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WhoScored Premier League All Star XI - Gameweek 5

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, Sep 20 2011 09:45
WhoScored Premier League All Star XI - Gameweek 5 Man United’s win over Chelsea saw them take a two-point lead at the top of the Premier League on Sunday afternoon. Fulham’s Craven Cottage comeback against Man City deprived Roberto Mancini’s side of all three points, with the visitors having to settle for a draw despite Sergio Agu...
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WhoScored Premier League XI for Gameweek 4

by Paul McKinnon at Monday, Sep 12 2011 10:04
WhoScored Premier League XI for Gameweek 4 Once again, the weekend set of Premier League fixtures was dominated by the performances of both Manchester clubs. Both United and City are now the only two teams left with one hundred percent records and a pair of devastating displays swept aside Bolton and Wigan respectively. A look at the WhoScor...
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2011/12 Player Focus: Nani

by Paul McKinnon at Thursday, Aug 11 2011 10:51
2011/12 Player Focus: Nani 2011/12 Player Focus: Nani Last season saw Nani finally realise the potential that persuaded Sir Alex Ferguson to shell out €25.5m for his services back in June 2007. In his fourth season at Old Trafford, the former Sporting CP winger developed a consistency previously missing in his game, and ...
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N’Zogbia’s Outstanding Dribbling Fact or Fiction?

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Aug 2 2011 15:27
N’Zogbia’s Outstanding Dribbling Fact or Fiction? After Aston Villa completed the signing of Charles N'Zogbia for the reasonably modest fee of £9.5m they undoubtedly secured the services of one of the Premier League's most threatening wingers. The Frenchman is renowned for his dribbling ability and it isn't hard to see why.The 25-year-old att...
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The Best Wingers for Crossing & Dribbling Across Europe

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Jul 29 2011 16:43
The Best Wingers for Crossing & Dribbling Across Europe As a round-up of WhoScored.com's feature on Europe's best attacking wingers from each of the top 5 divisions, we have collated the leading 5 players per category based on crossing and dribbling levels from each of the leagues, with some interesting conclusions to be drawn.As a reminder, all players ...
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Premier League Top 10 Key Passers

by Paul McKinnon at Friday, Jul 1 2011 10:29
Premier League Top 10 Key Passers For our next series of articles on Europe’s main five leagues, we take a look at the ten top players for Key Passes from each league. These are the players who, week after week, set up goal scoring chances aplenty for their team mates during the course of a match. Whether the opportunity leads...
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How to Spot a Show-Pony: Further Analysis on Successful Dribblers

by Paul McKinnon at Wednesday, Jun 15 2011 10:24
How to Spot a Show-Pony: Further Analysis on Successful Dribblers To football fans around the globe, there’s nothing more infuriating than the so-called “show pony”; a player full of tricks and the ability to beat an opponent but with little end product to show for his skills. Yesterday’s article on Dribblers highlighted, quite surprisingly...
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Premier League All Star Team, Season 2010/11

by Paul McKinnon at Wednesday, Jun 1 2011 10:53
Premier League All Star Team, Season 2010/11 In the second of our Big 5 league reviews, the Premier League All Star Team from last season shows no team was overly dominant in terms of stand-out performers; Arsenal and Man City were the main suppliers, with three players apiece, though champions Man United contributed two. The rest were scatter...
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Manchester United - Barcelona: The influential figures and factors at Wembley

by Chris Davie at Thursday, May 26 2011 09:53
Manchester United - Barcelona: The influential figures and factors at Wembley Unlike in Rome two years ago, Sir Alex Ferguson has no Cristiano Ronaldo to call upon, no Carlos Tevez to spring off the bench but Manchester United still possess the personnel to upset the Champions League favourites.Having conceded just four goals in 12 Champions League outings this term, defensiv...

One Point Enough To See United Crowned Champions

by Paul McKinnon at Sunday, May 15 2011 12:08
One Point Enough To See United Crowned Champions Man United followed in the footsteps of AC Milan and Barcelona yesterday, clinching their domestic title with an away draw that also proved suitable for the home side, as Blackburn hit the 40 point mark and edged closer to Premier League safety.Steve Kean’s side came into this game with just t...