[Grover]

23/08/15 – Premier League Match Day #2
Manchester City 0 – 2 West Ham United
Goals: City: Douglas Costa (14, 45)
Shots/On Target: City 14/5, West Ham 10/2
Possession: West Ham 51/49
Cautions: City: Clichy (Y 57), West Ham: Smalling (Y 31), Spence (Y 45), Fleck (Y 64), Stambouli (Y 88)
Man of the Match: Douglas Costa

Form: ter Stegen 6.2, Spence 6.9, Stambouli 6.7, Smalling 7.3, Fabio 6.7, Marcq 6.7, Collison (off 66) 6.6, Niculescu 6.7, Fleck 6.8, Tafer (off 66) 6.6, Cole 6.8, Gibson (on 66) 6.5, Mayo (on 66) 6.6

Notes:
- Sunday afternoon match puts us on television. Our second televised match against City in the young season.
- Brilliant 20 yard free kick from Douglas Costa, beating ter Stegen on his near side.
- Costa does it again, essentially from the exact same spot on the pitch. Things are looking bad going into the half.
- Toothless performance from the club, but ter Stegen's gaffes on the free kicks were the reason why we lost.

26/08/15 – Finances
West Ham have been awarded £6.17m for playing in the Champions League group stages.

27/08/15 – Champions League Draw
We are a three seed despite winning the Premier League last year, so we're hoping to avoid a tough group.

Group A: Real Madrid, Napoli, FC Kobenhavn, Sparta Prague
Group B: Manchester United, Olympique Marseille, Malaga, Rosenborg
Group C: Schalke, Ajax, West Ham United, Maribor
Group D: CSKA Moscow, FC Porto, Stuttgart, Zilina
Group E: AC Milan, Leverkusen, Panathinaikos, Girondins Bordeaux
Group F: Bayern Munchen, Arsenal, Besiktas, Standard Liege
Group G: Barcelona, SL Benfica, AZ Alkmaar, Everton
Group H: Shakhtar, Olympique Lyonnais, Roma, Dinamo Moscow

I'd say we lucked out with our draw.