Prem sketch: Shocks as Torres scores for Chelsea and Arsenal concede
Tuesday 26 April 2011 11:08
We really have to begin with the highlight of the weekend: Fernando Torres coming off the bench and finally notching a goal for his nearly new club Chelsea, keeping their title challenge alive with a 3-0 win over West Ham. It only took him a couple of months, so that £50m is looking like a bargain for a substitute.
For a moment it looked as though the sopping wet Stamford Bridge field had denied the sulking Spaniard to celebrate in front of his adoring fans, but luckily he was able to turn and slam the ball past a helpless Robert Green in the Hammers’ goal.
After the match Torres dedicated the goal to the fans who he says have been so patient and have really made him feel at home by singing the exact same song that Liverpool fans used to sing about him – they’re an original bunch over there aren’t they?
Staying in the London area, the Arsenal side should really be commended this season: it’s a miracle how they have been able to keep within fighting distance of Manchester United and Chelsea without the aid of a backbone. But on Sunday their challenge surely came to an end at Bolton's Reebok Stadium.
After the Gunners' calamitous last-minute defending last weekend it wasn’t a great surprise when Bolton’s Tamir Cohen did his dad proud, rising above the amoebas in the visiting defence and heading home a 90th-minute winner. Cue the once ice cool Arsene Wenger taking out his frustrations out on an innocent bottle of water for the third week in a row.
Let’s finish on a lighter note, with a round of Guess the Goal. See if you can figure out who curled in this little beauty over the weekend, leaving the keeper grasping at thin air. No prizes this week, it’s just for fun folks. Now go and get ready for the royal wedding to see if you can catch Mr Beckham’s latest efforts to get himself knighted.
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About Rob Carey
Behind Alan Shearer, Rob is hoping to become England’s second most famous son of a sheet metal worker. He spent most of his childhood worshipping Kenny Dalglish, running around muddy pitches, collecting Panini football stickers, and drawing the weekend’s football highlights in stickmen form.
Today he can be found in California worshipping the sun, hobbling through an over-30s’ match, collecting injuries, and drawing the weekend’s football highlights in stickmen form. He certainly wouldn’t say no to anyone offering him enormous sums of money to turn his blog
One Pound The Large Flag into a book.