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Marcus Rashford is a very nice 23-year-old from Manchester who is very good at football and loves his mum very much. So nice is he and so good is he at football that he makes us feel awful about ourselves and our myriad inadequacies. What were we doing when we were 23? Best not to […]
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Football has been rocked by the decision of 12 clubs to create their own European Super League. Part of the reason it’s happened is apparently to foster more competition between clubs who feel bored swatting aside Europe’s supposed minnows. But recent history shows this hasn’t always been the case. We’ve identified 11 overlooked teams who’ve […]
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Manchester United extended their winning run to five straight Premier League matches in Sunday’s 3-1 victory over Burnley, but it wasn’t all smiles in the closing stages. Not long before Edinson Cavani put the result beyond doubt with their third goal in the 93rd minute, Paul Pogba had gone down by the corner flag as United were protecting […]
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Plans for a European Super League have finally been announced, and the reaction from some of the football world’s most respected figures and prominent pundits has been overwhelmingly negative. The long-rumoured proposals were officially declared on Sunday evening, in which 12 clubs – Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, Liverpool, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico […]
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You could be forgiven for forgetting that plenty of exciting football took place this weekend after it became overshadowed by news of 12 clubs agreeing to join a European Super League. While Lionel Messi produced a masterclass in the Copa del Rey final for Barcelona, his display became quickly overlooked as news broke of football […]
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Elastico’s are fast becoming Marcus Rashford’s trademark and he busted out another during Manchester United‘s 3-1 win over Burnley. United were made to work hard for their success, but late goals from Mason Greenwood and Edison Cavani secured three points for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s teams. Rashford didn’t find the net, but he caught our attention with another elastico […]
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Barcelona players were caught behaving more like star-struck fans next to Lionel Messi after their Copa del Rey victory over Athletic Bilbao. Antoine Griezman and Frenkie de Jong gave Barcelona a 2-0 lead in the final before Messi drove through the Bilbao team and scored a stunning goal in the 68th minute. He got his second goal […]
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While Manchester United were preparing to take on Bayern Munich in a Champions League quarter-final in 2001, one fan was getting ready for an even bigger challenge. Two years earlier lifelong United fan Karl Power had began hatching an audacious prank alongside a group of friends in a Manchester pub. Simple pitch invasions had been done before, […]
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Manchester United‘s No.7 shirt is one of the most iconic in football, having been worn by the likes of George Best, Eric Cantona, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo. In the years since Ronaldo’s exit, however, several players have struggled under the weight of expectation that the shirt number brings. After joining United on a free transfer […]
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Luis Suarez is regarded as one of the best strikers to ever play for Liverpool – so replacing him was always going to be difficult. After Suarez was sold to Barcelona, Liverpool reinvested the money and signed not one but nine new players in the summer of 2014. We’ve taken a look at how those nine players have […]
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