Brendan Rodgers' men though have been consistently looking a real force so far this season, with no European commitments, Liverpool can all but field their first team every week with the SAS up front and when Countinho returns, Liverpool will be a challenge for any team and, whisper it, could be in the title picture come the end of the season. They cruised at Anfield on Saturday in a 3-1 win against a rather doomed Crystal Palace, although Ian Holloway will keep going untill his voice is off Match of the Day. The returning Luis Suarez has only been back two games and already has three goals and an assist, with Dan Sturridge's early season form backed by the world class quality possessed by Suarez, it has to be the best strike partnership in the league at the moment.....
However, the leaders are still Arsene Wenger's Arsenal as Jack Wilshere's 'smoker' of a shot, sorry I couldn't resist, saved Arsenal a point at a rejuvenated West Brom. I know I predicted West Brom to be relegated this season, I can see I will be horribly wrong with this, as on Deadline Day, Steve Clarke all but saved their season for me, adding Stephane Sessegnon, Victor Anichebe and Morgan Amalfitano, they look a very hard team to beat. Arsenal though have the likes of Santi Cazorla, Theo Walcott and Lukas Podolski all still to return, added to their 11 match unbeaten run, 10 of them wins, they are the early pace setters so far, but as an Arsenal fan, i'm not convinced it'll last and can see Arsenal slipping back into a fourth place race. With a run at the end of this month which has Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester United and Liverpool in a row, that should separate the men from the boys and show if they really are contenders for titles this year.
The main highlight for me and a lot of other gooners has to be the shear capitulation of Tottenham Hotspur, as they conceded three goals in 15 minutes in the second half to fall 3-0 to rivals West Ham United in a game they dominated through-out. The misfiring Roberto Soldado continued to struggle outside a penalty set piece and a inspiring display from Jussi Jaaskelainen helped the Hammers stun White Hart Lane with Ravel Morrison, the troubling youth from United, shining with a wonderfully taken solo goal to wrap the win. I believe Spurs do have a world class squad, except one certain striker, but it seems whoever the manager, players or form, they find a way to screw it up and flop in matches they should be winning. For West Ham this was a bright spark on what could be a long, difficult season for them.
Best of the Rest
Cardiff 1-2 Newcastle- Another double for Loic Remy was this time resulting in a win for Newcastle as he superbly took his two goals to give manager Alan Pardew some good news as the loan signing is making up for hopelessly misfiring Papiss Cisse.
Norwich 1-3 Chelsea- A display which only needed a great start and finish gave Jose Mourinho his first away win as Chelsea boss. A scrappy goal inside four minutes made it a hard task for Norwich although Oscar's goal was cancelled out by Andy Pilkington, Norwich were dominating after the goal till Eden Hazard's introduction, he superbly read a back-pass to lead again and it was rounded off by a incredible strike from Brazillian Willian to get Chelsea back on track.
Other Results
Fulham 1-0 Stoke City
Hull City 0-0 Aston Villa
Man City 3-1 Everton
Southampton 2-0 Swansea City
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