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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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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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Manchester City 0, Liverpool 0: Can Anyone Complete A Pass?

I am a bit ashamed to have put that as the top game of the weekend to watch because it was a stinker. Both teams were understandably cautious in their positioning but were inept when it came to attacking. Both

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Everton 3, Manchester United 1: Inspired Everton Subs And Rooney Has An Off Day

It was bound to happen to Wayne Rooney. He had such a terrific run but he finally had a game where he was disappointing. He wasn’t awful, but he also failed to contribute to the game. He had a one-on-one

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Weekly Watch-List: Merseyside vs. Manchester

After an exciting run of games in European competition, the domestic schedule provides some exciting games for this weekend. Two of the better match-ups features a battle between the city of Manchester and the city of Liverpool. There are no

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Champions League Tactics And Gameweek 27 I Know The Score

The Champions League returned this week and I have to admit that the one thing I found strange in all of the games was the open and attacking styles employed in all of the games. Usually the home teams sit

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The FA Cup Quarterfinal Draw

The FA Cup had some good matches in the round of 16 and the match-ups are set up for the quarterfinals following the draw today. The glamor match-up would be Chelsea at home against Manchester City if Manchester City can

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