they still show some matches live, like the villareal-deportivo match they showed last night. LMF you are right, barcelona have been very average this season but that's mainly due to their difficulty adapting to the new coaching regime of pep and also the loss of a few players plus exclusion from the squad for players like thierry henry.
although they're looking to remedy this, and lately they've been rumoured to be interested in sergio aguero - not sure how much truth is in that though
they were unlucky to lose hleb the other night but the defence was pretty poor and they got what they deserved.
wouldn't be too concerned on their part though, for some reason a couple of the major teams are struggling with their defence, like barcelona, real madrid (although they won vs numancia, pepe had a shocker and their back-line was completely depleted), and especially ac milan (who are in horrible shape after they lost again last night! looks to be the end of ancelotti). i think the only "big" continental team that's impressed me with their defence so far are juventus and inter.
you're right about the match the other night LMF! liverpool didn't play particularly well and a few of their goals came down to luck but that was probably one of the worst united performances in recent memory. i wouldn't be too happy if i was a liverpool fan - yes, a win against united is great, but it was not a convincing performance by utd, nor was it champagne football from liverpool.
champions league just a few days away, who's everyone going for?
