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VIDEO: Rooney, Nani, Carrick and Berbatov's Goals Against Portsmouth

  • February 6, 2010

Scott Patterson

Scott is the editor of RoM and has a season ticket at Old Trafford. He started The Republik of Mancunia in March 2006. Follow @R_o_M on Twitter or @R_o_M7 on Instagram.

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Edge February 7, 2010
hate him so much. HATE the twat. His celebrations make me change the channel.
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DEVILisRED February 7, 2010
pretty fucked arh arsenal, 2-0. that left back clichy is shit. we will win è championship ourselves. but quite disapointed i muz say after waiting for this game é past week. done & dusted below 30min well, so fucking glad i dont support arsenal.
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aig alex is god February 7, 2010
Gael Clichy is shit. The way he defended for that 2nd goal was rubbish.

Credit to Drogba though. he seriously is having a great season as i expected after they way they went out in the Champions League last season.Wont be long before he gets his hat trick today.
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McQueen February 7, 2010
For fuck sake Arsenal are shit! Chelsea are producing a carbon copy of our performance last week, soaking up Arsenal pressure without much problem and hitting them on the break. And Arsene Wenger is showing his inability to learn and adapt tactically. All his fucking tiny attacking players are out in force even though Chelsea have conceded 99% of their goals from crosses or set pieces! How long will it take him to get Bendtner on this time?? 70 mins again?! The man is a fucking fool!
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McQueen February 7, 2010
I say without much problem... Arsenal were actually looking pretty good and were giving me some hope that they could do this.... until they fucking imploded! I'm guessing we'll never have to hear about how Clichy is 'better than Evra' ever again anyway!
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Kings February 7, 2010
I can see a pasting here unfortunately. I do hope I'm wrong. Just hope Everton give them a harder time on Wednesday. Tricky one for us Wednesday, but if Rooney is on his game then hopefully we can win. Maybe at last Nani and Valencia can give us good width and pace on both flanks, and with Evra (best left-back in the world!) bombing forward, Rooney should get plenty of supply.
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Kings February 7, 2010
aig alex is god - without tempting fate, the only one who has contained Drogba this season has been Evans, didn't give the fucker an inch when we played them at Stamford Bridge this season, so much so, he resorted to having fits on the pitch!
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aig alex is god February 7, 2010
Impressive record for Chelsea though in the big games.

Played 4, Won 4. Hope that changes when the visit Old Trafford and Anfield
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aig alex is god February 7, 2010
Kings

Exactly. I think he has scored only 1 goal against us in that final of the FA Cup. Vidic bossed him in the Champions League Final which made him loose his cool adn slap Vida.Loves scoring against the gooners. 13 goals in 10 games.some record that
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20legend99 February 7, 2010
What a disappointment this game is. I hoped Arsenal would give Chavsea a run, but they really are shit. As said before, Wenger can't adapt to save his life. I remember earlier in the season when they were dead on to win the league. Don't even bother playing the second half.
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DEVILisRED February 7, 2010
tot é defeat last week vs. ê champion will really fire them up. wow, how fucking wrong can we get. we give arsenal too much credit i guess.
é 2 supposingly greatest young prospects in clichy & walcott hype up over é past years r really shit ya. terrible. but amunia tops them all. that keeper is real bloody shit.
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denton davey February 7, 2010
L'Arse fire blanks. Two possessions = two goals for the RentBoyz.

That twot, Captain of Englnad, did well to get the ball to Drogba for their first but can you consider that defending on the second ? What a disappointment - so far. From what I've seen, TheArse are pretty toothless - Arshavin had a great chance that Cech did well to save but only Fabregas/Diaby look like they might "do something".

What does Theo Walcott offer ?

What can Nasri do when it matters ?

What can Sagna or Clichy do for the attack ?

Alex Song has been good in defensive/midfield but he was supposed to be picking up Drogba on the second goal !

This is just disgusting - no fight and no realistic challenge from the Gooners so far. Too lightweight, too much "faffing about" and no serious end-product.

Maybe things are getting brighter - Walcott just go injured; unfortuantely, it looks like he'll be OK.

Once again, the 'team of the future" disappoints in the present. LIke me, SAF will be pissed.

If I knew that the wimps from TheMosque would put in such a gutless shift, I think I would have stayed down by the pool, catching rays.

I don't expect to be sending a more up-beat full-time report.

L'Arse continue to deceive - no flattery this time around.
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Fze123 February 7, 2010
I will not bother to watch the second half. It's very predictable. So much quality in that team which Wenger cannot get to work. And I was thinking they would be out in full force today, they are like fragile twigs, when you step on them they instantly snap. It will be impossible for them now to come back when they are 2-0 down.

So many chelsea fans at stamford bridge holding up placards which say 'We love you John Terry' and 'John Terry forever captain of England' and some are even wearing blue T-shirts which say...'Team Terry' of course. Very funny to see. I can't believe their fans continue to support this player after all he has done.
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curtis February 7, 2010
Ah we gonna have to do it all on our own as always so not a major worry..
but a helping hand today would have been welcomed.
thanks for fuck all wenger and your team of ballerinas
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aig alex is god February 7, 2010
Kevin Phillips for Arsenal please.LOL

anyways,i think we expected chelsea to win at Hull and possibly drop points today. things havent turned that way but they did drop points in 1 of those 2 games.
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Corea February 7, 2010
Looks like they won't help us and bury their chances to win the league.
Did they have those chances ?

I am more than happy to be in position we are now. Arsenal helping hand would have been a bonus. 2 points off the lead and much improved GD.
The best part of the season is still ahead.
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King Eric February 7, 2010
Fucking Everton away will be tougher for the Chav's . Arsenal frankly are a joke. Crap in defence and toothless up front. How the fuck are they losing as Rentboys are shite as well. Come on United make sure these cunts don't win the league. We will hammer them at home. Fabregas is just a flat track bully. Never does fuck all against top teams. How the fuck are Chelsea top of the league?




Still not worried about them as reckon Moyes will get a draw on Wednesday.
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Corea February 7, 2010
I was 50/50 towards Terry but now i despise the cunt.
He didn't even bother to think about quitting captaincy. What a self-loving motherfucker.
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King Eric February 7, 2010
denton - Spot on mate. "by the pool"? Where do you live in a mansion? Lucky sod. Incidentally what did you make of your favourite Carricks performance yesterday?
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King Eric February 7, 2010
Corea - Also bang on pal. Beat them at home we are one point clear. Anyway as I say reckon Everton will get a point or 3 on Wednesday.
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Corea February 7, 2010
King Eriс - cheers, mate. i was worried Chelsea will pull away from us during first part of the season but they missed that chance. The same happened last season. As long as we are in touching distance with the experiance we have in this situations we have the chance.

Come on Arsenal! Still believe they might snatch smth. I have no other choice as i am still watching the game.
What a cunt is Drogba. He never gets injuried. Ballerina.
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McQueen February 7, 2010
Fze123 - to be honest I applaud the fact that they are standing by him and supporting him like they are. He is a hateful bastard but i know that, if he were United, I would look past his shortcomings and support him. Like we have many times in the past with our own players (although none have been quite as detestable as this prick I must admit). Still, we would support him too if he was ours, it one of the characteristics which makes our club and fans so great in my opinion.
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Jandsdad February 7, 2010
Arsenal once again can't do fuck all against the better teams when it matters.
Ok they have no strikers but they should read the rules that possesion doesn't win football games but goals do.
Walcott has been ruined by Arsene wenger.

Suppose we shouldn't expect any favours from anyone else and will have to win this league through our own hard work.

COME ON UNITED.
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Jandsdad February 7, 2010
@ Fze123


I have to echo what McQueen has said there, although i do find some of the bollocks that the chav fans are doing i.e. team terry t-shirts to be bad taste.
If he was one of our own we would stand by him but I personally would feel a bit grubby @ doing it.
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Kings February 7, 2010
Nasri wasted a glorious chance. All I hearing is Martin Tyler tounging Terry's arsehole. He was lying injured on the floor and he was quoted as saying: 'All the stresses off the pitch can take it's toll and it's easy for someone to pick up an injury so easily, diet and lack of sleep has an effect as well'. What the fuck? The guy's a cunt for what he has done and still people are sympathising with him
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Corea February 7, 2010
Rent boys are so lucky. We bombarded them at the Bridge also.
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aig alex is god February 7, 2010
@King Eric

I dont have any hope from Everton. pathetic yesterday despite playing against 10 men for an hour.Chelsea will be too strong for them. More worried about us getting the job done at Villa park.Villa will have 10 men behind the ball to prevent us from scoring and try to get a goal from somewhere.

Just as time is running away arsenal start to play better just like last week.Just a bit too late i think. Feels like a replay of last weeks game
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Jandsdad February 7, 2010
@ King Eric

seen you had mentioned the Rodwell rumours earlier, only just reading through now.
I wouldn't mind seeing him coming but according to the report I seen Sir Alex is looking to play him as a centre back, seeing as we already have good young centre backs cant see it happening.Imo I don't think he is ready to make the step up to United in the summer but it would show we are still committed to signing up promising young english/british players.
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McQueen February 7, 2010
10 mins left? Asenal need to bring on Kevin Phillips
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Fze123 February 7, 2010
@ McQueen, If Terry was at united and he shagged a former united teammate's wife then I do not think I would be able to still show support for him. Maybe Fergie wouldn't even keep someone like him at this club any longer, and would sell him when he gets the oppourtinity to. It's not just this incident; everything he does off the pitch is disgraceful. It's absurd that he still gets support and backing by chelsea fans after all he has done.
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aig alex is god February 7, 2010
Well done to Chelsea and Drogba.He really loves playing against them. That should be it for Arsenal although after the dippers they have an easy run in till the end of the season.2 Horse race now. Will go down to the wire, too tight to call at the moment.Our position after the away games at Villa Park and Goodison will make things a bit more clearer.

Feel bad for Arsenal. They were good today but thats the way it goes.You dont get anything for playing beautiful football.
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denton davey February 7, 2010
King Eric @ 18:08: "denton – Spot on mate. “by the pool”? Where do you live in a mansion?"

Nope. I'm in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It's like compensation for being soooo fucking old. Right now, I'm semi-retired and taking advantage of having worked long enough to organize my life so that I can get away from the frozen tundra of Toronto in the winter for two months. Like John Lennon wrote - "living is easy with eyes closed".

The so-called "battering" just ended - what a waste of time. Diaby just got worse and worse - the only guys with any fight on that squad are Niclas Bendtner, Alex Song, and Thomas Vermaelen. The rest of their smurfs are just too lightweight.
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McQueen February 7, 2010
@ Fze123 Yes you have a point there, the Chelsea fans do seem to have forgotten Bridge and his service for the club quite quickly. But he did leave them for city! It's true Fergie would not look kindly on these type of actions, you would've thought, who knows how he would've acted? But, at the end of the day, if your manager chooses to back his captain then, as fans, the best thing you can do for the team is get behind him aswell. The difference is Chelsea have no class.
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trevor February 7, 2010
Lads,

I had been arguing the fact that terry shit on bridge, Someone tried to argue last night that Bridge and that chick had finished & terry never had an affiar with her whilst she was in a relationship?

Is this true?

Have the papers been libral with the truth?

I dont give a shit that terry had an affiar, i was more pissed that he did it to a fellow players bird!

When terry got the captaincy i thought fair enough, heart of a lion and all that! Then you get to hear more about him and he really isnt what you want as your national captain!

They all talk about rio's chequred history, What chequred history. He got fucked by the FA for missing a dug test which he passed the following day!... A city player did the same thing 1 month prior and got a 16k fine, what did rio get?......... Erm 8 month ban!

Can i ask a question to anyone in the know!... Is any of the FA board actual footballers or previous footballers?

If not why not?
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denton davey February 7, 2010
sig @ 18:57: "Our position after the away games at Villa Park and Goodison will make things a bit more clearer."

Yep; those will be key matches - UTD can't afford to give away away-points after working so hard to get so close.
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Corea February 7, 2010
Just to sum up the week.
1. 2 horse race for the title.
2. April the 3rd may well be title decider. What a game! How much i would love us destroying that team of basterds.
3. We are top of the league regarding GD. A little victory. Who would have thought.

denton davey - cheers! have a good rest and bless us with your posts.

Arsenal played really nice football in the 2nd half but here you see the difference between us and Arsenal. We shoot the ball into the net, they try to pass it. As well as not having that quility in the team as we do.
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King Eric February 7, 2010
denton - You lucky lucky man!




aig - Everton DID get a draw at the bridge. For derbies mate, form goes out the window. A much tougher prospect at home. Just don't agree the Chav's are too strong. Out played on their own turf for the second half. They are papering over the cracks. Sooner or later they will get a pasting. Cannot argue with the fact they won though. Arsenal are pathetic. All the fancy eye of a needle shit on the edge of the box just fucking welly it. At least the media will stop banging on about their "perfect football". Well in a way that is good as only one team to worry about now. I really do despise the Rentboys. Did anyone notice the advertising hoardings? summat about "Join the CHAMPIONS". Champions of what exactly? No wonder the players are so arrogant when the rest of the club is. Bigger liars than Citeh.



Kings - Alright fella. Yeah I heard Tyler banging about Tiny Tears. Perhaps if he wasn't up half the night banging young bitches he would get enough sleep.






How come Anelka doesn't get stick Berbatov does? He is fucking shite at the minute and Berba has as many goals despite playing much less games. 4 in 4 now.
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King Eric February 7, 2010
Am I the only one not really worried about Villa Park? They are piss fucking poor and just another team hyped beyond belief by the press. Did they even have an attempt on goal yesterday? Reckon the Ginger Prince will be back to break them down along with Berbatov. We WILL get revenge for the earlier game.
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McQueen February 7, 2010
Fze123 I still believe they are doing the only thing they can, supporting him. After all Bridge is a city player now, do they fuck up their own team just to respect him? No way. How would we, as rival fans feel, if Chelsea dropped Terry and their fans booed him? We'd be fucking delighted! It could completely fuck up their season! It is unthinkable as far as they are concerned really.
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King Eric February 7, 2010
it wasn't a replay of last week at all. United outplayed Arsenal on their patch. For much of the game Arsenal outplayed the Chav's. They badly need a striker. To my mind Wenger has gone "stale" at Arsenal.
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Fze123 February 7, 2010
@ McQueen, you could say we are a bit like Chelsea fans. Tevez left us for City too and we have forgotten his glorious service to our club quite quickly. I mean, how could we possibly brush aside his 5 league goals in his last season? We should give him some credit for all the running he has done for us.

Classless players + classless fans = chelsea. Don't worry Fergie, we will do the battering at OT in april. I can't wait to crush their title dreams. Tbh they weren't magnificent today; arsenal played better against them than they did against us. But not good enough to get something out of the game. Now they're out of the title race, they have to make sure they stay in the top 4 and not allow the bitters to take their place.
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Corea February 7, 2010
Arsenal always have next season. If they win the league next season everything will be forgotten. A debt free club with big stadium.
Anywau just a little bit of soft thinking. Without Viera Arsenal are the club i would fancy winning the league if we went missing.
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aig alex is god February 7, 2010
@King Eric

Wont be easy mate. Villa will park the bus as usual and try to score on the break.They are no Arsenal who will give us chance on the break but will invite us to break then down.Thats the difference, Arsenal played to win last week and lost against us, Villa will happily take a draw.

As for Chelsea,how they are top of the league dosent matter, we were poor for nearly the whole of last season but won the League. Chelsea were rubbish under Mourinho but won 2 league crowns.its just about winning and staying top.Till the time Chelsea are there we have to take them seriously.
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Fze123 February 7, 2010
Just want to say that Owen misses a dozen of sitters in every game he plays in, whereas Berbatov only missed one yesterday yet some fans still claimed he wasn't "inspiring". I don't have anything against Owen but it would be better if fans judged our own players fairly. Berbatov will need to start against Villa, a team he's made to play against.
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Doghouse February 7, 2010
Chelsea should definitely be taken seriously because they are easily good enough to win the league. Simple reasoning for this is because they are better than all the other teams except us. By default that makes them the main contenders if we slip up. And we've slipped up a lot this season and need to play hard, effective football from here on in to win the title.

Thing with Chelsea is that they highlight just how good you -don't- have to be in order to compete for the title. They've got attackers who will score ugly goals against crap teams all day long and a defence that against such crap teams can usually be relied upon to concede fewer goals than the strikers will score. That gets you the title.

Well if would if not for United. And Arsenal on a good season to be fair to them, though the current Arsenal team is lacking beef in my view.
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Gary February 7, 2010
@Fze123

To say Owen misses "A dozen sitters every game" is a slight ecaduration wouldn't you agree? Those chances he does get are more chances than Berbatov manages to get in 90 minutes. Berbatov did all right yesterday, but I still much prefer to see the bloke out of the side. I heard all this from fans on here slating me saying "Well we will see how we do without him" (over his supposed phantom injury) well we played 2 games against City and Arsenal and completely wiped the floor with them playing at a high intesity and quick free flowing football. That is when United are at their best.
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mikekelly12 February 7, 2010
We will win the league!! Heard a dipper on the radio saying he would rather we didn't win the Prem than Liverpool playing Champions League football next year!! Now I realised this is their mentality, but didn't think they'd admit it......maybe he is unaware half the squad would leave if this were the case. So funny!
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McQueen February 7, 2010
Guys I have been looking ahead at key fixtures...

Our run-in's (us and Chelsea) up to the game at Old Trafford are similar, our's being slightly harder i'd say (we have the dippers at OT and we know anything can happen in that game). I'd be happy enough still being 2 points behind come April 3rd, imagine what an occasion that would be! Beating them and taking the lead in the title race would give us a massive boost for the remaining games.
After that game, we have shitty away, but on the same day Chelsea are away at Spurs. One key fixture that stuck out though is Chelsea going to Anfield in the penultimate game of the seaon. Imagine this for a scenario... the dippers have secured 4th place and have nothing to play for, with their great rivals on the verge of an historic 19th title... yeah, you see where I am going with this. Let's hope it is in our hands by that point. We know this league can be ours' if we play like we can, with heart and passion (and Rooney still banging 'em in!). So let's hope we carry it on at Villa Park and get the United juggernaut rolling because this league would be one of the sweetest ever and I want to taste it so badly! COME ON UNITED!!!!!!!
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Kings February 7, 2010
King Eric - Hello mate. Apparantly someone (can't remember off the top of my head) pulled Rio about his indiscretions, for fuck sake, they are tame in comparison to what that fucking bastard has done. Am I the only one who doesn't notice his vile acts on the pitch as well? Jason 'I wish I was Terry's bitch' Cundy was aggressive to the Sky Sports presenters in his defence of that twat, saying that what he does on the pitch is what counts and not off it. So I take it he fail to notice the time he pulled the red card out of the referees hand when we beat them 2-0 at OT in the 2007/08 season and when he rugby tackled Citeh's Jo last season, not to mention him spitting at Tevez and calling him an 'Argie cunt' in the 2008 European Cup Final.

Yeah saw that banner as well mate - what the fuck!

Anelka is an overrated twat who is finished, it amazes me how he doesn't get some deserved criticism for his shit performances. Berba can be frustrating, but I would rather have him than that waste of space. Did you see his delicious pass to Valencia 5 minutes after his excellent finish? If Rooney's smashing 20+ goals a season, then I am content on seeing Berba getting 10 or 15.

Speaking of Villa mate, fuck knows how we lost against them, they are fucking shit and we should have buried them at Old Trafford. Hopefully Rooney, Valencia and Nani will run riot against them. I am glad to see Nani rediscovering his first season form and getting some of his confidence back. I was well pleased when we signed him and always wanted to see him succeed, but I must admit, I was almost close to losing my patience with him, but I am sincerely glad to see that he has proved me wrong. Yeah I agree with you, he certainly has bulked up, his roasting of Clichey last week shows that he has some pace, which I stated in one of previous posts indicating my excitement at him and Valencia giving us some pace on both flanks.
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Paul Parker February 7, 2010
Drogba deserved a hat-trick, he won that for Chelsea single handed.

second top striker in the league with 17 PL goals to Rooneys 21 despite missing 5 games in the African Cup and not taking any penalties, Rooneys scored 4 penalties, so they're even top scorers in open play. HE WAS THE DIFFERENCE make no mistake, because apart from his threat up front Chelsea were average as fuck today. they only looked like scoring through him. if Arsenal had a real striker with all that possession they would've beaten Chelsea today. Drogba's 8min goal killed them off, can't deny it. IMO it would've been a closer game and a better one to watch if he wasn't there. he's devastating when he's in form, in fact, all the success at Chelski has been built on his back more then any other player they've had imo, so lets hope Everton do better at home then they did at Anfield, cos if not we might need City to do us a BIG favour at the Bridge, at least they have actual strikers to do the damage like Tevez, Bellamy and Ade. City did well at home to beat Chelsea last time, more of the same at the Bridge please. Eitherway, the run in this year will be cloooooose. We've played like Champions to still be in contention and ahead in goal difference, retaining the crown this season would make it a contender for our greatest Premier League title ever.
...Business as usual against Villa please.
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