ManU's Comeback and Sourinho
If there was a weekend that determined the Premiership, it has to be this weekend. At one point, Chelsea were equal on points with ManU after going 2-1 up against Bolton and ManU deep in trouble 0-2 at Everton. However, ManU's resilience and fighting spirit came to the fore for the second time this week and with a little help from Everton's appalling mistakes, and Bolton's equalizer from Davies means ManU are 5 points ahead, with 3 more games to go.
Teams have always found it difficult in EPL games that follow an European game and especially after intense encounters against AC Milan and Liverpool respectively, ManU and Chelsea were always going to struggle. However, ManU has regained the momentum this weekend and it will hope the Gunners will do them a favor by beating Chelsea next week.
This week, Wenger has surprisingly hailed his old and eternal foe Fergie as the best EPL manager this season along with Reading's Steve Coppell. I am sure he has no regard for ManU winning the title this season but he would want to put one over Jose and prove money isn't everything.
Meanwhile, it looks like the relegation battle will go down the wire. Fulham, Wigan are getting sucked into the zone while West Ham are in the zone only by goal difference. Charlton looks doomed. Now that Watford is relegated, I am eager to see Ben Foster replace EVS in goal at ManU. Frankly, the latter doesn't inspire much confidence these days but then, he has a patched up defence in front of him.
Meanwhile, Birmingham and Sunderland top the Championship with just one more game to go, and they just have to win their games to make it to the EPL next week. Derby has to hope one of them lose next week and win their final 2 games, otherwise it goes to the playoffs. And yes, Leeds go down to division one!
Finally, we have to admit Mourinho has a problem. He just can't keep his mouth shut. First, he complains teams don't get penalties against ManU and then he fumes Chelsea did not get a penalty for a handball that clearly happens outside the box. Furthermore, he calls Liverpool a small club, with utter disregard for their history. He has exceeded the limit this time around and it's very surprising that the FA doesn't do anything about this.
Teams have always found it difficult in EPL games that follow an European game and especially after intense encounters against AC Milan and Liverpool respectively, ManU and Chelsea were always going to struggle. However, ManU has regained the momentum this weekend and it will hope the Gunners will do them a favor by beating Chelsea next week.
This week, Wenger has surprisingly hailed his old and eternal foe Fergie as the best EPL manager this season along with Reading's Steve Coppell. I am sure he has no regard for ManU winning the title this season but he would want to put one over Jose and prove money isn't everything.
Meanwhile, it looks like the relegation battle will go down the wire. Fulham, Wigan are getting sucked into the zone while West Ham are in the zone only by goal difference. Charlton looks doomed. Now that Watford is relegated, I am eager to see Ben Foster replace EVS in goal at ManU. Frankly, the latter doesn't inspire much confidence these days but then, he has a patched up defence in front of him.
Meanwhile, Birmingham and Sunderland top the Championship with just one more game to go, and they just have to win their games to make it to the EPL next week. Derby has to hope one of them lose next week and win their final 2 games, otherwise it goes to the playoffs. And yes, Leeds go down to division one!
Finally, we have to admit Mourinho has a problem. He just can't keep his mouth shut. First, he complains teams don't get penalties against ManU and then he fumes Chelsea did not get a penalty for a handball that clearly happens outside the box. Furthermore, he calls Liverpool a small club, with utter disregard for their history. He has exceeded the limit this time around and it's very surprising that the FA doesn't do anything about this.
Labels: Arsenal, Champions League, Championship, Chelsea, EPL, Fergie, Leeds, ManU, Mourinho, Sunderland
posted by Lucas @ 12:20 AM
4 Comments:
It helps when your former players finish with great aplomb into their own net :)
Super performance by the Reds though.
Mourinho does shoot his mouth off but when you are chasing the Championship and O shea commits a foul inside the penalty area, wouldnt he be sad? SAF as usual thinks it was not a pen. He is either blind or doesnt know the rules.
Teams who play at OT dont get pens and thats the truth whether you like it or not.
Yes, it does look like a penalty and obviously no manager will accept it, but then how can Mourinho talk when an equal number of teams playing Chelsea have been robbed by referees by not awarding rightful penalties. You just can't look at one decision and say that has affected the whole league table...c'mon! Btw, Arsenal got a penalty at OT this season, as did a couple of other teams!
I think i have not made myself clear. I am not saying that Mourinho is right. I am saying that he has a reason to be angry as O Shea's was a clear pen. And tat decision may not have a huge bearing on the outcome in the end but it was very critical. If its a clear pen (like it was when Arsenal played there) then it has to be given. But there are times when some close ones tend to go in Manu's favour.
But the fact that they are doing so well this season had got nothing to do with pens not given or being given. Whatever Manu end up winning this season is because they are a great side and thats that.
From what I have seen, most of the top teams do not see penalty decisions go against them, especially at home. These are crucial decisions that cost the bottom teams much more.
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