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Goals are the key as Spurs and Man City look to upset the big four

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.

Not quite the horror summer for Manchester United

From an outsider’s point of view, it would seem to have been a horror summer for Manchester United. The best player in the world out the door, a fan’s favourite turning to the dark-side and the signing of an ageing, injury prone forward whose previous includes spending the best part of a decade at a club from the other end of East Lancs.

Ronaldo bids farewell to Manchester

So it’s finally happened. With Kaká and now Cristiano Ronaldo moving to the Bernabeu, the second coming of the Galácticos has well and truly arrived.

A crisis of identity?

Whenever you meet new people, be it at school, University, in a new job or moving to a new area, one question inevitably pops up more often than not – “Which team do you support?” My answer used to be Manchester United, but now it’s Stevenage Borough.

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