In soccer, 2-2 is already normally a contender for "match of the day". 3-2 might even win the competition. Today, both these scores featured, but neither came close.
There was a 5-3, a 4-4 and a 4-3. The league leaders Manchester United lost for the first time in 29 games to the bottom team Wolves, Newcastle came from 4-0 down even though they just sold their top forward Andy Carroll to Liverpool and Joey Barton scored 2 of their 4 goals, when only 2 years ago he was in jail. Tottenham Hotspur missed a penalty, got a goal ruled out for offside, and was denied another penalty and still won the game in almost the 93rd minute. Louis Saha, a name almost none of us have heard of, scored 4 goals for Everton against Blackpool but Everton still struggled to repel the Tangerines. Defender John Pantsil scored his second own goal this week in a Fulham shirt, but his team still drew Aston Villa, while another defender, Stoke City's Robert Huth, managed to score 2 goals in 1 half. And Manchester City's Carlos Tevez, who recently handed in a transfer request, scored a hattrick.
This was no ordinary Premier League day. Tottenham-Bolton, Stoke-Sunderland, Fulham-Villa and City-West Brom could've won the "match of the day" in previous weeks. But now they've been relegated to the back pages in favor of Newcastle 4-4 Arsenal, Wigan 4-3 Blackburn, Everton 5-3 Blackpool and Wolves 2-1 Manchester United. No ordinary game has a comeback from 4-0 down. No ordinary game had somebody scoring 4 goals. No ordinary game had two bottom-half teams score 7 goals between them. And CERTAINLY no ordinary game had 20th beat 1st.
Why oh why Manchester United? Why did your amazing unbeaten run have to end at WOLVES of all teams? No offense to them, but they aren't exactly the best team in the world. And that gingerhead Scholes attempted to throw the ball into the net! Not exactly the best way to score (and not get sent off, for that matter...). Even worse, Ferdinand is now out for 2 weeks, and while he was gone, United once conceded 2 goals in 3 minutes in a 3-3 draw with Everton. And Rooney, who was so good last week, failed to show up this time. Maybe last week's double was just a 1-hit-wonder in a miserable season for the guy. Still, you have to give credit to Wolves. They went 1-0 down after only 3 minutes and still managed to win and hold on to their lead in 5 minutes of injury time.
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