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Berbatov’s United career over?  Source : ESPN Soccenet

We are at the point of a season that if you want to win the EPL, you must, and i emphasis MUST not drop points against opponents like Blackburn. It’s just too much of a risk to drop points against teams who can’t match you in terms of quality or financially. Manchester started this match without their star, Wayne Rooney. I knew that it was too early for him to play against Bayern, and i seriously suspect that they injected him with painkillers to allow him to play for an hour before being taken off. Sir Alex, i said if Rooney’s ankle is injured further, that you would be facing a hard time battling for the title without your star striker and i am still sticking with my statement, and as for England’s World Cup dreams, if he sits out like he did for most of the competition during the 2006 World Cup, there will be fingers pointing at you for pushing him when you shouldn’t have only time will tell.

Berbatov started the match partnering Macheda who was called up to replace the injured Rooney. Berbatov who has been poor most of season with only a little glympse of the form that we all seen during his Totteham days, didn’t live up to his £30million tag, as he barely tested the former England number one through out the game. The loss to Bayern was evident as United couldn’t find their rhythm throughout the match. Manchester United were poor, friction between Ferdinand and Van Der Sar and having 16 shots with only 4 on target pretty much sums up their worst possible week. With a loss to Chelsea (2-1), knocked out of the Champions League on away goals to Bayern (4-4) and now a draw with Blackburn to put their title dreams possibly over. Chelsea lead by one point with a game in hand, they will definitely want to capitalize on this chance to go 4 points ahead of their rivals. 


I am suspecting that United will be looking to cut their losses and try to get back some of the pounds they paid for Dimitar Berbatov, he has been a disappointment all season. Without Rooney, Manchester at times looked like a blunt weapon, they will need to do some investing if they are to challenge the title again next season. As i said in my last post, it will be interesting to see how Manchester bounce back from a demoralizing defeat to Bayern, and today it definitely showed that their Bayern hang over is still lingering in each of them and the players didn’t have it in them to put out a decent performance. This could spell the end of United’s campaign, out of every cup competition and with the title race looking very unlikely. 


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>"Red Devils silenced as Gunners take top spot! "

> This year’s Carling cup semi-final pitted the two Manchester clubs against each other in a fierce derby battle. Man city conceded an early lead to the Red Devils but rallied to score a penalty through Tevez before half time.

A second goal from Tevez sealed the win for Man City in the Semi final first leg (Second leg to be played in Old Trafford). Gary Neville’s comment about Tevez being not worth 25mil sparked the Argentinian to do his talking on the pitch with a brace of goals! Fergie must be kicking himself for not signing the striker. The other semifinal match(2nd leg) Aston Villa (Aston Villa lead 1-0 away in the first leg) has beat Blackburn Rovers with a classic scoreline of 6-4 to proceed to the final of the Carling Cup.

At Anfield, Liverpool put on a determined performance to outdo Spurs 2-0. Kuyt scored a brace for Liverpool as they are now one point from the 4th spot. Is this a sign of Liverpool’s comeback which they are so famous for? The score could have been more if the Liverpool players had their shooting boots on, the scoreline could have read 3-0 even before Kuyt scored the crucial second goal to seal the win. Spurs were just not good enough as they couldn’t conjure up any clear cut chances. Had that controversial disallowed goal been allowed, it would have been a different game. But credit to Liverpool for pulling a win when no one thought they could.

Arsenal foughtback from a two goal deficit to beat Bolton 4-2 to surge to the top of the league. Bolton played well but couldn’t stop an in form Arsenal side from scoring four goals. Arsenal are finally coping with the loss of Van Persie to injury, they are now on the verge of leading the pack and possibly winning this year’s Premiership but that awaits to be seen if they can keep up their good form and prevent any injuries.

So any thoughts on Arsenal’s form? Liverpool’s season revival? and Manchester United’s troubles building up with their club’s debt rising to 700m and their inconsistent form.

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