Stories By Sam Cox
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Are Manchester City now Champions League favourites?
Monday’s Champions League draw could not have gone any better for Manchester City. Still recovering from their victory and scrap with Manchester United, the Premier League leaders saw the glorious sight of Basel pulled out of the bowl.
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Fortnight to determine season for Manchester United
A viciously deflected Ashley Young shot was all that separated Manchester United from a home draw with Brighton. This – with the comfortable win over Newcastle – sandwiched a night of Champions League frustration.
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Premier League signing of the season: The Contenders
Every year there is a plethora of post-transfer-window analysis. Teams can apparently have their season as good as decided by the end of August – we can all fall into this trap – because they X signed a midfielder and Y did not sign a striker.
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Mourinho and Benitez: The latest instalment in a long-running rivalry
Off-pitch excitement Jose Mourinho and Rafael Benitez’s unique relationship began over a decade ago. As younger, upcoming managers, the pair duelled numerous times a season while managing Chelsea and Liverpool.
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Firefighter or architect: Everton’s dilemma
Everton are eight points off sixth-placed Liverpool. Only one Premier League team has conceded more goals than the Toffees. They sit in the bottom three without a permanent manager, and with a squad desperately short of form.
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Anfield negativity has left Mourinho on cliff edge ahead of definitive few weeks
Jose Mourinho’s pragmatism has won league titles in Portugal, England, Spain and Italy. A couple of Champions Leagues along the way have made him one of the most successful managers in a generation.
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Merseyside set for Seismic Super Sunday
The marketing of every Sunday as a ‘Super’ one is misleading. ‘Super Sundays’ are regularly terrible examples of Premier League matches. With European football played frequently at this time of year, the Premier League’s big boys are often kept away from the Sunday showpieces.
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Tedious, but Southgate’s England are nowhere near as bad as we may think
If anyone enjoyed England’s last two qualifiers, you really have to wonder how boring it would have to be for them to lose interest. Even the staunchest of England optimists struggled to find joy in a last gasp win against Slovenia and a meaningless victory away in Lithuania.
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Mesut Özil and Man United must resist possible deal
SportBild and the Sunday Mirror have reported that Mesut Özil joining Manchester United next summer is a possibility. In the crashing and banging about Alexis Sanchez’s stalemate with Arsenal, the German’s own contract situation has been drowned out.
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Klopp immunity is wearing thin as Liverpool fall short again
Jurgen Klopp arrived at Liverpool as the messiah. Frustration through the spells of Roy Hodgson, Kenny Dalglish and Brendan Rodgers had left Liverpool fans near the end of their tether. Champions League football was a rare treat at Anfield, and consistent transfer howlers were leaving them way off the top four pace.
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Manchester United’s attempt at building invincibility has already failed emphatically
Manchester United’s start to the season was met with widespread praise. Jose Mourinho’s side were quickly picked as title favourites by many even before August was over. The international break came, dragged on, and left.
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