Role Reversals

ManUtd and Liverpool were disappointing this weekend as they both slumped to narrow..well.. Victories!...

ManUtd played terribly at Old Trafford and were dominated in the first half. hardly sniffing out chances, Arshavin put Arsenal ahead when Antonio Valencia seemed to lose his man and he bulleted a shot into the top left hand corner. What a signing he has been. Foster should have done better you would feel but he redeems himself in the second half. Arshavin is proving to be a giant killer..If only he could get his fitness right..

Second half and Arsenal came out flying. Not what you should be doing away to ManUtd and were duly punished. Van Persie forced an unbelievable save from Foster. A through ball to Rooney, brought down, and it was a penalty from nowhere. 1-1. Rooney duly obliges. The ball was going out of play but would Rooney have hit the ball out of play if he wasnt challanged by Almunia. To me, it was not a penalty...

Diaby, a secret 1million pound signing the night before, settled matters with Utd's second from Gigg's delicious freekick. He had to take a bite. Van Persie went gaga on him but frankly he doesnt cut it as a captain. Nani and Berbatov shoudl have settled matters and Bendtner almost caused a stir when he came on. Van persie cannot say anything bout the 95th minute offside goal. Frankly I do not know where the 5 minutes came from!Valencia, Carrick and Giggs had bad games. Arsenal were unduly punished.

Liverpool 2-1 down at a terrible Bolton team came back resiliently to win 3-2 when Bolton went a player down. Benitez has to stop making excuses and start making changes and force his team to perform at their best. Glen Johnson has hit the ground running and Torres is in good form. I still wonder why he chose to sign Kyrgiakos instead of Sol Campbell.. terrible defending by both teams but no one can question the result. Could have been 4-2 or 5-2.

Chelsea,City and Tottenham are still winning. Tottenham were less impressive this week but sniffed out a win with the new dimension in Peter Crouch. Robbie Keane seems to be struggling with life though. City's defence has been their strongpoint and Chelsea went easy on Burnley at the Bridge..

My aplogies for more talk on The Utd Arsenal match but to be frank it was the game of the week.

This week's points are as follows:

1. Aston Villa (10 points)
2. Chelsea ( 8 points)
3.Everton (6 points)
4.Tottenham(4 points)
5.Man City (2 points)