All posts tagged "2014/2015 Champions League"

  • MOTD: Manchester City 3-2 Bayern Munich

    Of course Sergio Aguero was Manchester City’s hat-trick hero. Down 2-1, he score twice more to give City a vital Champions League win. Considering the importance of the UCL to City, it was a re-run of their...

    • Posted November 25, 2014
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  • Admitting, and not admitting defeat – Thoughts from two UCL matches

    Jose Mourinho, prior to his Real Madrid side facing Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League today, said that “against the most difficult opponents, I will try to go with my best team”. It was a thinly veiled...

    • Posted November 4, 2014
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  • MOTD: Liverpool 0-3 Real Madrid

    Anfield has been the backyard playground of so many greats down the years. Robbie Fowler, Ian Rush, and more recently, Steven Gerrard. And while Gerrard was on the pitch at Anfield tonight, as captain of Liverpool, it...

    • Posted October 22, 2014
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 4-1 Galatasaray

    It was the type of performance from Alexis Sanchez that made you wonder how in the world he was dropped from the starting lineup for the North London derby last weekend. Sanchez terrorized Galatasaray’s back three, poorly...

    • Posted October 1, 2014
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  • MOTD: Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 Barcelona

    Many called the absence of Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic Paris Saint-Germain’s death wish as they hosted Barcelona, but it hardly proved itself to be a burden on PSG. Barcelona hadn’t allowed a single goal this season...

    • Posted September 30, 2014
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  • MOTD: Bayern Munich 1-0 Manchester City

    Pep Guardiola is the master of a move that hardly any manager dares to do – turn a defender into a midfielder. With Javier Mascherano at Barcelona he did the opposite, and after his year on a...

    • Posted September 17, 2014
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  • Champions League draw; Battle of the brands – Part 1

    Football shirts are really more than just a shirt. It is a way to connect with a club – pull one on and it connects you to that club as part of something bigger. That is why...

    • Posted August 29, 2014
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  • Could a mid-table finish benefit Manchester United?

    You have to go way back to the 2001-02 season to find the last time that Manchester United have lost six games at home in a single league season.  Even further back, during the 1973-1974 season in...

    • Posted April 5, 2014
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