GW2 review - Joshua saves again, Ipswich in a wrong class and more...

 Man utd opens the weekend again and what a delicious meal they served. It's 3 loses in 4 vs Brighton prior to early kick off on Saturday and it was another "routine" loss. But this loss was a painful one - "their own" Welbeck broke the deadlock, sliding in a Mitoma pass.

Man utd didn't wait for long and they got their equalizer and next, drama happened - A Garnacho finish hit Joshua just on the line in an offside position. Man utd fans had a weird feeling - that feeling of a goal that didn't count. Annoying. And then Adingra showed calmness in the storm to pick out a free Pedro who headed home from close range just few minutes to final whistle. You could sense the coldness, sadness and more glaringly, the hopelessness on the faces of fans. "Ten Hag out" started trending that night. Shocked? No. Pain can bite that hard. Zirkzee should have gone home in a Brighton shirt anyway. I'm sure they love him.(laughs)

Arsenal faced their "nemesis" Aston Villa and again, the shivers started building. Villa coach and former Arsenal gaffer Emery denied his former side the title last season beating them on both legs. You can't do worse to your ex than Emery has done. (laughs) 

Thanks to patience and goalkeeper Raya, Arsenal overcame. Trossard did his thing off the bench again and  it was "partey time" as  too-fequently injured Thomas put the results beyond doubts. They shouldn't forget to thank Villa striker Watkins, too. 

The win was a statement to the rest of the league (or sorry to Man City), "It's ours this time". 

You know that thing when you suddenly feel confused, "What's going on here? I think I'm in the wrong class", The newly promoted Ipswich must have felt that way after facing Man City on Saturday having faced Liverpool a week earlier. "Did we get a double promotion or something?" (laughs). It's just bad luck to start your season this way after coming into the league of "Big boys" with so much excitement. They had a dream start, got an early goal and maybe felt there was hope but as usual, City crushed their hopes and before long it was 3-1 already. Haaland added a 4th late to complete his hattrick to make it 10 hattricks at City and 23 career hattricks in total. He is only 24. Insane.

Wolves grew teeth too quickly, felt bigger than they were and started causing menace. They must have forgotten they were only bigger dogs. Cuncha led the grandiose parade they were displaying helping his boys cancel out Chelsea goals before halftime. "We are wolves. We bring down the biggest lions" Such delusion!

In quick succession, Palmer and Madueke combined for 3 goals in less than 20 minutes and before long, their fans started leaving the stadium. It got worse when a former wolf, Neto burst into space with much speed to provide an assist for compatriot, Felix. "They were only milk teeth after all ", Cuncha must have said disappointedly. After Maresca had shown dissatisfaction in Madueke's training efforts earlier in the week, he took the match day ball home and proved to his boss why you shouldn't threaten an "Igbo man" (laughs).

One more weekend of EPL football before the "annoying" international break. Hope it serves nice meals with delicious taste that would last till the end of the break. Let's have it.