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Match Report: Impressive Goalkeeping Ensures Spoils Shared at White Hart Lane

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Dec 29 2014 08:45
Match Report: Impressive Goalkeeping Ensures Spoils Shared at White Hart Lane Despite their traditionally poor record against Manchester United, Tottenham came into this meeting on the back of a 4-game unbeaten run against their Premier League rivals, two of which they had won at Old Trafford. However, it was United who looked more likely to break the deadlock in the opening ...
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Player Focus: Christian Eriksen Fulfilling his Potential for Spurs

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Dec 23 2014 16:45
Player Focus: Christian Eriksen Fulfilling his Potential for Spurs Christian Eriksen can be indirectly attributed with the assist for Harry Kane’s opener in Tottenham’s 2-1 win over Burnley on Saturday. Michael Keane had just been penalised for a contentious handball and Kane, who wanted to instantly re-start play, took a quick free kick. He spotted Eri...
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Match Report: Spurs Brush Aside Home Woes to Dispatch of Burnley

by Ben McAleer at Sunday, Dec 21 2014 09:30
Match Report: Spurs Brush Aside Home Woes to Dispatch of Burnley Before Saturday's meeting at White Hart Lane, the last 6 competitive meetings between Tottenham and Burnley had yielded 27 goals, so this fixture promised action at either end. Each of those 6 games saw at least 3 goals scored and both teams played their part in maintaining that impressive return as...
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Player Focus: The Highest Rated Teenagers in Europe

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Dec 19 2014 15:45
Player Focus: The Highest Rated Teenagers in Europe Whether by a Football Manager aficionado or a supporter keen to discover the next big thing, young players have always been focused on in the beautiful game. If there is an exciting talent in the youth academy of a fan’s team, the supporter in question will be quick to praise his potential, ad...
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Player Focus: Cazorla's Return to the Number 10 Role Benefitting Arsenal

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Dec 16 2014 15:20
Player Focus: Cazorla's Return to the Number 10 Role Benefitting Arsenal Arsenal were dealt a huge blow last week as manager Arsène Wenger confirmed midfielder Aaron Ramsey would miss the festive period due to a hamstring injury. The news followed what was a blistering 45-minute performance by the 23-year-old in the 4-1 win over Galatasaray. The Welshman bagged a ...
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Match Report: Chelsea Maintain Impressive Home Form Despite Fàbregas Absence

by Ben McAleer at Sunday, Dec 14 2014 09:00
Match Report: Chelsea Maintain Impressive Home Form Despite Fàbregas Absence Any doubts over whether Chelsea could bounce back from their demoralising defeat at Newcastle last weekend were brushed aside as they dispatched of an out of sorts Hull. The home side were not at their best, but did enough to make it 8 home wins from 8 in the Premier League this season.Chelsea opene...
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Player Focus: Is James McCarthy Now Everton's Most Valuable Player?

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Dec 2 2014 17:50
Player Focus: Is James McCarthy Now Everton's Most Valuable Player? Last summer, Everton hired Roberto Martínez as David Moyes’ replacement. As with any manager switching teams, the Spaniard took a number of his former players with him to Goodison Park. Arouna Koné departed the DW Stadium for Goodison, Joel Robles also followed Martínez to...
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Match Report: Tale of Two Strikers as Arsenal Overcome Dortmund

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Nov 27 2014 10:00
Match Report: Tale of Two Strikers as Arsenal Overcome Dortmund Any team will hope a victory of any sort will kickstart a run of form. Coming into this game, Arsenal had failed to win any of their previous 3 games in all competitions, so 3 points here was crucial. This run began with the 3-3 draw with Anderlecht in the Champions League at the beginning of the mo...
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Player Focus: Playmaker Payet Takes Over the Creative Reins at Marseille

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Nov 26 2014 16:00
Player Focus: Playmaker Payet Takes Over the Creative Reins at Marseille After an impressive World Cup, one would have expected Marseille to fight tooth and nail to keep hold of Mathieu Valbuena. The pint-sized playmaker ranked among the 25 highest-rated players according to WhoScored (7.56) at Brazil 2014, so his departure to Russia for Dinamo Moscow was somewhat of a s...
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Player Focus: Kane's Spurs Displays Giving Pochettino Selection Headache

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Nov 25 2014 16:00
Player Focus: Kane's Spurs Displays Giving Pochettino Selection Headache For me, with his attitude, he can be one of the best centre-forwards in the world one day. He has a spirit you can compare to (Cristiano) Ronaldo and he works every day. The quote of a professional footballer complimenting a teammate. Was this player referring to Zlatan Ibrahimovic? Luis Suarez? Die...
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