Ahmed Ahmed has done much of the talking on the happenings of the past weekend and that’s just fine with me. I was too busy soaking in a Chelsea victory at Liverpool under very surreal circumstances. Liverpool was coming off a heart-breaking defeat at the hands of Atletico Madrid in the Europa League while Chelsea was riding high on a string of emphatic victories.

The surreal nature largely centered around the fact that a seemingly large amount of Liverpool faithful were actually hoping for a Chelsea victory. The hatred and rivalry between Liverpool and United has reached a point where Red fans would rather lose a shot at European qualification than see United win another Premiership title. Think about that for a minute. How many rivalries in American sports are so strong that fans would actively cheer for their team to lose a shot at the playoffs if it would guarantee their chief rival wouldn’t win the title? Apparently this is nothing new in English football and that sort of blind devotion is actually quite refreshing.

To add to the madness of the day, it was Liverpool talisman Steven Gerrard that set up Chelsea’s first goal of the match. Gerrard attempted an atrocious back-pass to Reina that was intercepted by Didier Drogba who dribbled around the keeper and slotted the gift home. Frank Lampard added a second by finishing a beautiful play set up by a hard-working Nicolas Anelka.

Next week, Chelsea look to lock up the title at Stamford Bridge against a Wigan Athletic side that is assured top-flight football next year but is still in the bottom third. United plays a poor Stoke City side with kickoff at the same time but hopefully Chelsea can put the match away early and the celebration can start at the half. Look for a match preview at the end of the week!! Also, make sure to join our Facebook group and ­follow us on Twitter!

-Khaled­­