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  The Masters of the Comeback Talking Points As City Come From Behind -Mihir Mehta -Editor: Mitansh Kagalwala Photo Via:  indianexpress Manchester continued their charge towards the knockout stages of the Champions League, picking up another win against Borussia Dortmund. This match marked the 6th time that the Cityzens have come back from a deficit since their loss to Real Madrid in the UCL semi-finals. It seems that Pep Guardiola has picked up a few key tricks from Real Madrid’s run in the UCL last year. The highlights of the match were Joao Cancelo and Haaland for the Cityzens and Jude Bellingham and Mats Hummels for Dortmund, as the Sky Blues secured a 2-1 win against the Dortmund side. 1. Kung-fu Haaland: Erling Haaland was once again on the scoresheet as he continued his excellent run of form with 13 goals in 9 matches. Haaland has managed to silence his haters as he eyes the golden boot and possibly the premier league goal scoring record. He managed to score in sp...

  TRANSFER WINDOW ROUND-UP AND RATINGS RATING THE TRANSFER ACTIVITY OF EUROPE’S BIGGEST CLUBS -Mitansh Kagalwala Photo Via:  skysports.com With the summer transfer window finally done and dusted, there's nothing left to do except watch football, enjoy a World Cup, wait for January to roll around, and rank some of Europe's biggest clubs' transfer market dealings. Here's what we made of it:   ARSENAL A busy summer for the Gunners, with the main objective being to clean-up the squad of players surplus to requirements, and to strengthen the squad in other areas. A striker was the main priority, and Arsenal secured the services of Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City, who has been in explosive form since arriving at North London. Versatile left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko also arrived from the blue side of Manchester, to provide competition to Kieran Tierney, as well as back-up for midfield. Arsenal’s other major signing was the arrival of Fabio Vieira from Porto, prov...

  Game Review as Red Devils Pull the Trigger - Samarth Purohit -Editor: Mitansh Kagalwala   Both Manchester United and Arsenal came into the game in good form, with the former bouncing back from their disastrous start to notch 3 wins in a row, while Arsenal were the only team left in the Premier League with a 100% win record. The match promised plenty of fireworks as the two juggernauts collided, and the game did not disappoint, with United winning 3-1 in a fantastic game of football. Photo Via:  Independent What went wrong for Arsenal? 1.        The High Back Line Mikel Arteta perhaps underestimated United with his defensive set-up, allowing William Saliba and Gabriel to play in an incredibly high back line. While good for facilitating build-up play and aggression, the pace of the United front line proved to be too much for such a high line to handle, with Marcus Rashford toying with the Arsenal defence at times. 2.  ...