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fully deserving his goal, and showing that even with all the other strikers
City have he will be one of the first names on the team sheet. On this evidence
Stevan Jovetic has some way to go before he can challenge the Argentine, that's
assuming Pellegrini partners one of his "big men"—Edin Dzeko and
Alvaro Negredo—with a trickier customer. Aguero showed off all his tricks in
the Czech Republic, proving he has assumed the mantle of City's leader of the
pack. The departures of Carlos Tevez and the high-maintenance Mario Balotelli
allowed Aguero a bit of breathing room, and lacking their
drama-waiting-to-happen status he's just getting on with the job nicely.
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Tuesday saw the start of the group stage of this
year's Champions League, with holders Bayern Munich among those in action.
Pep Guardiola led his new side out at the Allianz
Arena against Russian league leaders CSKA Moscow, while elsewhere David Moyes
got his first taste of group stage fare as Manchester United played host to
Bayer Leverkusen.
Heavy hitters like Juventus, Real Madrid and
Manchester City were also all in action—while Olympiakos were hoping to use a
buoyant home crowd to their advantage against Paris Saint-Germain.
Here are 5 Lessons We Learnt From The Night's
Action.
Aguero
Is the Man For City
Alaba
so Much More Than a Left Back
One of the key performances from Tuesday night's
game came from talented full-back David Alaba, who scored the initial goal from
a fantastic free-kick in the opening minutes and went on to dictate much of
Bayern's success in the game. It was the 21-year-old's moment of magic that
brought about the third and final goal, when the Austrian international picked
up the ball on the edge of the Moscow defence and played a delicious lobbed
ball through to Arjen Robben, who duly knocked it home to ensure all three
points.
Its
Good To Have Rooney Back!
After all the fuss about Wayne Rooney wanting to
leave this summer, United are already reaping the reward for quite rightly
standing firm.
To his credit Rooney has also knuckled down, a fact appreciated
by the United supporters, who have been right behind him. Goals like tonight's
can only help, even if the first one should have been disallowed. Both were
well taken and he was close to another Champions League hat-trick but had to be
satisfied with an asssist and reaching the rare landmark of 200 goals for the
club.
Moyes
Gets His Selection Right
Credit must be given to David Moyes for getting his
starting team completely correct for the Red Devils' Champions League
encounter. It was the perfect team for the players they were primed to come up
against and it showed in the eventual result on the night.
Against a team filled with plenty of
counter-attacking talent and quick ball-playing, the inclusion of Antonio
Valencia on the right wing was key for the Red Devils.
That gave them an advantage in pace in both attack
and defence.
The inclusion of Chris Smalling was also key. Not
necessarily the most talented of ball-players, Smalling's strengths lie in his
ability to read the game and in his height, which—against a strong, tall German
team—turned out to be very important for the Red Devils' defence.
Moyes certainly got this one right.
Keeping Ronaldo Was Key For Madrid
When calculating the points expected to be picked
up in Madrid’s Champions League group, Carlo Ancelotti must have hoped for one
at best in this particular clash. Galatasaray are normally more than a little
flaky away from home, but quite competent at home.
To come away with three points and in such a
commanding fashion, too, would have been above and beyond any expectations for
the Italian boss.
Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a hattrick to take his
tally to 206 goals in 204 official games in a Madrid jersey.
There is not much more to be said about the
imperious Portuguese poacher, aside from the fact that if the footballer sees
out the rest of his career at Real Madrid, Ronaldo will be the greatest player
in the club’s history.
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