9/18 last week, absolutely terrible. Confident I'll get back into double figures this week, mind.
Some huge matches took place over the weekend, leading to some huge stories. Barcelona now have a four point gap at the top of La Liga after beating arch rivals Real Madrid in the Clasico; Claudio Bravo, Pique, Jeremy Mathieu and Luis Suarez the standouts and two of them feature in my prediction this week. However, I don't expect two Barcelona players to make it into the TOTW - I only included both Bravo and Pique because I couldn't decide between them.
There was an action packed North West derby between Liverpool and United, likely to be remembered for Steven Gerrard's moment of madness, however the game should really be remembered for Juan Mata's performance; that second goal was just stunning!
Bayern Munich lost their first meaningful home game for the first in god knows how long; the Brazilian Raffael scored both of Monchengladbach's goals as they inflicted a 2-0 defeat upon the Bavarians
Enjoy folks! #PACKPARTY
Starting XI
GK: Claudio Bravo (Barcelona) - 3 saves, MOTM performance, 2-1 vs Real Madrid
RB: Coke (Sevilla) - 1 goal, MOTM performance, 2-0 vs Villarreal
CB: Pique (Barcelona) - Good performance, 2-1 vs Real Madrid
RB: Igor Smolnikov (Zenit) - 1 goal, 1-0 vs Dinamo Moscow
RM: Juan Mata (Manchester United) - 2 goals, MOTM performance, 2-1 vs Liverpool
CAM: Alexandru Maxim (Stuttgart) - 1 goal & 1 assist, MOTM performance, 3-1 vs Frankfurt
LW: Jeremy Menez (Milan) - 2 goals & 1 assist, MOTM performance, 3-1 vs Cagliari
LW: Max Gradel (Saint Etienne) - 2 goals, MOTM performance, 2-0 vs Lille
CF: Raffael (Borussia Monchengladbach) - 2 goals, MOTM performance, 2-0 vs Bayern Munich
ST: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) - 3 goals, MOTM performance, 4-3 vs Leicester
ST: Michy Batshuayi (Marseille) - 2 goals, 4-0 vs Lens
Substitutes Bench
GK: Marcus Bettinelli (Fulham) - 14 saves, including a penalty save, MOTM performance, 1-0 vs Huddersfield
CB: Jim Larsen (Midtjylland) - 1 goal & 1 assist, 3-0 vs Hobro
CAM: Riccardo Saponara (Empoli) - 2 goals & 1 assist, MOTM performance, 3-1 vs Sassuolo
ST: Anass Achahbar (Feyenoord) - 2 goals, MOTM performance, 2-1 vs PSV
ST: Moussa Konate (FC Sion) - 3 goals, 3-0 vs FC. St Gallen
ST: Marcin Robak (Pogon Szczecin) - 3 goals, 3-0 vs GKS Belchatow
ST: Dorlan Pabon (Monterrey) - 2 goals, 5-1 vs Leon
Squad Link (Al Soma is meant to be Pabon): http://www.futwiz.com/en/custom-squad/102775
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