Much has been made, and understandably so, of Man City’s unbelievable 6-1 win at Old Trafford. Whether it be seismic shifts, noisy neighbours becoming suited and respected members of society, or an empire falling, everyone has come up with a grand-sounding angle for their Monday headlines and talk shows.
Arsenal moved to seventh in the table with a deserving 3-1 victory over Stoke City in a weekend that produced some shocking results
“Jack Wilshere is incredible because he is so young. We also need the experience of John Terry, Rio Ferdinand and Scott Parker. “You need this kind of player, plus Rooney, I hope.”: Fabio Capello-October 20th 2011.
Bigger, better, and ever so slightly more detailed… no, not Wayne Rooney’s ever expanding afro, but Konami’s latest instalment of pure football entertainment, PES 2012.
As a Liverpool fan, the last person I or anyone else would expect me to be commending is Gary Neville, given his history in Man United – Liverpool games and just for the fact he was a United player, and I must admit when I heard he was to be a new Sky Sports pundit for this year I expected him to be pretty poor to say the least – but actually the truth has been far from it.
To the Lane and Back’s recent piece took a look at who Spurs should sign in January and while Gary Cahill looks to be the top of Harry Redknapp’s defensive wish-list, a lot further forward, two strikers are being linked with moves to White Hart Lane; Leandro Damiao and Seydou Doumbia.
So, what did we learn following Man City’s unprecedented 6-1 victory over United at Old Trafford? For me, the main things to be said about the Manchester Derby and what it means for this season are as follows:
Arsene Wenger is a trove of information. His knowledge about the beautiful game is amongst the best in the world and you can generally see that transpiring in press conferences.