Samir Nasri struck twice as an impressive Arsenal beat Manchester United 2-1 at the Emirates in the game of the season.
Samir Nasri scored the first goal with a shot through a crowded United area which deflected off the legs of Gary Neville leaving Van der Sar stranded. He then struck his and Arsenal’s second two minutes into the second half after a good passing move which he finished with a glorious shot into the bottom corner. United substitute Rafael Da Silva struck a brilliant volley late on to give the red devils hope but Arsenal held on take the three points.
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Dimitar Berbatov produced a moment of magic and a smiling Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a brace as United beat West Ham 2-0 at Old Trafford.
Ronaldo scored his and United’s first after 14 minutes when he converted an inch perfect cross from fellow Portuguese international Luis Nani. He then added a second from 2 yards after a mesmerizing piece of skill by Berbatov on the goal line allowing him to cross for Ronaldo to slide into an empty net.
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Manchester United produced a sensational second half display to beat West Bromwich Albion 4-0 at Old Trafford.
Wayne Rooney made it three goals in four days for club and country when he got the first goal with a clinical finish early in the second half. He then turned provider when his pass set up Cristiano Ronaldo to put United two up. Dimitar Berbatov also got his first Premier League goal for United when he poked United into a 3-0 lead two minutes later. Nani then added a fourth in stoppage time to complete the win.
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Manchester United continued their rise up the Premier League table with a 2-0 victory at Blackburn Rovers.
Paul Ince was given a lesson in management by his old mentor Sir Alex Ferguson.
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Fernando Torres scored both goals as Liverpool took the points at Goodison Park in the 208th Liverpool derby.
The result left Liverpool top of the league after their best ever start to a Premier League season.
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Soloman Kalou’s late goal protected Chelsea’s 84 match unbeaten record at Stamford bridge with a 1-1 draw against Manchester United.
United will be in trouble with the FA after collecting seven bookings in a passionate and frantic game.
Ryan Babel scored a second half winner as Liverpool beat Manchester United 2-1 at Anfield in the Premier League’s early kick-off.
It was Liverpool’s first win against United under Rafa Benitez.
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European Cup after World Cup have seen a snowballing of disappointment for the English football masses.
Spain winning Euro 2008 has pushed our reputation as underachievers further down the lav. And like such great philosophical musings as; Why are we here? Is there a god?
18 September 2007
MARSEILLE 2 (Rodriguez 76, Cisse 91)
BESIKTAS 0
Nasri’s right wing corner evaded everyone in the Besiktas penalty area, came back off a post and Rodriguez put away the rebound. Diatta hit a long ball out of defence, Faty headed it back, Cisse tried to take the ball on his chest but as usual his control was dreadful however he FOULED Diatta before the defender could clear and used his pace to storm into the box and toe poke under Arikan.
Attendance : 47,000
Assists : n/a, n/a
PORTO 1 (Lucho 8 Pen)
LIVERPOOL 1 (Kuyt 17)
Lucho converted an absolute gift of a penalty. Finnan hit a monstrous 40 yard free kick to the back post, Hyypia flicked on and Kuyt headed in the equaliser as two Porto defenders crashed into each other. Pennant was sent off for going through the back of Fucile which is not doubt a cue for idiots to call into English phone ins claiming it wouldn’t have been a booking in a Premiership match – yes because English refs are crap.
Benitez must be feeling charitable because he thought Porto’s penalty was legit.
Attendance : 50,000
Red Card : Pennant 58 (Liverpool)
Assists : Sekitioui (won pen), Hyypia
CHELSEA 1 (Shevchenko 53)
ROSENBORG 1 (Koppinen 24)
Dorsin swung in a deep free kick from the left and Koppinen got goal-side of Terry to lash a left foot volley past Cech which Roman Abramovich and his hot new girlfriend found very amusing. Shevchenko headed in a Malouda cross to rescue a point with an angry Mourinho looking on from the bench.
Attendance : 37,000
Assist : Dorsin (fk), Malouda
SCHALKE 0
VALENCIA 1 (Villa 63)
Attendance : 55,000
Assist : Miguel
REAL MADRID 2 (Raul 16, Van Nistelrooy 74)
BREMEN 1 (Sanogo 17)
Raul beat Wiesse with a great near post header after one of Real’s Dutch contingent ran the left flank and put in a great cross only it wasn’t Robben, Drenthe or Sneijder but remarkably Van Nistelrooy. Bremen hit back immediately. Diego poked a ball out wide to Tosic, his cross was charged by Ramos (using his arms) and dropped invitingly for Sanogo to volley past Casillas from a yard out. Three defenders were on Raul as he turned onto a Guti through pass, somehow they didn’t notice RVN was lurking on the edge of the box so Raul gave him a pass and Naldo’s hand went up for offside as he scored his 50th Champions League goal.
Attendance : 80,000
Assists : RVN, n/a, Raul
OLYMPIAKOS 1 (Galletti 55)
LAZIO 1 (Zauri 77)
Lazio buggered up playing offside leaving Galletti to round the 43 YEAR OLD Marco Ballotta before tapping into an empty net. Despite being surrounded by three players, Pandev slipped a pass through to Zauri and he beat Nikopolidis with a low drive inside a post.
Attendance : 0,000
Assists : Djordjevic, Pandev
MILAN 2 (Pirlo 9 fk, Inzaghi 24)
BENFICA 1 (Nuno Gomes 92)
Pirlo, badly missed at the weekend, gave the European Champions the lead with a beautiful free kick. Kaka’ sprung a counter attack when Milan were defending a free kick, he carried the ball 70 yards with Seedorf in support and played in Pirlo who made a run on the blind side, Pirlo stopped the ball, looked up and floated a cross to the back post for Inzaghi to volley past QUIM (look it up on urban dictionary.com). Rui Costa, who spent five years at Milan, was given a standing ovation when he was substituted in the second half and patted his heart as he left. Deep into injury time the Milan defence ball watched Katsouranis fire a low cross into the box which Nuno Gomes slid in at the back post.
Attendance : 38,358
Assists : Jankulovski (won fk), Pirlo, Katsouranis
SHAKHTAR 2 (Brandao 5, Lucarelli 
CELTIC 0
Fernandinho intercepted a hospital pass from a Celtic defender and instantly played in Brandao who thundered a left foot shot from the edge of the box past Boruc. 31 year old Cristiano Lucarelli doubled the home sides advantage with a superb diving header.
Attendance : 28,000
Assists : Fernandinho, Rat
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15 September 2007
EVERTON 0
MANCHESTER UNITED 1 (Vidic 82)
Attendance : 39,364
Assist : Nani (ck)
PORTSMOUTH 0
LIVERPOOL 0
Attendance : 20,388
TOTTENHAM 1 (Bale 14 fk)
ARSENAL 3 (Adebayor 64, Fabregas 79, Adebayor 90)
Attendance : 36,053
Assists : ?, Fabregas, Rosicky, Denilson
WEST HAM 3 (Bowyer 45, Young 50 og, Ashton 61)
MIDDLESBROUGH 0
Attendance : 34,351
Assists : Cole, n/a, Etherington
WIGAN 1 (Koumas 80 Pen)
FULHAM 1 (Dempsey 11)
Attendance : 16,973
Assists : ?, Melchiot (won pen)
BIRMINGHAM 1 (Kapo 36)
BOLTON 0
Attendance : 28,124
Assists : Larsson
SUNDERLAND 2 (Jones 29, Wallace 47)
READING 1 (Kitson 85)
Attendance : 39,272
Assists : Leadbitter, Jones, Shorey (fk)
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