Best & Worst of the EPL 2006-07 - 1

This year was probably one of the closest race in the EPL title. There was no team to give Chelsea a challenge in the last two seasons and they won with a few games to spare in the last two years. But this year Man U were determined to stamp their authority and they gave Chelsea a fight for all the roubles that were converted to pounds in Stamford Bridge. It was a race every weekend and Man U deserved to win for keeping their nose in front for most of the weekends.

This was also a season of injuries for the top 3 of the 4 clubs. I will leave Liverpool out of this as they did not have any major injury worries. Man U, Chelsea and Arsenal had injuries throughout the season and I should say that the team which coped with this best was Man U. And Man U also deserve to win for the attractive football they played and the sheer number of goals(83 with 2 games left) they scored this season. Before this year only thrice has any team scored 85 + goals in a season - Arsenal twice and Man U once. Talking of goals another interesting stat is that Liverpool is so strong at home that they have conceded only 5 at Anfield in 18 games. The next best is 10 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

# Best Signings of the Year

1. Berbatov - Tottenham
Well he has been a class apart for the Spurs. He looks very laidback but holds the ball for Keane or Defoe to make the run so that he can give that killing pass. And it has not just been this feeding that he has done all season, he has been the score sheet as well on 22 occasions this year and is their top-scorer. Man U is interested in him for the next year but the Bulgarian doesnt seem to be going anywhere.

2. Dirk Kuyt - Liverpool
Again a classy forward who will do all the hardwork from mid-field to set up the goals. He has himself found the net 13 times this year and is the second top scorer for Liverpool after Crouch. He has been the preferred partner to both Crouch and Bellamy and is as genuine a Dutchman as Bergkamp.

3. Carlos Tevez - West Ham Utd
When this news was announced at the start of the Premiership season, it was the signing of the year along with Mascherano to West Ham. But Alan Pardew hardly played these players in the way that suited them the most. But towards the end of the season, come what may in Old Trafford this weekend, Tevez has been a class act in the last few weekends for getting West Ham this close to survival in the Premiership. His free kicks like the one below have been classic and so has his aggresion. If West Ham stay up this year, they owe a lot to Tevez.