September 30 - On Monday, leading English Premier League team, Manchester City, who were no doubt still smarting from their 4-3 defeat at the hands of their biggest rivals, Manchester United, the week before, took on West Ham United at home and trounced them by 3-1, to the delight of their betting fans.

What made the victory even sweeter for Manchester City fans was the fact that two of their team’s three goals were scored by talented Argentinean-born striker Carlos Tevez, who previously played for West Ham. The skilful player scored against his old team in the 5th and 61st minute, to a roar from the stadium.

Tevez’s two goals sandwiched that of Bulgarian-born wing Martin Petrov, who’s superb strike found its mark at the back of the West Ham net, putting Manchester City up by 2-1. West Ham’s goal came from Carlton Cole, which sent shockwaves through the stadium given the difference in skill between the two teams.

But score West Ham did, and once Tevez had secured his second goal, a feeling pulsed through the ground that the game was over for the visitors. When Tevez was signed by Man City, he was welcomed to the city with the now infamous billboard depicting him accompanied by the words ‘Welcome to Manchester’.

The irony that Manchester City’s victory on Monday was mainly due to the Argentinean would not have been lost on West Ham, because when he played for them, he saved them from being relegated one year. Currently third from the bottom of the league, West Ham may have a similar battle on their hands this season.

On Sunday Sunderland took on the Wolverhampton Wanderers and dished out a crushing 5-2 defeat at the Stadium of Light. While both teams seemed evenly matched early on, it was Sunderland who struck first when striker, Darren Bent, scored off a penalty awarded to him after being fouled by Segundo Castillo.

From that point onwards the game was pretty staid and seemed as though neither team could make any headway against the other. But in what was arguably not the most exciting of English Premier League matches, Sunderland eventually came out on top, ranking them at 8 in the Premier League and the Wolves at 16.