Sinners and Winners!
Just when everyone thought that the Chelsea juggernaut would roll on, it required a fierce and committed play from Everton to stop Chelsea from achieving the perfect ten. Everton were of course, delighted with the 1-1 draw. Lampard the redeemer for Chelsea yet again with a great equalizing goal, but Mourinho was left fuming as he felt Drogba's goal was wrongly disallowed for offside. I was left fuming why the hell opposition teams aren't able to maintain their goal lead and beat Chelsea!
ManUtd played out a 1-1 draw with the Spurs, who would be thanking Jenas for the lovely free-kick and Ruud for being a statue in the wall. I was very much impressed with Smith than I was with Fletcher in the centre of midfield. Again, I reiterate - ManUtd badly need a world-class midfielder. Aaaah! A glitter of hope when I read the Glazers has sanctioned a huge amount of money when the transfer window opens in January. Realization though a bit too late has at last come - ManUtd looks like a wimp when compared to high-flying Roman-sponsored Chelsea who are calling the shots.
Arsenal always play to entertain. Boy, did they! Arsenal, who were leading Manchester City 1-0 thanks to a Pires penalty had the opportunity to go 2-0 when Bergkamp earned their 2nd penalty. Pires came forward to take it and this time, he tried to pass the ball to Henry who was advancing from outside the box. But Pires' boot just shaved the ball and the ball did not move at all. A city defender then managed to prise it away and the referee gave a free-kick to City! Wenger may have found ze inzidant funny after the match but I guess he'd have gone furious had Vassel's equalizing goal from a header stood for City. Though I felt amused at the Arsenal duo's chagrin, I did feel bad to see them eventually escape with a win.
Now, for some good news. Barcelona won against Osasuna 3-0 and Real Madrid lost at home to Valencia 1-2, the icing on the cake being Beckham and Gravesen's sending off and Real finishing the game with 9 men. Hmmmmmm....the cake tasted goooood!
Meanwhile in Serie A, AC Milan kep pace with leaders Juventus with a win over Palermo thanks to Filipo Inzaghi's winning goal on his comeback from a long injury lay-off. In Germany, Bayern retained their position at the top of the table after their win and in France, Lyon continued their unbeaten run this season with a win. Looks like they are already wondering "Who the hell is Essien?"
posted by Lucas @ 5:50 PM
3 Comments:
Just watched the arsenal penalty fiasco in skysports website.total comedy.
and nothing seems to predictable these days.Chelsea drawing with Everton is yet another such result.And wht the hell is happening with Wigan? Dont tell me its another Everton in the making!!
and as you say, the title race could well be over by the time these bozos get good replacements.
Manu will get Gattuso in the summer or still better...in jan.Walter smith ll see to that.
Some1 tell jose...what abt the terry hand ball in the box?
Abt the arsenal penalty,lets give em credit for the fact that they had the balls to try something thst audicious.This comment of course has nothing to do with the fact that i am a die hard gooner.
And who needs essien when u have malouda and juninho floating all over the park.
Good to see inzaghi scoring abd fit again.But how many games ll he get with schevchenko,gilardino and vieri around.
u can try an atrocious thing like that when u r 3-0 or 4-0 up...not when u r just 1-0 up and against a team like Man City.
Lyon is definitely the team to watch this season but things might wrong...remember, Houllier is in charge there!
Vieri might be the one losing out more so because, Sheva and Gila are scoring goals consistently and Inzaghi has made an excellent comeback from injury by scoring some crucial goals. I guess, Vieri is all set to make one more shocking move.
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