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The Expert: Ireland an awkward opponent for underachieving Austria

by Miguel Delaney at Friday, Nov 11 2016 16:46
The Expert: Ireland an awkward opponent for underachieving Austria For Marko Arnautovic, there was no downplaying it, nor dismissing increasingly pressing questions about Austria’s poor results. He came right out and admitted it. “We are under a bit of pressure,” the Stoke City forward said, ahead of his country’s crunch qualifier with Irela...
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The Expert: How Guardiola masterminded City's greatest European win

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Nov 2 2016 12:00
The Expert: How Guardiola masterminded City's greatest European win Through so many supremely swift transitions, an impressive statement transformation.This glorious European night at the Etihad was not just so significant because it was the type of evocative evening that the modern Manchester City hierarchy so craved. Nor was it so symbolic just because they finall...
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The Expert: Which challenger is best equipped for Premier League title race?

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Oct 27 2016 12:00
The Expert: Which challenger is best equipped for Premier League title race? For once, the Premier League might just be living up to some of the hysteria - at least if you go by some of the history.Because, after all the pre-season talk that this could be the most competitive season ever, it is currently exactly that. There is only one point separating the top five teams. Th...
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Top Match Preview: Can Chelsea's three-man defence stop United?

by Miguel Delaney at Friday, Oct 21 2016 16:10
Top Match Preview: Can Chelsea's three-man defence stop United? At the core of Antonio Conte’s entire career, there is a curiosity - and it is not why he picked Stamford Bridge for a big project straight after the wreckage left by Jose Mourinho’s departure.The new Chelsea manager has always greatly preferred playing four at the back, to the point tha...
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Liverpool vs Man United: Can Klopp conquer Mourinho once again?

by Miguel Delaney at Friday, Oct 14 2016 11:00
Liverpool vs Man United: Can Klopp conquer Mourinho once again? The last time that Jose Mourinho faced Jurgen Klopp - in Liverpool’s 3-1 win at Chelsea last October - he grew increasingly agitated with the Liverpool manager’s movement around the technical area, to the point he mentioned it as an aside his press conference afterwards.You could underst...
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Wenger finds answer to forward dilemma from within through Sanchez

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Oct 6 2016 16:24
Wenger finds answer to forward dilemma from within through Sanchez At the end of last season, after Arsenal had failed to claim the most winnable Premier League title in at least 13 years, Arsene Wenger had a deep think about what the side had been missing. He considered all aspects, but one area he kept coming back to was the front line.Olivier Giroud is a good st...
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Why Conte must address brittle Chelsea backline

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Sep 29 2016 15:25
Why Conte must address brittle Chelsea backline Antonio Conte didn’t want to discuss, well, you might call them the elephants in the defence. It’s certainly a metaphor that comes easily after the kind of lumbering movements and pachydermal touches in the Chelsea backline that made life so difficult for the side in successive league de...
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Leicester battling to implement more proactive approach

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Sep 22 2016 17:20
Leicester battling to implement more proactive approach They were the team that cost Jose Mourinho his job at Chelsea, and could yet convert the growing concerns about the new Manchester United manager into a full-blown crisis. Certainly, if Leicester City were to make it four consecutive league defeats for the Portuguese boss on Saturday, it would be di...
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Helter-skelter Fixture on the Cards When Chelsea host Liverpool

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Sep 15 2016 17:30
Helter-skelter Fixture on the Cards When Chelsea host Liverpool Liverpool, at least, will know how Chelsea players feel - and may know how to match them at Stamford Bridge on Friday as a consequence. Before the 2016/17 campaign began, Gary Cahill described Antonio Conte’s fitness programme as “one of the toughest pre-seasons I’ve done”.Th...
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Will Early Manchester Derby Dampen Managerial Rivalry?

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Sep 8 2016 12:55
Will Early Manchester Derby Dampen Managerial Rivalry? For a rivalry that has already gathered such importance in football history, and a match that has seemingly had months of build-up, it is somewhat ironic that the fireworks may be slightly dampened by time.Is it a little too early in the season, and far too early in the regimes of Jose Mourinho and ...
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