Julien Laurens and Mark Ogden examine Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Man United to a alternative trainer. (1:15)
It looks as if we say this each weekend, however this weekend's European soccer slate introduced masses of drama, joy, ache and speaking factors. Manchester United had been woeful in opposition to City within the derby, Milan and Inter shared the points in their derby, and there have been extraordinary comebacks (and training) as Barcelona and Atletico Madrid each dropped factors thru overdue goals. Elsewhere, Bayern Munich stored rolling (but only just), Arsenal's magical shape keeps and two excellent-clubs (Juventus, PSG) preserve to puzzle.
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Apologies if it feels like Groundhog Day, however we've seen this earlier than from Manchester United at Old Trafford. They became in an abject, unimaginative overall performance, with a sport plan seemingly entirely based totally on hypertalented people doing some thing unique.
Usually, it is Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored 9 of the 20 goals United have recorded when you consider that he signed. Last season, it was Bruno Fernandes. Occasionally, when he's no longer suspended or played out of position, or benched or getting despatched off, it's Paul Pogba. On Saturday, it become David De Gea: without his saves, City may want to properly have enjoyed the sort of score line Liverpool notched after they day-tripped to Old Trafford more than one weeks ago.
The factor is, there may be little or no in the manner of patterns of play or maybe a discernible approach, however you knew that already. Whatever United have been constructing toward closing season -- and, sure, they did end second, albeit in a season while most of Liverpool have been injured, Chelsea fired their manager and United had the fourth-best non-penalty xG distinction (zero.33), a fragment higher than Brighton's (0.32) -- was blown to smithereens once they signed Ronaldo.
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