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Arsenal FC – Mathieu Flamini More Important Than Mesut Ozil
Without Mesut Ozil, Arsenal aren’t sudden title contenders and league leaders in the Premier League, but they weren’t exactly short on creativity in the midfield before his arrival. However, bringing back Mathieu Flamini gave the team a real defensive midfielder and not a converted one for the first time in a very long while, happening to be the biggest reason for their success this season.
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Liverpool FC – Sturridge & Suarez Need Coutinho Back
There are going to bumps in the road for this Liverpool team on their way to a better season than what we’ve seen from them in recent years. However, the flourishing partnership between Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge isn’t going to be enough to keep up the pace with the rest of the big names if the creativity and passing skills of Philippe Coutinho aren’t back from injury anytime soon.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic With the Taekwondo Flick Goal
The endless collection of beautiful and creative goals by Zlatan Ibrahimovic got another piece of memorabilia, as the best striker in the world scored one of his best ever by using his long legs and quick thinking to flick the ball in what has already been dubbed a Taekwondo move to open the scoring for PSG in their 4-0 win over Bastia.
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Jack Wilshere With the Team Goal of the Season
Arsenal are firing on all cylinders at the moment, as proven by their very comfortable 4-1 win over Norwich and remaining at the top of the Premier League. But it’s not just wins – it’s ability, flair and creativity oozing out of their attacking players, demonstrated perfectly in the opening goal by Jack Wilshere, coming after some brilliant passing between himself, Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla.
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Premier League – Week 8 Results & Table
No change at the top of the table with Arsenal keeping on their winning ways and impressing in their beating of Norwich, while Chelsea, in an impressive comeback win over Cardiff City, improve to second place in the Premier League table, show that despite all the criticism of what Jose Mourinho has done so far, they’re on the right path.
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David Moyes Can’t Stop Failing (Manchester United vs Southampton)
Manchester United can’t catch a break, but they also can’t seem to actually play well at home, being outclassed by a tactical, smart and aggressive Southampton team, rewarded for their efforts by a late equalizer from Dejan Lovren, who was excellent almost all day long by marking Robin van Persie, who escaped one time too many to score the opening goal in the 1-1 draw.
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Luis Suarez Isn’t Enough Against 10 Men (Newcastle vs Liverpool)
Finishing with two assists – once setting up a penalty kick and getting a Newcastle player sent off, later finding Daniel Sturridge for another equalizing goal, and getting a chance to win the game with a dramatic free kick wasn’t enough for Luis Suarez to come off the pitch as a winner as Liverpool ended their visit to St. James’ Park in a 2-2 draw despite playing for 48 minutes with one player more.
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ACC – Florida State vs Clemson Predictions
For the last four years, the game between Florida State and Clemson decided who goes to the ACC championship game from the Atlantic Division, only this time, with both teams still undefeated and ranked in the top 5, it might have huge implications on the BCS picture and even the national championship game.
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Pac-12: UCLA vs Stanford Predictions
Two schools that met twice last season are heading in different directions, as UCLA are still undefeated and potentially with a chance to shake up the conference picture and the BCS scenario, while Stanford are coming off their first loss of the season, hoping to keep their big hopes alive.
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SEC – Florida vs Missouri Predictions
Despite being out of the race pretty much in the SEC East, Florida still have one of the best defenses in the nation, against a Missouri team that’s still undefeated, one of the most surprising in College Football not to mention a top 10 offense so far this year.