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Although Zinedine Zidane had spent over 300 million in the summer, team selection has been a pain for him as it was hard to get a team which can compete at the highest level every single week. Bale has not had a stable relationship with Zidane for a while. James and Isco have not been able to perform at their expected levels due to injury. Vinicius is inexperienced and cannot finish in front of goal to save his life. All these problems create a starting XI conundrum as Zidane doesn’t trust most of these players. His job was on the line and Zidane was piled up with pressure early on after his 3-0 defeat against PSG. Luckily for Zidane, the starting line-up he set up against Galatasaray in the Champions League could potentially solve his team selection problem. We can take a closer look at Real Madrid’s new best starting XI. This is the line-up Zidane chose and it instantly raised a few eye brows. Young Brazilian Rodrygo started ahead of many of the senior ...

Slowly but surely this match is turning into a Premier League classic. Liverpool and Manchester City once again stun us with another exhilarating 90 minutes. Liverpool extend their lead up top the Premier League table by beating Manchester City 3-1 at Anfield. Now they are 8 points ahead of 2nd and 3rd place and are ahead of Manchester City by 9 points. After last year’s 0-0 at Anfield, this match had a completely different complexion. With both teams defensively weaker than during the last season (Especially Manchester City), there were bound to be some goals. Manchester City were fortunate enough to get Rodri and David Silva match fit before the game. Rodri could provide defensive cover for Fernandinho and John Stones. David Silva was benched as expected. Angelino covered the left-flank instead of Mendy and Zinchenko. Overall, City were geared to put up the fight of their lives. Google even had them favourites for the game; 38% City win, 27% draw, 35% Liverpool win. C...