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The Expert: Can Chelsea recover from record-ending defeat at Tottenham?

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Jan 5 2017 12:00
The Expert: Can Chelsea recover from record-ending defeat at Tottenham? So, with two giant leaps, one long run is ended.Tottenham Hotspur - and, specifically, Dele Alli - prevent Chelsea from going on what would have been the best single-season winning streak in English history, in a 2-0 home win that is likely to the best possible result for the competitiveness of this...
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The reasons behind Inter’s rush to recruit €28m Gagliardini

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Jan 4 2017 18:15
The reasons behind Inter’s rush to recruit €28m Gagliardini If everything goes to plan, Inter will organise a car to take Roberto Gagliardini from Malaga airport to their winter training camp in Marbella. The Nerazzurri simply can’t wait to have him. While everyone else got to open their presents on Christmas day, it's as if they have been told to be p...
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How logic defying Giroud is both unreliable and deadly

by Jonathan Wilson at Tuesday, Jan 3 2017 13:10
How logic defying Giroud is both unreliable and deadly Certain players seem to defy logic. In his four-and-a-half years at Arsenal, Olivier Giroud has regularly been criticised for his lack of deadliness in front of goal and yet this season, of players who have scored more than one goal, he is scoring at a faster rate than anybody else in the Premier Le...
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Can Sunderland cope without midfield lynchpin Ndong during AFCON 2017?

by Jonathan Wilson at Wednesday, Dec 28 2016 13:25
Can Sunderland cope without midfield lynchpin Ndong during AFCON 2017? They may still be third bottom, but Sunderland are actually playing relatively well at the moment. Not for the first time, they are left reflecting on what might have been had they actually turned up in the first two months of the campaign. If the season had begun on November 1st, David Moyes’...
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Has Sarri stumbled upon perfect role for magic Mertens?

by James Horncastle at Tuesday, Dec 20 2016 13:15
Has Sarri stumbled upon perfect role for magic Mertens? It had still yet to sink in when Dries Mertens appeared in front of the cameras early on Sunday evening. “In order to get my head around it, I’m going to have to go home, be by myself for a bit and have a think,” he said. Like Tom Hanks in Castaway, Mertens’ only company, as ...
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The Expert: How in-form Ibra evolved his game to United's gain

by Miguel Delaney at Tuesday, Dec 20 2016 12:00
The Expert: How in-form Ibra evolved his game to United's gain On Saturday, after Zlatan Ibrahimovic had laid out West Brom - and, in the process, Craig Dawson - Jose Mourinho also laid out one big reason why that performance level is especially impressive. “If you are an amazing central defender, you can play until you are older,” the Manchester Un...
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The Expert: Monaco magic stalls as Valbuena comeback continues

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Dec 19 2016 17:35
The Expert: Monaco magic stalls as Valbuena comeback continues After a spectacular few months, Monaco’s reputation has begun to precede them. Having scored 53 goals in their first 17 Ligue 1 matches of the season - and having qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League with a degree of comfort after beating Tottenham twice - Leonardo Jardim&r...
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Does Ozil deserve criticism for role in Arsenal loss to City?

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Dec 19 2016 16:10
Does Ozil deserve criticism for role in Arsenal loss to City? There could be few things more Arsenal than getting through a difficult November, looking as though they might actually be able to challenge for the title, and then losing two games in a row in which they’d taken the lead. And there could be few things more predictable than the fact that in de...
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The Expert: Pjanic progress untimely for Roma ahead of title clash

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Dec 15 2016 18:00
The Expert: Pjanic progress untimely for Roma ahead of title clash When the news broke in the summer that Miralem Pjanic had decided to leave Roma for Juventus, his good friend and teammate Radja Nainggolan joked that he would never speak to him again. Asked for his reaction to Pjanic's and Gonzalo Higuain’s moves to Turin, Roma captain Francesco Totti put it...
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Can Arsenal still win the title in absence of injured Cazorla?

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Dec 15 2016 17:25
Can Arsenal still win the title in absence of injured Cazorla? If Arsenal fail to win the title this season - or, more relevantly since it is something they have not done since 2004, fail to take their challenge past March - we may already have a defining and decisive image.That was the sight of one of their most important players, Mesut Ozil, cowering away fro...
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