For Bayern Munich to unseat Bayer Leverkusen from the top of the Bundesliga the latter would have to lose maybe four games, while the former will win all their games. In sports nothing is impossible but I doubt that the Xabi Alonso side would drop much point. They have not lost a game and might lose just one or two matches before the end of the season. Bayer has had fewer injury concerns and one of their top strikers Victor Boniface will soon be back from injuries which will make them more dangerous up front. Xavi has successfully built a solid team which doesn't depend on a single player for their success. However, Bayer still needs to keep working hard to enable them to remain without defeat for the season which will culminate in winning the Bundesliga and the Europa League.
At some point, during the early stages if the season, I would think that it was all about Victor Boniface scoring all of the goals but then, everything changed when he got Injured. You would see this progressive advancement of these fullbacks into the eighteen yard box of the opponents, like damn having such attacking power and so confident with one or two defenders behind has got to be mind blowing. You'd have to play close attention to Xabi Alonso before you can tackle him down. He would go on to be one of the finest managers in the world same way as Josep Pep Guardiola. Bayern Munich should kiss hopes of lifting the german Bundesliga league competition goodbye. They won't be able to achieve that no matter the outcome. Leverkusen could still go on to win the treble, any chances of that happening? ( Bundesliga, Cup Competition and lastly European Europa League Competition? Lol ) |
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Since De Rossi joined Roma they have been trying very hard to have better performance and get better results in Serie A and the other tournaments but it seems this time De Rossi wants to release some players he doesn't need to save some spots and improve the team by hiring more and better players at the end of this season. Renato Sanches and Rui Patrício are two players who are going to leave Roma soon. The contract of Renato Sanches will end soon and he is not interested in extending his contract anymore. Also since De Rossi started working in Roma, Mile Svilar has been playing for the team instead of Patrício, he also had a good performance in Roma and especially in the game against Feyenoord when he saved the penalty kick.  It's a mandatory steps to take when you join a club, those dead woods who aren't part of your plans should be communicated with and pre inform them of the plans you have and that they won't be part of it with disrespect. And trying to do this now is a good way for these players to prepare themselves for the exit and so them agents could go on getting a new club for them. As Roma did the right thing to sign up this guy, because both in the European Competitions and domestic league games, he has impacted positively in these lads mentally ad that beautiful to see and watch. I haven't paid close attention to sit and watch his style of play for As Roma but I will do. Tough game against Ac Milan in the European Europa League Competition, whoever turns out victorious would get to the finals Imo! |
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The Liverpool and Bayern Munich jobs are two of the biggest jobs in football history, so I am surprised that Xabi Alonso wants to remain in Bayer Leverkusen for another season. The Spanish ex-international has had a wonderful time in Bayer and he has also enjoyed so much support from the club's management and fans. He would be leading the club to the UEFA Champions League next season and it will be an uncommon feat for him and the club.
But he might face his biggest challenges from next season when they will be defending the Bundesliga and competing for the UCL. If he still performs well next season he will still have some job openings in some big clubs but his market value might reduce if he fails to replicate his current performance. Liverpool will have to seek for another alternative or convince Jurgen Klopp to remain for a season and Bayern Munich should also change their mind because they might have few options to replace Thomas Tuchel.
This is difficult for me to comprehend, can you break this down? So clubs like Barcelona, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Ac Milan are not big jobs? Let's see then, he wants to be the man to guide them to the next Champions League same way he has this season. I have said it a dozen times and I'll say it again, hopefully not even Bayern Munich comes to spoil them party of lifting the trophy. Defending the Bundesliga would be difficult, the pressure also that comes with being involved in the Champions League Competition would definitely hit them add. They'd have to also invest in some quality players ahead of a new season. Xabi Alonso could be successful in the European level but in the Bundesliga League Competition next season? Come see the aggressive games Bayern Munich would use to approach the league. Lol. I won't be fazed anyways. |
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We will see whether Arsenal will have revenge on those horrible times. First I saw the news like Kane wouldn't be able to recover until mid April but now it looks like he is ready to play even in the next game. He is a crucial player for Bayern Munich right now because of being very productive you know. If he wasn't able to play Arsenal defense might be a little more relieved. Arsenal players should play bravely and I believe they will.  I mean I don't expect Arteta to adopt a defensive game. It wouldn't fit the character of the squad either. They need to play an effective attacking game to have more chance in this matchup. Most of these gunner's are noisy and lousy, they talk about the game too much but can they back it up finally? In the next couple weeks we will see to that. They should focus on winning and not revenging, what has revenging got to do with this particular game? I feel pity for them because Bayern Munich will show no mercy on em. Harry Kane will be ready for the club this weekend during the crunch game against Borrussia Dortmund. I don't want to see him back Injured so, hopefully he is not rushed back into the first team. I do support the gunners to win the Premier League Competition but the Champions League Competition? Go back to history to see how much of a poor side they have been in the European Competitions when the games mattered. |
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I see that the performance of Manchester City players is quite even in all their lines and indeed they have proven that they do not experience a decline in performance when there is player rotation, the same goes for what will happen in the future...
Except that player is Rodri. The team has struggled a lot when Rodri is not on the pitch, leading to him being played a high number of times. IT is a surprise that his form is not all over the place judging from how many minutes he plays. He is a beast of a player. The odds for Arsenal to win is still very high, worth trying my luck with one or two other entries. - Jay - You still make use of odds to determine who wins the game? Arsenal are in a good form and shape they can put up a good fight against Manchester City and make sure that they go back home with the necessary three points to activate them stay at the top of the Premier League standing. Absence of the defensive midfielder Rodri affected them during th first fixture against Arsenal and they lost. He would be around but they'll be having other weak positions and area to be exploited by arsenal during the game. They're so much in this game and will do what it takes to win the game. For the game between Chelsea and Burnley, it'll be fun to see Chelsea winafter they dumped Leicester City out of the FA Cup Competition last weekend. |
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Have you heard of any statement by Xabi Alonso? Because I haven't. However I can agree that there isn't anything certain on his future yet. There are only rumours like Liverpool and Bayern Munich will be after him as both of them are parting ways with their managers by the end of this season. The important point is what he wants to do after being this successful. If Xabi Alonso doesn't go to Liverpool then De Zerbi can be one of the candidates indeed. At least he has been one of the names rumoured with the job there. Liverpool had better make their choice carefully after having really good years with Klopp. Yeah! He had finally gotten to clear the air with his statement today of how Bayern Leverkusen is the place for him to stay and not leave. I don't know if he is doing this so he can focus on winning the Bundesliga League Competition. Why miss out on such a good chance to manage a big club like Liverpool and at most Bayern Munich who would have been a perfect switch for him. Though he did rejected a couple fee others like Manchester United, Barcelona and Chelsea. He has no desire to manage or work with them. De Zebri has experience now, he can handle that young squad but should be ready to see most big names leaving the club. Jose Mourinho to Ac Milan makes no sense! They're a top attacking side and you want them to sign up Jose Mourinho? I'd rather Antonio Conte who attacks and at the same time, defends with his heart. |
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For this season, Barcelona will try to catch up even though it is very difficult because they are already far behind Real Madrid who are at the top of the standings, but with their quality which is now getting better I think they will try as hard as possible because mathematically they still have a chance to do that. . And realistically Barcelona only has a bigger chance in the UCL so now they are also shifting their focus there to give their best performance, now Barcelona is in the quarter-finals so their journey is not long, even though it is difficult. Barcelona is almost certain to lose the La Liga title this season when Real Madrid leads the standings with an 8-point advantage with 9 games remaining. Real Madrid is comfortable enough to maintain its performance until the end of the season, but if they drop a few points in the next few games then maybe Barcelona can get closer. The matches against Bilbao and Mallorca are something that Real Madrid must win before El Clasico, so if both can be won then it doesn't matter if Real Madrid loses in El Clasico. However, it would certainly be dangerous for Real Madrid if they lost one of the matches against Bilbao and Mallorca, they would be in danger of losing points in El Clasico too. They shouldn't be comfortable yet, not even in the slightest way, they do that and that's the fastest way to lose the league Competitions, when you think it's all done but it's not done. Though, I believe they have this big winning mentality and should be able to fight for whatever they want to be. They will try to win but Atletico Bilbao is one of the hottest sides in La Liga also considering how good they have been in attack and Real Madrid having not enough good defense, you just know that the game will see goals raining. They are both in the Champions League Competition and injuries could also affect them as well as fatigue. Real Madrid though would seize this one, would be embarrassing to see them come all the way from below and finally leapfrogging Real Madrid. Unbelievable! |
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This is one of the things that will weaken Manchester City's performance against Real Madrid and Arsenal in the Premier League and in the UEFA Champions League, respectively. Kyle Walker is a good defender, and if he is not in the Manchester City squad that will face Real Madrid and Arsenal, the Manchester City defense will be vulnerable.
Of course, losing Kyle Walker is Man City's weakness, especially since Kyle Walker has been Man City's mainstay defender in the last few seasons. This will affect Man City's performance, especially when they face Arsenal this week, this match will be crucial for both teams in the race for the EPL title. If you look at the tight competitive situation plus the remaining schedule for the season, Arsenal must win over Man City. The reason is that Arsenal still has to face tough matches such as against Brighton, Aston Villa, Wolverhampton, Chelsea, Tottenham and Man United. So for Arsenal, beating Man City is the best opportunity to stop Man City's title fight. Because, with Man City's experience of winning in the last few seasons, it is very difficult to rely on other teams to beat them. Brighton would be a hard but to crack there, I won't say same for Aston Villa, Wolverampton and Chelsea, because they're games Arsenal can easily tumble and get food results. Same goes with Tottenham Hotspur. Manchester United will be tough as they know too but they have to fight until the end of the season to make sure that they finish on top of Josep Pep Guardiola. Gunner's remains my favorite to win the Premier League and I can't wait to see that happening in the next few months. No excuses would be entertained. Pep Guardiola should start or must have already seen a good replacement for Kyle Walker or should I say an alternative to play that role in that game. Mathias Nunez could do that though or Lewis. Not just Kyle Walker John Stones, Kevin De Bruyne, Manuel Akanji and Luiz Diaz are player's reported by sky sports to be out of the game. We will see what turns out of the game. |
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Shit happens. Inter is king in Seria A this season, but not in UCL, because UCL is for champions from various leagues in which every club is very strong. This is why you will see that a club can be strong in his domestic league, but will not be able to go far in UCL. So many clubs like that.
However, been eliminated in the Champions League does not mean that they should be unhappy with such lost. They still have the trophy to win and become the defending champion of the league next season. They will only need to work on themselves and prepare for next season so that they don't get kicked out so early from the champions league.
Aye'... Shit happens, The way they got dumped out of the Champions League Competition after all of the hype from me gave me the chills. I was truly disappointed in em. Both Lautaro and the others failed to convert penalties when it mattered most for them, even Alexis Sanchez dis miss his own spot kick, it was not a pleasant night for them as they decided them own fate. They be good in the Seria A, in the next few games and they'd be awarded the Scudetto Competition since they're leading the table with a good number of points right now. Failures and losses are good, they're eye openers and the coach should go take a good look at the places he had issues. Since Atletico Madrid had been poor, I felt it was a chance for them to knock them off. Thanks to Memphis Depay who saved them. Inter Milan will be Champions of Seria A that's for sure. |
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It definitely won't be an easy game for Barcelona to face PSG though, but sometimes what matters when it comes to Champions League game is the teams' experience in competition, which Barcelona got, Barcelona may not have the quality of players to match with their opponent team PSG, But the players in there could use experience to get a better result out of the game, I still don't think it gonna be an easy game on the side PSG as you may have thought, there's still a possibility that Barcelona could win in this game regardless.
Aside Manchester City Vs Real Madrid match, Arsenal Vs Bayern and Barcelona Vs PSG are the two most interesting matches to watch. When it comes to Champions League football, experience is something to be considered and some past record between the two teams particularly the recent records they all have against each others. Barcelona did not have good start this season same as PSG, and the two of them have recovered as they are now doing well in their domestic leagues. This match will a tough one, but Barcelona will use experience to eliminate PSG just as they did in the past because psg team is not too good enough compared to last season, that is why they are not in my favorite list because they only rely on Mbappe. Tough one? That's not the game between Paris Saint Germans and Barcelona. This is already a game we know that, Paris Saint Germans would definitely win. I can recall back to when Barcelona dumped out Paris Saint Germans out of the competition twice one with the help of Lionel Messi and the other with the entire team work. That was the last season of Neymar Junior in the La Liga League Competition. But right now, we'd see Luis Enrique who is already experienced in this Competition go head to head against Xavi Hernandez a player he once managed and they went ahead to win the Champions League Competition that same season. I'm certain Paris Saint Germans would dump Barcelona... Hot cake has got to be between Arsenal and Bayern Munich, so much hype oozing out from them fans saying they'd beat Bayern Munich. How is this even possible? |
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A new piece of gossip for Guardiola's transfer market who seems to want the 26 year old Bruno Guimaraes player at all costs.
The player's price tag is estimated at around 100 million euros, which is a lot but easily within the reach of the English club.
If they will fail with him they may go for Lucas Paqueta from West Ham.
Kevin De Bruyne linked to leave Manchester City, Bernado Silva looking all worned out, Kovacic not too much of a creative midfielder, not even Nunes. It was Lucas Paqueta who was linked but shit didn't go through. From season to season, Pep Guardiola normally do it this way to upgrade his squad with new names and qualities. There's this I want to play for Pep Guardiola when he comes knocking,, I'm sure he'd join Manchester City and Newcastle United seem to be interested in selling the Brazilian midfielder. I see he is making good plans to rebuild the squad ahead of a new season. It seems like Xabi Alonso has finally rejected moving to Liverpool and Bayern Munich. Then, the next name for that Bayern Munich job would be Antonio Conte. |
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Today we learned that Bremer, the Brazilian defender of Juventus, has a release clause included in his contract which is updated from year to year if his salary is not increased by 500k per year.
As of now it would be active for 2025 and the amount would be equal to 60-70 million.
It would certainly be feasible for many English clubs given the performances of the player in question.
Manchester United are strongly behind the chase of the Brazilian and I consider it a good one for Manchester United, they need experience as much as they need a youngin who can develop with the rest of the club and the players. Personally, I consider it a fair rate for both club nd whoever has interest signing up the defender from Juventus. Also leaving could be Chjesa and Dusan Vlahovic. But not so sure about the moves of Dusan Vlahovic who picked up a good form you see for Juventus. Oliver Giroud has also been another name leaving Seria A. They have no further plans of giving him a new contract. |
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The problems of Manchester United is inconsistency. The inconvenience might be attributed to unavailability of Manchester United players due to prolonged injuries. Erik Ten Hang has never had a handful of players available for him to choose. If defenders are available today, midfielders will not and if midfielders are available, strikers will be lacking. So, I applaud Erik Ten Hang for using an inconsistent team to go this far.
Manchester United might not be able to qualify for the top 4 this season but the management will have to buy new players for the next season in order to fight well.
And despite the inconsistency, he will be taking Manchester United to the another finals in two years, and in his second season, isn't that something great? Erik Ten Hag is not the problem for Manchester United and they have to fix all of these speculating news about Erik Ten Hag leaving next season or been sacked completely. They will do better if they have a well structured squad ready for the next Premier League Competition next season. Jim Radcliffe would allow the sporting directors take them decision and I'm sure they'll be back the dutch manager for success ahead. They have all it takes to qualify for the Champions League Competition next season even if they finish fifth position on the Premier League standing. |
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Xabi Alonso has proven himself with Bayern Leverkusen this season in the Bundesliga. With the help of Xavi Alonso, Bayern Leverkusen is one of the most consistent clubs in the top five leagues. Bayern Leverkusen is still unbeaten in the Bundesliga, and they are leading Bayern Munich by 10 points in the Bundesliga table. I don't see this as luck, but as someone who knows what he is doing.
Xabi Alonso's extraordinary coaching this season at the Bayer Leverkusen team has indeed proven to be extraordinary because the team he coaches has still not lost in the Bundesliga and is also still holding up quite well in the Europa League this season. And with such a big point gap with Bayern Munich, I am increasingly confident that Bayer Leverkusen will easily win and will continue to compete well in the Europa League this season until the final. Thanks to the fans, the staff's, the players both on the first team and those on the bench who have all worked together to achieve such a great feat. Xabi Alonso couldn't have done it alone, not to forget how he has been backed by the management for them to trust him and offer him Xabi Alonso the job. Six months after being in charge, one wouldn't have thought he'd have such perfect season but here he is, alongside the world best clubs itching for him to join them. And as for Bayern Munich, they should knock it off, they won't be winners of this years Bundesliga League Competition. Saddens me to also see Harry Kane score all of these goals in his debut season and no trophy? T's crazzzzzzyyy. |
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Of course it doesn't have to be Southgate. I just talked about it because of the recent rumours going around. There are surely better options with really good careers. I have already mentioned Conte as an example. He is familiar with the Premier League already you know. He has a nice history with Chelsea like winning a Premier League and an FA Cup titles. Maybe he would be considered as one of the candidates in case of deciding to sack Erik ten Hag. However there are new rumours like Sir Jim Ratcliffe can give another chance to Erik ten Hag for next season. If this happens they had better make their transfers properly in the summer. Manchester United will be damned if they think that Gareth Southgate would do a better job than Erik Ten Hag in the long run, then they must be fucking blind. England manager and he is yet to win a single trophy with the national team. Is this the so called coach that would defeat Manchester City, Liverpool and also win Manchester United the Premier League and the Champions League Competition? They shouldn't forget that no English Coach has ever won the Premier League Competition and Gareth Southgate would be of no good use. Both Michael Carrick and David Moyes are far better than him. Antonio Conte works with already made players, I see that the plans of Manchester United would be to develop youngins just as Sir Alex Ferguson did with the 92 set of players and ahead. Erik Ten Hag or Roberto De Zebri would do grand. But how good is Zebri if he handles a top club like Manchester United? |
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Seeing Arsenal struggling to get rid of Porto in the 16th round made me doubt them and I think Arsenal's mentality is still the same as before, nothing has improved from that team.
And Bayern Munich has high confidence against Arsenal because the last meeting between these two teams was where Bayern Munich could beat Arsenal easily.
There are many factors that make Bayern Munich very favorite to be able to beat Arsenal, one of which is Bayern Munich's great motivation to be able to win a trophy this season after they failed in the Bundeliga and I think that is quite realistic and in terms of strength, Bayern Munich is quite capable.
FC Porto are no small side in the European Competitions, infact they should have been the club to progress to this round but props to Arsenal who fought hard to hold down that own goal from the first half to second half of the game. They're not doing so bad though I'm not a supporter of them in the Champions League Competition. They don't have the character and mentality to win Bayern Munich. I will doubt them until they prove otherwise. Bayern Munich also have seen them players returning from Injury. Even the Injured Harry Kane has found his way back from the recovery process. I do believe that Bayern Munich would see the next round over arsenal. But this is football, anything can definitely happen arsenal can still make things happen. |
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I assume PSG would be the only team Zidane would be interested in if he becomes okay with managing a team again. His wish has been to manage France indeed but it doesn't look like he will get the opportunity in the near future for now. I would really like to see Zidane managing PSG some day. I believe they can be more successful with him. He would only need to be free about building the team according to his own system. PSG have a lot of money so they can do the same as Manchester City have done for Guardiola. But before anything else I don't know whether Zidane would think of such agreement with them.  Maybe Paris Saint Germans and also Marseille because I've read stuffs relating to him working with Marseille. I feel like he can only handle a big club with world class players and not build and mold players into goal machines same way Xabi Alonso has done for Bayern Leverkusen. What he achieved with Real Madrid I'd say was with the help of these world class players, Toni Kroos, Bale, Benzema, Casemiro, Luka Modric and also Cristiano Ronaldo. As they all worked hard to get the Champions League Competition for three consecutive seasons. They Paris Saint Germans have enough time to prepare for the game against Barcelona. But the game against Marseille during the weekend seems like a easy going game. |
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Did you think Ten Hag's poor season at Manchester United is because of a few players being out due to injury? Even if the injured players are fit to play, Manchester United will continue to perform as they did. Take a look at Liverpool, they are greater than Manchester United, yet they have more injured players. Liverpool has more players absent, but they are still winning games and competing for the title with Manchester City and Arsenal, can Manchester United do the same with the players available? Manchester United are still struggling to break into the top four.
We may blame Ten Hag's, he's in control and responsible for everything. The current squad cannot do anything for Manchester United, they must sign players during the transfer window. Consider Manchester United's defense line, Varane can no longer defend and there is no one to replace him at the moment. Even in their last game against Liverpool, Manchester United could not have equalized, if Klopp had not removed his top players.
Y'all blame Erik Ten Hag but not Eddie Howe? You'd talk about comparisons I know, so why compare Manchester United and Liverpool? These are different clubs with different mentality of the game. You have every right to blame the manager but considering how Newcastle have back them coach even as he's having a bad season, I feel like Manchester United fans show have just done better. Varane not too bad, he just needs the right partner by his side and that's Lisandro Martinez who should be back, ready and fit for the game against Brentford. Injuries contributed to his poor season, you have to look at what he did last season before writing him off this season. He needs better players and even if he was to use the back up players, did the deliver? Do you want him to go score the goals they should have scored? Personally, I feel like Erik Ten Hag deserves another season. Jim Radcliffe and his teammates shouldn't bring in Gareth Southgate for crying out loud  |
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Without Harry Kane, I think it is very understandable to say that they are going to lose the attacking power that they have. They will not be as strong as they are with him. And of course, Bayern Munich named Harry Kane and on top of that, he also needs to perform. I am not saying he has to score, even though if he does score it is going to be great. But him being in important positions and situations even off the ball is going to be a great threat for the opponent. And he's a player who knows very well how to do that. Bayern Munich is definitely going to suffer in defense. So they will be really hoping that they will be able to somehow manage that with better offense
Aye' .... I will agree, it was like that when they saw Robert Lewandoski leaving, they had good winger's to create these chances but who to convert them was lacking. Harry Kane made a good move to the club it's just that Thomas Tuchel and Injury problems spoiled plans, now it's almost like Harry Kane won't be winning his first career trophy. This is my only vex about the happenings in the German bundesliga. Anyways, Xabi Alonso and Bayern Leverkusen deserves the trophy. So much hardworking put into these Competition, I don't need no noise outside to tell me what's to be or not. Hopefully, he won't be rushed back into the game they'd play against Borrussia Dortmund since he is just returning back from Injury. They have a tougher task in the Champions League Competition against Arsenal. Harry Kane has also been a good goalscorer against his former London rivals, I hope to see him bang a goal or two again. |
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You should also notice that Man United will also be playing against tough opponents like Liverpool and Arsenal, but with their current disposition, they might trip on much easier teams.
I think Aston Villa is probably already beyond United's reach, but, luckily, if the below source is correct, they only need to get to 5th place to play in the UCL next season:
ps. why do we have 2 EPL threads?
Manchester United hasn't lost to Liverpool though during the games they have played this season, but this final straw would mean alot since they'd be having players like Alexander Arnold and Diogo Jota returning and to be fit for the game against Manchester United, we will definitely come to that on the 7th of April. For Arsenal, they have always got the better of Manchester United firbsine seasons, maybe Manchester United can try to challenge them this second leg. They lose the first game so I see no ho they'd want to repeat same lose against Arsenal. Anyways, Gunner's still remains my favorite club to win the Premier League Competition even if I'm fond of Manchester United. I can't give a response to that honestly, but since it's kickin' smoothly without spammers, good then. We'd hope Manchester United overtakes Aston Villa then. Lol |
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