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Deadwood: Why Manchester City must resolve club's goalkeeping issues

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Deadwood: Why Manchester City must resolve club's goalkeeping issues Manchester City unsurprisingly made light work of their FA Cup replay with Huddersfield in midweek, romping to a 5-1 win. That being said, the match wasn’t without the customary scare at the back as the Premier League side once again failed to keep a clean sheet. Pep Guardiola’s side hav...

Forster getting off lightly compared to foreign Premier League counterparts

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Forster getting off lightly compared to foreign Premier League counterparts It’s been a year of highs and lows for Southampton already, and it’s only early February. Having booked their place at Wembley for the final of the EFL Cup at the expense of Liverpool, winning both legs against Jurgen Klopp’s men, Saints have endured a difficult spell in the league...

Are Bravo and Karius as bad as they have seemed?

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Are Bravo and Karius as bad as they have seemed? It was a mixed weekend for high-profile goalkeepers in the Premier League. Although Thibaut Courtois made a number of fine saves and David De Gea made a startling block from Kevin Mirallas, both Claudio Bravo and Loris Karius were partly responsible for their defeats.With Bravo, of course, this is p...

REVEALED: The Premier League's most shocking performances

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REVEALED: The Premier League's most shocking performances With today being Halloween, WhoScored.com have produced an alternative ‘six of the best’ approach this week, instead focusing on the six most shocking individual performances in the Premier League this season. For the purpose of the article, the players included featured for more than 45...

Weekend Round-up Quiz - September 12th, 2016

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Weekend Round-up Quiz - September 12th, 2016 There were, as ever, a number of big stories from the weekend's action across Europe. The Manchester derby saw Pep Guardiola improve his head-to-head record over Mourinho, Barcelona lost to promoted Alaves and Mario Balotelli scored twice on his debut for Ligue 1 outfit Nice. In this week's quiz we'...

Making Sense of Guardiola's Decision to Drop Joe Hart

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Making Sense of Guardiola's Decision to Drop Joe Hart After a fairly pedestrian 2-1 win over Sunderland on Saturday, the Guardiolafication of Manchester City goes on. Other than the use of the two full-backs to push into central midfield when in possession, and the deployment of Aleksandr Kolarov as a centre-back, the most striking aspect of the side s...

Player Focus: Should Enrique Persist with Bravo as Barcelona's Number 1 Next Season?

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Player Focus: Should Enrique Persist with Bravo as Barcelona's Number 1 Next Season? One of the main criticisms of Gareth Southgate’s England U21 squad was that he did not maximise the national pool. The likes of Ross Barkley, Raheem Sterling and Jack Wilshere, among others, were all eligible to turn out for the Three Lions at the European U21 Championship, yet played no part ...

Player Focus: The Stats Behind La Liga's Top Keepers

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Player Focus: The Stats Behind La Liga's Top Keepers With the season drawing to a close in Spain attention turns to awards including the Pichichi for top scorer, and the more competitive Zamora. This gong is handed out to the best goalkeeper with regards to their goals conceded per game ratio. With a brilliant contingent of keepers in Spain, including...