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Liverpool FC – Luis Suarez Heading Towards a Big Season
After Luis Suarez scored that wonderful free kick in the 66th minute, it seemed like Liverpool won’t let their lead go for a second time. They did, ruining Brendan Rodgers to claim his first Premier League win since becoming the Liverpool manager, but gave him and the fans plenty of reasons to smile and look forward to after outplaying Manchester City for most of the match.
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Arsenal FC – What to do With Santi Cazrola and Mikel Arteta
Two matches into the 2012-2013 Premier League season, Arsenal are still goalless after two 0-0 draws. Not conceding at Stoke, especially for Arsene Wenger’s side that constantly struggles against Pulis’ team, isn’t such a bad outcome, but the difficulty to score in the post Van Persie era does warrant a bit of worrying.
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Luis Suarez Free Kick Goal Isn’t Enough For Victory (Liverpool vs Manchester City)
It began with Martin Skrtel scoring a goal and ended with the same man setting up a goal for Carlos Tevez, ending the entertaining match between Liverpool and Manchester City with a 2-2 draw, with Luis Suarez looking great and scoring a fantastic free kick goal while Yaya Toure also got on the score-sheet to equalize for the first time.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Wayne Rooney Leaving Manchester United
It wasn’t the best of Saturdays for Wayne Rooney, who got the combo of starting on the bench, only to be called on by Alex Ferguson in the 68th minute and leave the match before Manchester United completed their 3-2 win over Fulham due to an injury. But it hasn’t been the best of summers for the England international altogether.
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Chelsea FC – Eden Hazard & Fernando Torres Combo Looking Better
If there’s one player that has stood out after a week of Premier League football, it’s Eden Hazard of Chelsea with a goal and four assists in his first three matches, involved in pretty much everything good happening on the pitch. Fernando Torres isn’t as influential, but two goals in the first three matches are better than many had hoped for.
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Manchester United – Robin Van Persie & Shinji Kagawa Barely Hide Weaknesses
As Manchester United struggled to their first win of the season, courtesy of a brilliant Robin van Persie debut goal and Shinji Kagawa putting his name on the Old Trafford score-sheet for the first time as well, everything good and bad about how this season could turn out for Alex Ferguson’s men, including a nasty injury to Wayne Rooney, unfolded through the 90 minutes.
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Vedad Ibisevic With the Early Miss of the Season
You expect an experienced and pretty productive striker like Vedad Ibisevic to score from the penalty spot with two minutes left in the match. You expect him to easily score off the rebound with nothing but the net standing in front of him. Instead, the Bosnian missed twice, giving Wolfsburg a change to beat Stuttgart 0-1 in dramatic fashion with a 90th minute goal.
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Arsenal FC – Arsene Wenger Changing Direction
The first manager to ever field a full-foreign starting lineup in the English Premiership was Arsene Wenger. When you hear about him looking for players, the first thing you expect is a French or Dutch talent to be the next guy arriving at Arsenal, not a British lad from the youth squad. But maybe things are starting to change.
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Robin van Persie Scores His First Goal in Style (Manchester United vs Fulham)
It was supposed to be a little bit easier for Manchester United in their first home game of the season, hosting Fulham, but eventually, it came down to David de Gea making some saves to keep United’s 3-2 lead alive till the end off of debut goals for Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa to highlight the win.