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Champions League – Week 5 Predictions (Groups E – H)
The return of the Champions League puts the focus on two groups: The group of death, where Arsenal should have no problem at home against Marseille and Dortmund try to get over their league slump against a similarly dropping club like Napoli. In the ‘vintage’ group, Barcelona and Ajax should put on quite an interesting show, while Milan will try to get something out of their tough away trip to Glasgow, facing Celtic.
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Bayern Munich – Pep Guardiola Trying to Stop a Tactics Leaking Mole
Even though Bayern Munich are undefeated in the Bundesliga and the Champions League, enjoying a 4-point lead at the top of the table and just coming off a huge away win over their biggest rivals, Pep Guardiola is finding reasons to remain unhappy. This time? One of his players is leaking his match tactics to newspapers, specifically the Bild.
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Lionel Messi on Cristiano Ronaldo and Teams Trying to Sign Him
It seems that being out injured gives Lionel Messi some time to hand out interviews, and in them he talks about Cristiano Ronaldo, saying there’s nothing surprising about the Real Madrid star being in such fantastic form. He also mentions it’s quite flattering to be on the target list for so many clubs.
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Tottenham Hotspur – Andre Villas-Boas Doesn’t Seem to Know What He’s Doing
It’s not the manager’s fault when a team conceded after only 14 seconds. However, Andre Villas-Boas is to blame when Tottenham have scored only nine league goals through 12 matches, some of them coming thanks to bad refereeing decisions, and it’s his fault Spurs completely fell apart at the Eithad stadium, playing without a bit of sense or caution and intelligence, getting destroyed 6-0, which could have been worse.
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Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Needs a Better Manager Than David Moyes
There’s always a debate when it’s time to blame someone. Who is more responsible for a team looking bad – the manager or the players? David Moyes might be over criticized from the day he took the Manchester United job, but his inability to keep this team on its edge and hungry for more, while Wayne Rooney, along with Adnan Januzaj and David de Gea, seem to be the only players not suffering from too many highs & lows in his game.
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Manchester City – Sergio Aguero Has Never Looked Better
After a rough second season in the Premier League, things are looking quite bright for Sergio Aguero and Manchester City, at least when they’re playing at home, as they achieve another devastating win (6-0 this time) over a title rival, possibly even brushing them aside for good.
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Neil Swarbrick Helps Wayne Rooney Avoid a Red Card for Kicking Jordon Mutch
Justice prevailed as Cardiff, playing better than Manchester United, got a 91st minute goal and an equalizer in a 2-2 draw, despite the best efforts from referee Neil Swarbrick to make it an uneven contest in favor of the visitors, showcased at its fullest when he only booked Wayne Rooney for deliberately kicking Jordon Mutch early in the game.
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Mavs vs Nuggets – Randy Foye Actually Comes Through For Once
You never expect Randy Foye to be a hero of a victory; not now for the Denver Nuggets, and not before on his previous NBA stops. A hot night from beyond the arc and one big shot to win the game in a 102-10 win over the Dallas Mavericks slightly changed the early perception about the 7-year veteran.
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Blazers vs Warriors – The Best Brawl of the Season
As long as fights and brawls don’t end up with anyone actually hurt, we’re all for them. The Portland Trail Blazers continued their impressive start with a 113-101 win over the Golden State Warriors, but most of the attention went to the brawl that had three players (Mo Williams, Wesley Matthews and Draymond Green) ejected.
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Liverpool FC Transfer Rumors – Yann M’Vila Coming in January
One of the best ways to tell if a player is going to be signed is seeing him sit in his next club’s stadium watching a match. By that logic, Liverpool are quite prepared to splash the cash on Yann M’Vila from Rubin Kazan, who isn’t such a in-demand committee as he was a year ago, when Arsenal were interested in signing him.