there is no doubt that david villa is the new king of the mestalla.

4-0, with the display sometimes bordering on exhibition football. the fourth goal and villa's second was exquisite. at the moment, juan mata and manuel fernandes seem to be doing no wrong. in fact, mata is fast turning out to be the gem of the season. vicente came on for a cameo and promptly scored with a well-taken finish after mata picked him out. in the earlier stages, picking people out at will was what joaquin was doing, but he slowly faded out, although his technique was always superb. all in all, a good performance. bear in mind that david silva is still to come back. but some of the defensive clearances resemble rugby punts straight up to the sky.

arsenal also won 3-1, after an early scare. nasri scored out of nowhere and that really gave us the belief that the game was there to be won.

ajax also won 1-0.

so did kashima, to keep the lead with 5 games to go.

a fruitful weekend on the football side of life.

overall, i learnt that:
sometimes, the things that didnt happen are more significant than the things that did.