| It is officially the worst start to the season that | | | | Chelsea lose a host of their stars including the likes of |
| champions Manchester United have made since the | | | | Didier Drogba, Michael Essien and Soloman Kalou. |
| creation of the Premiership, and you have to go back | | | | Manchester United star Wayne Rooney broke his foot |
| to 1992 to find a worse start to the season ever. | | | | on the first game of the season against Reading, who |
| As Man Utd sit currently 4th from bottom in the table, | | | | performed well defensively at Old Trafford to gain a |
| you can't help but feel a little sorry for them after the | | | | share of the points. However Rooney injured himself in |
| out-and-out success of last season. They currently | | | | a seemingly low-key challenge with Michael Duberry, |
| have 3 international class strikers injured with Ole | | | | and Wayne could now be out for a couple of months. |
| Gunnar Solskjaer, Luis Saha and now Wayne Rooney | | | | With the recent addition of Carlos Tevez you could |
| out for long lengths of time with serious injuries. They | | | | say United have been handed a lifeline, but it looked like |
| also have arguably their best player (obvious best | | | | a tough ask after seeing him perform up front by |
| player of the season last season) sat watching from | | | | himself against a rejuvenated Manchester City team. |
| the stands for 3 games after being sent off over a | | | | Tevez looked tired and understandably so, after he |
| nothing incident. And to make things worse they have | | | | has had a long season and then no real pre-season at |
| drawn their first two matches and lost their third. | | | | Manchester United - he has simply been thrown in at |
| Meanwhile their closest rivals last-season Chelsea | | | | the deep end by Sir Alex, who has had little else |
| have won their first two matches (admittedly against | | | | choice. The Argentine striker performed well against |
| lesser-opposition) and have drawn their third - a very | | | | City although he missed a few chances, and was |
| respectable point gained playing at Anfield against | | | | unable to prevent United losing to a deflected Giovanni |
| Liverpool. However some believe that Chelsea will | | | | goal after the away side dominated the proceedings |
| suffer a similar fortune to that of Man Utd, when the | | | | throughout the match at the City Of Manchester |
| African Cup of Nations kicks off which will see | | | | stadium. |