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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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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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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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The problem with narratives in football is that sometimes they can draw focus away from what’s most deserving of attention. Chelsea‘s Mateo Kovacic is living proof of that. When Frank Lampard was dismissed and swiftly replaced by Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge, there were inevitably and understandably two major talking points. One was whether the incoming continental coach […]
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As European competition returns with the knockout phases of the Europa League and Champions League, seven Premier League clubs remain in the hunt for silverware. Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool made it through the Champions League group stage in the autumn with relatively little fuss, while Manchester United’s drop-off saw them fall into the Europa League round […]
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Ravel Morrison will always be one of Manchester United‘s great ‘what if?’ stories. After watching Morrison develop in United’s academy, Sir Alex Ferguson described the attacking midfielder as possessing “as much natural talent as any youngster we ever signed”, while Rio Ferdinand dubbed him “the best young kid I have ever seen in my life”. “I would pay […]
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It’s been an odd season for Inter Milan. They were bitterly disappointing in the Champions League, finishing fourth in their group and failing to even make it through to the Europa League. In their two-legged Coppa Italia semi-final that finished last week, they were meek as they went out to Juventus. At points, Antonio Conte’s job has […]
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It was easy to pick a focal point for the post-match analysis following Arsenal’s enthralling 4-2 win over Leeds on Sunday afternoon. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was back. After a horrendous start to the season by his own exacting standards – just two goals came in his first 12 league games of the campaign – and a […]
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Liverpool‘s crumbling title defence led the news in England this weekend, while Romelu Lukaku stole the show for Inter in Serie A. Elsewhere, Lionel Messi continues to do Lionel Messi things for Barcelona, despite his future remaining unclear, while we were treated to one of the longest long throws we’ve ever seen. Seriously, what more could you […]
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang finally rediscovered his goalscoring form by netting a hat-trick as Arsenal beat Leeds United 4-2. While it’s not been the most prolific season for Arsenal’s captain and talisman, he delivered as they won an end-to-end thriller against Marcelo Bielsa’s side. We’ve collected seven eye-catching stats following his impressive performance at the Emirates. Read the full […]
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