This weekend’s EPL activity saw the “big 4″ all win while the two fakers to their supremacy were both defeated. Aston Villa came back to where everybody thought they would be, & Blackburn moved to where every person hopes they’ll stay.
The first big event of the season produced a vintage in forward play & a headache in defensive play as Manchester United thrashed Manchester City four-three with Michael Owen coming up in the sixth minute of injury period to claim the victor after Micah Richards went off on his own instead of remaining with his man.
Mark Hughes cried foul, as the fourth referee had originally confirmed that the game might only have four minutes of injury play, 1 minute prior to City tied it up in the last moment, as it turns out, the celebration lasted for 1 minute.
Moreover, the injury time allotted is a) at the referee’s discretion and b) available for both franchises. I wonder if Hughes might offer the goal back if it was City that had scored?
For utter entertainment the game was a delight to watch, a real seven goal affair.
Defensively it was a mess.
Shay Given made one of the most horrible errors of his lifetime for Fletcher?s 1st, Rio Ferdinand had an utter gaffe and was the distinct reason for two of City?s scores.
While Sir Alex Ferguson will be putting Edwin van der Sar into a type of rehab tank to get him back playing as quick as viable, lets just say that Ben Foster will not be Capello?s first selection in South Africa.
Peter Kenyon’s leaving from his Head Executive role at Chelsea comes as no surprise, Eugene Tenenbaum isn?t a fan of the ex-United executive and he has been operating on rented time since Scolari’s dismissal.
There’s a heap of in-battling & back biting in the corridors of power at Chelsea that might threaten to derail all of the franchise’s nice work.
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