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Liverpool FC – Steven Gerrard Can’t Be This Bad With Luis Suarez Still Out
In what might be his worst performance in a very long time, Steven Gerrard showed that for Liverpool to continue counting on him to hold their midfield on his own is asking for trouble, while manager Brendan Rodgers didn’t really help his team by insisting on Iago Aspas or playing with a weird, 4-centre back formation.
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Chelsea FC – Oscar Makes Jose Mourinho Look Like a Genius
The best thing Jose Mourinho could have hoped for after explaining to everyone why Juan Mata isn’t as important to him as he was for other Chelsea managers over the last couple of years was having Oscar start, play well and score, making the ‘Special One’ seem like the man with an answer to everything.
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Juventus FC – Why Fernando Llorente Isn’t Playing
One of the surprising absentees from the Juventus lineups this season has been Fernando Llorente, signed this summer as answer to the club’s forward problems, but so far has seen only one minute of action in the Serie A and Champions League matches.
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Liverpool FC – Iago Aspas Gets His Moment to Shine
Maybe the Philippe Coutinho injury means the end to the impressive start Liverpool have been on this season, but it might also be the chance for Iago Aspas to finally show it was a wise decision to sign him this summer, and erase the bad impression he has left during the first month on the job.
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Chelsea FC – Juan Mata Deserves to Play For a Manager That Wants Him
A month into the new season, and it seems like the alleged rumors of Jose Mourinho not wanting Juan Mata on his team weren’t that far off the truth, as recent headlines indicate of the manager giving the Spaniard some sort of ultimatum to change his playing style or risk more time on the bench or worse.
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Manchester United Transfer Rumors – Will Try to Sign Luke Shaw
Plans for the January transfer window are already being made, and it seems Manchester United are still all about bringing in a left back, this time turning their focus to wonderkid Luke Shaw from Southampton.
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Valencia vs Swanea – Jonathan de Guzman Scores the Best Free Kick of the Season
A debut in a European competition shouldn’t go this smoothly, but Swansea have taken huge strides forwards in recent years, so a 3-0 in the Mestalla against Valencia is just another step in their journey, capped off by a beautiful free kick scored by Jonathan de Guzman, which just might be the best set piece goal we’ll see this season.
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Real Madrid – Iker Casillas Can’t Catch a Break
It seems like 2013 just isn’t the year for Iker Casillas, as the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the Spanish national team made it only 15 minutes into his first start of the season before picking up a rib injury, forced to leave the pitch and pave way for Diego Lopez in more than one way.
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Liverpool FC Transfer Rumors – Closer to Trying to Sign Will Hughes
Teams are already thinking about adding players in January even we still haven’t seen more than four league matches played. Liverpool have been following Will Hughes from Derby Country for quite a while, and it’s becoming more and more likely that they’ll try to sign the 18-year old Derby County midfielder.
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Borussia Dortmund – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Shouldn’t Be on the Bench
Their first Champions League match since losing in the 2013 final didn’t turn out so well for Borussia Dortmund, and not just because of the loss – Roman Weidenfeller and Jurgen Klopp got sent off, while a too tactical approach, leaving someone like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the bench cost them a chance to make an impression early on.