Gutted..

Arsenal 2  Manchester United 1

I have been procrastinating writing this entry because I am absolutely gutted that Manchester United lost last Saturday to those Gooners.  I must say though that it was a brilliant exhibition of football with end to end action for almost the entire 90 minutes.  I disagree with the common (obviously biased!) assessment that Arsenal deserve to win.  United had simply spurned way too many chances with the worst miss of the night going to Wayne Rooney.  How on earth he managed to not hit the target from 10 yards after Cristiano Ronaldo’s beautiful cut back is indeed a mystery.  I guess it’s always easier to say it when you are watching and not playing (as always).  It must be said though that the Gunners took their chances where both of Nasri’s finishes were of the highest quality.  The second goal just took the wind out of United’s sail as it came at the beginning of the second half and with Ronaldo coming agonisingly close seconds after from a brilliant ball from Park Ji-Sung (Mind you, he is a quality player and not there to sell shirts for the continent of Asia), you knew that it just wasn’t going to be United’s day. 

Blackburn 0   Chelsea 2

I don’t understand why the lesser teams keep rolling over against Chelsea, they might as well just not turn up for the game and let them win.  This is one of the better efforts though but seriously, what’s the point?  Oh and half their goals are deflected anyway.  Yes yes… i know what you are gonna say, “A goal’s a goal right?”

Barcelona 6  Vallawhatever (okok..Valladolid) 0

Samuel Eto continues to score goals with more frequency than Dennis Rodman scoring baskets this season with a sensational performance against Valladolid where he hit 4 goals in the first half alone!  He already has 16 for the season including 13 in the league and has been tearing defences in Spain apart at will.  It’s hardly conceivable to believe that he almost left the club before the start of this season until Guardiola decided to retain his services.  Barcelona as a team have been simply dominating teams this season winning half of their games by 3 goals or more.  It’s an astonishing record so far and one that I hope that they can keep up as long as Real Madrid don’t win anything. 

The week in review

Liverpool beat West Brom 3-0 to remain level on points with those useless blues from London.  Robbie Keane scored so West Brom must have been terrible anyway.  Tony Adams got his first win (I think) with Portsmouth beating Sunderland 2-1 at the Stadium of Light.  In Italy, Julio Cruz scored a last minute goal as Inter Milan beat Udinese 1-0 at the San Siro to lead Serie A.  Nice to hear that Milan, the second most annoying club in Italy after Juventus drew 1-1 with Lecce. 

Elsewhere, Singapore continue to lead the world league in the areas of best airport, seaport, landport and having the most shopping centres.  They however continue to remain second in the areas of impoliteness and failing to clear their trays after eating.  A disappointing achievement for the people in red as finishing second is never good enough as we always must be (according to the auntie in the hawker centre in perfect english) “Lumber 1″.  Australia remain second in the standings in terms of having the most obese people in the world.  Hopefully, we’ll get to the top soon.  We just need an avalanche of fast food restaurants and regular screenings of the movie “Supersize Me” 

Have a blessed week,

Dan