Premier League Wednesday: Tottenham Hotspur And Arsenal Battle To Draw In Enthralling North London Derby

I’m not entirely sure what will happen next - Arsenal are on the attack again but that didn’t stop Tottenham from scoring their equaliser last time. One thing’s for sure though: This isn’t going to be a boring game. If you have any way of turning it on and watching it, I would strongly advise that you go ahead and do just that.

Sit down, Fernando Torres! The lineups are out for the English Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Birmingham City, and Torres, along with Nicolas Anelka, is sitting. Carlo Ancelotti has opted for a 4-3-3 setup with Solomon Kalou and Florent Malouda on either side of Didier Drogba. Ramires sits as well, as John Obi Mikel comes in and Michael Essien presumably plays a more attacking role than usual.

For most of his time as the Birmingham City manager, Alex McLeish has been a 4-4-2 type of guy, but he’s opted to play an extra man in the midfield today, situating Alexander Hleb as an attacking midfielder behind a lone striker, Cameron Jerome.

I guess I should also mention that Newcastle aren’t attacking anymore and it’s still 0-0. Manchester United, meanwhile, are going all out, and you can’t really blame them.

After maybe fifteen minutes of Newcastle bossing the game (they really should have scored, so panicked was the United defence), United are back in this a little bit. Still, they need a win here and they’re not really playing like they’re going to get it, at least for now. Newcastle, for their part, will be slightly worried that for all of their early dominance they’ve failed to force Edwin van der Sar into any significant save.