Lucky Chelsea gain advantage

 

Liverpool 1 – 1 Chelsea

 It takes a lot for me to feel sorry for Liverpool but tonight after watching them dominate against a predictable Chelsea team which lacked creativity, I genuinely felt bad for Scousers all over the country.

 

Chelsea will see this as a vital advantage and one they will not want to lose come the second league.

 

It was an interesting game and it seemed as though Liverpool were going to record a well deserved victory before an own goal by John Arne Riise gifted Chelsea a crucial away goal to take back to Stamford Bridge.

 

The match was dominated by Liverpool who played better football and had better chances however credit must go to Peter Cech who kept the London side in the game with some superb stops.

 

Fernando Torres was the main threat as usual and had good chances in both halves and had been given extra “attention” by Chelsea Captain John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho who got rather psychical with the Spaniard.

 

The battle in midfield between “England Golden Boys” Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard was won by the Liverpool Captain. Lampard was awful; he was virtually non existent in the middle of the park and saw nothing of the ball. In deep contrast Gerrard lead his side right to the very end and has a few shots on target making Cech work.  

 

Considering Chelsea’s immaculate home record and stubborn defence and after the last gasp unlucky away goal conceded by Liverpool, you have to put your money on Chelsea to go through to the final at Liverpool’s expense at the third time of asking.

 

Who will they face? Barcelona or Manchester United, either way it should make for thrilling viewing.

 

 

 

The Gunners have run out of Ammunition.

 

After another Super Sunday win for Manchester United over their arch rivals Arsenal effectively ending the gunner’s title bid. The Arsenal have now gone four seasons without a title and you have to wonder why is that?

 

Once again the Gunners went ahead but could not win in another big game, perhaps lacking a leader. (William Gallas is a man who lacks credibilty and natural leadership qualities) And also lacking experienced high quality players who have contested in these important high pressure games before like Thierry Henry or Robert Pires.

 

Wenger in a post match interview hinted that there was some kind of refereeing conspiracy against his team which made him look even more pathetic and self pitying than ever before.

 

Arsene Wenger is no doubt a great coach but he has never been a great man to man manager.

 

He avoids buying big-name players with egos and reputation to avoid confrontation; he has no discipline over his players, which is why throughout the years Arsenal have had such awful disciplinary records.

 

Wenger cannot blame anyone but himself for his team’s lossess.

 

In my opinion, this “young” Arsenal side have over-achieved and if they want to succeed anytime soon, they need to invest in some quality experienced players as opposed to buying players when they are in their teens and then raising them as youth players.

 

If you look at Arsenals first eleven you’ll see their average age is  25 which isn’t as young as Wenger and Arsenal fans like to think.

 

Thanks to Arsene Wenger’s “youthful” fetishes, Arsenal have no become a selling club and you have to wonder how long before world class players like Cesc Fabregas and Robin Van Persie are sold to bigger clubs.

 

Almunia (30)

 

 

Cliché (22)                  Gallas (30)                 Toure (27)                           Sagna (25)

 

 

Hleb (26)                     Flamini (24)                 Fabregas (20)              Rosicky (27)

 

                                               

                                    Eduardo (25)               Van Persie (24)

 

Arsenal’s first eleven lacks experience, natural leaders and big strong players. (Both mentally and physically)

 

Wenger needs to buy and buy big.

Super Sunday? Super for Sir Alex

 

Manchester United cruised to a 3-0 win against Liverpool on Super Sunday and made the gap at the top even bigger with 5 points now separating Fergie’s men with their nearest challengers.

 On paper; United have the best players but after their shaky start to the season and questionable away form, some critics were right to predict Arsenal to keep their lead at the top, however after their shocking slump in recent weeks, the gunners are now third.   The game at Old Trafford saw more controversy surface with this new “respect” issue with refs.

RESPECT THE REFS!

Javier Mascherano was sent off for decent after getting on referee Steve Bennet’s nerves. After all the hoo-haa with Ashley Cole incident midweek, this was no doubt a direct backclash. Cole should have seen red for the challenge on Hutton and the FA should have taken extra action on his ass for his blatant arrogant disrespect for the ref in the aftermath of the tackle.

The FA need to remember that these stupid footballers are role models to millions of kids across the globe.    Even though footballers haven’t been showing respect to refs since as long as I’ve been watching the game. I couldn’t help but notice a particular incident with Steven Gerrard, effin n blindin at referee Steve Bennet, but the Liverpool Skipper wasn’t even spoken to,

CERTAIN PLAYERS PROTECTED!

God forbid any England golden boy would receive a yellow card in this day and age, talk about protected, yeah sure… Bennet didn’t hesitate flashing a second yellow at a foreign player who barely grasped the English language; the Argentine quite simply enquired “why” Fernando Torres was booked even though he was the player fouled. Mascherano should have stayed clear but Steven Gerrard did a lot worse and went unpunished.

FOOTBALLERS VS RUGBY PLAYERS?

 Footballers should look at rugby players for examples of professionalism and respect, for a game so brutal and aggressive; rugby players sure show respect to the umpires and referees, its bout time footballers did too.  

CHELSEA VS ARSENAL

Now back to real football issues.  Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1 at Stamford Bridge after going a goal down and after their amazing unbeaten record at home being in threat, Didier Drogba made a nuisance out of himself and scored two scrappy trademark goals, the Arsenal defence just couldn’t deal with him. So Chelsea climbed to 2^nd place whilst Arsenal lost only for the second time all season but the North London side are yet to win in 5 premier league games.

WHINING WENGER

 Wenger this past week admitted the Eduardo incident had affected his players but I think that that Wenger’s team have run out of steam and excuses. They may be young but definitely lack experience and after their eventful 2-2 draw at Birmingham, it became evident they lack a leader too.

WILLIAM GALLAS – CAPTAIN PATHETIC!

 I wonder what was going through William Gallas’s mind during his reaction to the penalty. Why he decided to act like a stroppy teenager who was refused his weekly allowance is beyond me? It was pathetic and no doubt sent a message to Arsenals title rivals that they had cracked under the pressure.  

  No doubt that this was a major turning point in Arsenals season but Eduardo incident is now 6 weeks old, the lad himself has gotten over it, come on Arsene… just admit it; your team is full of tired kids who has over-achieved and should now focus on the Champions League.  So after this weekend, what did it tell us, Manchester United are hitting form just at the right time and are favourites? Are Chelsea serious contenders? Is it just a one-horse race now? Are Arsenal totally out of it? With seven games to go, I wouldn’t bet against Manchester United now, The Godfather Sire Alex has been there and done it 9 times and nobody would begrudge him of his 10^th title. 

Love him or loathe him…. He is a legend.