That feeling you’ve got right now? (No, not the hangover) That’s the endorphins released by the excitement of having your universe righting itself because proper football is back. After yesterday’s glorious return of the Premier League (Chelsea’s cross-cum-goal, Arsenal’s curb-stomping of the Bitters, Villa looking rudder-less), the party continues with two more matches, as well as a slew of other games from around the globe.
Today sees Manchester United start their AR (After Ronaldo) era by welcoming Bongo FC to Old Trafford as Liverpool kick off their quest for the elusive #19 at White Hart Lane.
Owen and Valencia are eligible to make their proper home debuts. And just like everybody else, I’m just curious see to see how long it will take the diminuitive striker to injure himself.
As for my beloved Liverpool, they start their quest for the Premier League crown on the road, for the fifth consecutive season. One half of El Fantastico has a bum groin, so their full destructive power may not be on display. But, considering all the recent centerback injuries for both Spurs and LFC, clean-sheets may be hard to find today.
Take your shoes off, peruse the matches and make yourself at home after the jump.
A sampling of today’s matches (all times EST):
PREMIER LEAGUE
8:30am Manchester United vs. Birmingham
11am Tottenham vs. Liverpool
LIGUE 1
11am Boulogne vs. Grenoble
11am Nice vs. Stade Rennes
3pm Marseille vs. Lille
EREDIVISIE
6:30am PSV vs. Ajax
8:30am Utrecht vs. VVV Venlo
8:30am Roda JC vs. NEC Nijmegen
8:30am Heracles Almelo vs. Feyenoord
10:30am Groningen vs. NAC Breda
BUNDESLIGA
9:30am Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Hertha Berlin
11:30am Schalke 04 vs. VfL Bochum
Not a good day for Torres. This f**king sucks.
Oh Lucas, no shoving please.
Liverpool has been jobbed in the last 10 minutes.
Not a good day for Torres because he had no f**king service or support.
What a s**tty game.
Pathetic.
COYS! Prob should have been a draw, if not for Dowd’s egregious non-call.
Yeah he wasn’t getting many balls, but when he had it he was having a hard time staying on his feet. Not putting it on him in any way though.
Dowd. Bad.
I wish an incurable case of anal fissures upon Phil Dowd and his entire mongoloid brood
So would anyone be kind enough to take Babel off our hands for like five million pounds?
“Voronin coming off the bench is always going to help you win games.”
Quote of the day.
Pretty ill-tempered game, all told. Several yellows, bleeding, self-inflicted injuries… sucks to lose Week 1 but hopefully this will make Rafa realize he needs some more players and a change of plan
2-3 of those yellows were pretty soft, though, LB, particularly the ones on BAE and Skrtel. And while it was a bit chippy, I think it was chippy in the right way. Guys were going hard after the ball, and tempers flared a couple times, but no one was taking cheap shots or diving or taunting. I think both sides played good hard football, and a well-earned draw was in the cards if not for an official’s mistake.
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Damn, glad to see the result but sorry I missed the game.
God I f**king hate Mr. RedDevil. Seriously, cheering for the slot machine to not pay out. Just know there aren’t enough cocks to suck in Christendom that will fill the void in your soul.
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PS. Anyone catch the PSV-Ajax game? I believe it ended 4-3 PSV
Is there a better name than Balázs Dzsudzsák? No. There is not.
I tried to watch the PSV-Ajax match, btu the feed kept crapping out. Pretty sure that was the final, though.
Just home from the pub. A lovely match. Just lovely. ‘Tis all. A lovely Sunday to you all!
what an a**hole. David Bentley and Pavs count as ‘internationals’ you feel good about having on your bench, but Yossi is unproven? Good lord I despise that website.
That whole article is just f**king tripe. Keane was “bailed out” by BAE’s goal? Really? Who thinks that? I have a four letter word for the four letter network.
F**k. You.
Fuuuuuuuucccccckkkkkkkkk. I knew I was right to have a bad feeling about this match.
What’s hilarious is he omits all the guys currently injured
Yeah. I mean the overall point is correct, it’s a thinner squad than last year when injuries were a problem, but his points to prove it are wrong.
Also, I’m sorry, but Spurs do not have a better squad than Liverpool, that’s asinine. And it makes losing to them, AGAIN, more painful.
Oh wow the fourth official that sent of Sammy was the Phantom Goal official from last year! Good to see he’s still getting work…
Dowd was dire today. Still, no excusing the result
Liverpool going forward (Yossi excepted) were worse than Phil Dowd, who was very very bad.
@Georger: I don’t know anything about sucking cock, so I’ll just defer to your expertise.
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