After two weeks Arsenal are yet to record a win or even score a goal in Premier League play this season, but they will look to change that today as they face Liverpool.
A re-tooled Liverpool side loaned away striker Adam Carroll before the transfer deadline, while picking up Turkish midfielder Nuri Sahin. Now, the Reds take on an Arsenal team that is desperate to earn all three points after drawing its first two games.
Elsewhere in Europe, a big slate of games in La Liga is headlined by a matchup between Barcelona and Valencia. In Italy, Inter Milan hosts Roma in an important early-season meeting.
Later tonight, the MLS playoff race continues as the Chicago Fire host the Houston Dynamo in a nationally televised matchup. Other games include the Seattle Sounders' trip to face FC Dallas and the game between the San Jose Earthquakes and Chivas USA.
If you will be watching today's action, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (Today's TV schedule is after the jump):
TODAY'S SOCCER ON TV
8am- Univision Deportes/beIN Sport– Bordeaux vs. Nice
8:30am- FOX Soccer Channel– Liverpool vs. Arsenal
8:30am- ESPN3– PSV Eindhoven vs. AZ Alkmaar
9:30am- GolTV– Wolfsburg vs. Hannover 96
10am- beIN Sport– Athletic Bilbao vs. Real Valladolid
10:30am- ESPN3– Heerenveen vs. Ajax
11am- FOX Soccer Channel– Southampton vs. Manchester United
11am- FOX Soccer Plus– Newcastle vs. Aston Villa
11am- Univision Deportes– Marseille vs. Rennes
11:30am- GolTV– Bayern Munich vs. Stuttgart
NOON- beIN Sport– Udinese vs. Juventus
1pm- Univision– Toluca vs. Club America
1:50pm- beIN Sport– Real Madrid vs. Granada
2:45pm- RAI– Inter Milan vs. AS Roma
3pm- Univision Deportes– Lille vs. Paris St. Germain
3pm- GolTV– Internacional vs. Flamengo
6pm- Telemundo– Chivas Guadalajara vs. Puebla
3:30pm- beIN Sport– Barcelona vs. Valencia
5:30pm- beIN Sport– Napoli vs. Fiorentina (tape delay)
7pm- Galavision– Chicago Fire vs. Houston Dynamo
7pm- MLS Direct Kick– FC Dallas vs. Seattle Sounders
7:30pm- beIN Sport– Lille vs. Paris St. Germain
9pm- NBC Sports Network– San Jose Earthquakes vs. Chivas USA
Wow… refs really going out of their way to help Barca keep their 1-0 lead at this point.
For what it is worth the Guardian gave Lichaj a 6.4, which was the second lowest ranking for a Villa player ( Holman got a 6.1).
It might be in Eric’s best interests to NOT get called up.
US fans did not seem to notice but one of the first things his new manager did is buy a fullback, Lowton.
It seems clear Lambert is not as in love with Lichaj as US fans are. Going through all the Villa websites and the like, it seems the consensus is Lichaj is great but not yet ready to be a fulltime EPL starter. And Lambert’s behavior seems to confirm that he may well agree.
My guess is JK has been leaving Lichaj out so he can concentrate on winning a spot. He just started this weekend so it may not be the best time to disrupt that.
It is a mistake to compare keepers and outfield players directly.
Interesting how much the opinions on Lichaj are differing today. Wish I’d recorded that one!
I think an under-performing big club (probably in a slightly off-brand league, but better than A.1) could do some remodeling and buy him in January. Just too much scoring at such a tender age to ignore.
True dat. Knowing how to win counts for a lot. The old man knows how.
wasn’t very impressed by eric. He played an OK game. Benefitted from Simpsons injury and the repositioning Newcastle did. Was lucky not to be called for a number of fouls just in and outside the box on both sides of the half.
Burned by Obertan and Ben Arfa. Got one yellow, and got away with just checking Obertan, instead of making at least a pretense of playing the ball. They let you get away with that these days, but they shouldn’t.