What you missed while painting with cheese…
- English Premier League roundup: Everton 0-2 Liverpool, Aston Villa 2-0 Wigan, Blackburn 0-4 Manchester City, Manchester United 2-0 Norwich City, Sunderland 2-2 West Brom, Wolves 1-2 Newcastle, Bolton 1-5 Chelsea, Fulham 6-0 QPR, Swansea City 2-0 Stoke City, Tottenham 2-1 Arsenal.
- MLS roundup: Houston 1-1 Chicago, New England 1-2 Seattle, Toronto FC 1-1 New York, Colorado 1-0 FC Dallas, Los Angeles 2-1 RSL, San Jose 1-1 Sporting KC, Columbus 2-1 DC United, Vancouver 0-1 Portland, Chivas USA 1-1 Philadelphia.
- Article title: “Tevez Shirt Number Allocated to Pantilimon.” Reality: someone screwed up in the publishing of the Man City matchday program, but FourFourTwo knows better than to let reality get in the way of a good headline.
- Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard scored a hat trick against Bolton.
- Arsenal fullback Bacary Sagna suffered a broken leg against Spurs and may miss up to three months.
- Tottenham coach Clive Allen needs to get over himself.
- Everton plan on appealing Jack Rodwell’s red card.
- Everton have signed 15-year old Bradford City midfielder George Green in a deal that could rise to £2 million.
- Carlo Ancelotti would love to take over at Arsenal, Liverpool, or Tottenham.
- Nottingham Forest manager Steve McClaren has left the club after only ten games in charge. Forest, tipped for promotion, are two points off the bottom of the Championship table.
- Barcelona have lost midfielder Cesc Fabregas to injury for three weeks, but don’t worry: Andres Iniesta is returning to training and should be fit after the international break.
- Napoli beat 10-man Inter 3-0 (perhaps aided by some favorable officiating calls).
- Fiorentina hope to be able to announce good news about a contract extension for midfielder Stevan Jovetic in the near future.
- Columbus striker Eddie Gaven came off the bench to snap the Crew’s six game winless streak with a diving header.
- Chivas USA striker Juan Pablo Angel snatched a draw against Philadelphia with a goal in the 90th minute.
The only word for Arsenal on Sunday is “ugh.” Already shaky at the back and minus 4 CBs, we lose for 3 months the player who had been our most consistent defender for the past 3 years. In the meantime, Arsenal fans got a full display of lack of creativity, profligacy with chances, and more suspect marking. Plus some jackasses had to go WAY over the line in chanting at Adebayor. I know the dude was a jerk 2 years ago at City, but seriously people, there is no call for that crap. New low in my support of Arsenal (and yes, that is a weekly occurrence now).