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Manchester United 2, Aston Villa 1: Aston Villa Competed But Rooney’s Header Wins Carling Cup

It is intriguing how things go sometimes. Of the their three meetings with United this season, I thought this was Aston Villa’s best performance as they were able to be a constant menace on the counter attack the entire game

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Manchester City 4, Chelsea 2: Tevez Has the Champions Mentality That Manchester City Need

After dropping out of the FA Cup and putting on one of the most boring performances of the season last weekend at Liverpool, Manchester City were considered unlikely to get a result against Chelsea, even though Chelsea had a long

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Weekly Watch List: Clash Of The Cash and Carling Cup Final

This is an exciting weekend of football where the first trophy is being awarded in England. The exciting race at the top of the Bundesliga also continues this weekend as Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich face other teams that are

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Carling Cup Preview And Gameweek 28 I Know The Score

It is finally getting to be the business end of the season and the first silverware of the year will be handed out this weekend in the Carling Cup where Aston Villa faces off against the holders Manchester United. Heading

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Europa League Round Of 32: 2nd Leg Predictions

There was one game on Tuesday as Benfica advanced to the Round of 16 with a 4-0 win over Hertha Berlin. I was impressed to see that all of teams competing took the tournament seriously fielding full strength teams. This

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Champions League Recap: Mourinho Gets A Win Over His Former Team

The big match of the round finally took place as Chelsea faced off against Internazionale at the San Siro. Jose Mourinho’s team got a 2-1 win which gives them an edge when they go to Stamford Bridge, although they will

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Champions League Recap: Are Barcelona Beatable And How Good Are Bordeaux?

The games are still more open than most people expected but nobody is complaining. Barcelona got a 1-1 draw with Stuttgart who started off the game brightly and taking the lead before Barcelona took over the game with their possession

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Manchester United 3, West Ham United 0: Could Anderson Play On The Left?

Manchester United closed the gap at the top to one point with a 3-0 win over West Ham United. West Ham were coming off two league wins, while Manchester United were looking to respond after a 3-1 loss to Everton

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UEFA Champions League Round Of 16: Preview And Predictions

The Champions League came back with open and attacking soccer last week. Unfortunately, I don’t see that being repeated this week. This half of the round features some of the lesser known teams. However, that does not mean that they

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Daniel Williams: My First Impression

Daniel Williams is the latest hot name among the American soccer blogs. Similar to Jermaine Jones, he is eligible to play for the United States despite being born in Germany and representing them as part of their U-15 team. Just

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