Second week of EPL was not very
disappointing. Like first week, there was some special result which turned
against expectation. Transfers are still not settled. Some clubs acted smartly
to hijack the deal of another one and succeeded. A match which was expected as
the most entertaining become the most boring and ended up in a goal less draw.
This shows the special one is back without much change. Another match which
could ended up as a one sided match become the most entertaining encounter and
the best result of the week.
Protest in Emirates worked well and
Arsenal managed to win next two matches, one in Champions League and another in
Saturday’s Premier League against Fulham. Liverpool continued their streak of
success with lonely goal from Daniel Sturridge and reached in the top table
next to Chelsea who played three matches. Tottenham repeated the show and got
another penalty goal for Roberto Soldado. This result took them to the third
position in the league table. Arsenal reversed the result, which they had against
Aston Villa a week back, and defeated Fulham. This result took them off from
the bottom three to middle of point table.
Unexpected result will be the most
entertaining football to watch. The match between Manchester City and Cardiff
City was almost equal as a fight between Goliath and David. Previous week
Manchester City’s emphatic victory (4-0) against New Castle United made a
strong warning about their fire power under Manuel Pellegrini. The money,
nearly 90 million GBP was splashed for wingers and attacking midfielders and in
the first match they were able to show their attacking power. But, Cardiff, the
newly promoted team to Premier League, had different ideas. They decided to
stick with their game plan and defend the flowing attack of city by lining up almost
all players near to their half and use effective counter attack and try to take
advantage from long balls. City, who lost Vincent Kompany, the captain and main
defender, in the previous match, struggled to cope up with sudden counter
attack of Cardiff. The most entertaining match of the week ended up with a 3-2
success for Cardiff.
A weekday match between two newly
appointed managers, one was returned to the same club after years and another
one was selected to lead the current champion. Jose Mourinho, who was known as the
‘special one’ in his early stint but he declared before that season that he is
a ‘completely changed’ man. His performance in the mid-week match against Aston
Villa proved that he is not changed and remaining as ‘same man’. When Mourinho
had enough ammunition for a full fledged attacking game, everybody expected he
will use his attacking midfield and forwards against Manchester United. On the
other hand, David Moyes the new manager of Manchester United, who managed
Everton and made good defensive record, did acclimatized to the level of United
and tried to get a better result. Instead of going for attacking football,
Mourinho opted for a completely defensive approach, by ‘parking the team coach’
in front of the goal post and made the match most boring.
Premier League witnessed an unusual
transfer episode this week. Tottenham Hotspurs did everything to get their
target Willian from the Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala. The player appeared in North
London for his medical tests. But, through the intervention of Chelsea’s
Russian owner Roman Ibrahamovic , Chelsea snatched him to West London from
under the nose of Spurs and completed the transfer. Chelsea’s hopes to get
Wayne Rooney from Manchester United dented and Rooney played his best game of
this season so far against Chelsea. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is waiting in
front of the gate of Spanish giants Real Madrid to collect the signature of
their rejected surplus players. He expects the appearance of Gareth Bale will definitely
kick some of their established players out of the team and he can pounce on
that occasion. He is still waiting there…with hope.
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