Manchester Utd 3 Newcastle Utd 0 Premier League result

Great to see Newcastle Utd back in the big time, travelling away to Old Trafford last night with plenty of topless fat Geordies enjoying the Lancashire August evening sunshine. Chris Houghton had his troops well organised for this glamourous tie against Sir Alex Ferguson's 11, packing the midfield and defence successfully until the 32nd minute where Valencia managed to regain possession and feed Berbatov to slot home the opener for Manchester United in his 3rd season at the Red Devils.

As Houghton's men pushed on, space became apparent for Man Utd and Newscastle started to look weary. You could see a second coming and it did. Nani cleverly feed in to Evra and the cross from the left back was put into the Newcastle net by Fletcher. A deserved 2-0 at the break for Fergie's boys.

In the second half, Manchester United pushed on with bossing the promoted Newcastle. The magpies worked hard to try and build possession in the final 3rd but the front line couldn't get anything to stick. Man Utd started to move the ball around with ease, Scholes particularly showing that he on his day is one of the best midfielders in the Premier League.

Scholes then combined with Giggs to score a superb goal, a well controlled volley going across the Newcastle keeper. A regulation victory for the ex champions and great to see the Man Utd veterans still keeping in great physical condition.

Torres to stay at Liverpool

Fernando Torres will be staying at Liverpool after speaking to new Reds boss Roy Hodgson. This has to be positive news for the financially challenged Premier League giant despite media criticism of the spanish striker during the World Cup 2010. Torres is a proven goalscorer at Premiership level so it is surprising that football journalists to forget his phenomenal goal scoring rate at Liverpool. The obvious challenge to Hodgson is achieving some balance within his front line to allow Torres to get properly fit - something we haven't seen for 2 years. Has this affected the player's chances of moving on? Perhaps, but Hodgson will recognise true class in Torres and will want him to show his devastating physicality and presence once more to get him back to aiming for in excess of 25 goals per season.

Good work Roy of the Reds!