Tuchel takes blame for excessive changes in Chelsea defeat

Thomas Tuchel has taken responsibility for Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Arsenal on Wednesday night, saying he ‘wasn’t happy’ with his lineup. The German made seven changes to the team which beat Manchester City 2-1 last time out, perhaps with one eye towards this weekend’s FA Cup final. Big names Thiago Silva, Kai Havertz and Mason […]

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No fans, no history, no credit – City jibes are desperate nonsense

Manchester City won the Premier League title on Tuesday night in news that was greeted with a collective shrug of the shoulders. Now there are a few reasons for that. First and most obviously, it’s been clear that they were going to win the league for quite some months now. Second, they won it thanks […]

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Man City? Let’s celebrate St Johnstone instead

While in England the top-flight zombie clubs limp towards the inevitable conclusions of this season with fans hating the owners and owners distanced and uncaring of fans, in Scotland something remarkable may be about to happen. St Johnstone, a fine 137-year-old club, have – for the first time – reached both cup finals. Having already […]

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Transfer gossip: Arsenal target £45m Lyon loan pair

Arsenal are going to make changes this summer and they might start with a £45m pair from Lyon…   ARSENAL TARGET DEMBELE He might end up with a La Liga medal but it’s hard to argue that an Atletico Madrid loan has gone well for Moussa Dembele, who has not started a single game and […]

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Man United’s defeat meant much to many clubs, just not Man United

A very strange game with one conspicuously strange line-up in appalling weather and ramifications felt way beyond the two teams involved. Taken in isolation, this was a game in which nothing much made sense. Viewed more holistically, all of it did. Manchester United’s line-up looked utterly bizarre yet at the same time anything more familiar […]

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Guardiola: Latest Man City title win was ‘the hardest one’

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola claimed the club’s latest Premier League title success was “the hardest one” after they secured another trophy on Tuesday night. City were crowned champions under Guardiola for the third time in four years, after nearest rivals Manchester United were beaten 2-1 at home by Leicester. The 50-year-old said: “This has […]

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Allardyce quiet on future plans after suffering first relegation

Sam Allardyce refused to commit his future to West Brom after suffering his first relegation from the Premier League following defeat at Arsenal. The Baggies are the eighth club Allardyce has managed in the competition but a 3-1 loss at the Emirates Stadium saw them condemned to the drop. The writing had been on the […]

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Arsenal 3-1 West Brom: Baggies down after Emirates defeat

West Brom’s Premier League relegation was confirmed as Arsenal returned to winning ways to sink Sam Allardyce’s side. The Baggies are the eighth club Allardyce has managed in the Premier League but a 3-1 defeat at the Emirates Stadium means the former England boss has been relegated from the division for the first time. The […]

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Hammers must now refocus and secure tangible reward for a fine season

West Ham’s whole season now looks set to provide a textbook example of the concept of perspective after a deeply disappointing afternoon at the worst possible time. Leicester’s catastrophic defeat at Newcastle on Friday night had left the Foxes facing – in the inimitable words of Joleon Lescott on Sky – “itchy bum time” and […]

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