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Goals are the key as Spurs and Man City look to upset the big four
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Sitting proudly in top spot with a goal difference of +5, Arsenal will undoubtedly be delighted with the way in which the opening weekend of the Barclay’s Premier League panned out. For Chelsea, Manchester United and most of all, Liverpool, however, day one didn’t prove to be quite so rosy. As United and Chelsea laboured past Birmingham and Hull respectively and Liverpool were outplayed by Spurs, Arsene Wenger no doubt purred with self-satisfaction. One clear component was missing from the performances of his three biggest domestic rivals: creativity, a trait that his Arsenal side possess in abundance.
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So, three stonewall penalties not given, one almost certain penalty turned down and pretty much every decision on the night given in one team’s favour. You could be forgiven for thinking that you had just watched an episode of Dream Team on Sky One.
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After all the fallout of the Chelsea – Barcelona semi-final, after the disgraceful scenes Drogba gave the world media, after the debateable penalty decisions and after the renewed calls for video technology I started thinking. The semi finals this year threw up many subplots and stories with Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Barcelona having plenty of history between them, but the one I started mulling over involves just the one person, the player most hurt by all of this, and that is surely John Terry.
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The repercussions from Chelsea’s Champions League semi-final exit are likely to be ongoing and numerable. But in the cold light of day, the morning after the perspiration and exasperation of that fearsome battle with Barca’s boys, Chelsea Football Club should feel a little bit ashamed.
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