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Arsenal FC – Aaron Ramsey in a Weird, Fantastic Dream
The first patch of the tough part of the schedule has begun for Arsenal, and they passed it with flying colors. It wasn’t a perfect display of football and dominance for 90 minutes, but that’s impossible against the stronger batch of rivals they’re facing in the coming weeks and months. However, this kind of ability from the likes of Aaron Ramsey and Santi Cazorla will be enough to keep them in the top spot.
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Manchester United – Adnan Januzaj The Wind Behind Wayne Rooney & Robin van Persie
Things are starting to look better for Manchester United as they win consecutive league matches, with most of the newly found success having to do with Adnan Januzaj playing a lot better than any 18-year old should, being the driving force behind Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie who both got on the scoresheet in a match that was ever only 22 minutes after it began.
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Chelsea FC – Eden Hazard the Only Attacking Midfielder That Worked
There’s nothing new about Jose Mourinho loving to use massive rotations in his lineup. There is a hierarchy in his attacking midfield unit that gives preference to Eden Hazard and Oscar, but the rest keeps changing according to his mood and opponent. Despite probably being the best manager in the league, he makes mistakes as well, and maybe too many of them so far, when making his choices for the first XI.
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Asmir Begovic Scores From His Own Box (Stoke vs Southampton)
Goalkeeper goals are quite a rare occurrence, especially when it’s a clearance kick that travels the whole pitch and land in the other net. Asmir Begovic scored one for Stoke in their Southampton, which also makes him the joint top scorer for the team this season, making Artur Boruc look quite bad.
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Premier League – Week 10 Results & Table
The big game of the week kept Arsenal at the top of the table with a five point lead after beating Liverpool 2-0, while Chelsea lost some ground with a 2-0 loss at Newcastle. Manchester City got a huge win (7-0) over Norwich, putting them back on track in the title race, and Manchester United won two matches in a row (3-1 at Fulham), also making sounds of title challengers again.
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Thunder vs Timberwolves – Kevin Durant Can’t Look Any Worse
The Minnesota Timberwolves, when healthy, look like a team that can make the playoffs, as Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio put on another double double show in a 100-81 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are going to have these kind of games as long as Russell Westbrook is out of the picture and Kevin Durant is forced to do more things than just score without having to worry about anything else.
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Premier League – Arsenal vs Liverpool Predictions
All the talk of Arsenal having a weak schedule comes to end as the host Liverpool for a first vs third matchup that shall determine for both clubs if their early success was due to a low quality of competition they’ve faced or simply being a lot better than people expected them to be.
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FC Barcelona – Neymar Making Lionel Messi Redundant
So it’s been four consecutive league matches without Lionel Messi scoring a goal. The last one he scored was back in September. Meanwhile, Barcelona don’t seem too bothered by it; not as long as they’re winning, keeping a six point lead over Real Madrid and getting quite a lot from Neymar and Alexis Sanchez, carrying the team through these weird and unexpected time.
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Magic vs Timberwolves – Kevin Love & Rubio’s Great Start
The Minnesota Timberwolves needed yet another clutch three pointer from Kevin Love to avoid a home-opener loss against the Orlando Magic, but for the third time in his career, the team’s star delivered from long range when it really counts, giving his team enough juice as they headed into overtime to come up with the 120-115 win, getting plenty of help from Ricky Rubio along the way.
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Detroit Pistons: Josh Smith Enjoys Being a Point-Forward
The very intriguing frontline the Detroit Pistons assembled, adding Josh Smith to the duo of Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe, needs some more times before it clicks and runs a lot more smoothly, but they couldn’t have asked for a better start than a season-opening win even without Brandon Jennings getting to play.