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Match Highlights – Manchester City vs Chelsea
It seemed the Mike Dean, by wrongly sending off Pablo Zabaleta, ruined the match between Chelsea and Manchester City, as Andre Schurrle took advantage of that decision to give the visitors the lead. But Frank Lampard, coming off the bench, equalized with 10 men and possibly saved this season from being over before the end of September.
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18 Best Memes of Mario Balotelli Jumping
Lose or win, Mario Balotelli always finds a way to leave an impression, and this time with his jump over Raheem Sterling scoring a goal, quickly turning into one of the best memes on the internet this year.
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Match Highlights – Leicester vs Manchester United
Leading by two goals twice wasn’t enough for a Manchester United team consisting of Angel di Maria, Wayne Rooney, Radamel Falcao and Robin van Persie. They still managed to be beaten 5-3 by Leicester in an incredible second half display, led by Jamie Vardy, Ritchie de Laet and Jose Ulloa.
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Match Highlights – AC Milan vs Juventus
The difference between contenders and pretenders was revealed, at least for now, as Juventus dominated at the San Siro, leading to a 1-0 win over AC Milan through a clever Carlos Tevez goal thanks to a smart assist from Paul Pogba, leaving the defending champions perfect since the start of the season.
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Match Highlights – West Ham vs Liverpool
Something isn’t working for Liverpool so far in the start of the 2014-2015 season, losing 3-1 to West Ham at Upton Park, making it their third defeat in five matches and two losses in a row. For the Hammers, who scored two very early goals through Winston Reid and Diafra Sakho, it was their first home win of the season. Raheem Sterling made things interesting, but Morgan Almafitano scored late to finish all hopes of a comeback.
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Match Highlights – Aston Villa vs Arsenal, Deportivo vs Real Madrid
Four minutes of dominance were enough for Arsenal to finally capture a Premier League win, beating Aston Villa 3-0 as the Mesut Ozil – Dannye Welbeck connection worked especially well. Another team bouncing back from a rough time are Real Madrid, destroying Deportivo 8-2 with a hat trick from Cristiano Ronaldo and braces for both Gareth Bale and Javier Hernandez.
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Champions League – Week 1 Results & Table (Groups E – H)
The biggest match of the second day in the opening week for the Champions League was decided with a 90th minute goal as Bayern Munich beat Manchester City. Barcelona didn’t work hard to open with a minimal win over APOEL Nicosia, while Chelsea suffered from a little bit of cruel justice in a home draw against Schalke.
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Match Highlights – Chelsea vs Schalke, Barcelona vs APOEL
After doing so well since the start of the season, Chelsea are finally held without a win, drawing 1-1 with Schalke, equalizing through Klaas-Jan Huntelaar after an opener from Cesc Fabregas which should have been disallowed. Barcelona didn’t look very impressive once again, but one goal from Gerard Pique in the first half was enough for a 1-0 win over APOEL Nicosia.
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Liverpool FC – Brendan Rodgers Needs to Stop Getting His Tactics Wrong
Once again Liverpool struggled creating chances and scoring goals, as Brendan Rodgers insists on playing with just one striker for most of the match, which means too much to do for Mario Balotelli, who looked a lot better in all of the instances when another forward was playing along side him.
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Arsenal FC – Mesut Ozil Keeps Reaches New Lows
It seems that Mesut Ozil finds himself facing new and harsher criticism with every bad match and result for Arsenal, constantly fueling the discussion of whether it truly is his fault that he has been playing so poorly or is it more a matter of positioning and having the right players around him.