Archive for August, 2011

Barcelona 5-0 Villarreal: Guardiola switches to a 3-4-3 (diamond) and Barca run riot

August 29, 2011
Barcelona 5-0 Villarreal: Guardiola switches to a 3-4-3 (diamond) and Barca run riot

Barcelona demolished a lacklustre Villarreal side in their first La Liga game of the season.
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Posted in Spain | 166 Comments »

Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal: Wenger’s heaviest defeat as Arsenal manager

August 28, 2011
Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal: Wenger’s heaviest defeat as Arsenal manager

An astonishing game ended with a resounding Manchester United victory.
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Posted in England | 128 Comments »

Tottenham 1-5 Manchester City: Dzeko scores four but City impressive across the pitch

August 28, 2011
Tottenham 1-5 Manchester City: Dzeko scores four but City impressive across the pitch

Manchester City produced an excellent performance to maintain their 100% start to the season.
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Posted in England | 61 Comments »

Leverkusen 0-0 Dortmund: two similar systems cancel each other out

August 27, 2011
Leverkusen 0-0 Dortmund: two similar systems cancel each other out

Arguably the first ‘big’ game of the European League season produced a fairly uninspiring 0-0 draw.
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Posted in Germany | 22 Comments »