Surely you didn't expect that one day Darron Gibson will be fans' favourite. Manchester United's fans that is. But in the 23rd round of EPL THAT happened. Gibson's hasn't been wearing MUFC's shirt for quite a while now... So, how is this possible, you ask.
Well, it's like that. Gibson scored a winner for Everton against Manchester City. Aaah... Here's the catch. Yes, indeed. And by scoring with that thunderous strike of his he made things interesting again. At the top. Both Manchester clubs are now leveled at 54 points.
While City were possibly distracted by a man handcuffing himself to the goal-post, United did their job as expected. Stoke hardly saw the ball, but they could clearly hear the chants glorifying once hated Gibson. Maybe that distracted them... Who would know... David De Gea surely not. He was out as he caught cold or something. How is this possible, you ask. De Gea actually catching something? Strange days, indeed.
Adding to that Andy Carroll scored, and Gabriel Obertan scored, too. Wow, the end is near! In other 23rd matches Swansea turns Chelsea into a bunch of Lee Catermoles, Wigan prefers the league table in alphabetical order, Tchoyi is like schizophrenic racehorse, Leo Messi and Pele were playing in Sunderland, and more.
Now it's time to explain (again), what this blog is all about. As I wrote the last few times: You won't find any detailed experts' analysis here. You won't find complete scoresheets either. But you'll find a good banter, juicy comments about the game, the clubs, the players, the refs, the goals... Maybe you'll find some useful info/opinion for a football chat in your favourite bar...
Namely, football is a global sport, so is the English Premierleague. It is followed by a huge number of a-round-ball-loving enthusiasts, journos, players and managers themselves... I hear football is also more and more popular in the US of soccer... :)
And for all those reasons it's widely commented on Twitter. It is a very well known "fact" that tweeps possess a lot of football knowledge, common sense, cynicism, humour, love/hate relationships... And, yes, even different kinds of stupidity occur...
So, all the ingredients for the tasty soup of football opinion are there.
This is the "23rd edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 23rd round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
SWANSEA - CHELSEA 1-1 (1-0)
@BeyondthePitch
Seriously find joy in watching Swansea turn highly paid players into Lee Catermole replicas as they get frustrated chasing them for the ball
@MirrorFootball
GOAL! Swansea 1-0 Chelsea - Scott Sinclair scores a 'Worldy' according to Merse. Then again, he that's also how he describes Weatherspoons
@Hastick1
Everyone moans about Torres but who supplies the ball? Mata is forced to the left n Malouda he is as helpful as stevie wonder in the dark
TOTTENHAM - WIGAN 3-1 (2-0)
@FourFourTom
Harry Redknapp has confirmed that Tottenham are set to sign Swiss starlet Taxee Vasion. #THFC
@MirrorFootball
GOAL! Spurs 3-1 Wigan - McArthur scores to keep hopes of another 9-1 alive
@Sir_Scribbles
If Roberto's Wigan gets relegated, it'll be among som of d longest failed battles in history like Napoleon's Waterloo & Scholes' tackling...
@Sir_Scribbles
Sumtimes I think Wigan prefer d League table in alphabetical order...
WOLVERHAMPTON - LIVERPOOL 0-3 (0-0)
@OptaJoke
365 - Andy Carroll has scored to celebrate his last-minute January transfer window move 365 days late. Annual.
@MirrorFootball
Shouldn't be surprised - this is the traditionally one day of the year on which Andy Carroll actually moves
@liam_tomkins
If Suarez can't pick the lock, Carroll will bash the door down. And if he can't do that, Bellamy will race around the back and let us in.
EVERTON - MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 (0-0)
@Dave98FM
#MUFC fans chanting, "There's only one Darren Gibson!" in Old Trafford. Best reception he ever got, to be fair.
@saifpr
I heard a rumour that Sheikh Mansour is sending out an elite SAS squad from Abudhabi to Guinea to kidnapp Kolo&Yaya back to MCFC ASAP.#FGS
@MCFC
What's the strangest thing you've seen at a football match? I'm sure tonight's fan handcuffing himself to a goalpost comes pretty close!
@DTguardian
The pitch invader who handcuffed himself to post at Everton was protesting against Ryanair apparently. #EFC #MCFC
MANCHESTER UTD - STOKE CITY 2-0 (1-0)
@JimMunro
Amos in goal for Man United at Stoke. De Gea phoned in sick.. at the thought of facing Stoke's 6ft 4in battering rams at corners? #mufc
@CraigMays
De Gea not starting because he's sick. How's that possible, he can't catch anything? #MUFC
@NickOatley
De Gea went to hand in a transfer request today...but he dropped it! #Banter #MUFC
@Joe_MU
If Sir Alex ever lines up with Amos Rafael Smalling Evans Ferdinand Anderson Carrick Evra Rooney Scholes. It would spell ARSEFACERS. #MUFC
@Gustavospeaks
Look at Berbatov's new haircut: He was once Andy Garcia, now he has turned into a more Robert De Niro look-a-like. #mufc
@BiggyPert
It took Darron Gibson to leave United to make us happy, then to score against #MCFC to become a HERO!!! #MUFC
ASTON VILLA - QUEENS PARK RANGERS 2-2 (1-2)
@McLeishoutnow
Baa baa #avfcsheep back McLeish Baa baa he is great baa baa keep it up 6 wins out of 23 baa baa local press say all is well @ #avfc baa
@OptaJoe
3 - Djibril Cissé has now scored on his Premier League debut for Liverpool, Sunderland & QPR. Impact.
@henrywinter
Djibril Cisse is back with a bang....cracking finish and even better goal celebration. Back-flips, etc, the full Olga Korbut. #avfc 0 #qpr 1
@OptaJoe
100 - Darren Bent has reached 100 Premier League goals in 226 games, the ninth quickest player (of 21) to do so. Reliable.
BLACKBURN - NEWCASTLE UTD 0-2 (0-1)
@OliPalmer88
Going for a 10 day amnesty on Steve kean/BRFC hate/negativity on Facebook & twitter. Going to be hard with who we have coming up though!!
@DanLowth
Obertan scored. Andy Carroll scored. Darron Gibson scored. The apocalypse is nigh.
@Kalou_21
You have to feel sorry for Blackburn fans, they spend hard earned cash to see their team and Obertan manages to score past them #OhDear
BOLTON - ARSENAL 0-0
@E_Dot_Smash
Wilshere injured again, glad wenger didn't do anything stupid like by some1 in january
@piersmorgan
I'm biting my tongue re #Arsenal - dull 0-0 draw, 7th in table, 17pts behind leaders, 12pts behind Spurs. Speaks for itself.
@Chrisdevlingolf
Sorry to say it, but if Walcott played for Utd, Fergie would have sold him to Arsenal by now.
FULHAM - WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-1 (0-0)
@LongShaneLong
The reason nobody can mark THE TCHOYI is because even he doesn't know what he's gonna do next. It's like marking a schizophrenic racehorse.
@LongShaneLong
Just began a magical chorus of 'The Tchoyi's My Shepherd'. It built to a magical crescendo, with Wingie "bussin some gospel soul". Magic
SUNDERLAND - NORWICH CITY 3-0 (2-0)
@jakeyholyoak
God took messi and pele, mixed the 2 to make 1, and he came out with stephane sessegnonnnnn!
@offthepost
Sessegnon #megs! Barca have turned up at the Stadium of Light tonight.
@sam2212
We have joy we have fun, We have Stephane Sessegnon, Midfield class from Benin,That’s why all the Sunderland sing #safc
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