New Owners, Same Sorry Results: 10/17 in Review

Everton 2-0 Liverpool

The best thing I can say is that at least Roy left Glen Johnson and Christian Poulsen out of the side entirely. It didn't matter, though, as Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta punished the Reds with goals either side of halftime. The Toffees jump all the way to 11th, while Liverpool falls to 19th.

Blackpool 2-3 Manchester City

The Seasiders dominated for most of the scoreless first hour, but City managed to clip a goal through Carlos Tevez (who looked to be offside), which completely set the game on fire. Marlon Harewood scored a leveller, which was then matched by a second Tevez tally less than a minute later. David Silva scored on a nice solo effort in the 90th, and although Gary Taylor-Fletcher pulled one back near the end, there was no time left to mount an attack for an equalizer.

Tomorrow sees the final fixture of the weekend for the EPL: Sunderland at Blackburn, with the winner moving up to 7th.

Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly:

As predicted yesterday, Celtic defeated Dundee United to rejoin Rangers at the top of the table with a perfect record from eight matches. That all will come to an end next Sunday, as the first edition of this season's Old Firm derby commences at Celtic Park.

Spanish Inquisition:

Sevilla, with a chance to move into 5th if they won, lost 2-0 at Sporting de Gijon. Tomorrow, the week in La Liga will finish up with Villareal taking their Yellow Submarine to Hercules.

Insert Cheap Italian Stereotype Here:

Inter Milan won 1-0 at Cagliari early to go level on points with intercity rivals AC Milan atop the table. In the late game, Lazio won 2-0 at Bari to reclaim the top spot from the duo of Milan clubs.

Das Boot:

Eintracht Frankfurt smashed Kaiserslautern with a 3-0 victory, which propelled them from 12th up to 7th. Hoffenheim defeated nine-man Monchengladbach, 3-2, to take over 4th place.

Midweek Action:

Something called "Champions League". It sounds vaguely familiar, but if Liverpool's not involved, it's obviously not the most prestigious of competitions. Europa League, that is where it's at!

/Taste the sad, Michael

Notable matches-
Tuesday: AC Milan @ Real Madrid, Shaktar Donetsk @ Arsenal
Wednesday: Tottenham @ Internazionale, Benfica @ Lyon
Thursday: Dymano Kyiv @ AZ Alkmaar, CSKA Moscow @ Palermo, Getafe @ Stuttgart, Paris Saint-Germain @ Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool @ Napoli, Porto @ Besiktas