Klippybo
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1981 European Cup Final - Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid
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OCTOBER
UEFA Champions League Group D
Lineup - Michaud, Alexander-Arnold (Aarons), Upamecano, Heathcote, Rivaldo, Fernandes, Reinier (Morgan), Jovovic, Havertz, Sancho (Lainez), Santamaria
Not good enough. Ourselves and Real Madrid are the favourites for the Champions League but we wont be anywhere near it with performances like this. To make matters worse, Alexander-Arnold got injured and will be out for 3 months.
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Lineup - Michaud, Aarons, Upamecano, Heathcote, Rivaldo (Boyce), Fernandes (Pinatares), Reinier, Jasper, Havertz (Dingwall), Lainez, Santamaria*
Alexander-Arnold, Fati, Sancho, Todibo, De Maio and Jovovic were all out injured for this match so we were down to the bare bones here but we put in a terrific performance to win 6-1 with Santamaria scoring 4 goals. He took the shine off Sylvester Jasper who made his debut and scored twice!
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Lineup - Michaud, Aarons, Upamecano, Heathcote, Rivaldo (Kleyton), Fernandes (Morgan*), Reinier, Jasper, Havertz, Fati (Lainez), Jovovic
I welcomed a couple of players back here but Santamaria was added to the injury list but we still managed to win easily. Morgan scored with a 35 yard free-kick but the keeper chucked it in basically lol.
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UEFA Champions League Group D
Lineup - Michaud, Aarons, Upamecano (Kleyton), Heathcote (Todibo), Rivaldo, Fernandes, Reinier, Lainez, Havertz (Oliveira), Fati, Jovovic*
We were meant to cruise this Champions League group but with 3 games played we are in 3rd place with 4pts and it could have been worse as we were 3-1 down with 5min to play here but fortunately we staged a comeback to draw 3-3. We must beat Betis in our next group game.
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Lineup - Michaud, Aarons, Upamecano, Heathcote, Rivaldo (Kleyton), Fernandes, Morgan (De Maio), Jovovic, Reinier, Fati, Santamaria (Lainez)
Another comeback!!! We were 2-0 down after 18min and were getting battered but then they had a man sent-off and everything changed. Jovovic pulled a goal back before half-time and then 2 goals in the 2nd half from Ansu Fati won us the match.
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Carabao Cup 4th Round
Lineup - Michaud, Aarons, Upamecano (Kleyton), Heathcote, Rivaldo, De Maio, Morgan, Jovovic, Havertz (Todibo), Fati (Lainez), Santamaria*
What a thrilling game this was! We were 2-0 up and had a goal disallowed when Heathcote got sent-off early in the 2nd half. I made a couple of changes and then one of them, Kleyton scored an own goal. They kept attacking but when Santamaria scored to put us 3-1 up it was game over but not so as they scred twice in 6min to level things and it was only going one way however Santamaria broke free to finish and put us through into the next round.
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SUMMARY
Domestically everything is fine. Despite having a spate of injuries we won every match and scored a bundle of goals. In the league Santamaria scored 4 goals as we hit Southampton for 6, we put 4 past Fulham and came back from 2-0 down to defeat Leeds 3-2 to open up a 6pt lead at the top of the table. Add to that a thrilling 4-3 victory over Man Utd in the Carabao Cup and everything is rosy in our garden.
However our exploits in the Champions League have not been up to scratch. We lost 2-1 to Roma and almost lost to Betis when we rescued a draw and we have a bit of work to do if we are to even qualify for the knockout stages!
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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
DEJAN JOVOVIC
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