Martin Macdonald

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Martin Macdonald • MartinMac1 Football Expert & Football Transfers Live Blog Editor
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Football Transfers Live Blog Editor with almost 10 years experience in producing up-to-the-minute live action around European football and beyond. Regular FootballCritic contributor.

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DFB-Pokal

Bravo to Batz as he is the DFB-Pokal Player of the Round

The Saarbrucken goalkeeper led the fourth-tier side to the semi-final for the first time in 35 years

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Football You Missed

Football You Missed, 4 Mar: Goalkeeper saves FIVE penalties to send minnows to German Cup semi

Fourth tier Saarbrucken were the first team to join Bayern Munich in the last four

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Ligue 1

Ounas oozes class to earn Ligue 1 Goal of the Week

Nice drew 1-1 away at Bordeaux, with their equalising goal coming courtesy of a spectacular bicycle kick

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Premier League

Jota and Jimenez combine for best Premier League Goal of the Week

In a thrilling game against Tottenham, Wolves won 3-2 against Jose Mourinho's side, with the Mexican scoring the winner

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Bundesliga

Thommy guns down Hertha for Bundesliga Goal of the Week

In a six-goal thriller in the German top-flight, the Dusseldorf winger scored a beauty from the left wing

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Serie A

Vote Pedro for Serie A Goal of the Week

Cagliari may have lost 4-3 against Roma, but the goal of the game was scored by Joao Pedro

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Championship

Grant grants Huddersfield victory to become Championship Player of the Week

Plus a couple of Derby stars make the cut after impressively defeating Sheffield Wednesday away

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RFPL

Lutsenko tops RFPL rankings for Arsenal Tula

Sochi were defeated 2-1 at home after an awful mistake by the goalkeeper and one of his defenders in the last minute

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Eredivisie

Koopmeiners tops Eredivisie rankings as AZ shock Ajax

In the top-of-the-table clash on Sunday, AZ won 2-0 at the home of the champions

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Serie A

Ilicic and Zapata excel for amazing Atalanta in Serie A Top 3

La Dea put seven past Lecce at the weekend, taking their tally to 70 goals in 25 matches for the season

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Ligue 1

Mbappe and Benedetto earn perfect ratings in Ligue's Top 5 Players of the Week

The PSG superstar and the Marseille striker both scored a FootballCritic rating of 10 after their showings this weekend

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La Liga

La Liga: Oliver & Co superb for Sevilla but which Clasico player was star man?

The biggest match of the weekend may have seen Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-0, but there was better quality to be found elsewhere...

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Bundesliga

Bundesliga: Stindl best of the Bundesliga but Bayern players dominate again

The Gladbach striker was the match winner as Augsburg were defeated 3-2

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Premier League

Superstar Sarr ends Liverpool unbeaten run for best Premier League performance of the week

The Senegalese put in his best showing in a Watford shirt as Jurgen Klopp's side were finally defeated

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Team Performances

Man Utd put in Performance of the Week after humbling of Club Brugge

The Red Devils scored five on the night as they comfortably progressed in the Europa League

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Goals of the Week

European Goals of the Week, 28 Feb: Aubameyang's wonder strike in vain for Arsenal

In a week unusually bereft of top class goals, a beauty from the Gunners' talisman stood out

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Europa League

Fantastic Fred tops Europa League rankings after starring for Man Utd

The Brazilian scored a perfect rating as the Premier League side demolished Club Brugge

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Five Games to Watch

Five Games to Watch: The Clasico and the Derby d'Italia!

Two huge matches in Spain and Italy, but fans won't be able to see one of them...

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Champions League

Bayern trio lead Champions League rankings after Chelsea demolition

In the second batch of last-16 fixtures, the Bundesliga side impressed the most at Stamford Bridge

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Premier League

Calvert-Lewin corker is the Premier League Goal of the Week

Even though Everton were ultimately defeated by Arsenal on Sunday, it was their centre-forward who scored the goal of the game, and the round

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Serie A

Fabulous Fabian Ruiz earns the Serie A Goal of the Week

Napoli came back from behind to win against Brescia, with the Spaniard scoring the winner in brilliant fashion

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Football You Missed

Football You Missed, 24 Feb: Bali Utd's poptastic shirt unveiling

Plus a player smashes their own kneecap back into place to continue the game in Scotland...

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Bundesliga

Bundesliga: Gnabry is Bayern's star man once AGAIN

The German was in superb form as he scored and twice set up Robert Lewandowski, who also makes the Top 5

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Ligue 1

Pardo piledriver is Ligue 1 Goal of the Week

In the best game this weekend, PSG defeated Bordeaux in Paris, but the best goal came from the visitors

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Premier League

Premier League: Aubameyang at the double and Dwight McNeil is developing

Auba was the weekend's star man while the young Burnley winger is making a name for himself

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