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Player Focus: Classless Costa at the Forefront of Chelsea's Goalscoring Struggles

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Nov 30 2015 17:20
Player Focus: Classless Costa at the Forefront of Chelsea's Goalscoring Struggles “With Diego I wanted him to do a certain movement that he didn’t and I was disappointed and reacted and he reacted too, but at half time in the dressing room there were a few kisses and cuddles,” Jose Mourinho said of Diego Costa following Chelsea’s 4-0 win over Maccabi Tel A...
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Player Focus: Higuain Primed to Fire Napoli to Serie A Summit

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Nov 27 2015 16:25
Player Focus: Higuain Primed to Fire Napoli to Serie A Summit “The contract will be respected. He’ll only go if a madman offers the buy-out clause. However, Gonzalo still belongs to Napoli,” the club’s charismatic chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis said of his star striker over the summer. Gonzalo Higuain’s current release clause is s...
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Player Focus: Lukaku Primed to Enjoy Most Prolific Season to Date

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Nov 26 2015 14:55
Player Focus: Lukaku Primed to Enjoy Most Prolific Season to Date Everton’s second goal in their 4-0 thumping of lowly Aston Villa last week was a landmark occasion for one striker. Romelu Lukaku’s first of the game on the half hour mark was his 50th in the Premier League and he would go on to net his second of the match and 51st in England’s top...
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Team Focus: Is Pardew Being Found Out After Positive Palace Start?

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Nov 25 2015 14:00
Team Focus: Is Pardew Being Found Out After Positive Palace Start? We got a lot of the ball, a lot of possession, (but) unfortunately we could not create a sweet moment and things went the wrong way for us,” Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew said in the wake of Monday night’s 1-0 defeat to Sunderland. It was a frustrating evening for the Eagles on home...
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Team Focus: New Found Spurs Resilience Built on Belgian Backbone

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Nov 24 2015 14:30
Team Focus: New Found Spurs Resilience Built on Belgian Backbone Of the Premier League’s top seven teams at present, five have at least one Belgian player in the ranks. Maximising the immense footballing talent of this small European nation has become the latest trend among England’s elite, with no fewer than nine Premier League performers called up t...
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Match Report: Smash and Grab Sunderland Secure Unexpected Win

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Nov 23 2015 22:30
Match Report: Smash and Grab Sunderland Secure Unexpected Win A cold Monday night meeting clash Crystal Palace and Sunderland was never going to be one of the most entertaining Premier League clashes since its 1992 inception, but a 1-0 win at Selhurst Park is a result Sam Allardyce would have bitten your hand off for prior to their trip south. The Eagles' stru...
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Match Report: Comprehensive Spurs Win Reinforces Top-4 Credentials

by Ben McAleer at Sunday, Nov 22 2015 15:48
Match Report: Comprehensive Spurs Win Reinforces Top-4 Credentials Mousa Dembele, prior to Sunday's London Derby, spoke highly of this current Tottenham team. This is the best team I've played in since I've been at Tottenham, the Belgian told SkySports. Given he was part of the Spurs side that came perilously close to securing a top-4 berth in the 2012/13 season, i...

Player Focus: Unassuming Busquets Crucial to Barcelona in Saturday's Clasico

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Nov 20 2015 16:50
Player Focus: Unassuming Busquets Crucial to Barcelona in Saturday's Clasico As the minutes tick towards this weekend’s Clasico, it presents a number of players with the perfect chance to make himself an instant hero. The hotly contested meeting between Real Madrid and Barcelona is the most watched football match in the world and Saturday’s installment could inde...
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Player Focus: Lovren Must Defy Critics to Secure Liverpool Starting Berth

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Nov 19 2015 12:30
Player Focus: Lovren Must Defy Critics to Secure Liverpool Starting Berth A 2-1 defeat at home to Crystal Palace prior to the international break was Jurgen Klopp’s first following his appointment as Liverpool manager. It appears as though the honeymoon period - unbeaten in 6 to that point - is over for the German boss, who now has his work cut out if he is to manag...
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Player Focus: Neymar Now Rightly Considered Among Football's Elite

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Nov 18 2015 13:00
Player Focus: Neymar Now Rightly Considered Among Football's Elite El Clásico. Arguably football’s biggest match returns for its latest installment this weekend as the top two in La Liga - Barcelona and Real Madrid - do battle once more. With this clash of the titans going down at the Bernabeu, it’s Los Blancos who hold home advantage, though tha...
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