Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has warned Manchester United that participation in Europa League will force them to change their mentality.
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Barcelona, Madrid, Bayern and City are among the nine teams already into the last 16 with one game left.
-Manchester United have lost just two of their last 18 Premier League games (W9 D7 L2) and are unbeaten in the last seven (W3 D4). “We had the chance to win that and we would have gone through on the night if we had”.
Meanwhile Juventus managed to get second place in their group and frankly did not look like a team that was in the Champions League final last season. “Always for the players it affects the psychology because football is Saturday 3 ‘o clock, or it used to be”.
“We have a lot of injuries”, United midfielder Marouane Fellaini said.
Much has been made of United’s style of play under Van Gaal, but perhaps most alarming is the size of his club’s wealth in comparison to others in the competition, as shown in this graph from Sporting Intelligence. It’s our aim, and we say so, but showing it on the pitch is something else.
“From zero you can improve – one, two, three, four, five – but when you’re are at the top it is hard to improve”.
Well, our landlord is extremely pleased that the debate can be put to rest with the latest statistics we’ve received courtesy of EA Sports Player Performance Index.
Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud celebrates after scoring his third goal as Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger watches during a Champions League Group F soccer match between Olympiakos and Arsenal at the Georgios Karaiskakis stadium in Piraeus port, near Athens, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.
“I don’t care if we draw Man United”, Neville said following Valencia’s home defeat to Lyon. We did what we had to do, win.
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“The Premier League is the best in the sense of atmosphere, ambience”. Now we await the draw. The forward limped off 25 minutes into his comeback in Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Torino – Roma’s fourth match without a win.
