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Match Highlights – Stoke vs Manchester United
A bad match which was halted during the first half for severe weather conditions, but Manchester United continue to enjoy the comforts of playing away from home, picking up a 2-0 win over Stoke City with second half goals from Ashley Young and Patrice Evra, moving on to the semi final of the League Cup.
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Olivier Giroud Is the Most Wasteful Striker in the Premier League
Thinking that Olivier Giroud has made a great leap this season, taking him into another level? Well, not all numbers and statistics support that theory, showing that among the league’s top strikers, no one is as wasteful and inefficient as Arsenal’s French forward.
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Building a Squad – Manchester City vs Barcelona
One of the interesting clashes in style we’ll see when Manchester City and Barcelona play in the Champions League’s round of 16 in a couple of months will be the approach to building a squad. Barca rely on outside talent, but not anywhere near the way Manchester City have over the years, building a championship […]
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Liverpool FC & Luis Suarez Forever
One thing we’ve learned about Luis Suarez that we didn’t know about him before is that he doesn’t hold a grudge. Despite Liverpool not selling him to a club playing in the Champions League like he wished for, he has been the perfect professional and leader, hands down the best player in the Premier League since the start of the season. The next chapter in the saga? The club trying to extend his contract.
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Adnan Januzaj is The Biggest Diver Right Now in the Premier League
As part of some pregame psychology, Mark Hughes decided to hit out at Adnan Januzaj for building a reputation as a dirty diver, something he’ll need to walk away from if he’s to become a great player. Even though the comment is meant to provoke and put pressure on the officials as Stoke and Manchester United meet to play in the League Cup quarterfinals, he’s got it quite right when it comes to the young Belgian player.
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On Liverpool Being For Real
Unfortunately, you can only live so much on the glory of your past achievements. Liverpool’s impressive win in White Hart Lane bought Brendan Rodgers a lot of credit for the way he’s shaped and molded this team into something that has turned not only into one of the more enjoyable sides in the Premier League, but possibly also one of the best.
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Ranking the Favorites to Win the Champions Leauge
The round of 16 draw to the Champions League gave us an even clearer indication regarding the favorites to win the competition: Above all stand Bayern Munich, once again playing Arsenal, while Real Madrid, scorching hot in the group stage, got a very easy draw in the form of Schalke, making the two look in better position than anyone else to reach the final this season.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Chelsea Trying to Sign Fredy Guarin
One of the areas Chelsea have been having a problem with this season has been central midfield, which makes their rumored interest in Colombian Fredy Guarin less than surprising, not to mention Inter seeming quite keen on selling someone.
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Brasileiro Relegation – Fluminense Stay Up, Portuguesa Go Down
There’s still a chance for Portuguesa to appeal, but at the moment it seems like the small club from Sao Paulo is going to be relegated because they used an ineligible player, costing them points. The winners? Fluminense, the highest ranked of the relegated teams, who enjoy being terrible on the pitch but great in the courtrooms.
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Tottenham Didn’t Learn From Liverpool’s Mistakes
Selling your biggest star and expecting to spend the exact same money on other players doesn’t always work out. Tottenham could have asked Liverpool who went through the same ordeal two years earlier, but Daniel Levy, Franco Baldini and Andre Villas-Boas, even if his mistakes were on the pitch and not in the transfer room, refused to look in the right direction.