Premier League Spices

Bang Bang Boom! The goals get knocking in. Wham Bham Alakazam. Lets hear it for Macheda and Manucho! M2M power!

One of the most exciting weekends with almost there amazing fight backs, tension, pure carnage and broken hearts. 8 matches played so far and 30 goals scored. Awesome made even more so with the goal replays flashing instead of text updates. Im finally getting my money's worth.

Liverpool swept aside a Blackburn side that was just all over the place with no direction and scoring 4 goals with ease. so much for all that talk about emulating Chelsea and exploiting defensive frailties. I think Liverpool's season has been great as a result of one thing, their delivery. Its something that just requires clinical finishing, hence the goals and last grasp winners. It all boiled down to supplying the tip of their attack. Torres just proved that Gerrard is not such an important cog in his scoring mechanics and that all that hype was just Liverpudians love for a dedicated player who wears his heart on his sleeve.

Bolton were brought to life after that realisation that they were 4 nil down and Andy O'Brien led a 70th minute fight back that was a tad too late. They shoudl have kept that tempo and pressure from the start instead of doing so after giving Chelsea a 4-0 lead. Drogba marked a return to action with his third goal in 2 games since the thumping of Liverpool. Final score, 4-3. Credit to Bolton for their hearty fightback.

Portsmouth drew 2-2 with West Brom with goals by Kaboul and Kranjcar. Greenig had earlier equalised for WBA and Brunt gave them a lead but they soon lost it.

Tottenham beat West ham 1-0 courtesy of a Roman Pavlyuchenko goal. The man is really proving his worth after a slow dismal start. Credit to Redknapp for his tactical brilliance. A team like Liverpool would do well to have such a brilliant manager instead of an eccentric spaniard.

And one of the most off form clubs found their form against an improving Man Utd whose manager just showed the rest of the league how much winning is all about having a united SQUAD instead of teams around a STAR. Its squads that win things, not a man. Soccer is a team with 11 players not 9 protecting one and supporting the other 1. Credit to Sunderland for giving United a hard fight in a match that saw Rooney hungry and Scholes magical. However, it took a special teenager to strike the final nail in the coffin and seal off the game. United however, should learn from Hiddink and hurt when they can, especially after scoring the first goal. In an interesting point in the match, Ronaldo was playing like a man, no whining, no nonsense, he just shut up and got on with the game. Though his impact and contributions were minimal.

Finally, more heartbreak for Newscastle as they put up another shabby performance. No doubt they had an injury ravaged squad, but from what i saw, Stoke were really giving them a hard time. However a 1-1 draw, fought back after goign down 1-0 early on would be a boost for greater things.

Did i forget Arsenal? Oh my.. Arsenal also fought back in emphatic style after going a goal down early to Wigan. Goals from Walcott, Silvestre, Arshavin and Billong won it for them 4-1. They really are in fine scoring form showing character. From boys to men? We shall wait and see.

Midweek brings us to the seconbd leg of the Champions League Quarter Finals and next weekend, FA Cup action.

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