All posts tagged "Premier League"
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Can Southampton go marching into European football?
With a third of the latest Premier League season now in the history books, the table is finally starting to take the kind of shape that we would all imagine it to be in and although the usual suspects sit at the top, there are still a few surprises to be found underneath Liverpool.
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Liverpool expose fatal Tottenham flaw in title clash
All eyes were on Anfield on Wednesday, when Tottenham Hotspur had the chance to further underline their Premier League title credentials by beating the champions, Liverpool, on their own patch. Victory over a Liverpool team that had won each of their previous home games so far this season would have been Spurs’ biggest result of 2020/21.
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Poor timing but West Brom right to sack Bilic
On Tuesday night West Bromwich Albion picked up one the most impressive result of their season so far, drawing 1-1 at Manchester City. By Wednesday afternoon their manager, Slaven Bilic, was out of a job.
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What are the Premier League’s best festive football fixtures?
Christmas is coming and that means one thing for sports lovers: wall-to-wall football. The festive football fixtures are about to get up and running and we have picked out a handful of the most unmissable clashes for the next couple of weeks.
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Arsenal demise leaves fans nostalgic for Wenger years
It is tempting to patronise Arsenal fans in the wake of their 1-0 defeat at home to Burnley on Sunday evening, but history shouldn’t be rewritten. Arsene Wenger was the name on the fingertips of many Arsenal supporters, though, in the immediate aftermath, as they furiously constructed a 280-character thought on Twitter, opining that Gunners supporters were wrong to want his 22-year reign to come to and end now that Mikel Arteta’s struggles are becoming much worse than anything he faced in comparison.
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Spurs and Mourinho taking the next step together
Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs exit in November last year was tough to take for both supporters and neutrals, especially given the immediate appointment of the unpopular Jose Mourinho. It was a fraught end to the club’s most successful modern era — even though the Argentine didn’t lift a trophy, the style, quality and competitiveness he instilled in North London surpassed anything seen since the 1960s.
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United need to cut ties with Pogba and his agent
Manchester United’s plight over the last seven years can be characterised in a number of different ways, the most obvious being the lack of Premier League titles in that time. Their relationship with Paul Pogba, and the numerous complexities that come with it, is another.
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Arsenal living to regret their Zaha decision
Just a few hours before Arsenal turned in a lifeless performance in last Sunday’s North London derby, the Gunners were offered a reminder of the electricity they could have had as Wilfried Zaha scored twice in a 5-1 away win for Crystal Palace over West Brom.
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North London Derby quiz
It’s North London Derby weekend! As bitter rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur go head to head for the 201st time, we’ve put together a North London Derby Quiz. The pair meet having enjoyed wildly contrasting fortunes so far this season, with Jose Mourino’s Tottenham side sitting proudly atop the Premier League table while Arsenal are on a grim run of form that has left them languishing down in the bottom half.
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Has home advantage in the Premier League gone?
With last season’s Premier League caught up in a global pandemic, it meant football like so many other sports was mothballed for a number of months and causing the 2019/20 season to finish far later than planned.
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Sheffield United in danger of succumbing to second season syndrome
Few expected Sheffield United to be afflicted by the dreaded second season syndrome. The Blades were one of the greatest success stories of the 2019/20 campaign, finishing in the top half of the Premier League table.
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