Tag: EPL
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Welcome Jose
The change was imminent, demanding. The targets weren’t met. The football was sleep inducing. The manager defensive and unapologetic. We had to move on. For all the charisma in the press and off the field with his tongue in cheek English, van Gaal failed abysmally in two years. The numerous injuries that were part […]
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LvG out
I was running through the series of events that led to the downfall of Mourinho over the weekend. LvG’s press conference was for the first time, one of apprehension – he just got a trailer of a possible fate. But how contrasting are the two situations? On one hand we have a manager who […]
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Swansea 2-1 Manchester United August 2015
Attacking start to the game with dangerous Memphis free kick in the first minute. United dominating play from the beginning. Minute later Mata blasts over from outside the box. Manchester playing like a home game, dominating possession and looking comfortable. Looks like Smalling is taking over handling Gomis. Clearly Blind would be no match. […]
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Manchester United 0-0 Newcastle United Review August 2015
It started on a good note with Bastian starting the game. The movement off the ball was good. The passing was crisp. The early chance that fell to Rooney was wrongly called offside. When you are down, nothing seems to go your way. Memphis was bright, coming off the midweek European double, but yet again […]
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Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United 14 August Review
To see Januzaj getting a start after so long was indeed a pleasant surprise. Considering Memphis didn’t get off to a great debut, giving him the wing seemed the right way as Young made way for him. The first 15 min of the game was an indication of what both Sherwood and van Gaal had […]
Varun Babu 