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Manchester United-Liverpool Preview

As one of the biggest games of the season for me, I felt this game deserved a separate preview all by itself. This game has big implications for both teams as Manchester United are in the title race while Liverpool

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Champions League Recap: Barcelona Routs Stuttgart, Bordeaux Eases Past Olympiacos

There was not much to the Barcelona game. Barcelona and Lionel Messi tore Stuttgart apart in a 4-0 rout. Messi had two incredible goals and had a key pass on another goal that helped put the game out of reach

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CONCACAF Champions League: Quarterfinals 2nd Leg Predictions

Most of the Mexican teams were able to get results that set them in a good position to advance. However, I was expecting more dominating performances by the Mexican teams in these games. The only exception is UNAM who were

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UEFA Champions League: Round Of 16 2nd Leg Predictions

Last week, four teams made it into the quarterfinals, and the other quartet will be known by the Wednesday evening. The top match-up is Chelsea vs. Internazionale as Jose Mourinho returns to Stamford Bridge after the Italians won the first

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Manchester United 3, Fulham 0: United Dominate

Manchester United should have had this game over and done with far earlier than the 84th minute when Wayne Rooney got his second goal, but the performance by Manchester United against Fulham was dominant. This year Manchester United have often

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Arsenal 2, Hull City 1: Late Bendtner Winner Keeps Arsenal In Title Chase

For 90 minutes, it looked like Arsenal would be punished for what was a lackluster performance with some poor finishing. However, Niklas Bendtner put in a rebound in the 93rd minute after Boaz Myhill was unable to handle a long

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Lyon 1, Real Madrid 1: What Happened To Madrid?

For 30 minutes, it seemed like it would be just a matter of time before Real Madrid would find the second goal to advance to the quarterfinals after getting a break through in the 6th minute through Cristiano Ronaldo. However,

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Manchester United 4, AC Milan 0: Red Devils Run Riot

It took 13 minutes for Wayne Rooney to score, but AC Milan never had a chance in this game. AC Milan sandwiched a bad 70 minutes with 20 minutes of domination in Italy but at Old Trafford, they were outclassed

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Champions League Recap: Arsenal Crush Porto, Bayern Munich Lose But Still Advance

That was an impressive performance by Arsenal as they crushed FC Porto 5-0 at the Emirates. They got the rout started in the 9th minute when Andrei Arshavin won a header, although he was offside, against Rolando. Arshavin turned and

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CONCACAF Champions League: Quarterfinals 1st Leg Predictions

UEFA Champions League is not the only Champions League going on right now. The knockout round of the CONCACAF Champions League gets started this week. This competition still has some room to grow as so far it has been an

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