Thanks to Dimitar Berbatov's 90th-minute winner at Bolton last weekend, Manchester United is back on top of the Premier League for the first time this season. Yet it was the 17-time English champions' crosstown rival, Manchester City, who hogged the global spotlight last week.
Greatness may not be as random an occurrence as we think. Great players tend to be born in certain parts of the world. And great players tend to evolve thanks to a certain type of coaching.
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And the English Football Association rejoices. Three of the four Premier League teams in this week's Champions League action reached the final eight, and thanks to UEFA's random fumbling of their balls, none of them will face each other in the quarterfinals.