Inspite of our very own problems(complacency), I'm glad that Manchester United have been the biggest beneficiaries of this Premier league weekend. Our lads held on firm for a 4-3 victory over Hull City at home. The incredible series that is the Barclays English Premier league is surely not for the faint hearted. Such is the strength of the league that anybody is capable of beating anyone!
Much as we can read a lot into United's failure to beat Hull City comfortably, it's not often that United have come up against teams that will continue to play 4-3-3 even at 4-1 down. You have to give the tigers a lot of credit for their determination to get something out of games.
If Sir Alex is going to scold his players for winning 4-3, then you wonder what Arsene Wenger will say to his lads after drawing 4-4 with Spurs in mid-week and then losing 2-1 to Stoke City(of all teams). What about Rafael Benitez who watched his side easily beat Chelsea last week and then take an early lead against but still come away with no points?
I'm particularly glad that the Scousers have now really invited the doubters for a field-day! The talk of it being their year will now be hushed for quite while. They have been fortunate enough to be leading at this point but it's not just luck that wins titles. At the start of the weekend, I said that I was having trouble calculating how far off United was from the summit but at the end of it, it seems we now have top spot in our sights--if only we had played our game in hand by now! United now need that little bit of consistency to make it to Christmas while still in contention--and when they get there in touch, the result is usually a league title to lift come May!
