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Match Highlights – Aston Villa vs Manchester United (Premier League)
A poor, event-less and boring match. Sounds familiar? Manchester United aren’t thrilling or anything close to that, but they keep on winning, beating Aston Villa 1-0 through a slick Adnan Januzaj goal.
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Liverpool FC – Philippe Coutinho Provided a Light in the Darkness
Entering something of a do-or-die season for Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool, through a beautiful Philippe Coutinho strike, managed to rise above the dreadfulness of their season opener to pick up a win in a stadium they usually don’t leave with smiles on their faces over the last few years.
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Arsenal FC – Arsene Wenger Didn’t Expect Petr Cech to Fail Him
An opening day loss for Arsenal isn’t something new, but Arsene Wenger thought the last person who’d fail him in yet another season that sets off in the wrong way will be Petr Cech, having a miserable debut for the Gunners.
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English Premier League – Newly Promoted Clubs Don’t Receive a Warm Welcome
Between the three new clubs to the Premier League this season (Bournemouth, Norwich and Watford), only one point from the possible nine was earned.
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Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Looks a Little Bit Lonely
If there are two things that can’t be ignored from Manchester United opening the season with a narrow win, is that Wayne Rooney seems a bit lonely up front without too much scoring ability around him, and Louis van Gaal has a better defense than last season.
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Chelsea FC – Jose Mourinho is Lucky not to Start Season With a Loss
Considering how poorly Chelsea played; how ill prepared the defense seemed to be; how lucky the goals from Oscar and William (or was it an own goal) were; and Thibaut Courtois making a foolish mistake that resulted in a goal and red card; Jose Mourinho has nothing to complain about, and actually feel lucky that his team didn’t lose in the season’s opening match.
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English Premier League – Week 1 Results, Table, Goals & Highlights
A boring but successful start for Manchester United with a 1-0 win over Tottenham to open the season, while Chelsea stuttered with 10 men at home to get a 2-2 draw against Swansea. Newly promoted sides got a total of one point out of a possible nine with Bournemouth losing to Aston Villa, Norwich to Crystal Palace and Watford drawing with Everton.
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Can a Premier League Club Win the Champions League in 2015-2016?
It’s been three years since the last English triumph in the UEFA Champions League. Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City will try to end the drought which goes beyond just the failure to lift the trophy, but also reach the latter stages of the tournament.
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Premier League Clubs as Game of Thrones Houses
Turning anything into something related to Game of Thrones is quite the fad these days, and this trend doesn’t skip some the English Premier League’s most popular clubs, including Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea.
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Liverpool FC – Christian Benteke is Hopefully a Good Way to Spend that Raheem Sterling Money
So Liverpool didn’t wait long to spend that Raheem Sterling money, using most of it to sign Christian Benteke from Aston Villa, in a transfer that more than anything might define and decide Brendan Rodgers and his tenure at the club.