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No Quadruple for Manchester City. Not even a Treble – not a proper one, at least. Infuriatingly for Pep Guardiola, their prospects of making history disappeared all rather meekly. It will be Chelsea who return to Wembley next month for the FA Cup final after Thomas Tuchel masterminded a hugely-impressive, richly-deserved victory to inflict upon […]
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All football fans think their own club is uniquely predisposed to misfortune. But only Spurs could be bantered off by an online dog. Pretty much all football fans think their own club is uniquely predisposed to misfortune. “It could only happen to us” is a common refrain after the sort of embarrassment or disaster […]
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From the moment before kick-off when Alexandre Lacazette took the knee right in front of Slavia Prague’s players, this was pretty much a picture perfect display from Arsenal. In the wake of UEFA deciding Ondrej Kudela’s racist abuse of Rangers’ Glen Kamara during Slavia’s last-16 clash at Ibrox last month was very nearly as bad […]
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This is more than a step back for Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp celebrated fourth in 2016/17 and they must master those mini skirmishes again. And then there were none. There will be no fresh ink on the trophy count wall at Melwood. After a glut of cabinet filling, Liverpool have fallen away badly from the […]
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‘The transformation in Jorginho’s reputation and standing at Chelsea from last season to this has been exceptional. From figure of ridicule and target of misplaced derision, to the wise leader in Frank Lampard’s youthful revolution,’ we wrote in October 2019 about the Sarri-ball scapegoat turned Chelsea ‘driver’. In the 18 months since, sneering levels have […]
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Manchester City never panicked. The players kept faith and Pep Guardiola did not waver. A first Champions League semi-final together is huge. For Pep Guardiola, the perfect hat-trick. A first Champions League semi-final with Manchester City. A comeback from a losing position at half-time – away from home, no less. And an actual, real-life, […]
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When people start complaining about injuries and the unfairness of it all, our eyes tend to glaze over and we drift off to our happy place until someone starts talking about something less dull. So please forgive us as we embark on a few hundred words now about injuries and the unfairness of it all. […]
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Liverpool signed Thiago for occasions such as these. Jurgen Klopp has to defibrillate his team’s struggling heartbeat against Real Madrid. Thiago Alcantara tasted Premier League victory at Anfield for the first time last weekend. The Spaniard, arriving from treble-winning Bayern Munich in the summer, has featured sporadically for the Reds and hasn’t quite convinced. […]
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One of the worst byproducts of VAR is less the implementation itself and more how it dominates the discourse. The football becomes secondary. Sean Longstaff closed his eyes and hoped for the best in the Burnley six-yard box. His plunge towards the ball was a courageous decision, but sadly his head was met with […]
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Jamie Carragher described Sam Allardyce as the “master of the transfer window” before kick-off, pointing to the players he’s signed to enable relegation escapes at other clubs and those he landed in January for West Brom – who have made a massive difference. Mbaye Diagne, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Okay Yokuslu were all outstanding in the […]
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