DAY 2 UNDER REVIEW: EPL

The English Premier League bounced back from the break in an uncharacteristic way, with the newly promoted teams making all the headlines with some incredible performance and results. After an intriguing and action packed weekend in the English Premier League, the question I am asking is, were you happy with your team's performance or you feel there are some departments you need to strengthen.

The reigning world champions in club football are on top of the league log having played a game more than the rest of the teams with 100% record in all three games.

The defending champions of the EPL are occupying the 5th position currently having won one and shared the second game points with Liverpool.

Swansea, are comfortably occupying the second position on the log with 6points after starting the season on a high notes even though they are playing under new Manager and have lost two key players already this season through transfers to Spurs and Liverpool.

Everton are tied on point with Swansea, but with goal difference after narrowly beaten Manchester United in their first league game and thrashing Aston Villa 3-1 over the weekend.

Surprisingly all the top four finishers of last season’s EPL are all currently outside the top4 zone, are we in for shocker this season or it's just a tradition that the so-called smaller teams will start well, but end struggling for survival at the end of the season. Can Arsenals get back to winning ways after going two games without a single goal. United, Spurs, Newcastle and Liverpool are all yet to find their rhythm.

What do you make of the start of the season and your team's performance so far.........

DAY 2 OF THE BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE - RESULTS

Chelsea	2 - 0	Newcastle	Stamford Bridge
Aston Villa	1 - 3	Everton	Villa Park
Man Utd	3 - 2	Fulham	Old Trafford
Norwich	1 - 1	QPR	Carrow Road
Southampton	0 - 2	Wigan	St. Mary's Stadium
Tottenham	1 - 1	West Brom	White Hart Lane
Swansea	3 - 0	West Ham	Liberty Stadium
Liverpool	2 – 2	Manchester City	Anfield
Stoke City	0 – 0	Arsenal	Britannia Stadium

The League Table:

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/league-table.html

EUROPA LEAGUE PREVIEW: LIVERPOOL VS GOMEL

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers takes charge of his first competitive match with the Reds when they come up against a little known Belarusian side, FC Gomel in the third qualifying round of this year’s Europa League. The Reds are without Luis Suarez and Craig Bellamy who are on duty at the London Olympic Games, while striker Andy Carroll is also out of the first leg in Belarus due to a groin injury, despite reports claiming that the 23-year-old had decided not to travel amid transfer speculation. 

Rodgers hopes rest on new signing Fabio Borini who joined from Roma a couple of weeks ago, after admitting that his new striker could make his starting debut for the Merseyside club, with Captain Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson and Joe Cole providing support.  Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is one of the few managers who love playing the tiki taka system of football, hoping the return of midfielder Lucas can inspire the young lads in tonight’s game in Belarus.

Meanwhile, Gomel manager Oleg Kubarev could keep the same side that got past Renova in the second qualifying round, despite losing 1-0 on the night at home but their impressive 2-0 away win saw them through to this round of the completion. Their leading striker Vladim Demidovich is expected to start up front with support from Tomasz Nowak their dangerous midfield. Gomel captain Nikolai Kashevski says, his side are deffinatly the underdogs are aware of the pedigree of Liverpool but all that they need is a decent result ahead of the return leg at Anfield. 

CURRENT FORM: 

FC Gomel: W D W W L 
Liverpool:  W L D L D 

POSSIBLE lineups: 

FC Gomel: Bushma; Matveychik, Kirilchik, Kaveshki, Kilmovich; Vornonkov, Kozeka; Nowak, Levitski, Platonov; Demidovich 

Liverpool: Reina; Flanagan, Carragher, Skrtel, Enrique; Henderson, Gerrard, Shelvey, Adam, Cole; Borini