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Biggest Premier League upsets ever
The Premier League has seen some remarkable results in recent weeks. The goals have been flowing in the top-flight, with plenty of the division’s best defenders putting in sub-par performances. Tottenham scored six at Old Trafford, Manchester City shipped five to Leicester and Manchester United were beaten 3-1 by Crystal Palace.
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Worst football transfers of all time | Top 5
The 2020 summer transfer window is now closed with a staggering £3bn spent across the biggest five leagues in Europe. If your team have been splashing the cash then it’s easy to be giddy with excitement but things don’t always work out well just because you throw money at them.
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Premier League records for substitutes
There’s rarely a better moment in football than when the last-minute substitute sends a screamer straight into the top corner. The 90th-minute, Hail Mary match-maker that puts commentators and crowds around the country into meltdown.
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Project Big Picture proposals
The announcement of the Project Big Picture proposals certainly made the first international break of the season a little more interesting and, with the plans of both Liverpool and Manchester United now being made public, all manner of debate has now been generated.
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Champions League top scorers of all-time | Top 5
The Champions League is back with Europe’s elite facing off for the chance to reach the final, which is set to be played in Istanbul on May 29. Bayern Munich are among the favourites as the German giants aim to defend their title but teams including Real Madrid, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain are in the running too.
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Virgil van Dijk stuttering form a concern for Klopp
There was more than an element of freakishness to Liverpool’s 7-2 defeat to Aston Villa before the international break. Indeed, everything that could have gone wrong for Jurgen Klopp’s side did go wrong and Virgil van Dijk found himself at the centre of it all.
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Best young goalkeepers in the world | Top 10
The goalkeeping position has never been more valuable or advanced than it is now, with modern day goalies expected to act as the first stage of a team’s attack in addition to keeping the ball out of the goal.
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Are football fans the lifeblood of the game? No chance.
It has long been said that football is a great reflector of society. In some ways that has seldom been more true than now. Back in March, as the Covid-19 pandemic first began to take hold and the United Kingdom went into lockdown, the sport did its bit.
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What next for Lebron James after record MVP win?
LeBron James continued to dominate the NBA playoffs with stunning performances in his 17th year in the league. Despite Jimmy Butler being the first player to outscore, outrebound and out-assist LeBron James in a Finals game (including LeBron’s teammates) the Lakers moved on to wrap up a 4-2 after winning game 6 against the Miami Heat 106-93, with James landing his fourth NBA Finals MVP award and becoming the first to do so with three different teams.
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5 football players who ended their career too early
Andre Schurrle, FIFA World Cup winner with Germany in 2014, has confirmed his retirement at the age of 29. As of July 2020, his contract at Borussia Dortmund was mutually terminated a year early, although he had been on a loan spell with Spartak Moscow last season.
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Premier League pay per view is one cash grab too many
With the benefit of hindsight, it now seems inevitable. Nothing that the Premier League or their broadcasting partners has done in recent memory put fans before finances, so why start now? Of course I am referring to Premier League pay per view, the latest financial squeeze put on long-suffering football fans who really should have seen it coming.
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