1) From the first minute to the 70th against Manchester City last Sunday, Liverpool had eight shots to five, 53% possession, five corners to zero and were level at 1-1. The post-match analysis focused on many factors from injuries to form, but the most striking of all was how the champions simply collapsed: in the […]
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Watkins benefiting from chance and circumstance at Villa
When Ollie Watkins walks out to once again lead the line for Aston Villa in the Premier League at Brighton on Saturday, he might reserve a special word of thanks for his opposite number. Because in one of those crucial sliding doors moments that shape all careers, it was Neal Maupay’s move from Brentford to […]
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This must surely be the moment Rodgers lands a blow on Klopp
Brendan Rodgers needs to finally land a jab on Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool for Leicester to shed this particular inferiority complex. After finishing the (almost) glorious campaign of 2013/14 in second place, Liverpool were back in Europe’s biggest competition for the first time in five long years. This decent consolation prize should have been […]
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Tuchel must master Pep’s remarkable trick at Chelsea
Before the start of the season, in the wake of Chelsea’s £70million acquisition of Kai Kavertz – their seventh signing of the summer – we said ‘competition is just as likely to breed fractiousness as it is improvement‘, as we predicted that one of Frank Lampard’s greatest challenges in his bid to bring the title […]
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‘Disgraceful’ from Mourinho, Tottenham as Sigurdsson shines
What was once a “disgraceful” scoreline by the standards of Jose Mourinho is now entirely out of his control at Tottenham. The problem with engaging in constant psychological warfare and nefarious mind games for decades is that eventually you end up punching yourself incessantly in the face just to feel something. When everything you […]
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Klopp was right: Liverpool ‘are already on the way down’
As Jurgen Klopp said when Liverpool won the title: “When you think you have reached the pinnacle, you are already on the way down.” Quite. “We have been playing at the limit for six years. Every year we have to raise the level of the previous year. If you have to stretch like that, every downward […]
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Van De Beek and Manchester United are a rotten match
A miserable 90 minutes became a miserable 120 minutes but at least the torture ended for Donny Van De Beek after 73 minutes, having run like nobody was watching for much of what came before. The Dutchman looks utterly lost in this Manchester United side; a thinking footballer in a team that plays on instinct; […]
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F365 says: Raphinha is perfect for Leeds, and Liverpool…
It looked as though he would move towards the corner flag and recycle the ball; that’s certainly what Gary Cahill thought as he shadowed Raphinha away from goal. But with legs akimbo, Cahill became the latest chump in an increasing number of Premier League chumps to attempt to cope with Leeds’ wonderfully talented, incredibly hard-working […]
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16 Conclusions: Liverpool 1-4 Manchester City
1) They had us in the first half, not gonna lie. Liverpool and Manchester City fooled us into thinking another clash of the titans would involve 90 minutes of damp squibbery and interminable hours of analysis over refereeing decisions. The opening 45 minutes at Anfield featured tentative sparring instead of heavy punches, interrupted only by […]
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Crucial Kane and woeful West Brom tell us nothing new
It is not the case as often as it should be but sometimes it is simple: the team with the better players wins. And Harry Kane is quite good. For all the experts, the opinions, the analysis and the statistics, football can often be quite a simple sport. Every game is pored over extensively, […]
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