Premiership review - 8th February 2014

In yesterday's premiership games Liverpool beat Arsenal by five goals to one. This was definitely a surprise result but Liverpool came ready for battle. 

Whilst Arsenal started very slowly and before they knew it they where three nil down. 

For Arsenal this was a bad loss and it comes in a month where they have some very tough games. 

For Liverpool it was an unbelievably good win and the first time they have beaten Arsenal by that margin for fifty years.

Elsewhere Chelsea beat Newcastle by three goals to nil, I was surprised by this result as I thought Newcastle where going to get something out of this match. 

Manchester City and Norwich City was goalless this was a surprise result as Manchester City have been scoring lots of goals. 

This means that Chelsea are now top of the league but Arsenal are one point behind. 

Fed Cup - GB v Hungary 8th February 2014

In the second round Robin match Heather Watson beat Jani Reka-Luca in straight sets. This was a quite a routine win for Heather as Jani was ranked four hundred places below her. 

Timea Babos beat Johanna Konta in three sets and at one point in the Johanna had several match points but could not take them and end then lost the third set. 

Timea Babos and Jani Reka-Luca then beat Jocelyn Rae and Tara More in three sets. So Hungary won the tie two matches to one. 

It was a tough match for GB but I couldn't help but wonder if Judy Murray picked the strongest line up.  But on the positives Heather Watson got a good win. 

Premiership review - 2nd & 3rd February 2014

In the premiership on Sunday Liverpool drew one all with West Bromwich Albion. This was a surprise result for me as Liverpool have been getting good wins of late. 

So I thought a win at West Brom would have cemented there top four credentials.

Arsenal beat Crystal Palace by two goals to nil. It was a fairly routine win but Alex Oxlade Chamberlain and Carzola both played exceptionally well to create and score goals which helped to secure the win.

Yesterday Chelsea beat Manchester City by one goal to nil. It was a very good win for Chelsea who attacked and defended very well. Although Man City had a few chances they where unable to convert them.

 

This means that Arsenal stay top of the league but they have some very tough matches coming up.   

Davis Cup - USA v Great Britain - Day Three

Day three of the Davis Cup and Andy Murray beat Sam Querrey in four sets to win the tie. 

Sam Querrey played reasonable well but after winning the second the set on the tie break he was unable to build on it. 

Andy started off quite slowly and it wasn't till the third set that I thought he was going to win the match. 

This win broke two notable record it was first time that Great Britain had beaten USA since 1935. 

It was also first time that Great Britain have made it to the quarter finals since 1986. 

So hopefully this win against the USA team will  encourage the team to do even better in the quarter finals. 

Davis Cup - USA v Great Britain - Day Two

Day two of the Davis Cup between USA and Great Britain and it was all about the doubles. 

USA's Bob and Mike Bryan beat the Great Britain duo of Colin Fleming and Dom Inglot in four sets. 

Colin and Dom played well but the Bryan brothers are formidable paternership and they have won over fifteen grand slams. So Colin and Dom did well to at least get a set. 

Overall Great Britain is still leading two to one so the tie still very much in the balance. 

Premiership review - 01/02/2014

In yesterday premiership games Tottenham drew one all with Hull and this was not a good a result for Tottenham.

 As they are vying for a Champions League spot so this would have been as a vitally dropped points. 

Stoke City beat Man United by two goals to one and this was a shock result. Man United have added Juan Mata to their squad and both Robin Van Persie and Wayne Rooney where back from injury so I thought the worst of their problems was behind them. 

However they had a weakened defence with Rio Ferdinand injured and Nemanja Vidic suspended they where not at full strength but all credit to Stoke for pulling off this incredible result. 

Davis Cup - USA v Great Britain- Day One

Day one of the Davis Cup and Great Britain had a very good day. 

Andy Murray beat Donald Young in straight sets and this was a good win for Andy as the clay his least favourite surface. 

Donald Young did reasonably well at the recent Australian Open, however beating Andy would have been a real challenge and he is not there yet. 

James Ward beat Sam Querrey in five sets   and this was a huge and unexpected win for the Brit ranked 175. 

These two wins gave GB a good start to the Davis Cup now we just have to see if they can be repeat it in today's double match.