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John Stones continued his remarkable transformation this season as he and Ruben Dias stepped up once again to increase Manchester City’s lead at the top of the Premier League to 13 points. Their defence was finally breached against West Ham but their partnership continues to blossom in time for spring. West Ham arrived at the […]
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It’s not really fair for a club of Arsenal’s stature to be asking a 19-year-old to keep their season afloat, but desperate times call for desperate measures and Bukayo Saka appears to be thoroughly up to the task. This Emirates Fly Better Derby was in danger of going horribly, horribly wrong for Arsenal when Rafa […]
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While everything that follows here can be caveated to the moon and back by the quality of Spurs’ Austrian opposition, it is surely now clear that Gareth Bale and Dele Alli – maybe even Carlos Vinicius too – will need to be far more involved in whatever remains of Tottenham’s season after this 4-0 win. […]
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Cesar “Dave” Azpilicueta wasn’t denounced and forgotten like some of his Chelsea teammates under Frank Lampard, but he was certainly on a trajectory that was seeing him become more and more of a peripheral figure. The club captain has played every minute under Thomas Tuchel, leading the Lampard rejects on an eight-game unbeaten run to […]
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It can never be proved, but Frank Lampard would not win this game 1-0. And not just because the only game Chelsea had won 1-0 under Lampard this season was an away fixture at Fulham that raised more doubts than hopes. It can also never be proved, but Tammy Abraham would not score that goal […]
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In which we mercilessly kick a lovely but really old puppy. Which is just a dog, isn’t it? We’re just kicking an elderly dog. That’s probably fine. So who’s this week’s prick then? We’re not proud of ourselves for this, but it’s Roy Hodgson. I know, lovely Uncle Roy. He’s a kind and good […]
Read More… from Prick of the Week No. 23: Roy Hodgson and self-serving warnings
1. First the formalities. That’s the league title sorted, if it wasn’t already. It really is an absurd achievement from City, who as recently as mid-December looked like having a genuinely bad season and were limp and ineffective enough for one hotheaded fool to rule them out of title contention. It was a rash and […]
Leicester are a reliable and welcome source of sanity in a world gone tits up. Since making a right old b***ocks of a seemingly certain Champions League place last season, they have regrouped and quite simply decided not to do that again. Just be good instead. And they are. While everyone else lurches from absurd […]
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“They won’t care – they’re winning,” was the dimissive response to those querying the fans’ and the Spurs players’ enjoyment of Jose Mourinho’s style of football before Christmas. As a point it was hard to argue with or disprove, with the stunning link-up play between Harry Kane and Son Heung-min serving nicely to sugar-coat the drudgery along […]
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette and Willian impressed as Arsenal’s front three in their opening game of the season, with Aubameyang and Lacazette both scoring and Willian notching two assists. They were undoubtedly Mikel Arteta’s Plan A, starting the first three games together and five of the first seven in which they were all available. At […]
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