Manchester United defeated Wigan 2-0 to win their second consecutive Premier League title. The brace flowed fittingly for this season. The young generation won it, with Cristiano Ronaldo deftly slotting in a penalty. The older generation sealed it with Ryan Giggs, in his record-tying 750th appearance for United, touching in a through-ball from Rooney.
The final [...]
It’s squeaky bum time in the Premier League, with two matches left to play. There is the ever exciting battle between underwhelming uberclubs for the title. Yawn. The second tier battle to see which club can send itself careening down next year’s table for the right to lose to a Spanish club in the UEFA [...]
“There’s only one Titus Bramble” chanted the Wigan faithful, and he made the difference, earning a point in their 1-1 draw with Liverpool. Torres scored the initial goal, which salvaged Liverpool a point, but they have to be extremely disappointed with yet another poor result at “fortress” Anfield, winning only four of ten.
Any persistent delusions [...]
Best Player: Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United
It’s difficult to argue with this one. Even if he does score a number of goals on penalties, he still produces a striker’s tally from midfield and, unlike Frank Lampard, he manages to look skillful while doing it. The scariest thing is that he is only going to get better.
Worst [...]
The Premier League Sods for 26 Nov 2007
It was widely expected to be a boring weekend in England. The fans, trying to recover from England’s failure to qualify, would get to see the scintillating spectacle of seeing the Top 3 play the Bottom 3. However, it actually proved to be better than expected.
The [...]
until Joey Barton’s first unsightly incident of the season.
Manchester United 2 - Blackburn Rovers 0
As soon as Wayne Rooney went down injured, Cristiano Ronaldo decided to pick up the slack. He scored a brace and probably should have added one or two more to his tally. He finally looked like the player who engendered “best [...]
Liverpool 2 - Tottenham 2: Robbie Keane would be the best striker in the Premier League, if he could perform consistently. Liverpool continued their dismal run of form, with Torres saving them at the end. They don’t look sharp at the back. Their midfield was absolutely dreadful. There was no link between the defenders and [...]
Tottenham 4 - Aston Villa 4
Spurs celebrated after the miraculous comeback, storming back from a 4-1 deficit at home to tie on Kaboul’s late equalizer. However, it doesn’t bode well that they went down 4-1 in the first place, particularly to Aston Villa. Tottenham still sit in the relegation zone with a terrible six points [...]
Arsenal 3 - Tottenham 1
The Cesc Fabregas for Player of the Year campaign starts now. His goal, a stunner, was sandwiched between an Adebayor Brace. It was his 5th already this season from midfield, for a player who, unlike C. Ronaldo, takes neither penalties nor free kicks in range. Despite the great result, the Gilberto [...]
The Premier League handed West Ham a record 5.5m GBP fine last Friday, for irregulations concerning the transfers of Argentinian duo Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez. The pair were part owned by Iranian businessman Kia Joorabchian, which violated Premiership rules regarding third party ownership. The club was found guilty of “acting improperly” and “witholding vital [...]
