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Liverpool salvaged Champions League qualification but that was a poor title defence. Frank Lampard might be back. Jose Mourinho surely won’t. The Premier League season winners are here. That Liverpool title defence After three matches of their league season, Liverpool had nine points. They had beaten two of the previous season’s top eight and […]
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It’s all relative and in the grand scheme it’s clearly thoroughly stupid to call Leicester losers just days after they won the FA Cup for the first time in their history. But strap in, because that’s what we’re about to do. Stupid like a fox. Leicester fans will, for the most part, still be pretty […]
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There are plenty of caveats to apply to Brighton’s frenetic and joyous 3-2 win over newly-crowned champions Manchester City. The fact City were already confirmed as champions, for one thing. The fact Joao Cancelo was sent off in the early stages is another. The fact that Brighton were able to play with the carefree abandon […]
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“What is wrong with him at the minute? I don’t know. He is not the same player he was a year ago though. It is quite bizarre. I’m struggling to get my head round how his form has dipped so badly.” Following Leeds United’s 2-0 loss to Brighton a fortnight ago, former Whites striker Noel […]
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You can’t blame Liverpool supporters if recent months have swayed them from believers to doubters. A steady stream of points p*ssed away amid a spate of misfortune and an excess of calamity will do that to any fan base. So if Reds were experiencing a recently-familiar feeling of pessimism as their team grew increasingly nervous […]
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There’s now so little jeopardy in the Premier League that a game that did not actually take place – postponed by the actions of Manchester United protestors – makes it to the top of the winners list. Winners Manchester United protestors Firstly, anyone who caused any criminal damage at Old Trafford cannot, and will […]
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“One of the poorest Arsenal teams, I’ve ever seen,” said Roy Keane ahead of kick-off at St James Park. It would be hard to disagree with the former Manchester United midfielder, although Newcastle United managed to make them look like a decent team on Sunday afternoon. It has been a painful season for Arsenal fans […]
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It’s easy to lazily think that Ferran Torres has had an underwhelming debut season for Manchester City until you check the numbers and realise he has now scored ten goals. That’s more than Anthony Martial, more than Mason Mount, more than Roberto Firmino this season. Perhaps it’s not been such an underwhelming season after all. […]
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It is becoming harder to “trust the process” under Mikel Arteta at Arsenal. Fatigue has set in for Liverpool, while Everton still have a shot. Winners Chelsea’s defence The doubts about Chelsea’s attack linger on. Thomas Tuchel is determined to persevere with Timo Werner, who at best takes one step forward and another back. […]
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Timo Werner ended his goal drought in a big win for Chelsea. This simply must be a turning point for the struggling striker… “Not decisive, but big.” Thomas Tuchel was talking about the magnitude of Chelsea’s top-four shootout at West Ham, but the Blues boss could have been describing Timo Werner’s first goal in […]
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