Liverpool 1 Manchester United 1
Check blog postings for more on this game. We've beat this one to death.
Queen Park Rangers 1 Blackburn 1
QPR should have taken all three points from this encounter. This is a case of dropping two good points at home, in a league where the strongest survive.
Blackburn on the other hand will feel lucky to come away with a point away from home. That doesn't change anything though. While it's still early, I'm comfortable enough to predict Blackburn will be relegated at the end of the season. It has nothing to do with Steve Kean. They just don't have the player personnel to survive the premiership.
Norwich City 3 Swansea City 1
Another impressive outing by Paul Lambert's men. They were very unlucky at Old Trafford a fortnight ago, coming away with nothing after stretching the champions.
Swansea can't seem to pick up points away from home, losing all four away games this season. Not a good recipe if you want to stick around the premiership
Manchester City 4 Aston Villa 1
What was really annoying about this game was Aston Villa's lack of belief and creativity. There was a noticeable attitude of 'let's get it over with' coming from Villa players. Managers should be on the alert for Gabby Agbonlahor in January. I don't see him wanting to remain with this crew for very long.
A good old fashion "Walk in the Park" for Manchester City players. Balotelli scored an overhead kick goal that should be in consideration for Goal of the Season. Vincent Kompany played a captain's game and got himself on the scoresheet. James Milner took no pleasure in scoring a nice curler against his old team.
Adam Johnson was my Man of the Match.
Stoke 2 Fulham 0
Fear the Britannia Stadium, the Premier League Undertaker grounds. The 2-0 result is flattering as this encounter was a contested one. Fulham could have gone ahead with Jon Arne Riise's shot cannoning off the bar, but Walters struck first for Stoke and Delap finished them off.
Martin Jol has his job cut out for him at Fulham.
Wigan 1 Bolton Wanderers 3
At last Owen Coyle can smile again after painfully watching his team go on a six-game losing streak. Goals from Nigel Reo-Coker (shocking), David Ngog and Chris Eagles nullified Diame's lone strike for the home side.
Chris Eagles was the man for Bolton. The ex Man United man produced a good performance capped with a late goal. Victor Moses was the only Wigan player who looked like he knew why he was on the field.
Chelsea 3 Everton 1
Give credit to Everton for putting up a fight. With the financial crisis rocking the club, and the search for new ownership, I didn't expect much from the blue side of Liverpool.
Chelsea did what the do best - win games while looking ordinary. The club owner has dreamt of a Chelsea team that will equal the entertainment value of watching Barcalona play.
Dreaming is a good thing.
West Brom 2 Wolves 0
Wolves maintain their sliding momentum, and are currently 2 points above the relegation zone in 16th place. six weeks ago, after three rounds of games played, Wolves were 3rd on the table with 2 wins and a draw. Since then, they've last five straight games in a row. Remarkably poor!
West Brom are no angels themselves. Prior to today's game, they were in the relegation spot.
Arsenal 2 Sunderland 1
It is increasingly becoming obvious that Arsenal will have to make substantial investments in bringing big players to the club. Why is this any different from what everybody is saying, you may ask? It is different because I'm asking Wenger not to buy for the sake of buying, but to buy to KEEP Van Persie at Arsenal.
Make no mistake, top Premiership clubs and other top teams outside the premier league are monitoring RVP closely. After watching his two goals against Sunderland today, I can't say I blame them
Newcastle 2 Tottenham 2 (Match of the week)
By far the best encounter this weekend. Lots of words to describe this game - Fast paced, sharp passing, committed tackles, determination and great goals. If you think Jermaine Defoe's goal to put Tottenham ahead in the 68th minute was a show stopper, think again. Long time Geordie, Shola Ameobi had something to say about it with his clinical finish in the 85th minute, to pull Newcastle level.
This game epitomized why we all love the English Premier league. Entertaining!
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