Review: Premier League teams prevail; Barca slip up
Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester United each won while AC Milan and Barcelona stuttered in round two of the Champions League group stages.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester United each won while AC Milan and Barcelona stuttered in round two of the Champions League group stages.
It was a weekend of extraordinary upsets in the Premier League as Manchester City excelled in the stumbles of their rivals in the first weekend since December 2008 where each of the traditional ‘big four’ teams failed to win.
Chelsea’s winning roll must end sometime, which is why footballtournaments4u.com is backing a 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Saturday as this week’s betting tip of the weekend.
Striker Robbie Keane is set to join an elite brand of Tottenham players to have played 300 games for the club, should he face West Ham on Saturday.
Manchester United’s Dimitar Berbatov produced a simply magnificent hat-trick to ruin Liverpool’s Old Trafford revival while Chelsea have yet to drop a point after five rounds of the Premier League.
Arsenal put on a show of their trademark flowing football with an emphatic win over newcomers Braga while Real Madrid struggled but eventually overcame Ajax at the Bernabeu.
Chelsea maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season while extending their early lead over title rivals Manchester United to four points after the Red Devils slipped up at Goodison Park.
It was goals galore again this weekend as Chelsea, Arsenal and Newcastle each hit their opponents for six on the second weekend of the Premier League 2010-11 season.
Champions Chelsea began their Premier League campaign as they ended it last season by topping the table after the opening weekend of the 2010/11 league season.
Barcelona and Chelsea have emerged as frontrunners in the race to sign German World Cup star Mesut Ozil.