Premier League Round Up - Week 1

ALRIGHT!!! The league is up and running once again and what a first week we have had..I'll start with the major teams..First Chelsea..or was it actually Chelsea..The blues looked completely different from their so called unattractive play and silenced all critics with an entertaining 4-0 victory over Portsmouth..Scolari deserves the credit for this..Chelsea were looking like the Samba in blue..I guess having seen this performance noone can now deem them as boring..way to go!!!and now to the match report..
Chelsea looked so much dangerous right from the start of the match and broke the deadlock just after 12 minutes when joe cole finished Michael Ballack's superbly lifted through ball..Anelka then added the second when he headed a Deco cross into an empty net..
Chelsea's third came via a penalty from Frank Lampard when Distin handled the ball inside the area..Portsmouth seemed to show some resistance in the second half but were helpless when Deco let fly a 30 yard rocked which deflected of James and sailed into the net..and one sad news here..Michael Ballack picked up an ankle knock and was forced of in the 38th minute..but all in all a pretty convincing win for the blues..with the 4 goal win Chelsea are already topping the table.


Now coming to The defending Champions Manchester United..They were up against Newcastle..A team which they had beaten 6-0 and 5-1 last season..More of the same was expected from the Red Devilz but it wasnt to be..Newcastle very deservedly got 1 point from the encounter..In the early stages Manchester were on the top of their game and a goal was round the corner..The goal came but at the other end..Obafemi Martins shocked everyone as he put the ball past Van der Saar and gave newcastle an unexpected lead..However Manchester United struck back immedietly as Darren Fletcher scored with the outside of his boot to cancel out Obafemi Martins' opener..Newcastle's new signings looked very dangerous indeed and Jonas Gutierrez was also adjudged man of the match..This is not the start Manchester United were looking for..their performance was not as good as last season either..I guess this year noones strong enough to compete with Chelsea..or so I hope...



Arsenal and Liverpool started their campaigns with 1-0 victories over West Brom and Sunderland,but none will be too pleased with their teams performance..Liverpool never looked like the same attacking team they were and Fernando Torres rescued them all three points when he headed into the sunderland goal..Arsenal opened the game on a bright note with new start summer signing Samir Nasri opening the scoring in only the 4th minute of the match..Both teams however will have to raise their level of performance if they are to match Chelsea..
Meanwhile other big results included Spurs shock 2-1 defeat to Middlesbrough and Hull's 2-1 victory over Fulham..New Blackburn manager Ince started with a 3-2 win over Everton..Aston Villa beat Manchester City 4-2 courtsey a Gabriel Agbonlahor hattrick..