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Iago Aspas Proves That Chasing the Big Club Dream Isn’t For Everyone
With a brace in Celta’s 2-0 win over Huesca, Iago Aspas has reached 10 league goals for the fourth consecutive season. Another milestone in a prolific second tenure with the 31-year old’s boyhood club, this time without a move to a bigger club waiting around the corner. Aspas made that switch once, joining Liverpool in […]
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Juventus FC, Ending the Drought Take #23: Match 3
A big part of Manchester United’s pinnacle of modern history is interwoven with one magical night against Juventus in Turin. However, in their 2018 version at Old Trafford, the distance between Jose Mourinho’s team and the one Alex Ferguson managed to the treble couldn’t be more evident.
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Liverpool FC, Ending the Drought Take 29: Match #9
A Saturday of away-team triumphs didn’t skip Liverpool’s visit to Huddersfield, where the title contenders won 1-0 thanks to a Mohamed Salah strike in the first half and another clinical defensive performance led by Virgil van Dijk.
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Back to Reality for Bayern Munich & Manchester United
The International break is always a terrific time for struggling clubs to forget about their troubles. But every hiatus has its end, which could provide a painful reminder for Bayern Munich and Manchester United that things remain unresolved for them at this point, not to say on the edge of disastrous.
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Bayern Munich, Juventus, Liverpool & PSG: Still Perfect
As September will soon make its way for October and fall enters the picture, the season hits its second gear around Europe’s top football leagues, with four teams remaining undefeated: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain.
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Premier League – Defending Champion & Main Contender Start Off on the Right Foot
The opening weekend of the Premier League included very little surprises, and the same went for the preseason favorites to battle for the title, Liverpool and defending champions Manchester City, comfortably clinching their first 3 points of the campaign.
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Premier League: How Did the Newly Promoted Teams Do
A lot is expected of the newcomers to the Premier League this season, especially Wolves and Fulham; less so of Cardiff. However, only one point from a possible 9 was achieved in the Premier League’s opening weekend.
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Premier League: The Curious Summer of Manchester United & Tottenham
One team finished in second place last season, but is heading into the 2018-2019 Premier League campaign shrouded by negativity. The other has finally established itself as a immovable top 4 side, yet their lack of transfer activity puts everything into doubt.
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Chelsea FC – Maurizio Sarri Needs Patience & Time
The oh-so-easy to press panic button at Chelsea still hasn’t been called into action, but worried minds are contagious. Still, it’s hard to expect Maurizio Sarri to conjure magic, especially when his football philosophy is very different than what Antonio Conte implemented in two years at Stamford Bridge.