Spurs on a Roll!

The big game of the week was ManU vs Arsenal on saturday, but it fizzled out to be a not-so-exciting one from footballing perspective, but eventful otherwise. Arsenal seems to be breaking up under little pressure despite all their heroics till this match. Despite all their talented players, they still miss a playmaker to dominate in the midfield. They lacked spirit and drive after they conceded an own goal. I thought they could have easily got a result from a struggling ManU with some strange team without Berbatov orOwen.

But Tottenham definitely had some spirit to salvage a win with a last gasp effort - they seem to have something on their sleeve this year! They would have lost or drawn such matches usually, but somehow they keep winning, which is a quality of a big team. They should have lost or at least drawn against both Hammers and Birmingham, but they won both! Crouch was really impressive in the air - he was really unlucky not to have scored at least a couple more. Defoe was off-color and may be too selfish to increase his tally. But Cudacinny at the goal looks suspect, he should have collected the ball instead of waiting for the defender to clear the ball. With all those initial hiccups that Gomes had last season, he seems to have some kind of solidity that was missing from Cudacinny. But Tottenham seems to be the hot team at the moment and let us see how long they can hold on!

Hammers survived a Blackburn onslaught, but Carton Cole had enough chances to get ahead earlier in the match. But it was a lucky escape for Hammers!

Mancity is not making waves with their expensive new signings, but winning them all - the 3 matches they played. Adabayor was on target in all the games and if he can stay motivated, he can create havoc with any defense with Tevez and Robinho to support. I am not a great fan of Mark Hughes - so I remain suspect about their ability to break in to the big four.

Liverpool finally showed some fighting qualities after their two defeats, but 10-man Bolton may have made it easy. But again it was a SteveG and Torres show - if you can rain them in like Spurs did, Liverpool becomes aimless! So I would wait for a matchup with a biggies before I place my verdict on Liverpool. Chelsea was indeed impressive in their demolition of Burnley and Everton finally won a match after their trashing from Arsenal and defeat from Burnley. I am a big fan of David Moyes and I was a bit disappointed with the way he handled Lescott - he should have got rid of him earlier than he did.