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Watched the first half and most of the 2nd. I’m both very impressed with roma and very unimpressed with lecce this game. Roma looked really dominant until the end of the first half and in my opinion better than inter looked vs cagliari the day before. Malen since january is one of the best players in the world and that was clear in this game, finding himself in goalscoring opportunities time and time again taking two of them. I have to admit I’m worried about maguire and lisandro vs malen almost as much as shaw vs olise. Dybala depsite wasting some chances to score was absolutely outstanding and it’s still hilarious that juve sold him 4 years ago thinking he was finished. Lulli was a nice surprise because I’ve never heard of him before but he was really good especially in the attacking phase. Lecce i don’t really have much to say accept welcome to serie b, they truly had no redeeming qualities. Only decent performance was falcone in goal and he still conceded 4 which says a lot. Notable players: malen, dybala, lulli, hermoso

Watched 30 mins of the 1st half and a bit of the 2nd, not a lot however long enough to witness the insane quality of barcas attack. In my opinion that attack hy itself is enough to win the league but I don’t think the defence is good enough to challenge for the champions league. There’s too little PnP with the pairing of cubarsi and gerrard martin or really anyone you would put next to cubarsi. Christensen seems like the best option because of his size but he isn’t particularly quick and cubarsi is also slow so he can’t make up for that. What this defence does excel at is progressing the ball, cubarsi especially is ridiculously good at breaking lines with his passing which makes up for his defensive mistakes and lack of PnP. Gerrard martin on the other hand just doesn’t have that quality and can’t be a starter at cb. Maybe the addition of rodri to the midfield nullifies the weaknesses but we’ll have to see. Rayo did all they could even taking the early lead and eventually scoring a 2nd but there’s really nothing you can do to stop the likes of raphinha and yamal when they’re in form. Losing isi to injury and ratiu leaving for the premier league didn’t help them either. Xavi epsart had another great game and I know it will never happen but I would love to have him at united especially now with the lb trouble, would raise our technical floor so much. Notable players: Raphinha, Yamal, xavi espart, camello

Watched almost the full game with some minor distractions. Arsenal will probably be the eventual league winners however that doesn’t change the fact that their football is unbearable to watch. There’s no creativity no pace in the play, everything is slow. Unfortunately even without saliba their defence is good enough to keep clean sheets against almost anyone. Villa despite still not having a goal this season I think looked ok and are good enough to challenge for ucl even after selling rogers, watkins and tielemans. Jackson had a good debut in my opinion, he just didn’t get enough service but then again it’s hard to get any against arsenal. I’m still patiently waiting to see the full potential of this villa attack with manzambi and mbaye. Midfield wise they’re ok and the defence is good enough as long as pau torres doesn’t commit war crimes against his team. Goalkeeper wise I honestly think they upgraded with suzuki over martinez, just as good on the line and much better with the ball at his feet. Regarding arsenals attack selling martinelli and trossard while only buyinh tzolis was a huge blunder that got rid of any depth they had attacking wise. All their targets got stolen by rivals: rogers, barcola etc. leaving them with a young and inexperienced at the top level winger as the only option on the left. Notable players: Saka, buendia, suzuki, calafiori