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How Grealish spurred on Almiron
Jack Grealish was intoxicated and in the throng of his first Premier League title celebration at Manchester City. He wasn’t thinking about how he looked or sounded, but staring down the lens of a camera, he uttered a sentence that would go viral, and inadvertently inspire one of the most potent runs of form this season.
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Premier League 1X2 Pick 10 preview
Nottingham Forest v Liverpool A battling display to earn a point at Brighton will have delighted Steve Cooper and he’ll have been even more pleased to earn just a second clean sheet of the season. It was very much a backs-to-the-wall approach from Forest but one that showed they can recover quickly from disappointing defeats such as their previous game at Molineux.
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Reece James and Kyle Walker injuries could force Gareth Southgate to rethink his England tactics
It will be a cruel twist of fate if England arrive in Qatar for the 2022 World Cup with a dearth of right back options. For years, Gareth Southgate has been spoiled for choice in that particular position.
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Ivan Toney is getting better and better and is ready for ‘Big Six’ transfer
Only Erling Haaland and Harry Kane have scored more Premier League goals than Ivan Toney this season with the 26-year-old a proven match-winner for Brentford. His early-season form has earned him a first England call-up and there’s no reason why Toney couldn’t make the step up to a ‘Big Six’ club.
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Top Domestic leagues that span multiple countries
When you think of a domestic league, you think of a competition where the best teams from one country battle it out for top honours. However, some domestic leagues actually cover multiple countries at once.
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The greatest rivalries in Mexican football
There’s no denying the passion and love for football in Mexico. Mexicans adore the beautiful game and this passion spills out whether it be in Liga MX, Liga Ascenso or in amateur games. All this has seen heated rivalries emerge as clubs fight for success cheered on by some of the most vocal fans found anywhere on the planet.
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2022 World Cup: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo set for one last dance
It does not take a genius to point out that the duopoly Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have had on football has come to an end. While both remain crucial players at some of Europe’s biggest clubs, the world awaits to see just how intense the rivalry between Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland can get, with hundreds of thousands of social media bots at the ready.
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Latest sacking could be end of the road for Steve Bruce’s managerial career
Few managers reach as many milestones as Steve Bruce – but he may have now hit his last. Bruce’s sacking by West Brom came with the Baggies sitting in the Championship’s relegation zone after a 0-0 draw with Luton Town extended their run of games with no wins to eight.
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Cooper contract shows ‘sack race’ guesswork from the media
Steve Cooper’s new contract at Nottingham Forest came out of nowhere, with media speculation that the Welshman was set for the sack having earlier reached fever pitch. A run of five successive defeats in the Premier League had left Forest sitting in the relegation zone.
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Premier League weekend preview
Brentford v Brighton Brentford followed up a 0-0 stalemate at Bournemouth with a 5-1 drubbing by Newcastle and now have just one win in their last seven league outings. A concern across these fixtures will be that the Bees are allowing 14 shots against them per game, a total which is exposing them at the back and leading to the concession of plenty of goals – only two sides have conceded more.
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Sunday’s Clasico could be the start of a new era of the Barca-Real Madrid rivalry
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo turned matches between Barcelona and Real Madrid into must-watch events. Of course, the rivalry started decades beforehand with the political and cultural differences between the two clubs stark, but El Clasico felt like the pinnacle of the sport for a decade as Barca and Real Madrid dominated Spanish and European football.
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