Stories By Graham Ruthven
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Nicolo Barella key to Inter’s Champions League final game plan
Only Inter stand between Manchester City and an historic Treble. Pep Guardiola’s team have already clinched the Premier League title and swept aside Manchester United to win the FA Cup last weekend.
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Kane a tailor-made replacement for Benzema
Karim Benzema may have called time on his Real Madrid career earlier than most would have predicted, but the Frenchman achieved all he could in the Spanish capital. He bid farewell to the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday as the club’s second-top all-time scorer and one of the most decorated players in Merengues history.
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Garnacho key to Man Utd having a chance against City in the FA Cup final
If one match encapsulated the improvements Manchester United made over the course of their first season under Erik Ten Hag, it was the derby victory over Manchester City in mid-January. Despite falling behind, the Old Trafford side found a way to impose their own game on the Premier League champions, ultimately winning 2-1.
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Luton Town can learn from Brentford’s recent success and become a Premier League force
Luton Town’s story is a compelling one. 31 years ago, they were a top-flight club, but suffered an almighty fall into non-league football. The Hatters were outside the EFL pyramid as recently as 2014, but three promotions in the time since then have pushed them into the Premier League, confirmed with victory over Coventry City in the Championship play-off final.
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Gibbs-White should be on England’s radar for upcoming Euro qualifiers
On the day Nottingham Forest secured their place in the Premier League for another season, Morgan Gibbs-White caught the eye more than any other player in red. He was the one who gave Arsenal the most to think about as Steve Cooper’s team claimed a 1-0 victory over the team that sat top of the table not so long ago.
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Sterling can be the solution to Chelsea’s number nine crisis
Amid the frustration of another disappointing result in what has been a calamitous season, there was something for Chelsea to take as a positive from their 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest. Indeed, the performance of Raheem Sterling reminded everyone at Stamford Bridge of why there was so much excitement around the 28-year-old’s signing last summer.
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Brighton are the Premier League’s best-run club
The headline of Brighton’s 3-0 win at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday concerned the impact it had on Arsenal and their dwindling Premier League title hopes, but the continued rise of the Seagulls is a sub-plot that has underpinned the entire 2022/23 season.
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Thomas Frank continues to excel at Brentford
Small clubs have made their mark on the top half of the Premier League table before. Burnley, for instance, finished 10th in the 2019/20 season and seventh in 2017/18. In 2016/17, Bournemouth made their place in the top half stick too.
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Chelsea would be stupid to let Conor Gallagher leave
It said everything about the failure of Chelsea’s season that they only sealed safety from relegation with victory over Bournemouth on Saturday, four games from the end of the 2022/23 campaign. Nobody at Stamford Bridge will be sorry to the back of this season, but a pivotal summer lies ahead for the Blues.
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Gundogan the under-appreciated star of the Guardiola era at Man City
Ultimately, Ilkay Gundogan made himself something of a villain as he missed a penalty kick to make the final stages of Manchester City’s 2-1 win over Leeds United more nervy than they needed to be, but the German had already afforded himself some leeway by finding the back of the net twice earlier in the match.
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Kompany should stay at Burnley to avoid the mistakes made by Gerrard, Lampard and Solskjaer
Burnley will be back in the Premier League next season, but this will be a different Burnley team to the one that suffered relegation from the English top flight nearly 12 months ago. Under Vincent Kompany, the Clarets have bounced back by swaggering to the Championship title in a style unfamiliar to those used to Sean Dyche’s direct and physical approach.
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