It didn’t look like United were missing Rooney much as they found themselves 3-1 with 20 minutes to go thanks to goals from Fletcher, Vidic and Dimitar Bugger-off. Incredibly, Cahill and Arteta netted in the 91st and 92nd minute to get a point for the blue half of merseyside. The Premier League are meeting this month to decide whether they will fine Sir Alex £1000 for every game that he refuses to give the BBC a post match interview. He has had a boycott against the corporation since a Panorama in 2004 about the business activities of his son who was working as a football agent.
Chelsea carried on their good form with a thumping 3-1 win over the Hammers who look like they may struggle again this season. Scott parker scored a classy consolation goal as Cech's punch was expertly volleyed back over his head. The Chelsea keeper has obviously been taking lessons from Rob Green who brought back horrible memories of that USA game with an awful fumble which allowed Kalou to score Chelsea’s second.
Helping me forget about Green vs USA was my delight that we now have the safe and reliable Joe Hart between the sticks. So I was slightly confused to see Hart doing a 'David James' against Blackburn as he gifted Big Sam's side a goal.
One keeper who actually had a good weekend was Pepe Reina who made a Gordon Banks vs Pele style save in the first half and a string of other stops to keep the score 0-0. Liverpool will count themselves lucky against a Birmingham side who will be hoping for a top 10 finish.
Blackpool moved into a Champions League spot with a 2-0 win away at Newcastle. During the celebration of their opener, tribute was paid to Blackpool's youth coach Gary Parkinson who suffered a stroke on Friday. Charlie Adam help up a shirt saying ‘4 Parky’ after putting his spot kick away. Ian Holloway said after the match, it was his ‘proudest day in football’ and was a ‘phantasmagorical win’.
Bobby Zamora will be out for at least 4 months as he suffered a broken leg against Wolves. Fortunately for Fulham they seem to have found a replacement in Dembélé who scored on his debut to put Fulham level before getting the winner in the last minute.
Just back from suspension, Lee Cattermole, got himself sent off for 2 yellow cards against Wigan after 22 minutes! New signing Gyan (the bloke who missed the pen to put Ghana in the World Cup semi final) scored on his debut to earn Sunderland a point.
Arsenal scored their 1000th goal under Arsene Wenger as they beat Bolton 4-1 at the Emirates with one goal involving 24 passes in the build-up. Gary Cahill was unfairly sent off for a clumsy challenge by Stuart Attwell, the ref who gave the ghost goal last season. How a 26 year old referee can be back in the Premier League so soon after that incident is beyond me.
In the Championship, Palace were also left frustrated by the refereeing as Reading were awarded a penalty much to the surprise of Palace fans and Reading striker Sean Long, who after he had been tackled got up and started jogging back down the pitch. Cue chants of ‘We always get sh*t refs’ and ‘2-0, to the referee’.
Everton were beaten to best comeback of the week by Burnley who were 3-1 against Preston towards the end of the 90 minutes. But Billy Jones’s sending off for Preston in the 78th minute changed the game as Burnley scored in the 84th and 88th to equalise before claiming all 3 points in the 90th minute.
Doncaster nicked a 93rd minute equaliser to earn a point against Watford while QPR continued their excellent form with a 3-0 win against Middlesbrough.
Fernando Alonso won the Italian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton crashed out in the first lap while trying to pass Alonso’s Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa. The Brazilian went on to claim 3rd while Jenson Button took 2nd place meaning the top 5 drivers in the World Championship are just 25 points apart. Watch the ‘grand prix in 90 seconds’ here.
Andrew Strauss hit a century to help England take a 2-0 lead in the one day series against Pakistan. Strauss put on 146 with Jonathan Trott with Bresnan hitting the winning runs after Pakistan had achieved 294 with their 50 overs.
There was a shock at the US open as Novak Djokovic saved 2 match points before beating Roger Federer 5-7, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5. The Serbian was due to play Nadal in the final yesterday but Rafa will have to wait till later on today to try and win his first US open.
The funniest news of the week was at St Andrews. A fan decided to propose on the pitch, to which the crowd started chanting 'You don't know what you're doing'.
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