UK Football

Portsmouth have been completely and utterly destroyed today, as Manchester City have delivered the truest representation of what their attacking combo can do.  Mark Hughes absolutely could not be more happy, as City destroyed Pompey 6-0 featuring 6 different goalscorers.  Jo at ‘13th minute, Richard Dunne ‘20, Robinho ‘57, Shaun Wright-Phillips ‘68, Ched Evans ‘78, and Fernandes Gelson in the ‘83rd minute.  

I find it extraordinarily hilarious that Chelsea keep throwing comments at Robinho, like some jilted lover trying to sting the person who just isn’t interested.  And Robinho responds by netting two Premier League goals in as many games.  City had three major purchases and all have paid off.  Shaun Wright-Phillips, the perfect injection of pace and passing as well as superb positioning.  Jo the talented Brazilian who seems born to start at the front with Robinho.  

The weekend also saw Manchester United finally hit their stride to take a point away from Stamford Bridge, in a 1-1 draw with Chelsea.  Berbatov finally looked to click with Rooney in most respects, and Ronaldo looks healthy enough to start from now on, with the youngster Johnny Evans showing that he can give Vidic one hell of a fight for the starting fullback position.   

Malouda’s equaliser was brilliant, and badly defended by United.  When the big club’s play it takes a moment of pure brilliance, or on mistake and a game is won or lost.  Never has that been more evident, than by the way both Ji-Sung Park and Malouda’s goals were scored.  

But I think Manchester United take away more from the match, as United leave with a much needed point, and more importantly a good performance on the ‘90 minutes.  And Chelsea hold on to their accursed undefeated record at home that’s been stretching for 4 1/2 years now.  The problem with that record though, is the reason Chelsea have lost the Premiership title the last two years, is due to the fact that they draw so much at home.  What good is your home record if you’re dropping almost the same amount of points anyway by drawing all the time?  

Summary, Scolari shows a bit of rust, while the champions have hit form finally.  And it only took until their fourth league match.

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