EPL Review, CL Preview

Well, as for the scores I predicted for this weekend, I was mostly right about the winners but it seems that I'm not the best score guesser. 8/10 on the winners isn't totally bad but next time I'll have to be more conservative with my 3-2 guesses and stick to lower scoring 1-0's. Nothing too surprising, Yossi Benayoun scored again but thats becoming a weekly event. Liverpool need help from City next week to have any hope of taking the League this year, but who knows, maybe a little Manchester upset. Personally, I'm very excited for tomorrow's match. I have high hopes that its going to be an attacking free flowing match, but so far everything that I've wished for has not exactly happened. Arsenal need a goal (obviously) after going down 1-0 in the first leg, but they do have the Emirates advantage. The 60,000+ fans that will surely be there will be the 12th man. Although they are the weaker team, nobody can immediately rule them out. Manchester needs to play their game and if Dimitar Berbatov doesn't start, I will personally (attempt to) hurt Sir Alex. He is clearly one of their best players and should not be left to rot on the bench. Rooney has been looking fantastic on the left wing and I don't think there is reason to move him. ManU should start with this 4-4-2: Van Der Sar, O'Shea, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra- CRon, Carrick, Scholes, Rooney- Tevez, Berbatov. This is an attacking lineup and it allows them to attack from both flanks where they are clearly strongest. Arsenal have an inexperienced full back in Gibbs who is filling in for Gael Clichy, this presents an opportunity for either CRon or Rooney to run at him full on. By playing two more defense minded midfielders centrally, SAF would not be giving up on his defense entirely (like they need the help, Vidic and Ferdinand have it covered). As for Arsenal, they must attack. I'm not expecting too many changes from the lineup that appeared at Old Trafford but they need to change their playing style. They need more direct attacks and they need to get Walcott to move more in the center. Aight folks, I'm a tired one so I'm peacin' it.

Night,
FootyFetish15

PS- Final score: 1-1 (Manu advance on aggregate)