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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes racist behaviour in football should be punished but that the perpetrators do not deserve the attention they are given. The Reds boss also praised Raheem Sterling for his response after being subjected to alleged abuse during Saturday’s Premier League defeat at Chelsea. “I thought his reaction was just brilliant. You …
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Jamie Carragher believes “the only chance Liverpool have got” of winning the Premier League is if Manchester City “go far in the Champions League”. Liverpool are second after 11 games, having dropped just six points in a hugely impressive start to the campaign. Yet they are two points behind a phenomenal Manchester City side who …
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Paul Pogba allayed talk of a Manchester United exit ahead of his return to Juventus, with the midfielder insisting he does not regret rejoining the Old Trafford giants and remains happy working for Jose Mourinho. Since returning from Russia as a World Cup winner, the 25-year-old has been the subject of intense speculation about his …
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With nearly a third of the season played, the numbers are starting to mean something – in many cases all too well. Today and tomorrow we’ll look at some of the most interesting stats for each team. In unimaginative alphabetical order, today it’s Arsenal through to Huddersfield… Arsenal Early in the season, stats people …
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PSV winger Hirving Lozano thinks “it’s special” to be linked with a move to the Premier League. Tottenham and Manchester United have both been credited with interest in the Mexico international, while Barcelona have also been linked. His winning goal for Mexico in their unlikely victory over Germany at the World Cup announced Lozano on …
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It was not Paris Saint-Germain’s four unanswered goals that emphasised the gulf in class, but their bench. As Neymar celebrated his tenth league goal of the season on Sunday evening – a penalty against Monaco – PSG’s substitutes rose as one to celebrate for the fourth time that evening. At times such as these, repetitive …
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Liverpool defender Joel Matip has a mixed relationship with the Merseyside derby but hopes to be involved in the cross-city clash for years to come. The German has featured in just two of five matches against Everton since moving to Anfield in the summer of 2016. He has finished on the winning side both times – …
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Gary Lineker has criticised Jose Mourinho for showing disgust at Marcus Rashford for missing a chance in Manchester United’s 1-0 Champions League victory over Young Boys. Marouane Fellaini’s injury-time winner spared United’s blushes and sent them through to the last 16 of the competition. Until then, it had been a painful night for United, who …
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Howe is he the right man for Man United? There have been times when bemoaning Eddie Howe’s lack of progression from Bournemouth would be apt, but this… ‘Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe would be the perfect fit for Manchester United…if he wasn’t English’ …is an utterly bizarre headline as the Cherries try to recover from four …
Five million quid for Richard Scudamore? Yeah that sounds about right. That sounds very Premier League; a typically sickening amount of money for sod all. Where is this going to end? Time to take sides, I think. Many great points have been made about how this money could have been better spent but these have …
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