Though a Manchester United fan, I'm growing increasingly fond of Rafael Benitez. In fact, he's officially "mug of the week" for pulling his two, for want of a better word, "best" players off during Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Wigan. After the match, Rafa stated they were "tired". You can draw you're own conclusions but with a title at stake club captain Steven Gerrard would probably have played through the pain.
The fun doesn't stop there though, equally incompetent Brazil nut Luis Felipe Scolari had Drogba on the bench for the most part against 'Boro and even risked starting Salomon Kalou. The latter risk payed dividends beyond belief as the (wrong) Ivorian put the ball in the net not once but twice. Two typical Chelsea set plays made the difference. Shocking.
The week got weirder. Emile Heskey scored.
Business continued as usual for both Arsenal and Manchester United - picking up a draw (1-1) and a win (5-0) respectively. The Gunners are unbeaten in 2009 and Arsene Wenger refuses to admit his side are out of the title race. Honestly. He put the 1-1 draw with Everton down as "a point gained". Sir Alex Ferguson got another one over on mind-game-maestro Rafael Benitez as the champions cruised home against 10 man West Brom (though the Robinson red card has since been overturned). The Red Devils were looking something like their best racking up an 11th successive clean sheet in the Premier League. A real testament to both Ferguson and van der Sar - making United's ever changing back 4 look rock solid.
Elsewhere, there were good wins for Villa and Man City - the Villains could move up to 2nd with Chelsea and Liverpool clashing in the "0-0 derby" on Sunday. ex-Fulham Bullard looked fairly bright for new side Hull - but his 2nd half appearance couldn't help Hull's relentless spiral continuing - their honeymoon start to Premier League life now seems a lifetime ago.
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