The Soccer Thread (Version 8)

Scintillating debut for the Red Devils. Lukaku's already got a brace.

 

United look pretty frigging good. And West Ham look terrible. Nightmare start for Joe Hart.

 

I think that was more bad West Ham than rampant United.

 

Can't disagree, but if WHUFC are mid-table as many expect, Man U will be a threat to win hardware.

 

Hell of a day for Ronaldo.

 

The adjective "workmanlike" is how I'd describe the Spurs opener. Dele Alli sure is good, though.

 

United just went crazy with 3 goals in 5 minutes against Swansea. I think the team is still too slow in spots, but they looked really good today.

 

Tottenham loses its first home match in more than a year as Chelsea scores three goals in a 2-1 victory.

 

This is awesome.

 

Pulisic being Pulisic.

 

Rooney retires from England after rejecting a callup. Much like his club career, excellent but still left you wanting.

 

Liverpool rolls past Hoffenheim to give the Premiership five clubs in the 32-team Champions League group stage (none of which will reach the semifinals, I'm sure):

The draw is tomorrow afternoon, and the pots are thus: (Note, no teams from the same league can be drawn with each other)

POT 1:
Real Madrid (SPA)
Bayern Munich (GER)
Chelsea (ENG)
Juventus (ITA)
Benfica (POR)
Monaco (FRA)
Spartak Moscow (RUS)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)

POT 2:
Barcelona (SPA)
Atletico Madrid (SPA)
Paris St. Germain (FRA)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Sevilla (SPA)
Manchester City (ENG)
Porto (POR)
Manchester United (ENG)

POT 3:
Napoli (ITA)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Basel (SWI)
Olympiakos (GRE)
Anderlecht (BEL)
Liverpool (ENG)
AS Roma (ITA)
Besiktas (TUR)

POT 4:
Celtic (SCO)
CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Sporting Lisbon (POR)
APOEL (CYP)
Feyenoord (NED)
Maribor (SLO)
Qarabag (AZE)
Red Bull Leipzig (GER)