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In the end, the only difficulty Chelsea had to overcome to set up a second all-English Champions League final in three years was self-inflicted. So strikingly absolute was their dominance, so woefully slow and disorganised were Real Madrid, that the only thing that kept this tie alive for 85 of tonight’s 90 minutes was Chelsea’s […]
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For the fourth time in his career, Jose Mourinho is taking over a football club that last won a trophy in 2008. If Inter in 2008 and Real Madrid two years later were evidence of an unstoppable upward career trajectory, Spurs in 2019 and Roma in 2021 are… well, it’s not quite what he would […]
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Riyad Mahrez scored two goals but this was a victory born of a defence superbly marshalled by Ruben Dias… “This is the guy to replace Vincent Kompany, if you like. £65m, a huge figure again, but if this doesn’t work, I think it’s possibly the end of the Pep project,” said Jamie Carragher in September, […]
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Arsenal are different from Manchester United because there is a potential buyer… It was interesting watching Graeme Souness on Sky Sports attempting to make viewers understand the business principles behind the Glazer family’s neglect of Manchester United. Maybe this sort of thing is unique to football, that we must understand the need for owners to […]
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The Glazers trade in a club they can never really own. Now Man Utd fans are ready to stop the men in expensive suits but cheap sporting morals having the whip hand in football ever again… Call out the instigators Because there’s something in the air We’ve got to get together sooner or later Because […]
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There’s now so little jeopardy in the Premier League that a game that did not actually take place – postponed by the actions of Manchester United protestors – makes it to the top of the winners list. Winners Manchester United protestors Firstly, anyone who caused any criminal damage at Old Trafford cannot, and will […]
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The fact Manchester United vs Liverpool in a huge Premier League game at Old Trafford on Sky Sports can be called off due to protests is huge. It is difficult to verbalise or quantify what a significant moment this is. Manchester United against Liverpool is a game steeped in sporting, cultural and societal connotations, […]
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Two moments of sublime quality punctuated a perfectly-understated Chelsea performance before Real rock up at the Bridge… This was a west London derby Thomas Tuchel did not need. Sandwiched between Champions League semi-final clashes with Real Madrid, the visit of a Fulham side expected to be fighting for the lives was an irritating inconvenience […]
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Yves Bissouma breezed through Brighton’s win over Leeds. Now the Seagulls can embrace the bidding war to come… That should see Brighton safe. Despite repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot, the only target the Seagulls have hit consistently this season, Graham Potter’s men have got to 37 points, putting 10 points between themselves and […]
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It’s easy to lazily think that Ferran Torres has had an underwhelming debut season for Manchester City until you check the numbers and realise he has now scored ten goals. That’s more than Anthony Martial, more than Mason Mount, more than Roberto Firmino this season. Perhaps it’s not been such an underwhelming season after all. […]
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