[Matty_]

The Adebayor incident really spoiled what was an fantastic game played at a good tempo with some real quality thrown in for good measure.
One thing i would like to say though is does the fact that Ade runs the full lengh of the pitch to celebrate in front of the Arsenal fans, give said fans the right to start hurling objects onto the pitch and causing mayhem?

The guy did incite it and should indeed be banned, plus a ban for the van Persie incident, say 5 games.
Hopefully Santa-Cruz will be fit and raring to go by then....

He may well be a Man-City `Problem` but it`s not a bad problem to have a player who has scored 4 in 4 now is it? Plus to have a ready made replacement if he starts behaving in a manner Mark Hughes doesn`t like(remember he was no shrinking violet)
All in all the actual football in this weekends premiership was absolutely top draw, from the Defoe overhead kick to Rooney playing up front on his own and causing just as much hassle as when he had Berbatov with him. Also Liverpool played some lovely stuff and Chelsea were, well Chelsea.
From these first 5 or 6 matches my conclusion is that United are not the same team without Ronaldo, Liverpool have plateaued, Chelsea look to have the best overall squad and chance of the title, Manchester City (the crappy little club!) are the real deal and Arsenal still have a soft underbelly.
The rest will be the usual suspects....

p.s. I thought City`s player of the match was a toss up between De Jong and Bellamy, even if we lose to Utd next week this has been an excellant start to such a newly formed squad.