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Jamie Carragher has again opened up over an incident that saw him spit at a Manchester United fan and his 14-year-old daughter. In a video of the event, that happened in March, the teenage girl’s father repeatedly mentioned the score in the match between Manchester United and Liverpool last season and Carragher is heard to …
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Paul Merson thinks that Jose Mourinho would have got a 25-match ban if he had celebrated in the same way Jurgen Klopp did against Everton. Liverpool boss Klopp celebrated Divock Origi’s injury-time winner in the Merseyside derby by running onto the pitch to embrace goalkeeper Alisson. The German has come in for a lot of …
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Gary Neville never thought Paul Scholes would make it to the top of English football when they started off together in the Manchester United youth team. The pair were part of the famous ‘Class of 92’ side, with Nicky Butt, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs and Phil Neville making up the other four members that won …
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Steven Gerrard claims that football will have a “big problem” if celebrations are removed from the game after Jurgen Klopp ran onto the pitch when Liverpool scored a last-minute winner against Everton. Divock Origi sparked wild celebrations at Anfield when his injury-time goal gave the Reds a 1-0 victory over the Toffees in the Merseyside …
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Manuel Pellegrini has praised Robert Snodgrass for reviving his West Ham career. Snodgrass spent last season on loan at Aston Villa in the Championship and Pellegrini, on his appointment as Hammers boss, told the Scotland international to lose weight if he wished to show his commitment to the cause. Pellegrini had admired Snodgrass in opposition, …
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Alexis Sanchez has taken his poor form for Manchester United into training with Chile on international duty, according to reports. The 29-year-old has struggled to replicate his form at Arsenal for new club United since his swap deal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan last January. Sanchez has only managed to score one goal this season and there …
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Claudio Ranieri is excited about engineering Fulham’s escape from the Premier League relegation zone, saying pressure is being without a job. The 67-year-old Italian led Leicester to the 2015-16 Premier League title before being sacked nine months later. An underwhelming season in Ligue 1 at Nantes saw Ranieri out of work again, until Fulham owner …
Presented in chronological order, not in order of our arbitrary preference. Just in case you couldn’t tell from #2. 1. Jesse Lingard – Debuted on 8 October 2016 v Malta (aged 23) The only man to be handed a debut in Gareth Southgate’s first game as England manager has gone on to become one …
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Television executive Susanna Dinnage has made the move into sport with one of the most high-profile roles in football. Dinnage was named as the Premier League’s new chief executive on Tuesday and will take over from Richard Scudamore early next year. Dinnage, a Fulham fan, has been in her current role as the Global President …
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Mansfield Town boss David Flitcroft thinks club boards treat managers like potential Tinder dates. Tinder is a dating app, founded in 2012, that allows people to like or reject possible matches based on looks and first impressions. Flitcroft has guided the Stags to sixth place in League Two but he knows that he needs to …
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