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Lampard out of excuses as Chelsea pressure mounts
Frank Lampard, scorer of 211 goals for Chelsea, finds himself in unprecedented waters at the west London club. For perhaps the first time in his two-decade long association with Chelsea – first as a player, now as a manager – Lampard finds himself under the schoolmaster-like gaze of Roman Abramovich.
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Is Ilkay Gundogan Manchester City’s unsung hero?
If Manchester City go on to win the Premier League title this season, Kevin de Bruyne will likely be hailed as the player to drive them there. The Belgian is, after all, the most influential player at the Etihad Stadium.
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NFL Conference Championships preview
This Sunday the road to the Super Bowl continues when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face off against the Green Bay Packers for the NFC Championship and the Buffalo Bills take on the Kansas City Chiefs for the AFC Championship.
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Who are the best Premier League midfielders ever?
Kevin De Bruyne brought up a century of assists for Manchester City in Sunday’s 4-0 rout of Crystal Palace, with Pep Guardiola’s side building momentum in a tight Premier League. De Bruyne has stepped things up in recent weeks as City rack up the wins to move closer to rivals Manchester United and Liverpool in what seems to be a three-horse title race.
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Wayne Rooney retirement warrants more attention
The news trickled through the airwaves and onto the Twittersphere but it really should have exploded. In fairness, there was a good reason why Friday’s announcement of the retirement of Wayne Rooney from football was so understated; it was the subtext to a bigger, more important development.
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What were the best goals Wayne Rooney scored?
Confirmation that Wayne Rooney is taking charge of Championship strugglers Derby County on a permanent basis also confirmed the 35-year-old’s retirement as a player. While some claim Rooney should have achieved more given his talent, hanging up his boots as both Manchester United and England’s record goalscorer is not bad going at all.
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Gareth Bale hasn’t lived up to his Tottenham billing
Gareth Bale might not have been afforded the ticker-tape homecoming in front of a packed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium he surely would have have received in normal, non-Covid-19 times, but the excitement around the Welshman’s return to North London could still be felt last summer.
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Liverpool front three stuttering at the worst possible time
When Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez suffered season-ending injuries earlier in the campaign, Liverpool’s task of retaining the Premier League title got a great deal harder. The Reds have indeed stuttered in recent weeks and now sit fourth in the table, but their defence has not been the problem.
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The 5 worst January transfers in Premier League history
You’ve heard it said a thousand times, “you never get value in the January window”. There are cases where that simply doesn’t ring true, of course, with last year’s capture of Bruno Fernandes a perfect example but, boy oh boy, there have been far more disasters.
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Premier League predictor: Leicester vs. Chelsea
We landed 7/8 in the Premier League predictor preview for the North West Derby on Sunday, with a Fabinho yellow card preventing us from scooping the lot. I say ‘us’, the Syndicate didn’t fill and was voided to a solo ticket, meaning the other contributors missed out on a nice 2.
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5 top class managers who were brilliant players too
Success as a manager comes in many different forms, whether that be through title defenses, relegation comebacks or gaining a cult-like fan following. Many of the managers we know and love have had trophy-laden playing careers, yet these are often overshadowed by their achievements on the touchline.
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