This weekend’s English Premier League action saw the “big 4″ all win while the two fakers to their governance happened to be both defeated. Aston Villa moved back to where every person believed they might be, & Blackburn moved to where everybody hopes they’ll stay.

The 1st big derby of the season produced a classic in forward play & a headache in defensive play as Manchester United got the better of Manchester City 4-3 with Michael Owen popping up in the 6th minute of injury period to claim the victor after Micah Richards went off on his own rather than staying with his guy.

Mark Hughes cried foul, as the fourth referee had originally confirmed that the game would only have 4 minutes of injury play, one minute before City tied it up in the last minute, as it turns out, the celebration continued on for one minute.

Besides, the injury time played is a) at the official’s judgment & b) there for both teams. I question if Hughes might offer the goal back if it was City who had gotten it?

For total entertainment the match was a pleasure to see, a genuine seven goal affair.

Defensively the game was a debacle.

Shay Given made one of the most terrible mistakes of his playing days for Fletcher?s first, Rio Ferdinand had an absolute howler and was the direct reason for 2 of City?s goals.

While Sir Alex Ferguson will be putting Edwin van der Sar into some kind of rehab tank to win him back playing as quick as feasible, lets just proclaim that Ben Foster will not be Capello?s 1st selection in South Africa.

Peter Kenyon’s removal from his Head Executive position at Chelsea comes as no surprise, Eugene Tenenbaum isn?t a lover of the ex-United director & he has been operating on rented time ever since Scolari’s sacking.

There’s a mass of in-battling & back biting in the corners of power at Chelsea that may threaten to derail all of the team’s nice work.

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