Weekend Premiership review - Sharp conks & snake charmers
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- Written by The Rome
One of the key fixtures of the week-end was the "is one of you going to make the title race interesting or just hand it to Man Utd on a plate" contest between Liverpool and Chelsea. With the Red Devils having overcome the stout resistance of Everton thanks to a Ronaldo penalty, winning yet again, not conceding yet again, breaking records and looking irritatingly invincible as their seemingly irrepressible march to predictable Premiership glory continued, either Liverpool or Chelsea had to win in order to hang on to Fergusons coat-tails.
Liverpool would go on to triumph 2-0 thanks to two late Fernando Torres goals, but I have to say that despite talk of the result re-igniting the title race and despite Benitez's smug assertions in the face of contract questions or Robbie Keane queries that he was "enjoying today", I didn't see anything that convinced me that they will seriously challenge for the League.
Finally, the Sky Sports countdown clock has ticked its final tock: much to everyone’s relief the January transfer window is over.
Jorge Valdano in Saturday's 'MARCA' newspaper described Nicola Zigic - the on-loan 6 foot 7' Santander striker - as someone 'who produces above, the things that Messi does below' and for more than an hour on Sunday it was Racing Santander and their 'Messi of the skies' that had the upper-handf.
“Weee,” and with 18 goals and only two 0-0s it was piss-your-pants with excitement time this weekend in Portugal.
The outlook continues to be rosy for Steve McClaren and his new team FC Twente. Although a 0-0 home draw with FC Utrecht did not leave much to write home about, there were positives for McClaren to take from the result. FC Twente increased the pressure on their opponents throughout the second half and were unlucky in the last twenty minutes not to force a deciding goal against a team who are one of several vying for a UEFA Cup spot, and looked happy to settle for an away point.