Post-Analysis for w/e 26th Aug

Post Analysis of Pure Plays from last weekend
Its no coincidence that out of the Big Four teams, only Liverpool managed to win by more than a single goal margin. Rafa's new motto to his team this season must be "Go out and get me some goals". Having said that, their defence is still rock solid as they kept their first clean sheet of the season.

Liverpool 2-0-1
ATS Take : Take Liverpool to cover the -3/4 handicap
Final Result : Liverpool won 2-0
Post Analysis : The heroics of Sunderland keeper, Gordon kept the scoreline respectable only. More to come from Liverpool's attacking quadruple this season. Torres, Voronin, Kuyt, Crouch. Watch out Derby, they will be in the next line of fire as Liverpool move up another gear.

Chelsea 1-1-2
ATS Take : DNB
Final Result : Chelsea won 1-0
Post Analysis : Jose may be telling his team that a win is a win still. Lampard's long range effort saved the blues for Chelsea as they grinded out a difficult home win, but failed to overcome the handicap. Difficult to identify Chelsea's ATS form right now.

Arsenal 1-0-2
ATS Take : Take Arsenal to cover the -3/4 handicap
Final Result : Arsenal won 1-0
Post Analysis : Had it not been for Schemeichel's Jr. brilliant penalty save from Rvp, this might have been an easy home win for Arsenal. They dominated the match, but once again failed to convert their chances. Cesc's cross-angled shot settled the issue in the 80th min, not before a familiar sighting of Kasper in the opponent's penalty box late on for a corner in the dying minutes. Arsenal should take positives from this match and build on their ATS form.

Manchester United 1-0-3
ATS Take : Take Spurs on the +3/4 handicap as MU continue their worst start to the season
Final Result : MU won 1-0
Post Analysis : Fans who watched this match would say Spurs were unlucky not to leave OT without a result. Robbie Keane's first minute lobbed effort came off the crossbar, and MU had to survive 2 goal line clearances before Nani finally settled the game for them. I'm sure MU fans would breathe sigh of relief as their team finally broke their winless duck, and also registered their first ATS cover for the season.