The team suffered two losses in the Premier League following a series of injuries that prevented them from playing their best team. They also only managed to scrape a narrow 2-1 win over the Belarusian team FC BATE Borisov at home in the Champions League.
To Twain, the only good news was that the team's injuries had mostly recovered after that match. There were no players suffering from major injuries, and the players who were suffering from minor injuries have all recovered as well and could be employed in their next match.
The Premier League had gone on for over a month by then, and Twain was finally able to play a match with a more complete team.
In the fifth match of the Premier League, Twain played his strongest team against Tottenham Hotspur in an away game.
Van der Sar, Pepe, Kompany, Gareth Bale, Rafinha, George Wood, Van der Vaart, Ribéry, David Beckham, Arshavin and Van Nisterooy.
