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Headman Arsene Wenger issued the warning. Be careful guys, Shakhtar hasn’t lost in many a moon at their house.

Shakhtar has only lost two matches in their last thirty games in all competition.

The Gunners jumped out to an early 1-0 lead before Shakhtar Donetsk scored two goals to win 2-1.

Former Gunner Eduardo scored the match winner in the 45^th minute to seal the deal for the Ukrainian side.

We have to put the Champaign bottles on hold until next week before we can uncork when we advance to the next round.

Arsenal didn’t start their top side however Jack Wilshere, Nicholas Bendtner, Samir Nasri, and the rest are a formidable squad.

These types of matches are good for they will serve as good teaching lessons. You can’t assume just because you kill a side one time doesn’t mean they will roll over and play dead the next time.

All one has to do is look at the best of seven series in Baseball, Pro hoops, and Hockey.

Different night many times a different result but here is the real kicker the best team will always prevail in a best of seven series 80% of the time.

This was a good lesson for the Gunners.

Wenger had this to say about our first loss in the Champions League play- www.arsenal.com ”Congratulations to Donetsk, they played well and won the game. We had a good start but after we lost our urgency and let Donetsk come into the game too much. We lost concentration in the duels and you could see what was coming towards half time.”

He added this on what happened- I felt we moved out of the game altogether and moved into the game altogether so it was more of a team problem, a kind of complacency problem more than an individual problem. In the second half we came back into the game and gave a lot so you can’t fault the team. We were a bit unlucky. We have learnt the lesson that at this level you can’t lose focus at any moment and that is why we were punished.”

Arsene Wenger on Edurado’s match winning goal- I don’t take much pleasure form seeing him score in this particular game but it’s good to see him playing at that level and overall he had a very good game.”

Chelsea defeated Spartak Moscow 4-1.

The Blues pretty started their first team.

Chelsea advances to the next round.

We have a huge match against Newcastle on Sunday.

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This is the hodge podge day for us. We will talk about Flamengo, Champions League, and Monday’s Liverpool-Wigan match.

Adriano has returned to Flamengo after missing eleven days. Most of this time was due to the Emperor playing in the World Cup friendly against Ireland on Tuesday March 2^nd.

Adriano will work out to test his physical condition while the rest of Mengao travels to Caracas for their match on Tuesday in the Copa Libertadores. Globo Esporte this to say-  O atacante Adriano se reapresentou ao Flamengo nesta segunda-feira, no Ninho do Urubu, em seu primeiro trabalho após a polêmica causada pela briga que ele teve com a namorada, Joana Machado, na noite de quinta para sexta-feira na entrada de um baile funk, na favela da Chatuba (Zona Norte do Rio). Como foi programado pela diretoria rubro-negra, Adriano, que chegou por volta das 15h20m ao local do treino e realizou um trabalho físico na academia, separado do grupo que viaja para Caracas na manhã desta terça-feira para enfrentar o time da capital venezuelana, quarta, às 21h50m (de Brasília), pela Libertadores.

Vagner Love was hurt in Mengao’s match against Resende. Globo Esporte reported that Love has a thigh bruise. He will miss Monday’s workout- Vagner Love foi poupado do treino desta segunda, ainda sentindo dores por causa da pancada que recebeu na coxa durante a goleada por 4 a 0 sobre o Resende, sábado, em Volta Redonda, pela terceira rodada da Taça Rio. O artilheiro do Carioca com dez gols chegou a entrar no campo, uniformizado, mas calçando meia e chinelos. Depois de uma conversa com o gerente de futebol Isaías Tinoco e o auxiliar de preparação física Daniel Jouvin, retornou para a musculação.

The return leg in the Champions League first round knockout stage resumes on Tuesday March 8.

Arsenal has a hot date with FC Porto. The Gunners lost 2-1 on a late goal. 

We have the all important away goal.

Arsenal has to shut em out at Emirates.

We cannot afford to give up a cheap goal.

The bad news for the Gunners is this. Cesc Fabregas will be out with a pulled hammie.

An MRI was run on Fabregas on Monday. Wenger thinks he will miss a minimum amount of time.

With that said the Arshavin, Eduardo, and the rest are going to have to step up big time.

It is a must that Walcott, Arshavin, and Eduardo find the back of the net.

Samie Nasri will take Fabregas’s place.

Alex Song will need to have a great match as well.

If not we could get 86 outta the joint.

Wigan’s Hugo Rodallegas well placed volley into the back of the net sent Liverpool packing with a 1-0 defeat at DW Stadium.

This loss by the Reds will surely put a dent in their aspirations for the final Champions League berth.

This was Wigan’s first win EPL win against Liverpool.

This is the Reds nineth loss of the season.

Liverpool drops to sixth place.

Tottenham is in fourth place with 49 points.

Manchester City is in fifth place with 49 points as well but City is a plus 17 while Spurs are a plus 23.

Man City has a game in hand.

Tottenham has played 28 matches will City has played 27.

Let the games begin.

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It is only two months into the 2010 futebol campaign for Sao Paulo. Tricolor has lots of problems and if they continue to play this way Sao Paulo will indeed have a very long year.

Rogerio Ceni recorded first blood for Sao Paulo. He nailed a screamer into the wall. Bing bam boom the shot comes flying off the wall into the back of the net. Once Caldas keeper Luis Martinez never had a chance to stop this sucker.

This made it 1-0 for Sao Paulo in the 33^rd minute.

With this goal, Ceni becomes Sao Paulo’s all time leading scorer with eleven goals in the Copa Libertadores.

Then the wheels fell off the wagon for Sao Paulo.

Once Caldas ratcheted up the pressure.

Once Caldas tied this baby up in the 49^th minute. Uribe flat out beat Tricolor defender Xandao. Wham bam boom, back of the net for Uribe and we are even at one all.

Once Caldas took the lead when Moreno ran rings around the Sao Paulo “D”. He ripped the twines in the 71^st minute to give Once Caldas a 2-1 lead.

This was all she wrote.

Stick a fork in Sao Paulo for they are surely done.

Once Caldas has six points after two matches. Sao Paulo has three points.

For the past few weeks, Sao Paulo has been playing horrible futebol. Sure, Tricolor is in second placed in Group Two but Sao Paulo has dropped two straight matches.

Sao Paulo has lost to Portuguesa, Palmeiras, and Santos in the Campeonato Paulista.

Tricolor is currently in sixth place with 17 points. Tricolor trails Torneo Paulista leader Santos by eight points.

Lets shift gears for a moment. We have two huge matches on Saturday in the EPL.

The biggie is Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. City is coming off a hard loss to Stoke City in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

The Blues lost to Inter 2-1. This was a hard fought tangle between the Blues and Inter in the first stage of the Champions League knockout round.

Both goals given up by Chelsea were bitter pills to swallow for the Blues. Jose Mourinho Inter’s headman is the former Blues boss who took them to EPL glory.

Will this disappointment bite Chelsea in the butt?

We will find out.

The Blues are unbeaten at home and have only been scored on eight times by the opposition at Stamford Bridge.

Goals will hard to come by for City.

Manchester City will have Carlos Tevez. This should provide an offensive spark for City.

The Blues will be without Petr Cech, torn calf muscle, and Ashley Cole, broken ankle.

I can’t wait to see who dictates the match.

Will it be Tevez or Drogba?

You can sure bet there will be a ton of fireworks on the pitch with these two very intense players battling it out.

We have a huge match with Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Saturday. The Gunners will have the services of Eduardo available however; we will be without Gallas, Diaby, and Arshavin. This could hurt us deeply if we are not careful.

Fabregas and the guys need to come through big time.

Road wins are a premium in the EPL.

We need to win this baby.

Three points are a must.

When the dust finally settles on Saturday we will have a clearer picture of how the race shaped up for the title run.

Man U has already won.

The pressure is squarely on Chelsea and Arsenal to keep up pace.

All we need is for Chelsea to have a brain fart and lose at home and we’re in like Flynn.

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A great win happened for Arsenal on the way to Reebok Stadium. The Gunners shut out hated foe Bolton 2-0. The return of Cesc Fabregas was huge success. He led Arsenal to a complete and total win.

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Fabregas had his huge hands in both of the Gunners goals.

Yes, there was a very close call for the Gunners in the opening moments of the match when Wanderers Ivan Klasnic drilled home a rebound off of mates Kevin Davies rocket of shot but hold on baby Klasnic was ruled offside. The goal was taken off the board.

Whew baby that was close.

The near deadly mishap woke up Arsenal.

From this point on the Gunners pressed the attack.

A great give and go between Eduardo and Fabregas in the 28^th minute gave the Gunners a 1-0 lead.

Yes, Bolton had their scoring chances but each time the Gunners “D” shut em down.

Fabregas’s took it to the rack.

This drive forced the Bolton “D’ to react. Fabregas created this golden opportunity for mate Fran Merida. Eduardo took the pass and hit Fran Merida. Merida ripped the twines in the 78^th minute to salt this baby away.

This goal was set up by a great defensive play at the other end of the pitch.

Bingo, Arsenal was off and running into the attacking zone.

This is huge for the Gunners.

Aston Villa and West Ham tied nil-nil.

Blackburn shut out Fulham 2-0.

Arsenal and Bolton will have at it again on Wednesday in the Gunners house Emirates.

This should be another battle royal.

Chelsea is a top the leader board with 48 big ones. Man U is second with 47. Arsenal is third with 45. Tottenham is fourth with 38. Man City is fifth 38 points as well but Spurs have a better goal difference. Spurs are a plus 20 while City is a plus 12.

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Tudo faz isso. Desta Maneira. Manchester United tudo boa sorte. The old saying I would rather be lucky than good applies to both Manchester United and Arsenal. Thanks to two late goals, both Man U and Arsenal escaped with a tie against sides the Red Devils and the Gunners should have beaten with ease. But that was then and this is now. Tudo Desta Maneira.

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Muito problemas em Red Devil terra. Man U jogador muito mal. In plain English, they stink.

Manchester United needed a win not a draw or a loss. Instead, Birmingham was totally out played in the first half however Blues took the lead at the break 1-0.

Blues one good attack came near the end of the half. This caused problems for the mighty men of Old Trafford.

Man U defender Paul Scholes blocked Cameron Jerome rocket of a shot. Corner kick time.  Problem time for the Man U “D”.

James McFadden lifted a great corner kick into the box. The Man U “D” looked like the Keystone Cops trying to defend a simple centering ball. The ball goes flying all over the lot. Birmingham’s Boyer gets his head on the ball. Bing bam, boom. The shot goes clang off of Johnny Evans into the waiting feet of Jerome. Goal for Cameron Jerome. It’s 1-0 at the 39^th minute.

You can hear the howling all the way from Old Trafford.

Manchester United secured the equalizer in the 63^rd minute. The mighty men from Old Trafford began to squeeze Blues box. Patrice Evra fired a low centering pass towards the goal. Birmingham defender Scott Dann freaked under the pressure from Ji-Sung Park. Dann got confused. He fired the ball into his own net.

Game, set, and draw to Man U.

I don’t care what anyone says Manchester United is in heap big trouble. The Red Devils cannot continue to play this way. If this display of crappy lucky futebol continues the Red Devils will find them looking from the outside in.

6-1-4-road record is worse than stink. Couple with that losing to Leeds, Liverpool, Burnley, Aston Villa, Chelsea, and Fulham Man U is on a downhill slide.

Arsenal on the other hand should have beaten Everton at Emirates. Not on this day. The Gunners lucked out a two all draw.

Everton played like a team with everything to play for.

The Toffees drew first blood in the 12^th minute. Leon Osman ripped a header to give Everton a 1-0 lead.

Arsenal’s Brasilian super hero nailed the equalizer in the 28^th minute.

Everton took the lead when Steven Pienaar fired a scorcher from just outside the box. Pienaar ripped the twines in the 81^st minute.

You can hear all the Gunners fans screaming “Oh No’ all the way here in 70 degree LA.

Super sub Tomas Rosicky the cat who just signed a new contract with the Gunners nailed the match saver in the 90^th minute.

Rosicky’s shot went boom, off of the Toffees defender Lucas Neill.

This goal may have saved the Gunners season. A loss could have put a nail in Arsenal’s chances of winning the EPL.

At the end of the day, Man U is one point behind EPL leader Chelsea. Chelsea has 45 points. Man U has 44 while the Gunners are three back with 42.

Chelsea has a make up match due to the snow.

The Man U point total is very deceiving for the Red Devils are lucky as sin to be in second place.

Birmingham should have won.

Blues didn’t.

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The snow is once again playing and wrecking havoc with the matches set for Saturday. As of 2 pm on Friday here in LaLa land, LA only three matches have survived the bad-butted snow days in merry Old England.

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The survivors are Arsenal-Everton, Man U –Birmingham, and Wigan-Aston Villa. Four out of the top eight will have epic encounters in the snow.

So, we better hold our horses and see if this situation might change. God only knows and he isn’t telling us quite yet.

Arsenal, Man U, Aston Villa, and Birmingham all need to win. It is all about the “W”.

Sadly, for some, only one winner can come out of the Birmingham- Red Devils clash.   

Blues are playing in the friendly confines of St. Andrews. This is huge for the mighty men of Old Trafford. Man U is playing horrible on the road. Man U is only 6-0-4 on the road. This stinks.

Birmingham is 5-3-2. This is good but not great. The edge has to go to Blues. Man U can’t win on the road to save its life. The Red Devils will need more than Rooney on this snowy day. Berbatov has to come up big. Nani, Anderson, and Gibson need to find the back of the net early and often. If not this will be a long cold hard day playing in the snow for Man U.

A loss here and you might have to stick a fork in the Red Devils season.

Blues are riding a five match unbeaten string.

Watch out Man U for you are surely in danger.

Arsenal on the other hand is peaking at the right time. Yes, the Gunners are hurting up front and in the midfield but Eduardo, Arshavin, Nasri, and Aaron Ramsey are coming on strong.

The Gunners need to knockout the Toffees early. You can’t let Everton hang around. Remember this is the same squad that beat Chelsea in the Carling Cup. The Blues played pretty much their first team.

The Toffees drove em nuts.

Everton is riding a five match unbeaten string.

Tim Howard anchors the “D.” Louis Saha leads the team with ten goals.

This should be a good one at Emirates but Arsenal should win this baby hands down.

Aston Villa battles Wigan in the other snow day match. Villa is coming off a hard loss at the hands of Liverpool. Villa needs this baby bad. Aston Villa is in sixth place. Aston Villa is ten points behind league leaders Chelsea.

The Latics can win this baby if they play their cards right.

Aston Villa is at DW Stadium. Villa is one step above stink on the road. They are 4-3-3.

The dog Wigan has the edge eventhough they are near the bottom of the table.

Keep this in mind for the bottom dogs have given the upper echelon teams fits all season long.

This could happen again. 

This is as plain and simple as it get.

Hold serve on the road and win 90% of your home matches and you are in like Flynn.

So there, ya have it on a snow day in merry old England.

Here in LA it is a cold 75.

You gotta love it. I sure do.  

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Today will be a hodge podge of stuff. There are some disturbing reports about the financial stability concerning Manchester United.

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The Glazers who own the majority share in Manchester United have saddled the club with a mountain of debit. The Red Devils may collapse under the weight of this debit. Many owners make a habit of stripping one business of its assets and transfer the assets to another business.

I hope this is not the case. If the Glazers have done this, they will have surely destroyed an English futebol institution. This is truly bad.

These money woes are just the tip of the iceberg. The Red Devils have been playing crap all season long. Sure five loses isn’t that many but this is only halfway point of the season.

Man U can’t find the back of the net to save its life. Rooney is scoring-some. The crux of situation is this. Big bucks were spent to bring in Berbatov. This clown can’t score to save his life. Nani is a waste of time.

Neville, Giggs, and Scholes are senior citizens in futebol life yet these guys are logging a ton of minutes. These senior citizens will break down at this rate.

Add on top of this the entire back line is injured you have recipe for disaster.

The loss to Leeds is a sign that something is wrong with boys from Old Trafford. If you remember, I said this about two weeks ago. Do I have ESPN I mean ESP.

Leaky finances couple with older players with no replacements in sight means big time trouble ahead for Man U.

Do you remember when Man U received 128 million from the Cristiano Ronaldo buy out? How come not a dime of this money has been spent on bringing in more talent.

Better yet, what about spending the money developing younger talent?

Maybe there is trouble in Man U land.

Here’s a thought. Sir Alex Ferguson will quit at the end of this year. He has won all the important domestic and World futebol titles now he will call it quits at the end of this year.

This will be the scop of the year.

Another story has surfaced that Chelsea is debt free.

Maybe many of the top clubs are in heap big trouble.

The only club not in trouble is Arsenal.

The Gunners have spent their money wisely. Arsenal has no debit.

Don’t de surprised if the Gunners win the whole shooting match.

The young kids are primed and ready to step forward. Eduardo, Nasri, and Arshavin are finding their stride. Vela is playing better. Fabregas is almost ready to return.

The cupboard is filled with younger talent ready to step in.

What Wenger did was borrow an American system of supplying the main club with talent. It is called a farm system. Major Baseball teams use a farm system to train young talent to replace older stars. In the old days, the New York Yankees were kings of this. Now the Phillies, Angels, and Minnesota Twins are the best examples of how to develop younger players.

When a team buys talent to win championships this can work in the short run but in the long run, this will destroy a team. For the team will not take the time or the resources to develop talent to replace aging stars.

Man U is sadly discovering this fact.

This will bite Man City as well too.

Real Madrid is headed down the same dangerous and bad road.

It is time to give Arsene Wenger his just do. He is doing it the right way. Yes, younger players will drive you nuts. They may not win for a while but in the end, the foundation upon which the club is built will stand.

There is an old adage. What goes up must come down.

Maybe Man U and Chelsea are on the way down.

In American sports, the Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, New York Mets, LA Dodgers, Boston Celtics, Washington Redskins, and the Detroit Lions have all found this out the hard way.

My Philadelphia Eagles have too. For way too many years, the bums stunk the joint out.

The Birds have had a run of eight to ten years of horrible teams. Then they are good for a few years then stink for the next ten years.

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Manchester United started off the New Year with a dud. League One side Leeds United took it to the mighty boys from Old Trafford. Leeds flat-out whopped em 1-0. You got a love it.

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I said the FA Cup was boring just to get under folks skin. This is the way I am. I love to say stuff that is far out and crazy.

Lets talk about FA Cup fireworks. It happened on Sunday.

Leeds is not you ordinary League One team. Leeds United spent a majority of their history playing D-1 futebol. The Whites won three D-1 titles in 1968-69, 1973-74, and 1991-92.

Leeds United had some big money troubles in 2003-04. This forced the club to sell its players. Thus the Whites said bye-bye to the EPL.

It got so bad for Leeds the Whites sunk all the way to League Three ball in 2007. Since then, The Whites have slowly climbed all the way to League One.

Leeds is the top dog in League One play.

Was this an upset of huge proportions?

You can bet your sweet bippie it is.

This was a total shocker.

Jermaine Beckford’s strike in the 19^th minute was that all Leeds needed to seal the deal against the mighty men of Old Trafford.

Dickie V would scream, “ This is upset city baby.”

Manchester United played pretty much their regular side. Rooney, Berbatov, Wes Brown, Gary Neville, Evans, and Anderson all played lots of minutes.

This result does not bode well for Man U.

Still a huge way to garoto goes out to Leeds United.

The Whites flat-out beat em.

Arsenal defeated West Ham 2-1.

The Gunners fell behind 1-0 before scoring two goals in a span of five minutes to beat The Hammers. Aaron Ramsey ripped the twines in the 78^th minute to tie this baby up. This goal was set up by great drive by Nasri down the right wing. Nasri hit Song with a great pass. Song one timed the pass to Vela. Vela slipped it to Ramsey. Buda Bing. Buda Boom.  Goal.

Five minutes later (83^rd minute) Eduardo’s header beat the keeper Green to put the final nail in the Hammers coffin.

Vela set up the match winner with a great flick pass into the box.

It looks like Gunners are firing on all cylinders.

Chelsea cleaned Championship side Watford’s clock 5-0.

This was a slaughter. Daniel Sturridge had the daily double for the Blues. Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda each had a bad boy plus an own goal by The Hornets John Eustace.

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Lets talk about two classic big time rear end kicking’s that two of the top clubs in the EPL administered to Portsmouth and Wigan. The Gunners slaughtered Pompey 4-1. Man U destroyed Wigan 5-0.

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All I can say is. This is about time guys.

A huge way to go garoto goes out to Arsenal and Manchester United.

You gotta love it.

Eduardo led things off for the Gunners in the 27^th minute. Eduardo’s rocket of a free kick went bing, bam, boom, off the wall and into the net. The entire Pompey team was utterly helpless.

Nasri proved he has some zing in his step. Nasri tripped the twines in the 42^nd minute.

I just loved the last two goals by the Wenger guys.

Aaron Ramsey went zip da do da through three Pompey defenders. He let fly with a wicked hot-shot that flat-out beat the keeper Samir Begovic in the 69^th minute.

Song’s goal was one of the best goals I have seen in a long time. The Gunners literally toyed with Portsmouth. Arsenal held possession of the rock for more than two minutes before Song’s header ripped the twines in the 81^st minute.

This build up made the Pompey “D” look like school children.

All in all this was a great match for the Gunners except for slight hiccup when Portsmouth scored on a wonderful goal by Nadir Belhadi in the 74^th minute.

Where has this display of offensive been Man U?

Finally, the boys from Old Trafford woke up and bombarded the nets for five of those bad boys.

Wayne Rooney took it to the rack in the 28^th minute. Wham Bam thank you my dear lady.

The floodgates soon opened and there was no stopping the Red Devils.

Get this Carrick rammed home a shot in the 32^nd minute.

Rafael created just enough space between him and the defender to find the back of the net in the 45^th minute.

The Fat lady is warming up.

Then Berbatov scored. Yep, you heard me right Dimitar Berbatov found the net in the 50^th minute.

Wayne Rooney’s great ball set up the golden opportunity for the Berbatov man.

Antonio Valencia finished off the hit parade in the 75^th minute.

This was all she wrote.

Turn out the lights the party’s over.

Now we have a race for the title. This is gonna be tighter than a par of Don Alvarzoe’s tweezers. Hint Jerry Lewis routine in the 1960’s. 

The EPL is done with until next year. Okay it’s only one day away but who’s counting. So shoot me why don’t ya.

Chelsea is top dog with 45 points. Man U is in second place with 43 points. The Gunners are third 41 points. Spurs are fourth 37 points.

There are eights points of separation between the top four clubs.

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Even when I make jokes, I get it right. Who would have thunk it.  I said what is the worse thing that could happen to Manchester United was a loss to Fulham. Well guess what? The mighty boys from Old Trafford got their butts whipped by Fulham 3-0.

This was a classic massacre or if you would like to say a take me to the woodshed butt whopping.

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This was one of those oh, excuse me, we have a ton of injuries what do you expect me to do?  Win. At least put up a fight and show some heart.

This was bad folks.

The Cottagers just flat at took to the mighty Red Devils and kicked some major butt. This is about all you can say about the match.

Danny Murphy led off the slaughter with a wicked shot that beat the keeper Kuszczak in the 22^nd minute to give Fulham the 1-0 lead.

The rout was on baby.

Bobby Zamora found the back of the net in the 46^th minute to give the Cottagers a 2-0 lead.

In the 75^th minute, Damien Duff ripped the winner to put the finishing touches on a huge masterful killing of the boys from Old Trafford.

Manchester United played like crap.

I haven’t seen this bad of a performance from a Man U squad in years.

There is heap big trouble in Manchester United land.

Way to go garoto to the guys at Fulham.

I just love this stuff.

Dogs ruled on this day.

Before you cats go nuts on me, let me explain. Yes, I am a fan of Manchester United. A fan is correct but not a fanatic.  I root for the Red Devils. I am partial to them but I don’t live and die with their fortunes on the pitch.

My heart is in Brasil. I am a die hard Flamenguista. I am also a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan. The NFL baby.

I also have a very found spot in my heart for Arsenal.

My wife thinks I am a nut, which I am. I do have the papers to prove it.

I became a Gunners fan when I saw the movie Fever Pitch starring Colin Firth.

I have seen Fever Pitch ten times.

Oh, guess what I saw at Emirates. The Philly fanatic dressed in a Gunners uniform was whipping up the crowd into a fever pitch.

The Philly fanatic is the Philadelphia Phillies team mascot.

I am a huge futebol fan but what floats my boat is Jesus. Without Him, I am a dead man.  I am a messianic Jew.  

Tottenham didn’t suffer a let up against Blackburn. Spurs beat em 2-0.

Peter Crouch hit the daily double to lead the Spurs to an impressive win.

The Rovers had a golden chance at the outset of the match to grab the early lead but the shot clanged off the cross bar.

Whew was that close.

Two back-to-back good performances by Spurs have put them back into the title hunt.

Aston Villa held serve in their 1-0 win over Stoke City.

John Crew scored the match winner in the 61^st minute. This goal saved Villa’s hide. This was a total lackluster performance by Aston Villa.

Maybe Bobby Darin’s Dream Lover might best describe the way Villa played on this day.

Still a win is a win and this is all that counts.

Liverpool lost to lowly Portsmouth 2-0. The Reds are dead.

Rafa will get sacked.

Liverpool has quit playing.

I have seen this before.

The players will not play for Rafa anymore.

Rafa needs to go.

After a close, first half the Gunners turned on the Afro burners and kicked some booty killing Hull City 3-0.

The first match changer was this. There was a near bitch-slapping brawl between several Arsenal and Hull City players near the end of the first half.

There was a lot of huffing and puffing signifying nothing. I wish futebol players would learn how to fight.

A few moments later Brasilian Denilson rifled home a great free kick in the 45^th minute to make 1-0 Arsenal at the break.

His shot flat out made the keeper Boaz Myhill look really silly. Denilson’s shot was a ball buster.

This was turning point number two in the match. Hull City had a chance for the equalizer when Gunner defender Silvestre knocked down Craig Fagan in the 56^th minute. Up steps Geovanni for Hull City. The run up. The shot. The diving save by Almunia. The header by Hunt off the rebound. Almunia gobbles the ball. Whew was that sucker close.

The Gunners kicked it into high gear.

Eduardo finally got in the scorebook in the 59^th minute. This gave the Gunners a 2-0 lead.

This was a great example of how short passes in the box ate up the Hull City “D”. 

The ball was on the wing. A great entry pass into Diaby. Diaby passed up the shot and hit Eduardo. Eduardo was standing at the goals doorstep. A simple poke into the net finished up the play.

A great give and go from Arshavin and Diaby cooked Hull City’s goose in the 80^th minute. All Diaby had to do was deposit the gift into the back of the net.

This was all she wrote.

This win by Arsenal squarely puts a ton of pressure on Chelsea to beat lowly West Ham. Will the dogs rule on Sunday? 

We will find out.

The table shapes up this way. Chelsea is the top dog with 40 points. Manchester United hangs on to second place with 37 points. Arsenal is third with 35 points. Aston Villa is fourth with 35 points. Arsenal has a better goal difference than Villa. The Gunners are plus 13 while Villa is only a plus 8. Spurs are in fifth place with 33.

Let fun and games begin.

I love it.

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