Losing to a worthy opponent...and Boo Hoo to you!

Sounds contradictory?

Last night I stayed up to see ManU lose a fantastic game of football to Arsenal. I celebrated with them when Rooney ended his goal drought by scoring a fantastic header and then watched in horror as Arsenal equalized with only 8 minutes to go. And then saw Thierry Henry head a nice goal to seal the fate.

Well played Arsenal! I am not a big fan of the club (in fact, I hate them...save for Henry and Fabregas). But they played really well. So well done.

The night before, I watched with glee as Chelsea went 0-2 down to Liverpool! I watched as the richest team in the EPL struggled to get a decent pair of central midfielders into the game and ended up getting thumped by The Reds!

As expected, Jose Morinho (or should we call him Mourn-inho) cribbed about how he did not have his best players in the game, how they were struggling to accomodate with John Terry's absense. And here's the thing...

The Blues have spent the most amount of money and yet are cribbing the most about the lack of players!

Boo Hoo! Oh, Sfo sfad fwar fyou!

That is the difference between Chelsea and ManU. Even Liverpool. Even Arsenal. It takes a lot more than money to become a great club.

So Chelsea does not have the best players in the world playing at the same time and so they lose matches. Well, surprise...surprise! Look around you.

Every team has a few superstars and a few not-so-superstars. What matters on the pitch is how well the team plays together. Look at Arsenal. They have one of the worst defender (according to me) in Senderos and yet they play on. Toure is not the greatest defender in the world and yet they trod on.

Look at the Chelsea lineup. Drogba, Robben, Lampard, Ballack, Makalele, Essien, Ashley Cole, Wright-Philips, Carvalho, Terry, Cech....with a lot of talent on the bench. That's a star studded line-up. And yet they struggle.

So the points difference stays at six. ManU could not capitalize on Chelsea's defeat at the hands of Liverpool. But that's OK. With 14 matches to go, I am still hopeful that ManU will lift all the trophies this season.

May the sublime football continue.