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Tis the season folks, but nobody panic – there will be football.
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A good, competitive match between two of England’s very best, with the home team taking the points and the bragging rights with a 1-0 victory. No real surprise – (City are top of the table and feature roughly 38 million pounds worth of former Arsenal players in its ranks) but the Gunners had been in blistering form leading into this one and plenty of fans were talking up the upset.
Sunday December 18, Etihad Stadium
Manchester City’s hopes for an unbeaten season were put to rest last week by the sure boot of Frank Lampard, in a result that must have seen many newly minted City fans rushing back to their cupboards to dig out their old Chelsea jerseys. It’s hardly a disaster, but it has made the fight at the top of the table very interesting indeed.
Liverpool made a couple of major purchases last transfer window in Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll, in the hopes that these two attacking weapons would give the Reds the firepower they lacked with Torres no longer a part of the club (or, you know, when Torres was part of the club).
Interesting match up this week between a club that has been working hard to establish their top four bonafides over the past few weeks, and a club that has intentions to reach that same, lofty perch. Both of these clubs have proud histories, and both appear to be rising again. Historically these two haven’t exactly been fierce rivals…but you get the feeling those times may be ahead of us. Let’s get them started early.
It wasn’t the most awe inspiring performance we have seen from the Red Devils, but a goal to Phil Jones gave United the win, and Sir Alex Ferguson some breathing room. A little bit anyways. The 1-0 win kept his club in vague striking distance of their cross town Manchester rivals, and took their unbeaten run at Villa Park to a ridiculous 16 years. To put that in perspective, the last time United lost at Villa Park Alan Shearer was a young man, Justin Bieber was in diapers, and the European economy was sound as the pound.
Saturday, December 3 – Villa Park
It’s been a good start to the season for the Villans who have shown some real consistency to post some positive early season results. They are hovering around the Europa zone…and yet there remains a gulf between themselves and the leagues top sides. So far their record really tells the story of their season; they’ve beaten the likes of Blackburn and Wigan. They have lost to the likes of City and Tottenham. They have drawn with Everton, QPR and Newcastle. They are eighth on the ladder…but remain stuck in the middle of the pack. Read the rest of this entry »
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Another fun filled afternoon in the EPL – drama, goals, controversy, brain snaps. Manchester City went as close as they would like to go to finally losing a game, and Liverpool staked their top four credentials by taking it to the competition leaders at the City of Manchester Stadium. City got a point, but Liverpool made their point. A good time was had by all.
Anfield, Sunday November 27
The Reds got off to their now traditionally shaky start, posting mixed results in the opening weeks and alternating bolts of genius with moments of apathy. Those days appear to be behind them. They are unbeatean in 9 straight starts now, and playing with flair and passion. Kenny Dalglish has this team believing they belong back in the top four, and last week’s victory over Chelsea showed they might well be right. Read the rest of this entry »
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Storm clouds continue to gather above Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea suffering a 2-1 loss to Liverpool in a loss that hit their title ambitions like a body blow. It capped off a horror month for the Blues, losing to QPR, going through some racial vilification allegations involving John Terry, just survived Everton in the Carling Cup, had a life and death match with Blackburn and got pounded by Arsenal – and are taking a hammering in the UCL.
