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‘Wenger-esque clown’ Just want to pay tribute to Arteta’s remarkable achievement. With just eight league matches left, Arsenal are mathematically safe on 42 points! Unreal progress from Arteta, having had a measly £100m to spend over summer; a whole pre-season to prepare and given the flux Chelski, ManYoo, Spurs and Liverpool have been through this […]
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With Sergio Aguero set to end his 10-year stay in England, Manchester City are already on the lookout for a replacement. Since joining City from Atletico Madrid in 2011, Aguero has developed into one of the best strikers in the world, scoring 257 goals in 384 appearances in all competitions. The Argentina international will leave a huge void for City fans but […]
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We’re approaching 30 years since the Premier League was formed, and in that time there have been countless classic matches. But only 10 have been iconic enough to warrant their own pages on Wikipedia, with Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal featuring most prominently. We’ve taken a look at the 10 games that made the cut. No complaints here. […]
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The summer of 2009 was quite a time for Real Madrid. Florentino Perez returned as president with the task of knocking Pep Guardiola’s treble-winning Barcelona off their perch. The man behind the original Galacticos project at the Bernabeu, Perez lived up to his billing as box office and sanctioned well over €200million on new signings […]
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Edwin van der Sar was serenity personified and the ideal replacement for Peter Schmeichel at Manchester United, just a few years too late. Who’s this then? Edwin van der Sar is now 50 years old and was, in his time, one of the world’s finest goalkeepers. A Dutchman born in Voorhout, he only played […]
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We have all become so used to a Neymar-lead PSG running away with Ligue 1, but this season the title race is wide open – and the Parisians don’t seem to be enjoying it. Lille were level on points with the league’s rich kids heading into their clash on Saturday afternoon so knew that a […]
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Liverpool were excellent against Arsenal, for whom failure to “do the basics” means desperate trouble for head coach Mikel Arteta. 1) When Arsenal beat Chelsea on Boxing Day it felt like a corner had been turned. A run of seven games without a Premier League win was punctured by a vibrant and youthful victory […]
Pass of the season? Probably. Kevin de Bruyne conjured a moment of effortless brilliance at Leicester to keep Manchester City ploughing on. “Well he doesn’t get the assist, Kevin de Bruyne, but this goal’s all about him,” said Jamie Carragher, for whom watching Manchester City double their lead against Leicester at the King Power […]
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Caretaker boss Paul Heckingbottom says Sheff Utd ‘lacked quality’ in their 2-1 defeat to Leeds. The Yorkshire derby was ultimately decided by an own goal from veteran centre-back Phil Jagielka. Jack Harrison had previously opened the scoring by finishing off a nice Leeds move. FEATURE: Frozen out: 11 players yet to make a Premier League […]
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Thiago Silva‘s return from injury has given Chelsea a timely boost ahead of their upcoming Champions League quarter-final against Porto, but his first game back didn’t exactly go to plan. Silva hasn’t featured for the Blues since suffering an injury back in the early weeks of Thomas Tuchel’s tenure back in January and returned as […]
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