This past week's English Premier League action saw the "big four" all come out on top as the 2 pretenders to their domination were both defeated. Aston Villa moved back to where everybody felt they might be, and Blackburn moved to where everyone thinks they will stay.
The first large derby of the season produced a classic in forward play and a nightmare in defensive play as Manchester United beat Manchester City 4-three with Michael Owen coming up in the 6th minute of injury period to claim the winner after Micah Richards went off on his own rather than staying with his man.
Mark Hughes cried foul, as the 4th referee had initially acknowledged that the game might only have 4 minutes of injury play, 1 minute before City equalized in the last moment, as it turns out, the festivity continued on for one minute.
Moreover, the injury time played is a) at the official's judgment & b) available for both teams. I question if Hughes would give the goal back if it were City that had gotten it?
For absolute entertainment the game was a pleasure to see, a genuine 7 goal cracker.
Defensively the game was a catastrophe.
Shay Given executed 1 of the most awful errors of his career for Fletcher?s first, Rio Ferdinand had an absolute blunder & was the direct reason for two of City?s scores.
While Sir Alex Ferguson will be putting Edwin van der Sar into some form of healing tank to win him back playing as quick as achievable, lets simply proclaim that Ben Foster won?t be Capello?s first pick in South Africa.
Peter Kenyon's leaving from his Lead Executive role at Chelsea comes as no surprise, Eugene Tenenbaum isn?t a devotee of the ex-United manager & he has been operating on borrowed time since Scolari's firing.
There's a heap of in-fighting and back biting in the corners of authority at Chelsea that could threaten to derail all of the team's great work. - 30224
The first large derby of the season produced a classic in forward play and a nightmare in defensive play as Manchester United beat Manchester City 4-three with Michael Owen coming up in the 6th minute of injury period to claim the winner after Micah Richards went off on his own rather than staying with his man.
Mark Hughes cried foul, as the 4th referee had initially acknowledged that the game might only have 4 minutes of injury play, 1 minute before City equalized in the last moment, as it turns out, the festivity continued on for one minute.
Moreover, the injury time played is a) at the official's judgment & b) available for both teams. I question if Hughes would give the goal back if it were City that had gotten it?
For absolute entertainment the game was a pleasure to see, a genuine 7 goal cracker.
Defensively the game was a catastrophe.
Shay Given executed 1 of the most awful errors of his career for Fletcher?s first, Rio Ferdinand had an absolute blunder & was the direct reason for two of City?s scores.
While Sir Alex Ferguson will be putting Edwin van der Sar into some form of healing tank to win him back playing as quick as achievable, lets simply proclaim that Ben Foster won?t be Capello?s first pick in South Africa.
Peter Kenyon's leaving from his Lead Executive role at Chelsea comes as no surprise, Eugene Tenenbaum isn?t a devotee of the ex-United manager & he has been operating on borrowed time since Scolari's firing.
There's a heap of in-fighting and back biting in the corners of authority at Chelsea that could threaten to derail all of the team's great work. - 30224
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