Blue Steel

I've been really impressed by Cech's recent form, he's re-establishing himself as one of the world's best goalkeepers.

Great run from Essien and Anelka makes up for the previous mistake. Just need to stay solid at the back and we can give the youth half an hour of game time.

What were you doing Anelka?

What a goal, Zhirkov.

Rooney is a twat of the highest order. To be honest I wouldn't want us to buy him considering how much he'd cost and I'd rather see that money spent elsewhere. Can't see him going anywhere else but Madrid where he'll probably rot like so many past United players. Will be a huge blow for Man United as he is one of their few exceptional players.

Roy will be out by Christmas, but no one will come who'll do a better job. Liverpool are no longer a big team and the sooner they realise this the better.

If Anelka scored his easy header we would of won, so all the attention on Josh's mistake is a bit harsh. Not blaming anyone, it was a fair result and I think we shouldn't let that blip affect how much Josh plays in the future. He's a very talented player and our play always seem to improve when he's introduced.

I'd happily take a 0-0 with no further injuries. Will be a very tough place to go with the amount of players we currently have out. Very good chance for Bosingwa to get some game time under his belt and to field some of the youngers players like Josh and Kakuta.

We've been lacking a direct goal threat with Lampard and Drogba injured and Anelka isn't as effective through the middle since he's been playing the wing so much. I personally thought Kakuta had an ok first half, sometimes just needs to pick the easier option than trying to be spectacular. Saying that, we've been defensively strong and if we can find a goal from somewhere I think we'll win.

Arsenal losing to Brum, Zigic header. Title challenge could be over already. West Ham also one down, and Spuds are 1-1 with Fulham.

United 1 nil up against West Brom, can't see them dropping points here unfortunately.

Villa haven't looked as solid as they have been in previous seasons which is a relief, otherwise I'd be very nervous. The injury situation is hardly ideal but I still think we have a stong enough team to win. Our backline is good (the only weakness being Paulo, who is overdue a decent performance) and there is plenty of goals in Anelka, Malouda, Essien etc. Our bench is a little bare at the moment so fingers crossed no more injuries. I really hope Kakuta plays well, he's been a little disapointing this season so far and needs a good game to raise his confidence.

I hope Bosingwa is still as good as I remember him being, especially his crossing which was excellent. He'll need to be eased back into the mix, but if he can rediscover his old form it will be a great boost to our first team (no disrespect to Ivanovic).

Bump. Bruce Buck says a stadium move is "not at the front of our agenda" and that we'll make up the shortfall in revenue with new media and sponsorship deals. Doesn't completely rule out the idea though. Can't say im surprised, but I personally would be for a new, bigger stadium in the future, especially when financial fair play kicks in to keep us competitive. I'm sure we'd fill it if tickets were easier to get a hold of.

Thought everyone bar Anelka played very well today, our whole midfield played well and our defence was rock solid. Alex gets it for the free kick, reminded me of his thunderbolt against Liverfool in the CL.

FT 2-0. Great performance.

What a strike by Alex.

Zhirkov on for Ramires.

We've defended brilliantly today.

Very poor miss from Anelka.

Under some pressure atm, good thing that Arsenal have no real direction and are easy to hit on the counter.

HT 1-0. Great match, good performance thus far. Just need to keep our discipline and hit Arsenal on the counter when they go for broke.

Ramires is very good with the ball at his feet, tough to get the ball off him.

Monster.

Drogba should of squared it.