Cristiano Will Always Be CR7: 2-1, 1-1, 3-1, Job Done

2-1
United topped Liverpool at Old Trafford with Rooney and Park netting for the Reds. Torres had scored for L-poop in the 5th minute on a clinical header, but United roared back when Valencia was felled in the box by Mascherano in the 11th minute. Rooney was set to take the penalty and Fernando Torres walked up to the penalty spot (which is white) and scuffed it away in anger. Rooney pointed to it so the official could see, but nothing was done...of course. That should have been a yellow, not only for dissent, but for time-wasting. All that drama and then Rooney took the penalty and it was parried straight back to him by
Reina...so he tapped it in before the defenders could get there. On the touchline after the penalty, Sir Alex and The Waiter got into a war of words by fourth official, Andrew Marriner. The Waiter was trying to complain about the penalty and SAF was telling him to buzz off...SAF wanted a red card for Mascherano. The rest of the first half was boring, with the ball going back and forth. United had several more chances to score, but to no avail. On the 60th minute, Valencia created some space down the wing, then dumped it to Fletcher, who fed it to Rooney, who lobbed in for Park to head home the winner.
This takes us top of the table, 2 points ahead of Arsenal.
Of course the sinking ship that IS Liverpoop had to cite controversy in the match. The Spanish waiter who manages 'poop (Benitez) claimed that Valencia dove in the area to create the penalty. Whatever. Although his team should know something about diving, as Steven Gerrard is the biggest diver in the Prem League (after Drogba). 'Poop are diving down slowly to the "Nobody Cares" section of the league. And Torres has hinted that if new players aren't bought, he will be leaving.

Number 33...9 to go...are you watching, Ronny? Sim!

PARKin' the bus on 'Poop's dream of the CL

I numbah waaannnnn! We love our Ji-Sung!

1-1

Speaking of sinking ships. After their dumping in the Champions League against Inter Milan, some said that C-Club would rally around the Prem League title and win one for the Gipper...well they didn't actually say that because I doubt they know who George Gipp was. But the "win one for the Gipper" speech obviously didn't happen, as rumor would have it that C-Club's owner, Roman Abramovich, blasted his players in the locker room after they were dumped out of the CL. Roman would take that personally, as it was he who fired Inter's manager, Jose Mourinho, from the C-Club post after winning two consecutive Prem League titles and some FA Cups. The Russian wants a CL title for the Blues, and he's spent a great deal of money trying to do it...but his players keep letting him down. With that being said, a C-Club mouthpiece has refuted the rumor of the tongue-lashing the players received and said that the meeting was "constructive and positive." As Dr. Evil would say, "riiiiighhhhhht." The mouthpiece did confirm that there will be player personnel changes this summer, so I doubt the meeting was constructive and positive, unless he told them they will positively be going somewhere else.

Anyway...the Blues played today as if they don't care anymore. It's not as if they were playing a top of the table team...they were up against Blackburn Rovers. Blackburn is a stone's throw from Manchester and Rover's boss, Sam Allardyce, is a good friend and ally of SAF. And boy did his Rovers do us a favor today. Down one goal after Drogba scored in the 5th minute, Blackburn roared back in the 70th minute when Senegalese forward El-Hadji Diouf, with his Star Trek eyebrows (right), smacked home the equalizer. Smacked is a good word as it describes the feeling the Blues must have when they realized the one game they have in hand on Manchester will not be enough to overtake them. They are now sitting 3rd in the table, 2 points behind Arsenal and 4 points behind United. Blub blub bluuuuubbbb.

3-1
Allez......allez allez allez!!!!
When I flipped over to the Bordeaux match my mouth was agape at the site...we were down 0-1 at halftime. Les Girondins needed something to spur them on and it was a penalty that did it. Chamakh was brought down violently in the box (with the offender, Costa, being sent off), and Jussie converting the penalty. 2-1. But the Marine et Blanc weren't done. Mr. Lashes himself, Yoann Gourcuff, beat three defenders and sent the keeper the wrong way...3-1. Bordeaux are now atop the league with a game in hand.