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Liverpool took another stride towards the Premier League title by beating Manchester United 2-0 at Anfield on Sunday. The Reds are now 16 points ahead of second-placed Manchester City with a game in hand on the reigning champions. 16 Conclusions alluded to just a couple of the records Liverpool are on course to at least
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Pep Guardiola will not watch “unstoppable” Liverpool’s game with Manchester United this weekend because the gap between the Premier League leaders and his Manchester City side is too big. Guardiola insists his City players still deserve credit for the way they have played this season, even though they go into their clash with Crystal Palace
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Adrian Clarke explains how Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side held the leaders to a draw earlier this season and why they can do so again at Anfield. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer orchestrated one of the most successful tactical surprises of the season so far when his Manchester United side held leaders Liverpool to a 1-1 draw at
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Watford climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone for the first time this season as their remarkable revival under Nigel Pearson continued with a 3-0 win at Bournemouth on Sunday. Abdoulaye Doucoure and Troy Deeney struck either side of the break before Roberto Pereyra added a third in stoppage time to take the Hornets
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Chelsea made a loss of almost £100 million ($130 million) last year despite owner Roman Abramovich pouring nearly a quarter of a billion pounds into the Premier League club, their figures for 2018/19 released on Tuesday show. Amongst their expenditure was yet another payout to a sacked manager — this time £26.6 million to Italian
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Brendan Rodgers has urged Leicester to “create new history” by reaching the League Cup final. The Premier League high-fliers, who last won the trophy in 2000, host Aston Villa in the first leg of their semi-final on Wednesday as overwhelming favourites to make it to Wembley. The 2016 Premier League champions, who are second in
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Danny Drinkwater has joined Aston Villa on loan from Chelsea for the rest of the season in a bid to revive his flagging career, the Villa Park club announced on Tuesday. The 29-year-old midfielder, capped three times by England, moves to Villa after an unsuccessful loan spell with Burnley, for whom he made just two
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Liverpool are set to select from the same squad that faced Wolverhampton Wanderers when Sheffield United visit Anfield for the first game of 2020 on Thursday night. Jürgen Klopp confirmed during his pre-match press conference the Reds had no fresh injury concerns ahead of the clash with the Blades. New signing Takumi Minamino is ineligible
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Mikel Arteta claimed his first win as Arsenal manager in impressive fashion as his side outplayed Manchester United to secure just a second victory in 16 games with a 2-0 win at the Emirates. Nicolas Pepe and Sokratis Papastathopoulos struck before half-time to reward arguably Arsenal’s finest 45 minutes of the season so far. The
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Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero believes the 14-point gap between the defending champions and Premier League leaders Liverpool is “too hard” to overturn. He said that City need to now concentrate purely on earning a top-four finish. “Now, Liverpool is too hard. We have to focus just on winning because we need to play Champions
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