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Can Crouch Crush Former Club in Stoke-Liverpool Clash

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Can Crouch Crush Former Club in Stoke-Liverpool Clash Liverpool face a tough task this weekend with a trip to Stoke City on the cards, as domestic action resumes after the international break. Kenny Dalglish’s side arrive at the Britannia on the back of two straight victories but are up against a home side unbeaten in seven games in all competiti...

Bundesliga Player of the Month Focus – Marco Reus

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Bundesliga Player of the Month Focus – Marco Reus We begin our focus on the player of the month from Europe's leading divisions in Germany's Bundesliga, where a young winger is drawing admiring glances.At just 22, Marco Reus is already a hero for his club, Borussia Monchengladbach, netting what proved to be the decisive goal in a relegation play-of...

WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI for August

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WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI for August While Paris St Germain stole the summer headlines with an influx of big-money signings, the WhoScored ratings back up the idea they’ve yet to gel as a side. None of their players make our Ligue 1 XI for the month gone by, while surprise front pair Montpellier and Lyon supply two apiece. Champi...

Are Inter and Gasperini going the right way?

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Are Inter and Gasperini going the right way? “Non Vincete Mai! (You never win)” Was the chant that Inter Milan’s opposition fans, especially those from AC Milan, sang to Inter at every match before the 2006 Calcio scandal. Fourteen titles later, including the 2010 Champions League, that same chant is only but a mirage, but In...

Arsenal Signings to Lead to Tactical Change?

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Arsenal Signings to Lead to Tactical Change? With the Premier League having put its feet up for the weekend, though many of its player's were unable to, WhoScored has had the time to have a closer look at the business done over the summer.Investigating the sides who have strengthened in numbers to see whether they have reinforced any weak link...

WhoScored Bundesliga All Star XI for August

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WhoScored Bundesliga All Star XI for August Our Bundesliga XI for August is dominated by Bayern Munich- Jupp Heynckes’ side have as many as five players in the WhoScored team. Three of the league leaders’ back-four take their place in our starting eleven, after a run of fixtures that has seen them concede just one goal in all comp...

WhoScored Premier League All Star XI for August

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WhoScored Premier League All Star XI for August With both Manchester clubs starting the season in such scintillating form, it’s perhaps no surprise to see their domination of the WhoScored Premier League XI for August. Champions Man United have four players in our eleven, with Man City providing two. Our team contains four new signings, wit...

WhoScored Europe All Star XI for August

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WhoScored Europe All Star XI for August With La Liga only just open for business and Serie A yet to kick off, there were only three leagues to choose from when WhoScored named their All Star team for August. In spite of this, no Ligue 1 players managed to find a way into the side, with six players coming from the Premier League and five f...

WhoScored Top 5 All-Round Attackers for August 2011

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WhoScored Top 5 All-Round Attackers for August 2011 With a host of international games heralding in September, we thought we’d look back and pick out the best all-round attacking performers for the month gone by. To qualify, players had to demonstrate a consistency right across the three main areas for attacking performance- shots, key passes a...

Albania 1-2 France: Yann M'Winna

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Albania 1-2 France: Yann M'Winna France took another step towards qualification for Euro 2012 in what turned out to be a hard faught victory in Tirana. Karim Benzema was involved in both the away sides goals, scoring the first and turning provider for the second. Erjon Bogdani’s 46th minute goal gave the home fans hope but in...