Best and Worst of the Week (Matchday 29)
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Seven Premier League teams were in action in the FA Cup over the weekend leaving two games postponed on Saturday while the only game on Sunday features Everton facing Hull City. That makes it a total of four games on the weekend and Liverpool travel to Wigan Athletic’s JJB Stadium on Monday.
At the top of the charts, Arsenal and Manchester United were in action while Chelsea played Stoke in the FA Cup. Arsenal started the weekend off and if they scored more than four they could go to the top of the league for a few hours until United faced Wolves at the Molineux.
Performance of the Week – Everton
Everton were by far the best team over the matchday. The blue side of Merseyside put five past a helpless Hull City, who are still languishing at the bottom of the league table. Landon Donovan made the right mark in his loan period and left his mark with a goal. Yakubu squandered a woeful penalty but in the end it didn’t bother the outcome.
Worst Performance of the Week – Liverpool
Unlike Everton, the other half of Merseyside played disastrously against Wigan. Liverpool have now failed to score an away goal in 393 minutes or since January 16 against Stoke. Worse still, the Reds did not even test Kirkland in goal even once! This despite having Torres, Gerrard, Kuyt, Benayoun, Rodriguez starting the game. Wigan on the other hand got the sole goal via Rodallega. Things definitely need to improve for Liverpool to maintain their fourth place in the league.
Goal of the week – Diamanti
It was between Diamanti (West Ham v Bolton) and Cairney (Everton v Hull) for this weeks goal of the week. Picked the former because of the curl, bend and the angle that it was for the shot to be slotted in the goal. Not taking anything away with the Cairney goal which was fantastic as well to beat Tim Howard in goal and go past the array of defenders in the box.
Which is your pick?
Howler of the week – Sam Vokes
The miss by Sam Vokes which allowed Manchester United to take all three points from Wolves’ Molineux Stadium is the miss of the week. Well done by the Welshman to beat the offside trap but the effort was way over the bar when it should have been easily tucked into the goal. Could have proved decisive in Wolves’ relegation battle.
Shock of the week – Wigan win over Liverpool
This is Wigan’s first win over Liverpool EVER! Shock in terms of the history and the stature that both clubs hold along with both of the teams’ recent run of form. However, speaking in terms of the performance on the day then it won’t be counted as a shock at all. Well done by Wigan to get three points out of the game.
