Man City 0-1 Man Utd : Rooney finally scores after six games to get the winner in a messy game which showed how much work City will need to do to compete despite any money they may have.  Ronaldos handling of the ball for his second yellow was just odd and rather silly.

Portsmouth 3-2 Blackburn : Good win for Pompey and Admans who finally gets a home win.  Blackburn fought hard but were unable to get the draw.  Time running out for Ince.

Tottenham 0-1 Everton : Not many chances all round with the Rednapp luck, magic touch or just not being Ramos running out here.  For a home game they would have wanted at least a point here.

Middlesbrough 0-0 Newcastle : Poor stuff all round in poor conditions.

Stoke 1-1 Hull  : Another game with few chances but at least the fans got to see their side get a goal.

Sunderland 1-4 Bolton : To get spanked by Bolton is embarrassing, especially when the manager has spent so much money and has such a large squad to draw from.  Keane deserves all the criticism he gets having had little so far.

Wigan 2-1 West Brom : Many more chances from two supposedly inferior sides - Boro and Toon take notes please.  Wigan were a bit lucky, but thats the game at times.

Portsmouth 2-2 AC Milan :  That Milan didn’t score till the 84th and 92nd minute to snatch a draw is the surprise of this one.   Slow, slow start for both sides and miserable conditions - why cant we build stadiums with covers for rain?  Tony Adams just doesn’t seem to have the luck to get a win with these sort of games.

Schalke 0-2 Man City : Little trouble for City without their very expensive signing.  Their shaky form in the league is baffling.

Liverpool 1-0 Marseille : Not a comfortable win and the ball pinged around a great deal with lots of flicks and back heels from both sides, flashy but mostly ineffectual compared to a normal pass.  Reina made some very good saves and could be the key to Liverpools domestic and Champions League success or failure.  Messy but somewhat entertaining.

Arsenal 1-0 Dynamo Kiev : Pretty poor stuff from the team supposedly playing the best football in Europe who had to rely on a late Bendtner goal.  Some relief for  Wengers squeaky bum for now.

Aalborg 2-1 Celtic : Habits are hard to break, particularly for Celtic trying to win away in the competition.  They also loose out on the UEFA cup too.  Still, since they are so appallingly bad that’s not unreasonable.

Sunderland 0-1 West Ham:  Roy Keane will, I’m sure, take a piss on the respect campaign from a great height after having a couple of penalty decisions go badly against them.  Still is Cisse had put his chances away then it shouldn’t have been  a problem.    West ham will be very happy with the win, as will Zola who could have seen himself sacked soon if he didn’t get a result soon.  The little Italian has made steps to putting something that resembles a defence into the team but they offer precious little up front.  With no money to spend it would seem its going to be difficult.  For all Sunderlands spending there’s little to show for it really and even less in terms of progress over last season.  Maybe if Keane had less players to choose from it would focus his choices and the minds of those in the squad.

Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd : Tight stuff and not too many real chances.  Villa lost an opportunity to beat a misfiring Man U who would have benefited from Rooney being part of the England squad as Capello seems to have a positive impact on his game and he really needs an upturn right now .

Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle: Newcastle parked the bus and would be much happier with the result than a baffled Scolari.  A better result for Toon.

Liverpool 0-0 Fulham:Liverpool were lucky as they played poor and Chelseas failure to get round the Newcastle bus was unexpected.  A wasted opportunity.

Man City 3-0 Arsenal : The good half of the Man City Schizoid team showed up to make Arsenals week end as bad as it could have without them having more injuries.  The praise heaped on the way Arsenal play thier football is looking extremely misguided.

Middlesbrough 1-3 Bolton: Undone by 2 early goals Borough never really got back into the game.  Bolton were Bolton.

Portsmouth 2-2 Hull: Unlucky for Porsmouth as they were on course for a deserved win until a rather unfortunate own goal.  Encouraging for Tony Adams who just needs a bit of luck to get the results coming in.

Stoke 1-0 West Brom:  A late winner for one of the two Championship sides playing.

All in all a case of missed opportunities and some fairly poor performances all round.

Still good stuff allround and maybe some of the first team might get dropped and give them a much needed kick in the arse.