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Team Focus: City Win Highlights Benefits of Coutinho & Firmino Understanding

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Nov 23 2015 17:05
Team Focus: City Win Highlights Benefits of Coutinho & Firmino Understanding Three managers, to an extent, played a part in Liverpool’s 4-1 win at Manchester City on Saturday. There was Jurgen Klopp, of course, now going through a phase of public understatement, but clearly delighted at how his influence is beginning to be seen. There was Manuel Pellegrini who, not for...
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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: 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: Alli Primed to Make International Step Up

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Nov 13 2015 12:00
Player Focus: Alli Primed to Make International Step Up The danger of any teenager coming through the ranks at a major football club is the hype placed upon his tender shoulders. Fans often demand to see their team place faith in youth, even when weighing up the risks in the hope of unearthing the next superstar. However, too much top-level game time whe...
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Player Focus: Was Hodgson Wrong to Overlook Scott Dann?

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Nov 12 2015 11:06
Player Focus: Was Hodgson Wrong to Overlook Scott Dann? When Roy Hodgson announced his England squad last week, there was a familiar feel to it. Dele Alli retaining his place and Eric Dier’s call up were perhaps the major talking points ahead of the meetings with Spain and France, but all in all; shocks were few and far between. In fact - to Crysta...
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Player Focus: Ayoze Form Helping Newcastle Pull Away From Danger

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Nov 11 2015 16:05
Player Focus: Ayoze Form Helping Newcastle Pull Away From Danger “Newcastle feels like home for me.” Traditionally, Newcastle has been one of the more welcoming cities in England, so Ayoze Pérez’s words will have buoyed supporters of one of English football’s most renowned clubs. In the wake of reported interest from Manchester Unit...
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Player Focus: Van Gaal’s Faith in Lingard Slowly Being Repaid

by Josh Wright at Tuesday, Nov 10 2015 15:39
Player Focus: Van Gaal’s Faith in Lingard Slowly Being Repaid “I do not like to single players out, but I have to mention how pleased I’ve been with Jesse Lingard,” Louis van Gaal said in his programme notes before watching the 22-year-old net his first goal for the club against West Brom on Saturday.To earn the plaudits from a manager that n...
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Player Focus: Record Breaker Özil Holds the Key to Arsenal's Title Hopes

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Nov 9 2015 14:01
Player Focus: Record Breaker Özil Holds the Key to Arsenal's Title Hopes Back in July, we wrote that a well-rested Mesut Özil is set to make a substantial impact for Arsenal this season. After a summer away from football, the onus was on the Germany international to take the Premier League by storm. After two years to settle in England, the 27-year-old had been expe...
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Match Report: Draw a Fair Result in Sunday's North London Derby

by Ben McAleer at Sunday, Nov 8 2015 15:56
Match Report: Draw a Fair Result in Sunday's North London Derby The North London Derby is usually one of the most hotly contested in the country and Sunday's edition was no different. The latest meeting between Arsenal and Tottenham started at a frantic pace before some sort of dominance was established, that coming from the visitors. Spurs were arguably he bett...
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Player Focus: Liverpool Visit Presents Bolasie With Chance to Correct Poor Form

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Nov 6 2015 17:21
Player Focus: Liverpool Visit Presents Bolasie With Chance to Correct Poor Form Every side, regardless of their stature in world football, has a bogey team. That one club that, despite form and league position steps their game up when the going toe-to-toe with a particular opponent. For Liverpool recently, that team happens to be Crystal Palace. ‘The Miracle of Crystanbul...
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