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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer proved why Manchester United must be ruthless if Antonio Conte and Zinedine Zidane are free after Europa League heartache. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer chose quite the moment to showcase his deficiencies as a manager of games and a coach of players. The Europa League final was supposed to be his coronation, the […]
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Gareth Southgate ticked every box with his provisional England squad for Euro 2020. The churn from the 2018 World Cup is astonishing. Perhaps England should name provisional tournament squads more often. Gareth Southgate will feel it was a necessary precaution with three Premier League clubs reaching major European finals at the end of a […]
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Spursiness, missing teeth, West Ham resolutely failing to be remotely West Ham, Chelsea getting away with it and FANS! The final day always delivers, and even with less on the line than there might have been, this year was no exception. 1) There really is no other day of Barclays quite like final-day Barclays, […]
The Chelsea fans saw sublime Mason Mount touches, a Timo Werner body swerve and the dazzling feet of Christian Pulisic on their return to Stamford Bridge. But the greatest roars were reserved for Antonio Rudiger: Chelsea’s ‘agent’ turned provocateur. “Unfortunately, some people of them don’t know how to celebrate. We had to punish them, 100%. Some people […]
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The decision is weird but understandable. The timing is downright bizarre. Karim Benzema is excellent but France have excelled without him. It was one of the most shocking episodes in modern French football history, and that in itself is no mean feat. Karim Benzema is the best French striker of the last decade but […]
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Nathaniel Phillips is channelling the spirit of Jurgen Klopp’s favourite player and Liverpool are loving it. They should reward him soon. “I really think it’s a win-win situation. It’s a story really only football can write,” said Jurgen Klopp, rather underestimating the literary abilities of anyone unable to fathom the career of Divock Origi. […]
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Tottenham welcomed fans back and forced them to watch a defeat from the upper-tier while they booed at half-time and full-time. Amazing. Daniel Levy might believe that Tottenham have “lost sight” of “what’s truly in our DNA” but being vociferously booed off at half-time in the first game with more than a couple of […]
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It’s all relative and in the grand scheme it’s clearly thoroughly stupid to call Leicester losers just days after they won the FA Cup for the first time in their history. But strap in, because that’s what we’re about to do. Stupid like a fox. Leicester fans will, for the most part, still be pretty […]
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There are plenty of caveats to apply to Brighton’s frenetic and joyous 3-2 win over newly-crowned champions Manchester City. The fact City were already confirmed as champions, for one thing. The fact Joao Cancelo was sent off in the early stages is another. The fact that Brighton were able to play with the carefree abandon […]
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Chelsea fans have a hero in Timo Werner…just not a goalscoring hero. Three weeks after Chelsea gave themselves a chance of being the ‘despite’ European champions and just three days after they missed the opportunity to become the ‘despite’ FA Cup winners, the Blues put themselves in pole position to qualify for the Champions League […]
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