The opening tie of the weekend was a London clash between Spurs and Chelsea in a feisty encounter steamed from the heated words between gaffers Villas-Boas and Mourinho. It was a very tight affair with both sides having spells of domination. Spurs came out of the blocks flying and the inform Gylfi Sigudarsson slotted in the opener after a scrappy bit of play in the Chelsea box. Christian Eriksen, Spurs' big summer signing, was showing signs of being one of the signings of the season as he was running the strings for Spurs as Soldado and Eriksen went close for the home side.
Jose Mourinho has been controversial with his tactics so far this season as players like Juan Mata and David Luiz have suffered from the new era at Chelsea. However, Mata's introduction in the second half changed the game for Chelsea as his link up with forgotten man Fernando Torres was a constant threat in the second half as Chelsea took charge. Torres was looking good as he tested the reflexes of Hugo Lloris with a mazy run and shot. However, he lashed out Spurs' Jan Vertonghen, with a petty trip and seemingly scratch on the defender, he was lucky to escape with just a yellow for that. Then, Mata took star role as he delivered a sumptuous ball for skipper John Terry to head home a vital goal for Mourinho's men. But, it wouldn't end well for Chelsea as a harsh decision judging Torres had elbowed Vertonghen lead to a second yellow and a red card for Torres, despite this being a very harsh yellow, Torres arguably should've seen red earlier for a clash with Vertonghen.
In the same day, madness ensued at Old Trafford and Villa Park. West Brom completely out played Moyes' troubled side as their defence were completely picked apart the whole game as a fluke free kick from Wayne Rooney was a bright spot in a dismal United display outshone by a superb run and finish from Morgan Amalfitano and first ever BPL goal by Saido Berahimo got West Brom their first victory at Old Trafford in over 30 years. At Villa Park, a five goal thriller took place as City who lead 1-0 and 2-1 in this game were stunned with two goals in five stunning minutes for Aston Villa. City top scorer Yaya Toure tapped City in front right on half time with his 4th league goal of the season, a second half response was needed and Villa got it when Karim El Ahamadi fired in the equaliser. City regained the lead through super sub Edin Dzeko, but City's defence, unbeatable a week ago was breached twice in five minutes. A brilliant Bacuna free kick followed by Andi Weimann strike and City were beaten. This shows you can never underestimate any side in the league, as City who demolished United have lost to Cardiff and Villa.
So, once again, Arsenal were the stars of the weekend, as they grinded out a stylish win in Wales against Swansea. Mesut Ozil wasn't the star man, instead it was local boy Aaron Ramsey who had a great return to Wales. I've never seen him in this kind of form ever. He's always promised brilliance but was either injured or played out of position, now in the middle and seemingly with a free role, he's the inform player in England at the moment as he set up and scored in a 2-1 win. Arsenal now with 8 straight away wins and on a 9 match winning streak, without the likes of Podolski, Cazorla, Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain are showing promising signs for the season ahead, however I will not get carried away, there's a long way to go.
Best of the Rest
Everton 3-2 Newcastle- An amazing 25 minutes at the start of the game took Everton into a 3 three goal lead as Ross Barkley and Romelu Lukaku showed there promise with sensational link up play as Lukaku got two and set Barkley up as well. Yohan Cabaye and Loic Remy tried to give United hope but they couldn't complete the turn-around.
Fulham 1-2 Cardiff- A late wonder goal from Jordan Mutch gave Cardiff their first ever away win the Premier League. Steven Caulker gave them a first half lead but it was leveled by a gorgeous strike from Bryan Ruiz. In the 90th minute, a long ball knocked down for Mutch, who with his left foot, lashed home a stunning 30 yard winner into the top corner.
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