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Match Highlights – Stoke vs Liverpool
For the first time since joined have been promoted to the Premier Leauge, Liverpool have managed to win against them at the Brittania Stadium, coming away with the 5-3 victory in an excellent match that included another brilliant performance from Luis Suarez and a deadly return from injury for Daniel Sturridge.
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Match Highlights – Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona
The top two teams in Spain, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, finished their first league match of the season in a tense, tactical and aggressive 0-0 draw, which actually benefits the third team in the La Liga title race triangle.
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Match Highlights – Sunderland vs Manchester United
Luckily for David Moyes and Manchester United, this was only the first leg. They lost their third consecutive match in all competitions, 2-1 to Sunderland in the League Cup semifinal, suffering from a horrible decision by Andre Marriner, giving the home side a winning penalty kick that wasn’t even close to being a correct decision.
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Match Highlights – Juventus vs Roma
For about 10 minutes, Roma were the best team on the pitch. But then Arturo Vidal opened the scoring, and Juventus took complete control of the ‘match of the season’ completing a 3-0 win with goals from Leonardo Bonucci and Mirko Vucinic, while Daniele De Rossi and Leonardo Castan got sent off as the runners-up completely fell apart in the second half.
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Match Highlights – Nottingham Forest vs West Ham
It was difficult to understand why the referee kept adding minutes to injury time while Nottingham Forest were tearing West Ham to shreds in the biggest upset of the FA Cup third round mostly because of the 5-0 win, and not the disparity between the leagues, as Djamel Abdoun and Jamie Paterson put on quite a performance.
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Match Highlights – Arsenal vs Tottenham
The superiority of Arsenal over their biggest rivals, Tottenham, continues, beating Spurs 2-0 with a solid performance, enjoying an opening goal from Santi Cazorla and a second half clincher from Tomas Rosicky.
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Match Highlights – Manchester United vs Tottenham
All the talk about Manchester United getting back into the title race seems premature as they lose for a second consecutive time to Tottenham at the Old Trafford, suddenly becoming their most difficult fixture. Emmanuel Adebayor and Christian Eriksen did an excellent job in finishing counter attacks before a quick Danny Welbeck goal and immense pressure from the home side created late drama, but nothing more.
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Match Highlights – Chelsea vs Liverpool
A fantastic first half from Chelsea was enough for them to further sink Liverpool in the title race, claiming a 2-1 win with goals from Eden Hazard and Samuel Eto’o despite Martin Skrtel scoring the opening goal.
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Match Highlights – Manchester City vs Liverpool
An awful refereeing performance from Lee Mason helped Manchester City claim another home win over one of their title contenders, beating Liverpool 2-1 thanks to first half goals from Vincent Kompany and Alvaro Negredo, countering the opening strike from Philippe Coutinho, and lucky enough to avoid a disallowed Raheem Sterling goal and a clear penalty on Luis Suarez.
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Match Highlights – Hull vs Manchester United
Somehow, Manchester United are climbing back up the table with a win that reminded everyone of days some thought were gone, coming back from two goals down thanks to a brilliant goal and performance from Wayne Rooney, eventually enjoying James Chester scoring an own goal to decide a 3-2 win over Hull City.