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The European soccer weekend was its usual wild and wonderful self: Manchester United have their new manager (and completed a dull draw at Chelsea), Real Madrid shrugged off their most credible challenger to date in LaLiga’s title race, and Juventus suffered on-pitch woe against Atalanta to go with the police investigation off it. Elsewhere, we learned more about Bayern Munich’s strength in depth, Napoli’s brilliance in Serie A, Liverpool’s latest record in England, and Arsenal’s progress under Mikel Arteta.
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It’s Monday, and Gab Marcotti reacts to the biggest moments in the world of football.
Jump to: Rangnick at Man United | Juventus trouble | Real Madrid soar | Lucky Barcelona | Man City’s snow game | Dortmund’s character | Liverpool’s record | Napoli channel Maradona | Bayern’s late win | Inter Milan’s depth | Questions around Arsenal | PSG’s mixed weekend | Milan’s blip | Atletico turn on the style
Chelsea, Man United share spoils as Rangnick era begins for United
Technically, you don’t expect it to be an “era” since Ralf Rangnick (who was officially announced on Monday) will be Manchester United’s manager through the end of the season, before assuming some sort of consultant role. But when you appoint someone like Rangnick, it’s clearly with a long-term view and — you assume — the hope is that his consultant role will be a meaningful one, helping to reshape the club in its hunt to return to the big time.
There was plenty of speculation (denied, obviously) that Michael Carrick’s set-up at Stamford Bridge was influenced by Rangnick. The diamond midfield formation with two quick, mobile front men (Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford) seemed out of the Rangnick playbook, and dropping Cristiano Ronaldo looked like the sort emphatic choice a new boss, sure of himself and his ideas, would make to establish authority.
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