It has been quite the weekend of football, with Swansea City the undoubted story as they
at Wembley.
Nathan Dyer managed to slightly tarnish a great game for Swansea with his show of penalty-based petulance but Swans boss Michael Laudrup magnificently defused the situation in his post-match comments - where he also described it
Elsewhere, Manchester City
and a late
spared Arsene Wenger's blushes at home to Aston Villa.
Across the channel, the adopted département of France that is Newcastle embraced their foreign legion, while David Beckham came face-to-face with notorious philosophe Joey Barton
Even further away, Mario Balotelli played in his first Milan derby since swapping the Nerazzuri of Inter for the Rossoneri of AC, and although there was
he provided no madcap antics for anyone to hang onto.
Good on ya Mario.
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