Semi-finals - WTA Finals - Singapore

In the semi finals of the WTA finals Simona Halep beat Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets. 

To be fair Aga was very fortunate to get out of the Round Robin stage with just one win. 

So it was always going to be a tough ask to expect Aga to beat an in form Simona Halep. It was a routine win for Simona where she will face Serena Williams. 

Serena Williams beat her new best friend Caroline Wozniacki in three sets. It was a tops turvy match  and it was the last couple points of the in tiebreak that Serena was able to take control and win the third set and the match. 

I am not sure that being Serena's new best friend is helping Caroline who has a difficult year both personally and professionally. 

But in the latter part of the season Caroline improved and made the final of the US Open where she was beaten by Serena. 

Caroline is still young I can now see her winning a couple of Grand Slams in the next couple of years. 

Serena has so far had an indifferent tournament and hopefully this win will inspire her to play better tennis in the final. 

Premiership - 25th - 26th October 2014

In this weekend Premiership games, Arsenal beat Sunderland by two goals to nil. To be fair it would have been one hell of shock if the result had been any different. 

It's really good to see Alexis Sanchez playing well and scoring two goals. it has been a while since the defence has kept a clean sheet that was nice to see. 

My main concern is that Arsene Wenger is still leaving some of our best players on the bench and if he is not careful when the next transfer window opens again the likes of Lukas Polodski will be off. 

The shock result of the weekend was West Ham beating Manchester City. It was a game that Manchester City will probably regret losing but that loss helped Arsenal to stay in to touch the top four. 

Liverpool had a goal less draw with Hull City and this was the season that their fans really believed something could happen so far it has been nothing short of pitiful. 

Manchester United and Chelsea drew one all. This was good result for the chasing pack because had Chelsea won that game they would it would have made it a real uphill task to catch them.

Premiership - 18th October 2014

So the premiership returned this weekend and Arsenal drew two all with Hull City.

 This was one match I expected Arsenal to win but as I said preseason, Arsene Wenger failure to strengthen the defense will be very costly. 

To be fair Arsenal were lucky to come out with one point after a ninety minute equaliser curtesy of Danny Welbeck. But with all the talent that Arsenal had on the pitch getting a draw seems quite ridiculous.

Elsewhere Manchester City hammered Tottenham by four goals to one. This was always going to be a tough away game  for Tottenham so I was not too surprised by the score line.

Chelsea beat Crystal Palace by two goals to one and I thought Crystal Palace really held their own and it is shame there efforts went unrewarded. 

Premiership 4th/5th October 2014

In last weekends premiership games Chelsea beat Arsenal by two goals to nil. It was a shocking performance by Arsenal. 

Upfront something seemed to be lacking and the typical Arsenal way of trying to walk the ball in the back of the net was evident. 

However I question why Arsene Wenger chose to drop Alex Oxlade Chamberlain to the bench especially as he had played well in the previous European game. 

Chelsea were not brilliant but they did what they needed to do to secure the three points. 

Manchester United beat Everton by two goals to one and Everton where on unlucky if they had converted the penalty then it may have ended differently. 

I am not surprised Manchester United have started stringing results together. After all the assembled a hundred million pounds team. 

They done have to have worry about European games and they can focus on winning the premiership. 

Manchester City also got a good win as they beat Aston Villa by two goals nil. Manchester City continue to look impressive as they want to defend and win their title back.

Premiership - 27th September 2014

In this weekend Premiership games Arsenal drew one all with Tottenham Hotspurs. This was a very winnable match for Arsenal but somehow it did not happen. 

As soon as I saw the line up I knew it was going to be struggle. Arsene Wenger has a bad habit of putting Arsenal's best players on the bench and then bringing them on when it is too late and he did exactly that in this match so it was two dropped points for Arsenal. 

Liverpool drew one all with Everton and it was probabl a fair result but for either of these teams it does not really help their title aspirations. 

Liverpool did incredibly well last season and it was always going to be interesting to see if they could one better and win the title. But so far they have been very inconsistent. 

Chelsea beat Aston Villa by three goals to nil and they are back to their winning ways after last weeks draw with Manchester CityManchester City who beat  Hull City by four goals to two and they had to come back from two goals to nil. 

Manchester United also had a better weekend they beat West Ham by two goals to one. It would have been an excellent win if Wayne Rooney had not got sent off. 

But I am sure Luis Van Gaal feels like very relieved Man just to get this win under his belt. 

Premiership league - 20th - 21st September 2014

In last weekend's premiership games Arsenal beat Aston Villa by three goals to nil and it was a game that Arsenal even at a this stage every point is going is going to matter. 

Arsenal played much better than previous weeks and their passing game was much better. 

Elsewhere West Ham beat Liverpool beat by three goals to one. It was definitely a surprise result I did not see that coming at all. 

Manchester City drew one all to Chelsea and it was another surprise result. Chelsea had been doing so well and this was their first dropped points. 

In another shock result Leicester beat Manchester United by five goals to three. This was a surprise of the weekend for me as I did not see how Leicester could beat Manchester United let alone by two clear goals. 

This does now add pressure on Luis Van Gaal to get results because anymore bad results like that and tenure at Manchester United could be a short one. 

Premier League -13th September 2014

In the weekend premiership fixtures Arsenal drew two all with Manchester City. This was after Arsenal threw away two to one goal lead. 

Arsenal have got a new back four that have not completely gelled yet and hence why they have been conceding some silly goals. 

Chelsea beat Swansea City by four goals to two and it was a good win for Chelsea.

 Chelsea have got a really strong team with good players in each position and this will help to them to have a real chance of winning the premiership.

The surprise of the weekend was Liverpool losing by one goal to nil to Aston Villa. 

I did not see Aston Villa beating Liverpool if anything I thought that Liverpool where going to hammer Aston Villa.

 

Manchester United beat Queens Park Rangers by four goals to nil. This was a much needed win for Manchester United as they needed this win just to be in the top ten. 

I still think they are going to have a tough year and it's not going to be easy for Luis Van Gaal to emulate Sir Alex Ferguson .