Not much time to write this week, luckily there wasn't too much to write about. United finally dropped their first points of the season at Stoke, who is getting better and better every day. If this club continues on the course it's on, it could be a powerhouse in England in the future, while also having done it the "right" way. Everyone's favorite #9, Fernando Torres, managed to do his second inexplicable thing in two weeks to cancel out a well taken goal, receiving a red card towards the end of the first half against Norwich. The result was never in doubt - it's just puzzling what goes on in Torres' head sometimes. The major positive for Chelsea is that he seems to be back on track with his finishing. There weren't too many other exciting games this weekend, although I thought Norwich looked very good today against a disappointing Sunderland side that should be much better. Sunderland has experience in the back with Brown and O'Shea, brought in Bendtner to fill the holes up top left by Gyan and Welbeck, and Sessegnon to provide explosiveness in midfield. The Black Cats should be much better, and Steve Bruce will have to start worrying about his job if the results do not improve.
Tomorrow brings Matchday 2 of the Champions League. There are some great matchups, headlined, as will be throughout this year's group stage, by Group A. Bayern and Manchester City square off in Munich tomorrow, with City sitting joint top in the EPL and Bayern top of the Bundesliga with six straight wins. CSKA-Inter should be interesting as well, with Russian teams typically very strong at home and Inter finally beginning to end their swoon. Trabzonspor-Lille could be interesting as well - the Turks are top of the group with the opening win in Italy. Here's my picks for tomorrow:
CSKA Moscow - Inter Milan: DRAW
Bayern Munich - Manchester City: HOME WIN
Lyon - Dinamo Zagreb: HOME WIN
Manchester United - FC Basel: HOME WIN
Napoli - Villarreal: HOME WIN
Otelul - Benfica: AWAY WIN
Real Madrid - Ajax: HOME WIN
Trabzonspor - Lille: DRAW
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