13 things we loved this weekend: Aguero, Bielsa, Di Maria, Gooch & more

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Planet Football
6th August 2018

Manchester City, Leeds United and two former Manchester United men all caught our eye this weekend as the Football League returned in England.

Pep Guardiola’s City beat Chelsea to win the Community Shield, while there was plenty of intrigue around the kick off of the new Football League campaign.

We’ve rounded up some of the best of the action on and off the pitch.

Marcelo Bielsa

It was the Planet Football derby this weekend as Editor Mark Holmes’ Stoke travelled to Deputy Editor Rob Conlon’s Leeds.

Rob doesn’t want to brag about the result (he does), so just enjoy Bielsa’s interviews with Sky.

Highlights from one of the greatest post-match interviews in football history. #Bielsa pic.twitter.com/xUxAyMiYop

— Chris Waters (@CWatersYPSport) August 5, 2018

Sergio Aguero

The first player to score 200 goals for Manchester City. What a man.

Here’s the Aguero goal for Man City. Foden gets behind Chelsea’s midfield, runs at defense pic.twitter.com/8lQCXgzr0h

— Henry Bushnell (@HenryBushnell) August 5, 2018

Claudio Gomes

The shortest debut in history?

Shortest debut in history?

Man City's 18-year old wonderkid Claudio Gomes was introduced for what turned out to be one second of play 😳 pic.twitter.com/Hp3U8omayl

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) August 5, 2018

Claudio Bravo

Just keeping things interesting.

😅 @C1audioBravo pic.twitter.com/4rLWSguDYv

— The Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) August 5, 2018

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

A nutmeg so good Tom Victor wrote an entire article about it.

READ: Think pre-season doesn’t matter? Henrikh Mkhitaryan killed a soul

Fitba

The fitba is back. Get in.

This is possibly the most Scottish football thing I've ever seen. Someone at #Hibs sat right in front of the TV gantry completely blocking the camera's view.#hibsvmotherwell pic.twitter.com/W0TmkQmiZq

— Comics Talk Football (@StandUpFootball) August 5, 2018