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In their penultimate game of 2020, six days before Christmas, Nice’s defence was ripped to shreds by Lyon. In fact, even that might be too generous a reading of what transpired. Nice’s defence ripped itself to shreds for Lyon’s benefit. Before half-time, the Aiglons had handed two goals to Rudi Garcia’s Lyon, who added two […]
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has praised his team for ‘controlling’ RB Leipzig in their 2-0 away victory. The Reds took charge of their Champions League round of 16 tie with two second half goals. Mo Salah scored his 24th goal of the season in the 53rd minute. FEATURE: Alaba, Mbappe next? Five stars who moved […]
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It was about the result, so the performance was a welcome surprise. Liverpool have played better and lost, or played much worse and won. Jurgen Klopp will be delighted that they married the two so effectively on Tuesday evening. Not for the first time this season against an English side, Leipzig were made to look […]
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Liverpool put their domestic struggles to one side as they gained the upper hand in their Champions League last-16 tie against RB Leipzig with a 2-0 victory in the first leg in Budapest. Three successive Premier League defeats led to Reds manager Jurgen Klopp conceding their title defence is over, but they have taken a […]
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When Alan Judge was preparing for Ipswich Town‘s League One clash with Northampton Town on Tuesday, he probably didn’t expect to be in a battle with referee Darren Drysdale. Judge was involved with a bizarre clash with Drysdale as the referee appeared to lose his cool with the midfielder, briefly squaring up to the player before […]
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Jesse Lingard has an “outside chance” of making Gareth Southgate’s England squad for this summer’s European Championships, according to Darren Bent. Lingard has been capped 24 times by England since he made his senior debut in 2016. He played a key role as The Three Lions reached the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup. The […]
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Dietmar Hamann has suggested that Roy Keane’s claim that Liverpool are “bad champions” was “completely exaggerated”. Liverpool have had a gruelling season so far. They have been hit by a number of serious injuries to key defenders. Virgil Van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip have all suffered season-ending injuries at different points of the […]
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Carlo Ancelotti has insisted that Everton’s targets will not change depending on the result of Wednesday night’s game against Man City. The former Chelsea and AC Milan boss has done a great job since taking over at Everton in December 2019. He has a 50% win percentage from his 50 games as Toffees boss so […]
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After leaving Arsenal to join Nice on loan in January, William Saliba is once again back shining in Ligue 1. Arsenal have high hopes for Saliba, but the centre-back failed to convince Mikel Arteta he is ready for life in the Premier League and was left out of the Gunners’ competitive squads for the first […]
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Michael Owen believes that playing in a neutral venue will only help Liverpool for their Champions League tie against RB Leipzig. Jurgen Klopp’s side are in a poor run of form of late having lost three straight games in the Premier League. This dip has seen them drop down to sixth in the table with […]
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