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So, it feels pretty good to be a Spurs fan at the moment right?! Six points off City with a game in hand and possibly even more satisfying, six points in front of Arsenal with that same game in hand. I'm looking forward to the FA Cup this weekend and I'm hoping we will make short work of Cheltenham even if most of the first eleven are given what would be a well overdue rest.

Branislav Ivanovic took centre stage with AVB in yesterdays pre match press conference ahead of our Champions League tie against Genk and spoke out about our performance on Saturday and the fact we have been shipping goals lately. Respect is due to Ivanovic as he pulled no punches. It could have been easy to let the manager do all the talking about Saturday and moving on but Ivanovic shed light on what happened in that dressing room after the game and since then.

Ryan Giggs rightly is held in the highest regard by all true fans of the game, yet the question remains whether he is past his sell by date. Certainly if one were to look at the facts and see he has already scored two goals this season than the argument may seem ludicrous. However, his performances this season have been marked with a sense of sluggishness and downright complacency.

After initially attributing Arsenal's shocking 4-3 defeat at Blackburn to fatigue and a stroke of misfortune, Arsene Wenger has finally broken his silence on what he thinks has led to the club's worst start in 58 years.

The Gunners have managed only four points from 15 in their opening five fixtures and their latest setback at Ewood Park caused many to wonder precisely what it is that continues to cause issues at the Emirates Stadium despite a host of major signings bolstering the squad at the transfer deadline day.

Blackburn 4-3 Arsenal

Back to the drawing board.

To be honest, the drawing board would be an improvement on the losing board, where we find ourselves time and again yet after another false dawn. Collaps-o-Arsenal© is not a fleeting blip, it's endemic, and the most worrying thing of all is that Wenger seems entirely powerless to remedy it.

I cannot remember if I have ever come away from a defeat feeling as positive as I did yesterday. I think to be fair based on the chances we created we should have got a draw there at least but credit United, you took the chances you had (apart from the penalty) and won the game.
I could be like United fan's were a couple of seasons ago and start bleating on saying "the goals were offside" but I am not going to bother.

Sudoku: A cheap way to help improve Arsenal's lack of concentration

That is the adage. On the ropes, manager a drink short of delirium tremens, disgruntled fans baying for the management's blood. No matter. Mother Nature has the cure. Play Arsenal and everything will be right as rain.

Manchester United came from behind to erase a two-goal deficit and defeat bitter rivals Manchester City 3-2 to lift the Community Shield in front of over 77,000 at Wembley.

In a game that easily matched the intensity of a Premier League fixture, both teams played extremely physical from the very beginning.

By ADAM SERRANO

The season is moving into its most grinding month, and there is some concern at Chivas USA that the Goats might be slipping due to a lack of concentration

The Rojiblancos have conceded the lead six times this season, and Saturday the club lost for the third match in a row.

It hasn't yet been a full two days since the Dynamo's 2-0 loss at San Jose but the time isn't mellowing my discontent and ill feelings. If Houston was truly a bad team, this season wouldn't be causing me near as much frustration, but there is talent on this roster and that makes the things we're seeing all the more difficult to accept.

After 81 minutes of missing chances, the Dynamo finally got the goal they needed to break the tie. Just minutes after entering the match in place of Will Bruin, Koke cleaned up a rebound left off a Greg Sutton save and netted his first career MLS goal. Then the dreaded lack of concentration moment that seems to haunt this team struck, as the Red Bulls equalized in stoppage time.

The Chicago Fire were able to start the home campaign with a 3-2 victory over 10-man Sporting KC on Saturday with goals from Diego Chaves (penalty), Gaston Puerari, and Marco Pappa.

Sporting defender Matt Besler opened the account for KC and substitute Teal Bunbury capitalized on a late mistake from Fire defender Gonzalo Segares, but the side held on for 3 points in the home opener.

Arsenal's victory over Barcelona yesterday was the stuff that dreams are made of. A bit of a rivalry has been developing between the clubs, and Arsenal has now tipped the scales in their favor. It was an epic performance against an equally brilliant challenger, and Arsenal deserve much more praise than anyone outside the Arsenal blogosphere are giving them.

Could we be needing his service for tomorrow?

Only 33 hours to go before the first leg of the Champions League first knockout round clash with Barcelona. If you're not excited about it, you're not a football fan. This is a game between arguably two of the finest footballing sides out there.

Just when things seems to start going well again for Chelsea, the London club once again left disappointed last weekend after dropping more points from the teams above them in the league after Carlo Ancelotti's boys failed to secure the three point against Aston Villa.

Despite getting a 3-2 lead with just a few minutes left in the clock, the Blues bottled their lead and gave away a late equalizer in injury time which left the Italian coach bitter, claiming the absentees in defense were one of the important aspect that cost the the three points.