What a week it was in the English Premier League. Not too
many people could have predicted how it ended. There was no short supply of
drama and shocks in some quarters. The
table is beginning to take shape especially the bottom three. For the top four,
you will agree it will be rather too early to hazard a guess in that direction.
However, in Premier League, every game is very vital and
defines how a club will fare at the end of the season. This week in review, some games were won and
some lost. We take a look at how some of the teams fared.
Manchester United:
You
could choose your comparisons. This is either Manchester United’s worst start
to a season since 1989 .
It
is 44 days since David Moyes’s first game as Manchester United manager, a
deceptively reassuring 4-1 win at Swansea, which was also the last time the
club scored from open play in the Premier League. Moyes has never lived
by excuses and made none after the 2-1 defeat by West Bromwich Albion that was
United’s third and worst of the season.
Will
Manchester United pull out of the woods this season? Who are the players that
will take responsibility to ensure that the boat stays afloat? Only time will tell
Chelsea:
Jose
Mourinho risked disciplinary charges yesterday when he branded Tottenham's Jan
Vertonghen " a disgrace" and accused referee Mike Dean of making a
"huge mistake" after the sending-off of Fernando Torres as Chelsea
recovered to have the better of a 1-1 draw here.
Mourinho's team had
come from a goal down to dominate the second half and equalise before Torres
was controversially shown a second yellow card nine minutes from the end.
Is Mourinho already bringing heat to Premiership? How far
will Chelsea go this season?
Liverpool:
Luis
Suarez marked his return to Premier League action with two goals to help
Liverpool to a 3-1 win at managerless Sunderland that lifted them to second in
the table on Sunday.
The Uruguay striker,
who returned from a 10-match ban for biting in the midweek League Cup loss at
Manchester United, was making his first league appearance since being suspended
for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic in April.
He scored Liverpool's second in the 36th minute after Daniel
Sturridge had opened their account eight minutes earlier with a controversial
goal that went in off his upper arm after he had risen to try to head in a
corner.
Suarez had to wait until the 89th minute for his second goal and
it was Sturridge again who set him up for a simple finish that sealed
Liverpool's fourth league victory of the season.
The win put them on 13 points from
six games, ahead of Tottenham Hotspur on goal difference and two points behind
leaders Arsenal.
How did your team fare? We will like to hear from you.
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