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Manchester United – Brighton & Hove Albion: Messy Ideas And Age Old Problems Create Gross Display (1-2)

August 7, 2022 England No Comments

Bring your blueprint but fail to tackle old issues can see very little development. This is the risk Erik ten Hag faces and couldn’t be highlighted better by a brutal Brighton display. The work of an ...

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Liverpool – Manchester City: Similar in Aim, Difference in Execution (3-1)

July 31, 2022 England No Comments

Not every objective is achieved the same way. From two teams that have borrowed ideas from one another to reach the top of the game, both Liverpool and Manchester City aimed to release the full-backs ...

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How Conte’s Commandments Got Spurs Back In The Champions League

June 15, 2022 England 1 Comment

Antonio Conte comes with guarantees. Short-term, but more importantly, success. Follow his commandments and thou shall follow. No better example has been Tottenham Hotspur, an unbalanced and unstructu...

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Liverpool – Real Madrid: Monumental Defensive Efforts Crown Madrid Once Again (0-1)

May 29, 2022 Champions League No Comments

When Real Madrid is crowned Champions of Europe, their offensive work is often at the forefront. This was a very different story. Huge defensive interventions and a towering keeper between the posts r...

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Liverpool – Wolverhampton Wanderers: So Close, Yet So Far (3-1)

May 22, 2022 England No Comments

The day was out of Liverpool’s hands, but Wolves’ combative approach threw early problems their way. An uphill battle with an opening insight: although they got the control they needed, the clouds dre...

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West Ham United – Manchester City: Hammers Close To Sinking The City Ship (2-2)

May 15, 2022 England No Comments

Defensive rotations and calculated long balls exposed Manchester City’s frailties, both on and off the ball. Despite West Ham United’s defensive prowess, the visitors got the ball to the wingers faste...

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Liverpool – Tottenham Hotspur: Conte’s Approach Puts Cracks on Title Dreams (1-1)

May 8, 2022 England No Comments

It’s been particularly ‘Spursy’ to troll Manchester City’s title run, but it’s only right for them to derail the Liverpool machine too. In a race that has so little margin of error, Antonio Conte woul...

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Arsenal – Manchester United: Chaos and Bad Defending Is Always A Good Mix (3-1)

April 23, 2022 England No Comments

Behold the Premier League’s greatest rivalry. Football is nothing like it was twenty years ago and neither are these two teams. But chaotic defending, errors and refereeing decisions always offer fun....

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Napoli – AS Roma: Derby del Sole Draws Sunset on Title Ambitions (1-1)

April 18, 2022 Free No Comments

Napoli could not afford to drop points. They went into the lead at half-time, but slight adjustments in the buildup from José Mourinho firmly placed control in AS Roma’s hands. Stephen El Shaarawy’s i...

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Olympique Lyonnais West Ham United 0-3 Europa League

Olympique Lyonnais – West Ham United: Demolition Job Relieves Moyes Off His European Shackles (0-3)

April 15, 2022 Europa League No Comments

David Moyes had never progressed past the quarter-finals of European competition: but a brutal bashing of a disjointed Olympique Lyonnais has put West Ham United into a European semi-final for the fir...

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Author: Joel Parker