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How Chelsea Pulled off a Comeback Win vs. Tottenham
It has been 13 months since Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea erased an early deficit and scored four uninterrupted goals en route to a 4-1 victory, ending Tottenham’s unbeaten start to life under Ange Postecoglou. We saw something fairly similar on Sunday — whilst Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski put Spurs two goals to the good after…
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Enzo Fernández – Chelsea’s Captain
Some may be surprised to learn that Enzo Fernández is just about to turn 24 years old in January because it seems like he’s been on the world stage for years. As a youngster, he didn’t automatically jump straight into the River Plate first team, he had to work on his craft out on loan…
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Liverpool vs City: Arne Slot’s Tactical Masterclass on Both Sides of the Ball
Following what was arguably their best performance of the season, Liverpool now find themselves in a commanding position: nine points clear of second-place Arsenal and eleven ahead of Manchester City. The Reds hosted Pep Guardiola’s side at Anfield, allowing City their first shot in the game after 39 minutes. Remarkably, this marked City’s longest wait…
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Tactical Preview: How Liverpool Can Exploit Manchester City’s Vulnerabilities
Liverpool’s upcoming clash with Manchester City promises to be a defining moment in the title race. While Pep Guardiola’s side has long been hailed for their tactical brilliance, cracks have started to appear in recent performances. Despite their dominance in games, City have been wasteful in front of goal, scoring only 22 goals from 24.1…
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What’s Going Wrong With Manchester City?
Manchester City has not won a singular game since the 26th of October which was a 1-0 win against Southampton. It sounds unfathomable that the team who are the current champions of the world and have won the last four Premier League titles consecutively is finding it hard to even keep a 3-0 lead, as…
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Sepp van den Berg: A Fresh and New Start
Sepp van den Berg, a product of the esteemed PEC Zwolle academy, embarked on a journey that would take him to the pinnacle of English football. His impressive performances in the Eredivisie caught the eye of Liverpool, who secured his signature in 2019. Van den Berg’s time at Liverpool, which saw spells on loan to…
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Rayan Aït-Nouri: A Bright Spark Amidst Difficulties for Wolverhampton Wanderers
A strong run inside the Chelsea half, dribbling his way inside from the left flank to get the better of Enzo Fernández and then Moisés Caicedo before setting up Matheus Cunha for an equalising goal at the Molineux earlier this season. That was how Rayan Aït-Nouri registered his first goal contribution this season and it…
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Why Thierry Henry is the Greatest Premier League Player of All Time
Thierry Henry’s stats and achievements: -360 goals -168 assists -1x World Cup winner -1x UEFA European Championship winner -1x UEFA Champions League winner -2x Premier League winner -2x La Liga winner -2x FA Cup winner -1x Ligue 1 winner -1x UEFA Super Cup winner -1x FIFA Club World Cup winner -6x PFA Team of the…
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The Numbers That Back up Brighton’s Dominance
It was just a decade ago that Brighton & Hove Albion were plying their trade in the second tier of English football. Since then, they’ve ended a 34-year top-flight drought, they’ve qualified for European football for the first time ever, and they’ve caught the eye of fans and neutrals alike with a fearless, attack-minded style…
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All Hale Marco Silva
Marco Silva – in his fourth season at Craven Cottage – has seemingly finally unearthed a system which has transformed Fulham from a mid table to bottom half, ‘safe’ piece of Premier League furniture into a free flowing, easy on the eye outfit with potential European ambitions. This has largely gone under the radar with…