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| Demba Ba rocked St James' Park with his hat-trick. |
MCI: Solid performance which saw them back on level terms with neighbour Manchester United. Both Dzeko and Aguero failed to score at this round though, with Balotelli and Milner the one who broke the deadlock. Silva continues to show his second to none fantasy consistency. Great buy.
EVE: Good job for holding City up for so long but City has just too much class at Etihad Stadium. Take note that Tim Cahill injured himself. Though it's a short one the upcoming tough fixtures suggest that you should drop him sooner rather than later.
Pick: Silva, MCI defence
Drop: Cahill
Arsenal 3-0 Bolton
ARS: The victory was expected but a clean sheet was indeed a big surprise. Van Persie was the key man as expected, contributing 2 important goals. Song's goal is impressive - it showed that he can be technical at times. Ramsey contributed 10 points too with 2 good assists.
Note to worth is Wilshere's expected absence for five months after completing an operation.
BOL: Two straight red cards in a row now as Bolton sat at the bottom of the table. Their hellish fixtures are going to end next week after the clash against Chelsea, and you should reevaluate them after that.
Pick: Van Persie
Watch: Ramsey
Drop: Weather
Chelsea 4-1 Swansea
CHE: Torres finally backed to his good old self, but he jinxed himself for yet another time after conducting a silly two-footed tackle. Before that he was almost perfect, with his opening goal indicating how good is his ball control and the incisive pass showing how important is his presence.
Ramires was the key man as well as he almost hat-tricked. If he can improve his finishing, I think he can become a very good second striker with his athleticism.
Defence wise the Blues are very shaky to set pieces. Beware.
Lampard was benched - not a part of AVB's integral plan anymore?
SWA: Not a day for Scott Sinclair as he was given no chance by his previous team.
Pick: Ramires
Drop: Lampard
Liverpool 2-1 Wolves
LIV: Suarez was influential once again but was quite frustrated by Dalglish's decision to sub him out early. His goal was simply a display of true class. Carroll played one of his better games at Liverpool with one shot on post. Bad luck.
The team still waste a lot of chances - something that need to be greatly improved to increase their competitiveness.
WOL: The form seems to dip already - a sign to sell?
Pick: Suarez
Watch: Carroll, Gerrard
Newcastle 3-1 Blackburn
NEW: Great performance by Ba. Unexpected hat-trick - cool. Best also provided something with his cross for Ba's opener. The striking department will start to show some uncertainties with such kind of competition, especially when Ben Arfa's return could influence Pardew to play 4-5-1 more often.
BLA: Junior Hoilett continues to show that he's the man capable of doing a lot of damage upfront for Blackburn.
Pick: Ba, Best
Watch: Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Hoilett
Drop: BLA defence
West Brom 0-0 Fulham
WBA: Good attacking display but perhaps lack of some luck to score. Mulumbu was surprisingly impressive at offence - maybe a good 5th midfielder for your team.
FUL: Many chances from many players but just didn't have the luck. You got to admire Schwarzer for his superiority.
Watch: Mulumbu, Schwarzer
Wigan 1-2 Tottenham
WIG: They failed to threaten Spurs too much. Diame's dribble and goal was fantastic though.
TOT: Adebayor didn't score in this game but created 1. Solid return, great prospect.
Both Van der Vaart and Bale scored suggesting that the duo are back in action. Bale clearly deserves your observation after having opening his account this season.
Pick: Adebayor, VdV
Watch: Bale, Diame
Drop: WIG defence
Stoke City 1-1 Man Utd
STO: Britannia once again has shown its supremacy after yet another extension of home unbeaten run by Stoke. Strong attacking display after trailing. Respect.
MUN: Luck for too against them as Chicharito was the latest to join red crescent army along side with Rooney. Nani's goal was yet another state of the art shot though.
Pick: Nani, Walters
Watch: Crouch, Welbeck
QPR 1-1 Aston Villa
QPR: Traore is rather silly to give a free penalty to Aston Villa. Quite good in build up play though, although they only draw the game through an own goal.
AST: Dunne broke the record of top own goal scorer in Premier League with 10 OGs. Agbonlahor continued his undivided influence, while Bannan surprisingly took the spot kick.
Pick: Barton, Agbonlahor
Drop: Traore
Norwich 2-1 Sunderland
NOR: Holt once again featured only from bench suggesting that he is a fantasy flop now. I would say avoid Norwich players for now as they don't seem to have any focal point to attack. Nonetheless, Morrison deserves some mention here as he recorded 14 points from the last 2 games.
SUN: Defence was awful as both goals are due to defensive errors.
Watch: Morrison
Drop: Holt
