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Liga MX Apertura Week 8: Chivas brought back to reality by Pachuca

Here are your five conclusions from the eighth week of play in the 2018 Liga MX Apertura.

It seems like we say this every six months, but this Liga MX season is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable in recent times. We have learned to expect the unexpected in Liga MX, and that exactly happened on Friday when Puebla defeated Monterrey 2-1 at the Estadio Cuauhtemoc. On the face of it, the win may have not been that shocking if you consider Puebla had already defeated Toluca at home this season, but Monterrey arrived to this game having lost just once and with arguably a squad vastly superior to that of la Franja’s.