Burnley has celebrated its first home match in the top division for 33 years with a shock 1-0 victory over Premier League champions Manchester United at Turf Moor.
Robbie Blake’s smart volley from outside the box in the first half gave Burnley a memorable victory after United’s Michael Carrick saw his penalty well saved by Brian Jensen just before the break.
Michael Owen, partnering Wayne Rooney in a disappointing United attack, was replaced after the hour by Dimitar Berbatov, but the visitors’ attempts for an equaliser were stopped by an inspired Jensen. “We’re disappointed and it wasn’t a great performance by us but maybe it was Burnley’s night,” United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said. “So many things happened in their box I don’t know how we didn’t score. With the chances we had, we should have won.”
It was United’s first defeat to the Clarets since 1968.
Yep. Carrick should be embarrassed by his crap penalty attempt. The commentators first yelled out what a great save it had been from a well taken penalty. Then on the reply said, “its not a bad penalty. I could have probably have been lower or higher and further to the side”. i.e shithouse attempt.
Man-U looked like Liverpool on the opening weekend. Wondering around looking confused in center midfield and then blasting balls towards their forwards who were attempting to take on five defenders with two men.
Wigan should hang their heads in shame for their second half surrender to a Man United team that struggled the entire first half. Fuck knows how that stunted little pig dog ranga Rooney managed to get his balding little scalp first before a defense that all looked a head taller than him I’ll never know. You could hear the collective sigh as Owen scored his first goal. Pretty tight angle.
With the season just a week old Liverpool, runner-up to Manchester United last season, has already lost as many matches as it did in the whole of the previous campaign.
It was also the first time since December 2007, when it was lost 1-0 to Manchester United, that Liverpool was defeated in the Premier League at Anfield.
Villa, which for much of last season looked capable of a top-four finish before running out of steam, was booed off after losing to Wigan Athletic at home last week, but manager Martin O’Neill was delighted with the response.
Have you seen how good Ronaldinho has been so far this season at AC Milan? Every goal the team has scored, that he hasn’t scored himself, has been via assist from him. Unreal start to the season.
Have you seen how good Ronaldinho has been so far this season at AC Milan? Every goal the team has scored, that he hasn’t scored himself, has been via assist from him. Unreal start to the season.
Has been a gun. Big game coming up against Inter, can’t wait.
After last weeks range of ridiculously high scoring but close games in the EPL (ManU & ManC derby produced 7 goals), this week we are back to massive floggings & upset victories.
- Chelsea who were top of the table & undefeated were flogged by one of the bottom sides, Wiggan, 3-1. ManU now takes the top of the table.
- Liverpool thrashed Hull 6-1, with Torres scoring a hatrick inside one half.
- Tottenham thrashed Burnley 5-0 & Robbie Kean kicked 4 of those goals, 3 of them from him coming in a space of just 12 minutes.
I like how overnight Sol Campbell has revealed he walked out of Notts County after less than 48 hours with the club due to “broken promises and their failure to sign big names”.
Notts County failing to sign big names….reallly Notts County….huh. I guess they should go back to signing ridiculously expensive has beens.
