Whatever the Mpesa issues, it was so thrilling and throbbing to see the Magpies hold on in the last 10 minutes.

Thomas Vermaelen is the 31st player in Premier League history to score a goal and an own goal in the same game.

Gary speed left way too soon...

RIP Gary Speed,

Liverpool today YNWA!!!!

If only that linesman had made the right call jana......NKT, congrats Liverpool for almost overcoming Shitty, Joe Hart was awesome!!!!

A strange weekend, what with losing a legend via a suicide. What happened to this dude, family problems?? ama ni nini. He was doing quite well as a manager.

Some results in the EPL were unexpected, the Gunners really laboured for the draw, I guess the champions league escapades really had a toll on them.

The ref made very wrong calls during the Man u game, in a way he had a direct influence on the results. It was clearly not a penalty, even the second yellow card on Gutierrez did not seem clear cut.

Chelsea had to win, nuff said.

Man City Liverpool, the only prediction I got right, was quite a cracker. Me thinks Liverpool just know how to deal with big teams. If they can find a way of dealing with mid table and small teams, they can be quite a force.

Tottenham are slowly climbing up and no-one seems to notice them, am not sure to call them contenders but they seem to be doing stuff right.

These seem to be the only predictions I got right

By the way @Karisblue,good stuff, got the Spurs and Anfield predictions spot on

Anyway,now I know how it feels to be on the worng end of the wrong refereeing decisions!The penalty was never there and that Hernandez goal that was ruled off was marginal (I've seen those given before)- that linesman must be a closet City fan

I agree with the pundits that they should restore the touch line video monitor that they used to have initially where in such a dead ball case, the 4th official would quickly look at the replay and tell the referee he is right on his first decision to rule a goal kick and he should therefore over-rule the blind linesman!

Water under the bridge I guess, hope such decisions will not have an effect on the title like they did in the 2009/2010 season when 2 offside decisions were passed over as Drogba scored twice to ensure we finished the season 1 point behind Chelsea (that one was painful, especially after Gerrard quickly followed with an obvious back pass to Drogba at Anfield to seal our fate)

I didn't watch the Arsenal match but I understand they laboured for a draw - even City didn't look sharp at Anfield, which as @Marty rightly points out, is a pointer to the midweek CL exertions (apart from AC & Real, all big teams dropped points over the wkend after CL - Bayern lost to Mainz 2-3 and Barca lost to Getafe!!!:d/ )

City can thank Joe Hart for keeping out the Kop (so should the Magpies with Krul at OT)but I honestly think Man City now have what it takes to win that title - they're able to grind out results even in difficult matches, a thing Man Utd are best known for in the past. I won't be surprised if they lose to some lowly team (like we did to Wolves when we went 18 unbeaten games last season)but I prefer if they drop down to Europa league so as to be playing games on Thursdays and hopefully that will take their toll.

Spurs are going about their business quite well, picking up points against small opposition (which normally can win you a title if the only points you drop are against the big teams) but their credentials should be tested when they host Chelsea just before Christmas.

Carling cup coming up...

@smano, thanks

All in all a good weekend, we keep a clean sheet and close the gap on most of our rivals, except Spurs.

@McDoba, Liverpool and Man City are up in arms about playing top sides 2 days after playing each other, which I understand was beacuse of some protest rallies (or somesuch)planned on Wednesday in the respective towns - it's really unfair beacuse I would imagine City can field a very strong team B but would still want some regulars who played on Sunday to come in - Liverpool will have to play a Chelsea team that had the whole Sunday off to recuperate.

Expect wholesome changes therefore results for both games could go either way. But I see City's team B being too strong for Arsenal's youngsters (kina oxygen and co.) but football has a knack for surprises.

Personally I think it was too soon to sack Bruce - not even half way through the season!Funny how it a former Man Utd player single handedly and effectively managed to get his coach, a former Man Utd player himself, fired.

If anyone should have been sacked by now it should have been Steve Kean but what do those Indians go ahead and do??? Give him a new improved contract!!!

Either they know something we don't or think football is like chicken business.

AVB's departure will not help Chelsea ( a team in transition) but I feel that if they're relegated to Europa league next week then the writing will be on the wall for AVB - Roman should have stuck with Ancelotti, what an impatient billionaire! Jose could have already delivered the holy grail that is the CL on a platter by now! That competition seems to getting tougher with each year and their best effort (Iniesta's 96th minute semi winner & Terry's epic MOscow final slip) might never be reached again.

Oh well,GGMU