Barca can retain it.
On ITV last night the pundits were talking about Barcelona as they wrapped up the Highlights show.
Roy Keane rarely gets excited.
But after seeing Luis Suarez in the 6-1 demolition of Roma, he admitted, “He’s gone to another level.”
Glenn Hoddle said, “Nobody yet has won it back-to-back.”
He thinks they can.
Great save by Ter Stegen near the end after he’d had nothing to do.
We know Neymar for his goals and tricks but his passing can be sensational.
The second goal was balletic and by far the best.
It was like Pele’s Santos in the Sixties, a super-slick move of five one-touch passes to play Messi in.
Interesting to see the gifted Adrien Rabiot starting and scoring the first goal for PSG in theor 5-0 rout in Malmo.
Ibra only scored one, Di Maria two, Lucas Moura the other.
Real Madrid went 4-0 up in Donetsk and then got sloppy, allowing Shakhtar’s Brazilians to pull back three goals and make it a jittery last five minutes.
Man Utd 0 PSV 0 isn’t what’s needed in the Theatre of Dreams.
Spectacle, tempo and momentum are what’s needed there.
One of my long-held theories is that every football match contains the previous match, in that a team’s mood is always affected after a good win or a big defeat .
Juventus 1 Man City 0 seemed to reflect that.
Citeh were badly damaged by the 4-1 battering Liverpool gave them.
Raheem came on for Aguero in 69 and missed a sitter that Aguero would have buried blindfolded.
Raheem has to be a goalscorer.
That’s what I said when he moved to City and I still think that’s true. His success will depend on how many goals he can score. So he has to calm his mind and improve his left foot.
Matchday 6? Bring it on.
Olympiakos v Arsenal will be a significant match, one way or the other.