Robin Van Persie’s imperious two-goal showing as Arsenal overcame Norwich once again sees him named Player of the Week, narrowly beating off competition from Manchester City’s marauding right-back Micah Richards and QPR’s Icelandic striker Heidar Helguson.
Tottenham clearly impressed fans with their victory over an abject Aston Villa on Monday evening: four Spurs players made the team of the week, and Harry Redknapp is the manager of the week following his winning return to the dugout at White Hart Lane.
Once again, SportsLab’s football fans correctly predicted seven of the gameweek’s ten results. This time, that was enough to put them ahead of BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson’s efforts, as well as those of The Times’ statistics-based Fink Tank predictor.
However, QPR and Liverpool defied our respondents’ expectations as the teams grabbed away wins, while West Brom’s victory over Bolton was the other surprise result.
