Stories By Graham Ruthven
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Eberechi Eze is ready to challenge for more trophies
It will be remembered as the biggest goal in Crystal Palace’s history, and it was a goal that illustrated everything that is great about Oliver Glasner’s team. It took the Eagles just nine touches in 13 seconds to go from one end of the pitch to the other, and when the ball fell to Eberechi Eze inside the box there as no doubt he would finish.
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Goodison Park set for an emotional farewell
After 133 years and over 1,000 matches, Everton will play at Goodison Park for the final time on Sunday. The match against Southampton promises to be an emotional occasion. Some fans don’t want to leave.
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Europa League success can’t hide how bad the finalists have been
No Europa League final will have been played with as much desperation as the one set to take place between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur later this month. Their meeting in Bilbao will offer a form of salvation for two teams who have floundered domestically this season.
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Chelsea steady the ship in Champions League race
If Chelsea are to finish in the top five and qualify for next season’s Champions League, they might look back on Sunday’s win over Liverpool as one of their most important results of the whole season.
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PSG are nearing Champions League glory
PSG have one foot in the Champions League final. Their 1-0 away win over Arsenal means Luis Enrique’s team are now just one game away from a meeting with Barcelona or Inter Milan. The way the French giants have played in 2025, they may be the favourites against either opponent.
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Liverpool prove they are the best-run club in the Premier League
Not long after clinging his first Premier League title, Arne Slot took the opportunity to honour his predecessor, leading Anfield in a chant of Jurgen Klopp’s name. This season was predicated to be a difficult one for the Reds after Klopp left.
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Mikel Arteta has built his Arsenal team for European glory
As statement wins go, Arsenal away victory over Real Madrid was about as impressive as they come. Away to the defending European champions, in a stadium with the aura of the Santiago Bernabéu, Mikel Arteta’s team came of age as they eased through to the Champions League semi-finals with relative comfort.
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Merino has given Arsenal a different attacking dimension.
There was a point not so long ago when Arsenal’s season looked as good as over. Injuries to Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard saw the Gunners lose the bulk of their attacking unit just as supporters were plotting the route to titles and trophies.
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Morgan Rogers would have been perfect for Man City’s rebuild
Morgan Rogers once called the Etihad Stadium home, not that anyone at Manchester City remembers much of his contribution there. That’s because Rogers failed to make a single senior appearance in four years on City’s books.
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Arsenal’s Champions League hopes rest on Saka
Declan Rice had the night of his life against Real Madrid last week. The midfielder’s two freekicks in the first leg of Arsenal’s Champions League quarter-final were the highlight of a momentous evening for the North London club, but it was another player in red who makes the Gunners genuine European contenders.
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Salah renewal gives Liverpool time to find his replacement
Mohamed Salah wasted no time in proving why Liverpool were right to hand him a new contract. Just two days after news of the Egyptian’s extended stay at Anfield was confirmed, Salah produced the game-breaking moment to set up Luis Diaz for the opener against West Ham, putting the Reds on the brink of the Premier League title.
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