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It felt like they had done too much. It felt like bringing eight new players into their Premier League squad after a survival season was too revolutionary. But on Tuesday night, Brighton ended a quite brilliant 3-1 victory over their great rivals Crystal Palace with five of those new signings on the pitch. Chris Hughton …
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp felt referee Stuart Attwell could have offered more protection to his players in the 3-1 win at Burnley. Reds defender Joe Gomez was carried off on a stretcher in the first half and will have a scan on an ankle injury on Thursday with Klopp admitting the problem is “probably not …
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Tottenham will be aiming to keep their Champions League hopes alive against PSV Eindhoven and boss Mauricio Pochettino is not going to let the Wembley pitch get in the way. Spurs, who have taken just a point at the halfway stage of Group B, have to beat the Dutch Eredivisie leaders to have any realistic …
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Former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner has dropped his appeal against a 50-day jail sentence for assaulting a taxi driver. The move by the 30-year-old makes the judgement final but his current club, Rosenborg, have pledged to stand by him. Bendtner was found guilty of assaulting a taxi driver in Copenhagen in September. The Denmark international …
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John Nicholson has long espoused his theory that football is chaos, and while a league table can be read as a signal that cuts through the noise, an individual scoreline remains an absolute enigma. There’s a good chance that a 0-0 is a bore draw, but sometimes they are great. Meanwhile, having spent years covering …
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Click:handmade dog figurine Paul Pogba pulled apart Jose Mourinho’s tactics in a calm and measured manner after the 2-2 draw with Southampton, claims a report. Manchester United were 2-0 down to lowly Southampton in what proved to be Mark Hughes’ last game in charge of the Saints, but they recovered to earn a 2-2 draw …
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Anything to add? [email protected] Jose is the last of a dying breed Dear Editor, As an Arsenal fan who lived through the big ups and big downs of Wenger, I can see exactly what is happening with Jose Mourinho. Like Wenger, Jose was a master in his day and also like Wenger, he has …
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“He tells you exactly what he wants you to do, but gives you freedom to express your talent,” Shkrodan Mustafi said ahead of Arsenal’s Europa League clash against Sporting Lisbon. That expressive, yet organised approach was on display at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday night despite struggling to break down their resilient ten-man Portuguese opponents …
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Virgil van Dijk accepts Liverpool’s precarious position in the Champions League is their own fault. Jurgen Klopp’s side need to beat Napoli at Anfield on Tuesday, with a 1-0 win or a two-goal margin needed to guarantee a place in the last 16. Van Dijk told a press conference: “You don’t want to be in a …
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For too long, England was fixated on the idea that there is one magic way of doing things to make the national side an indomitable force. From listening to Charles Reep to endlessly chasing the German model or the Spanish template or whatever other country is in vogue, England has always been looking for that …
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