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In Liverpool's first two matches of this season -- the Community Shield against Crystal Palace and the Premier League opener against AFC Bournemouth -- they scored six goals, with Ekitike and Wirtz combining for two goals and two assists.

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City, meanwhile, wasted no time once the summer window opened, quickly adding midfielder Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), winger Rayan Cherki (Lyon) and attack-friendly left back Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolves) in an attempt to replenish their stock of creativity.



But there's a bare minimum, and they didn't hit it last season.

Tuesday's 1-0 win over Osasuna to open their LaLiga campaign didn't tell us much; Osasuna were the most counterattacking team in Spain's top flight last season, and gave Real Madrid as much of the ball as they wanted.

These are relatively subtle shifts, but it rendered them vulnerable enough to suffer an early DfB-Pokal upset to second-division Holstein Kiel, and a chastening Champions League quarterfinal exit against PSG.

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Honestly, Flick's first Barcelona team last season might have been even more watchable than 2019-20 Bayern.

Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler is going to slowly ease him into the team thanks to both his age and a minor summer injury, but the simple fact that he scored seven goals in 1,200 league minutes with Olympiacos last season at age 17 -- in a physical and veteran-heavy Greek Super League -- is a spectacular sign.

He's the club's fourth manager in the 18-odd months since Mourinho was fired; Roma were 12th in Serie A when Claudio Ranieri took over last season, and while he guided them to a strong finish with his lowest-common-denominator ball, they scored only 56 league goals last season.

It was incredible watching the experiences of Union Berlin fans traveling to and hosting Real Madrid and Napoli in 2023-24, and Aston Villa fans got to sing the Champions League tune last season for the first time; in fact, their team went unbeaten at home in the competition and nearly pulled off a huge upset against PSG in the quarterfinals.
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