United to close within two points of Arsenal for the Premier League lead. The Sun rating (10=high; 1=low): 6.

* Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) vs. Liverpool, 2-3.

Started: 90 minutes. Keller ended up on the wrong end of a second-half flurry of goals, but he still looked better than his counterpart, Polish goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek, who conceded two soft goals. The Sun rating (10=high; 1=low): 5.

* Brian McBride (Everton, PL) vs. West Ham, 0-0.

Started: 55 minutes. McBride was one of three Everton players yanked simultaneously early in the second half. Teenage phenom Wayne Rooney replaced McBride at the same time that coach David Moyes brought on Li Tie and Kevin Cambell in an effort to jump-start his lethargic team.''We didn't show enough killer instinct, we can do much better than that,'' Moyes said. ''It was needed, we gave the lads a few minutes to see if they could improve things and it didn't happen.''

The Sun rating (10=high; 1=low): 5.

* Jovan Kirovski (Birmingham, PL) at Manchester City, 0-1.

DNP.

* Claudio Reyna (Sunderland, PL) vs. Bolton, 0-2.

DNP – injured. Former Ireland boss Mick McCarthy made his debut as Sunderland coach but was unable to inspire his team to a result. Sunderland now must make up 10 points on its competition to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

* Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1) vs. Crystal Palace, 2-1.

Started: 90 minutes. A stoppage-time strike by James Harper gave Reading the victory and allowed it to hold on to third place in the standings.

* Eddie Lewis (Preston North End, D1) at Leicester, 1-2.

Started: 90 minutes. Lewis opened the scoring in the 20th minute on a spectacular, long-range free kick that beat Leicester goalkeeper Ian Walker to the near post. Brian Deane, however answered with a pair of goals to lift the hosts within eight points of league leaders Portsmouth.

GERMANY

* Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D1) vs. Kaiserslautern, 1-3.

Started: 90 minutes. Berhalter received the most favorable rating among the Cottbus defenders, but the loss at home to struggling Kaiserslautern dropped his team into last place in the Bundesliga. Cottbus is four points below the safe zone with nine games remaining. Kicker Magazine rating (1-high; 6-low): 3.5.

* Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, D1) at Borussia Dortmund, 0-2.

Started: 69 minutes. Cherundolo was given the poorest rating in the game by Kicker magazine as his weak header helped create Dortmund's first goal. Kicker Magazine rating (1-high; 6-low): 5.5.

* Conor Casey (Hannover 96, D1) at Borussia Dortmund, 0-2.

DNP.

* Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D1) vs. Hertha Berlin, 0-3.

DNP. Sanneh was denied the chance to play against his former team. Sanneh did play in Nuremburg's 2-1 loss at Hertha in October.

* Mike Duhaney (Mainz, D2) vs. Gruether Furth, 1-3.

Started: 90 minutes. Duhaney made just his third appearance of the season, but his second start in five games. Kicker Magazine rating (1-high; 6-low): 4.5.

* Cory Gibbs (St. Pauli, D2) at Oberhausen, 0-3.

DNP – injured.

* Grover Gibson (Mainz, D2) vs. Gruether Furth, 1-3.

DNP.

* Jacob Thomas (Braunschweig, D2) vs. SVW Burghausen, 0-0

Started: 90 minutes. Kicker Magazine rating (1-high; 6-low): 4.

FRANCE

* Joe Cannon (Lens, D1) vs. Nantes, 0-1.

DNP.

* David Regis (Troyes, D1) vs. Montpellier, 0-2.

Entered as sub in 78th minute.

* Oguchi Onyewu (Metz, D2) vs. Stade de Reims, 2-0.

DNP.

NETHERLANDS

* John O'Brien (Ajax, D1) vs. Excelsior, 2-1.

Started: 90 minutes. Ajax is within seven points of league-leading PSV Eindhoven.

BELGIUM

* Alex Yi (Antwerp, D1) at St. Truiden, 0-1.

Started: 61 minutes.

CHILE

* Jonny Walker (Colo Colo, D1) vs. Universidad de Chile, 0-0.

Started: 90 minutes. With a large crowd supporting La U, Walker made several excellent saves to preserve the tie.

DENMARK

Wade Barrett (Aarhus, D1) vs. Farum (postponed, frozen field)

Aarhus is in 10th place of the 12-team league, whose second half of the season kicked of this weekend.

Note: Former Dallas Burn keeper Matt Jordan signed with Odense but is not eligible until June.

NORWAY

* Robbie Russell (Sogndal, D1) Season starts April 13.

ROMANIA

* Steve Reese (Politehnica AEK Timisoara, D1), at Arges Pitesti, 1-5.

DNP. The 22-year-old Oregon keeper, who recently signed a four-year deal with the Divizia A club Politehnica AEK Timisoara, made his debut in 3-1 loss to Steaua Bucharest a week earlier. Andrian Bogdan, who started at Pitesti, was pelted with snowballs by unhappy Poli fans.