The stunner week

It wasn't pretty but it happened nonethelss. The Red Devils are atop the EPL once again, followed by Chelsea which also isn't too surprising. What is surprising though are the other teams that trail the top two. Usually we would have Arsenal, Liverpool or maybe even a Newcastle or Spurs in sight but not this time. This time the thrid place is occupied by Bolton who under Sam Allardyce have bloomed in the first half of the season. Other interesting spots go out to Reading who lead Arsenal and Liverpool and probably the most surprising of all are Middlesbrough and Charlton Athletic who are in the bottom half of the table the latter being the last of the EPL. This week there were some predictable games and some not so. Harry Redknapp faced defeat once again at White Hart Lane as a controversial penalty awarded by the Ref lifted the Spurs from the bottom three. Protsmouth showed that they can probably still hang with the best of them as Kanu struck again, with Lau Lau also making his mark. A great performance by the Spurs was marred by the controversial penalty awarded when Zakora showed that he was brought down by Pedro Mendes (when the replays showed no contact). Another great result came from Reading who beat the Hammers for their fifth straight loss. West Ham almost on the verge of season greatness are fast sinking into a quicksand of their own making. Ole Gunner returned to the Red Devil's Line up and showed why he belonged there with a couple of goals in the match against Newcastle. Arsenal are continuing their slow but sure climb up the table after a stunner from Robin Van Persie. Another stunner was pulled by Phil Jagielka when Sheffiled United got their first win against a stubborn Middlesbrough late in the game. Aston Villa continued their brilliant run in the EPL when Abgonlahor scored through a header and equalised with Chelsea. There were many great games this weekend and they will surely continue after the European break on October 14.
All the while Serie A is heating up. With Juventus gone and AC Milan penalized 12 points from the start of the season, this seemed to be the season for Inter Milan. Ripe with new talent like Ibrahimovich and with the old guard like Adriano, Zanetti, Julio Caesar, and Materazzi Inter surely looked like it would run away with the Calcio title this year. Not so fast with Palermo, Atlanta, Cagliari, Lazio and Sampdoria in hot pursuit Inter seem inept at best to once it for all close the title once again.
The match between Boca Juniors and Veles Sarsfield was an absolute breathtaking match. With the Argentinian Apertura 2006 underway and other clubs like River Plate, Indepediente and Estudiantes creeping up Boca Juniors couldn't afford to lose this one. All hope was lost though when they went down 2-0 at halftime to a better playing Veles. Although Rodrigo Palaciao made sure that Veles didn't steal 3 precious points with Maradonna's presence on the field and he made sure of that when he scored 2 brilliant goals for Boca and Gago scored the other one to left Boca past Veles 3-2.
On the MLS side things couldn't be going well for the Dynamo. Brain Ching's bicycle kick towards the end of the match scored Houston's entry into the Playoffs for the first time, as Dallas, Chivas also made it into the playoffs from the west, while DC United, New England made sure they got their flights booked for the playoffs after te end of this weekend's games.
That is it for this week's game, will be back for the EPL when after the break. So long!