LIVERPOOL’S BACK,MANCHESTER UNITED NOT YET ON TRACK   Japheth Omojuwa

Liverpool gave the perfect response to their opening day loss and prove to a certain extent Tottenham’s quality and performance which a lot of people refused to recognise blaming Liverpool’s loss on their quality and depth rather than Spurs’ class. Spurs though did not need anybody to prove their worth  as they were only one goal shy of saying ‘’What Arsenal can do,we can.’’ It is easy to say that was against Hull City but when has it been easy to thump any home team 5-1. Manchester United got a real assessment of life after Cristiano Ronaldo as they got hut by Robbie Blake’s wowful goal. That goal not only ensured Burnley won their first top flight match in 33 years, it was the first time they recorded a top flight victory against Manchester United since 1968.  Rooney, Berbatov, Owen all did what they possibly could do except score. Games like this remind you of CR7’s class and importance (they obviously missed his pace and that bit of extra class) but the lad has moved on and Manchester United must find the goals from what they have now. Michael Carrick could even afford to miss a penalty. A certain Carlos Tevez may not be missed as much as Ronaldo but I remember him scoring lots of important late goals for United. It is same ol’ same though as we all know Sir Alex Ferguson will get his team winning again and only a loser will bet against them bouncing back from this. Somehow they don’t always have that blistering start , but they improve along with the season. We can only wait to see the post-Ronaldo era of Manchester United unfold. Birmingham and Portsmouth were going to give us the first drawn game of the season until a controversial penalty allowed James McFadden to slot home. John Utaka had a chance late on but he blazed high and wide. I can’t wait to see Pompey  redeem their season in their next match against er…erm ouch it’s Arsenal at the Emirates. If you placed a bet on Pompey going down, your season couldn’t have started better. Starting the season with lots of off-field  uncertainty and on-field losses plus a potential thumping at the Emirates does not give too much optimism. It’s football though and wonders do happen. Didn’t Wigan beat Aston Villa 2-0 at Villa Park only to lose to promoted Wolves 1-0 at DW stadium in their first home match of the season. Chelsea make you go one goal ahead and then show you what class they’ve got or is it their defence? They beat Sunderland 3-1 after going one goal down through Darren Bent’s  goal. It is proving to be a great season folks and no draw yet. Tottenham is on top of the inchoate league table with 6 points and to think that the difference between them and a triangle at this stage last season is the fact that  a triangle had more points. How time flies, how fortunes change.

EPL RESULTS AT A GLANCE

Sunderland 1 3 Chelsea

Wigan 0 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Burnley 1 0 Manchester United

Liverpool 4 0 Stoke

Hull 1 5 Tottenham Hotspur

Birmingham 1 0 Portsmouth