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Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka thinks he is “deliberately” targeted by critics but insists his doubters “won’t break” him. A number of sendings off and mistakes have seen Xhaka come under fire from a number of supporters with the Switzerland international even telling his own fans to “f*** off” when substituted in a draw with Crystal Palace […]
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Ben Chilwell thinks Chelsea are now oozing confidence that they will keep a clean sheet compared to earlier in the season under Frank Lampard. Chelsea are currently on a 14-match unbeaten run since Tuchel took charge with the Blues progressing to the Champions League quarter-finals and the FA Cup semi-finals. It seemed unlikely that Chelsea […]
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It’s international week and the mails are already drying up. This is your chance to write about the Champions League or anything else. Get your mails into theeditor@football365.com… Give me more Champions League Nice leading question, John Nicholson, using ‘bloated’… way to imply there is a ‘correct’ answer, which is, of course, the one […]
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Former Porto winger Paulo Futre was “disgusted” after hearing that the Chelsea squad celebrated getting the Portuguese side in their Champions League quarter-final draw. Thomas Tuchel’s men got past Atletico Madrid 3-0 on aggregate in the last round and will be heavy favourites to overcome the 2004 champions, despite them beating Juventus in the last […]
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He’s scrawny, he’s rugged, and he plays with the swagger of a street footballer that might pop up in a highlights video of an Argentinian Primera Division game from the mid-80s. He loves a nutmeg and he’s got a scouser’s moptop that makes him look like a young Ringo Starr. His name? Bryan Gil. Born […]
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Rio Ferdinand thinks the decision to bring “experience back into the team” is one of three key differences between Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel and Frank Lampard. Tuchel is now 14 matches unbeaten since taking over from Lampard towards the end of January with Chelsea into an FA Cup semi-final and Champions League quarter-final. The German […]
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Following their 2-1 Champions League final defeat to AC Milan in 2007, Liverpool signed Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid for a then club-record fee of £20.2million. Torres was at the peak of his powers during his time at Anfield, scoring 81 goals in 142 appearances before joining Chelsea in January 2011. But the striker wasn’t […]
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Fred had a game to forget as Manchester United were dumped out of the FA Cup. His display was made to look all the more shoddy by Leicester’s Fred with frills, Wilfred Ndidi. The Foxes’ midfield dynamo is one of five players United could spark bidding wars over this summer to improve an ailing midfield, […]
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We are now in the final straight of the Premier League. With only eight/nine/ten games left of the season, we can look at the run-ins and work out who now has the advantage in the race for European places and against relegation… * Liverpool’s next four opponents lie in 9th, 10th, 11th and 17th […]
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Danny Murphy has pointed out that Tottenham are top of the Premier League form league table as he defended Jose Mourinho. The pundit was keen to suggest that Mourinho is not actually doing a bad job at Tottenham, even after damaging defeat to Arsenal was followed by embarrassing Europa League exit. Tottenham beat Aston Villa on […]
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