The premier league's most famous manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, stated the obvious concerning the first place Chelsea FC when he said that they are "the team to beat". Chelsea absolutely thrashed Bolton over the weekend to keep the first place side, beating the Wanderers 4-0 with which Didier Drogba capped with a delicately superb goal. Drogba also was able to get his feet back on European ground as he finished the term of his three match ban from the Champions League for improper conduct after last year's loss to Barcelona (http://tinyurl.com/yfo5wv8). Drogba scored both goals for Chelsea in the Champions league match but Atletico Madrid tied the game in the 90 minute (http://tinyurl.com/yb9p92r). Chelsea still advances to the next round though with the one point they got from the draw.
The Red Devils also won in their league game over the weekend, 2-0 over Blackburn, and got a remarkable goal from their $30 million striker, Dimitar Berbatov (http://tinyurl.com/yj3of9d).
United advanced past the first round of the Champions League in the same way that Chelsea did, tying the game but advancing on points. United received one of the worst calls of the year as Darren Fletcher went down in the penalty box and the ref gave the Moscow player a red card, but did not award the Devils a penalty kick. United did get their share of luck though, as their last goal by Antonio Valencia came via deflection off of one of the CSKA players. Sir Alex had some interesting comments on the call, or lack there of (http://tinyurl.com/ye3ftyl).
The two point leaders will meet this Sunday at Stamford Bride, Chelsea's home field.