The second week of the Premier League was upon us before you could shake a stick at the moon in anger because of his refusal to light your way when the batteries had gone in your torch.
There were surprises again as Arsenal went down to Fulham at Craven Cottage and Sunderland and Stoke both provided results many were not banking on. Sunderland played well for their result at Spurs who were diasappointing in front of a home crowd.
The big news here was the return of Djibril Cisse to the EPL on loan from Marseille turning out for Sunderland as a second half substitute and scoring the winner. The Frenchman marks his return with a goal on debut on the very same ground he scored on debut for Liverpool, impressive stuff.
Stoke City played to their fans and Tony Pulis's side continued with a style that suited them for promotion with very direct tactics beating Villa in a well fought 5 goal thriller at Brittania Stadium. Aston Villa did not cope as many would have expected after their opening win over Manchester City. In what was a good game for the fans it was Stokes 6 foot 4 Malian striker Sidibe who rose to head home in injury time to give Stoke all 3 points on their first home game back in the top flight for 23 years.
Arsenal would have been confident heading across town to Fulham after a first up win and their opposition having lost to Premiership new boys Hull in the opening week. This looks to have been their undoing as they were beaten by a Fulham side that would not lie down. Despite probably the better of the match in all, the Gunners were unable to break down the Fulham sides defence after they had been surprised in the the opening twenty by a goal from Fulham defender Hangeland who was quickest to react to a low driven free kick in the Arsenal box.
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