United does it easily

Wes is mobbed by his teammates after putting one past the Rovers

Man Utd entered Ewood Park feeling upbeat after their mid-week Champions League 3-0 victory which sees Berbatov scoring his first two goals for Man Utd. Unfortunately, Scholesey got injured in that match and had to be sidelined for almost a month. So, Anderson gets to play in the centre alongside with Fletcher. It was a selection dilemma for Ferguson on the right back. If Gary Neville fails his fitness test, he would either have to choose Rafael da Silva, the 18 year old who has impressed during pre-season and the mid-week CL match or stick with the experience of Wes Brown. It is noted that Fergie had dropped Brown from playing in the CL match and favoured Rafael over him presumably because of the costly mistake at Liverpool. However, for this Premier League fixture, Fergie decided not to risk young blood but instead go with the experience of Brown.

Ewood Park has not being exactly a good hunting ground for United. Over the past few season of so, Mark Hughes had managed to get some good points over his master. Only right now, Hughes is in Man City and the new man in Blackburn is Paul Ince, who had also played in a Man Utd shirt under Fergie's era. Fergie looks set to battle against one of his apprentices.

Blackburn may have quite a few chances but United looked dominant throughout. The players retained possession most of the time. A couple of good saves by van der Sar kept the clean sheet for Man Utd. The defence looks to be functioning well as Vidic and Ferdinand closed down the Rovers strikers well and made some important interceptions. At the 30th minute, Wes Brown repaid Fergie's confidence in him by heading in the ball from a Rooney corner. It looked contentious because the Blackburn goalkeeper was protesting that Vidic had actually obstructed him in the penalty box. Video replays showed that there was some contact but at the same time, it looked more accidental because Vidic had his eye on the ball all the time. The ref's not interested in the keeper's protest and the goal was given to put Man Utd 1-0 up. Ahhh, so Fergie must be feeling so glad that he made the right choice ehh...haha

The rain seems to get heavier on the second half. Ronaldo manages a couple of shots but it goes wide all the time. Nevertheless at the 64th minute, after Ronaldo had received the ball, he began a blitzing run down the right flank. The poor Blackburn defender attempted to tackle him but he slipped and tumbled down sorrily at the wet surface as Ronaldo raced away. Ronny cut a pass into the box for Rooney who smashes it across into the goal. Wow! 3 goals in 3 matches. Rooney's getting back to form now. There was no way Blackburn could come back in the game after they subbed out two of their best attacking options, Santa Cruz and Pedersen. Carlos Tevez was going to add to United's 3rd but the shot unfortunately bounced off the crossbar. Overall, it's a great match and a good result. Some of the players could take a rest as next weekend is the international week.

Ohhhhh..Arsenal nearly condemned themselves to another defeat. They were having trouble breaking down Sunderland when in the 86th minute, a stunning out-of-box strike by Leadbitter. It looked like Roy Keane's gonna get away will a kill steal win (Fergie's gonna love his former captain for that..haha). I was waiting to see if the silly Gooners are gonna get owned for the second time in a row by a "noob" team. But nope...in the dying minutes, as what Arsenal has always done in the past, they always seem to get some way to prevent defeat. Fabregas is usually the one who takes the corner kicks but at that last minute, he was the guy in the box. The cross came in and Fabregas coolly heads it into the net. Woah, I'm impressed coz Cesc rarely scores with his head and is usually with his feet. Btw, he had a new hair style now..seems that he wants to grow some long hair..lol. Well, anyways, a draw is still considered bad against folks like Sunderland. Woah, this season for EPL is not easy at all, probably one of the most competitive in recent years. The traditional "noob" teams are not bowing down and they are gonna give the fight of their lives to get the points. I'm sure there's gonna be more surprises in the future..haha.