Premier League Results 28th August 2010 Part 1

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Arsenal
Blackburn away sounded like a tough proposition for a bunch of weaklings like Arsenal but luckily, the bunch of weaklings (with the exception of Robin van Persie, who was worryingly, if not unsurprisingly, forced to leave the pitch due to injury) came through pretty much unscathed and th fluid passing over the less graceful approach.
Aaron Ramsey missed this match due to injury and Blackburn goalkeeper Jason Brown probably missed it due to being fourth choice.

Blackpool 2-2 Fulham
Blackpool will be disappointed by the late equaliser that denied them a second league win but at least they can console themselves with the knowledge that they did just as well against Fulham as Manchester United did last week. Blackpool played very well and deserved one point at the very least and got the ball in the net four times in total. One was offside and one was ruled out for a foul but the other two were fine.
David Vaughan played the full match for Blackpool and Neal Eardley made an appearance from the bench. There was no place in the squad for Rob Edwards.
Simon Davies was back in Fulham’s starting line-up and was quite unlucky not to win it for Fulham at the end.

Chelsea 2-0 Stoke City
Chelsea are at the top of the table with a 100% record but they have arguably had a very easy run-in. Stoke are the best side they’ve faced so far – and the only side to prevent them from scoring six goals. Stoke shouldn’t worry just yet.
Ryan Shawcross and Danny Collins played in defence for Stoke. Ryan conceded a penalty. I do like a bit of whole-heartedness in a man but maybe he needs to tone it down just a little bit.

Manchester United 3-0 West Ham United
This defeat left West Ham at the foot of the table but it wasn’t quite big enough for Manchester United to move ahead of Arsenal in the table. So I’m happy.
Ryan Giggs started for Man Utd and won the penalty that led to his side’s opening goal. Michael Owen came off the bench after 74 minutes.
Danny Gabbidon was in the starting line-up for West Ham and he stopped Wayne Rooney from scoring. Let’s hope he can do that again in the qualifiers. Several times.