All posts tagged "Uefa Champions League"

  • Arsenal’s tough pool in UCL draw is no fluke

    Arsenal are accused of mediocrity at times, mixed amid flashes of brilliance. Moreover, Arsenal fans accuse Arsene Wenger of achieving nothing more than mediocrity with the club since they last won the Premier League over a decade...

    • Posted December 11, 2014
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  • MOTD: Roma 0-2 Manchester City

    It is possible to define Manchester City’s so called “Champions League curse” in two ways. City managers, who have struggled mightily in the competition, will be quick to pin their troubles on the fact that they have...

    • Posted December 10, 2014
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  • MOTD: Liverpool 1-1 FC Basel

    Stuck, then knocking at the door. Listless, then brimming with life. These were the two sides of Liverpool today. There was the positive, certainly. They didn’t get the result they very much needed, but towards the end...

    • Posted December 9, 2014
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 2-0 Borussia Dortmund

    Arsenal looked in form today, to put it simply. At times, they played the football that Arsene Wenger is trying to achieve – particularly in the second half they created chance after chance and could have easily...

    • Posted November 26, 2014
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  • 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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  • Do Manchester City really have a “UCL curse”

    Manuel Pellegrini was hired by Manchester City specifically to take the club to the next level. His predecessor, Roberto Mancini, had achieved domestic success with the club but Pellegrini was hired on the basis that he had...

    • Posted November 24, 2014
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  • The Premier League’s bad week out gets worse – Tracking England’s plight from dominance in the UCL

    2007 to 2009 might not be considered the “good old days”, for most, considering the global financial crisis of the period, but for English footballing teams, it was the first time they really had implemented their prowess...

    • Posted November 5, 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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