Isco was the catalyst for a fabulous demonstration of movement and interplay from Malaga’s front four.
After rotating heavily for the trip to Zenit in midweek, Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini played a more familiar XI, unchanged from the draw at Osasuna last week.
Mauricio Pellegrino’s major decision was the use of Ever Banega – rather than...
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Valencia won 2-0 in a disappointingly tame contest.
Mauricio Pellegrino changed his two wide players, bringing in Andres Guardado and Sofiane Feghouli, and also introduced Jonas behind Roberto Soldado.
Diego Simeone made a few changes, bringing back Tiago, Arda Turan and Adrian Lopez and moving to a different midfield format.
Neither side played particularly sparkling football in...
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Manchester United won comfortably without having to play well.
Sir Alex Ferguson named the same side that started last weekend’s win over Chelsea – Tom Cleverley retained his place in the centre of midfield.
Arsene Wenger also named an unchanged side from Arsenal’s last league fixture, so Theo Walcott was on the bench despite his midweek...
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Marouane Fellaini was the game’s star player, and scored the winning goal with a fine header.
David Moyes used a familiar 4-4-1-1 system, with Fellaini deployed behind Nikica Jelavic.
Sir Alex Ferguson had major injury problems at the back, with Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans and Rio Ferdinand all out. Michael Carrick had to play...
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Mauricio Pellegrino’s debut as Valencia coach resulted in a draw at the Bernabeu.
Jose Mourinho’s side was very familiar from last season – no new signings played. The main surprise was that Lassana Diarra was fielded alongside Xabi Alonso in midfield.
Valencia continued to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, the formation they’ve pretty much used since...
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