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It’s amazing what a weekend does; news becomes old very quickly. This weekend was no different in the football arena and left the media properly chewing on their words as Manchester United climbed to the top of the table. The old Manchester United were back, Liverpool were left with a long and depressing drive home, Chelsea were left feeling blue but Arsenal managed to continue their goal run.

It was only a couple of weeks ago that the football world was a constant drone of how Chelsea is unstoppable. Even I doubted, momentarily, whether any other team would be able to keep up. However, just like in the media, a few days can change things quite drastically.

Berbatov scored five in a bid to silence his doubters and prove his £30m price tag. He hadn’t found the back of the net since his hat-trick against Liverpool in September and speaking of Liverpool… they sat back once again to allow an on-form Spurs, having missed a penalty, to nab it in the last minutes. No matter how many chances you get, Liverpool fans should never lose sight that it’s the final score line that counts. To add to their Carragher worries (if his absence is a worry, you know it’s bad) they face Manchester United in their FA Cup draw.

It was a (dark) blue time for Chelsea who were knocked off their perch for the first time since May and already critics think Pep is on his way to London – would he really want the job? Alex’s back pass to Carroll increased Chelsea’s woes.

One of the only clubs to thoroughly enjoy the weekend’s events was Manchester United who “finally” found form (it definitely wasn’t as rosy on the other side of Manchester as City were held to a draw) however, I do question how United have been classed as under-par yet haven’t lost a match in 29 games.

Only weeks ago, United were in the papers for all the wrong reasons; a debt-ridden club with Rooney moving to City and the rest of the team dubbed too old. It really is true; today’s papers are tomorrow’s fish and chips paper.