UN. BE. LIEVABLE. What a week it has been in the Premier League. Harry Kane actually scored in the month of August, Chelsea and Arsenal proved that attack is not the best form of defence, Benjamin Mendy increased his Fantasy-Football price tenfold and Jose Mourinho got one step closer to having (what seems like) an inevitable meltdown.
Our rundown of all the action for game week 2
Kane is actually good
Harry Kane is actually good
Up until this weekend, many doubted this forward’s ability. Okay, he has scored over 20 goals in the last four season. Sure he may have scored over 100 league goals in just over 150 appearances. And yes, we get it, he won some irrelevant little trophy thingy at the World Cup, but is the World Cup even that prestigious a tournament?
So no, up until this weekend, Kane was a bang-average striker with an addiction to missing easy chances and a tendency to not put the ball in the back of the net. Now though, he can sleep in his bed happy, for that one goal in August against Fulham has now cemented his name in the history books as one of the best strikers in history… Ever – perhaps even the best. All it took was a nicely-placed finish on Saturday.
Chelsea and Arsenal’s madness
They say imitation is the best form of flattery. If that is true, Chelsea must really admire their North London counterparts. Neither side could defend to save their lives. Arsenal decided to miss a few open goals up top, while their defence sat on the halfway line. Anything that came over their heads was instantly seen as a lost cause.
Chelsea chose to return the favour by not allowing their centre-backs to defend the channels adopting a strict ‘any Arsenal player should under no circumstances be stopped while attacking down the wing’ policy.
Up top, Arsenal missed two chances from about five yards, and all-in-all it was a wonderfully-farcical match between two of the Premier League’s supposed top teams.
Benjamin Mendy is decent
We didn’t rate Mendy this time last week. We thought he put in an average performance against a poor Arsenal side. All social media and no balls. A mere seven days later, we have proven just how fickle we are, Mendy was popping in quality crosses for fun and we now think he is the best thing since Walkers released those Sensations crisps – shout out Gary Lineker.
He was delivering peaches into the box relentlessly, one of which was a ball more accurate than a missile, and more powerful too, which teed up Sergio Aguero to finish from close range. Forget his influence on this City team. Forget what his return means to the Premier League. All that is important here is that I had Phil Jagielka in my fantasy team instead of Mendy at the start of the season, and now Mendy is worth far too much. I hate this game.
Meltdown in 3…2…
In our recent season prediction article, we anticipated that Jose Mourinho is going to have a meltdown of epic proportions, that’s just what managing United eventually does to you. It is perhaps coming sooner than expected though. We initially thought the storm was coming around Christmas time, with luck in time for the busy festive period of football.
However, his recent beration of his players, combined with the 3-2 loss to Brighton means he is an altercation with the physio away from being fired for gross misconduct. In a greedy sense, we hope the complete meltdown comes soon, but the longer he stays at United the more crazy things will get. So let’s just sit back, enjoy the show and watch an implosion of epic proportions.
Football boot of the week – Adidas Predator 18.1
David Silva wear Adidas Pedator 18.1 football boots
These bad boys are worn by a magician, a midfield magician that goes by the name of David. Silva had a quality game against Huddersfield at the weekend. Not only did he score a banger of a free-kick, he was instrumental in City’s absolute dominance over their opposition.
The fact that Aguero scored a hattrick and Silva is still getting all the plaudits just shows how good he was. Also, great news about his little boy, who has had to battle to simply stay alive. Little Mateo was there to watch his Dad on Sunday, and if he’s anything like his father, he may even get to play on the pitch one day.
