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Why Man Utd's heavy Palace defeat proved Casemiro's race is run

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Why Man Utd's heavy Palace defeat proved Casemiro's race is run It felt as though the entire world watched Manchester United lose 4-0 to Crystal Palace on Monday night, such was the strength and volume of reaction to the game. They stumbled and faltered their way through 90 agonising minutes at Selhurst Park, appearing witless and malformed as their excellent ho...

How Rogers stepped up in Aston Villa’s top-four charge

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How Rogers stepped up in Aston Villa’s top-four charge Fairly or not, eyebrows were raised when Aston Villa bought Morgan Rogers in January for £8 million (rising to £16 million) off Middlesbrough—just six months after Boro had paid a measly £1 million to grab him off Manchester City.Such an immediate hike in value can be justifi...

How Unai Emery revolutionised Aston Villa

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How Unai Emery revolutionised Aston Villa Unai Emery knows a golden situation better than most. After all, past experiences will have given him a keen sense for what’s good—and what’s not.He’ll have learned more from his trying spells at Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain than he perhaps did during fruitful, trophy-lade...

Why Villa hitman Watkins deserves to win player of the season

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Why Villa hitman Watkins deserves to win player of the season There’s no such thing as a drab interview with Emi Martinez, but even for his standards, the sermon he delivered after Aston Villa’s epic 2-0 victory over Arsenal on Sunday was pretty spicy.I think Ollie [Watkins] should win Player of the Season, said Martinez, despite not actually being...

How Kai Havertz became pivotal to Arsenal's title charge

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How Kai Havertz became pivotal to Arsenal's title charge Jorginho setting up Kai Havertz for a goal, for Arsenal—now there’s a combination you might not have expected to see.Travel back in time to September and tell the fans this pairing just iced a win at Brighton that leaves them top of the Premier League with seven games to play and you wou...

How Alexander Isak became Newcastle's most important player

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How Alexander Isak became Newcastle's most important player There was just something about Alexander Isak’s goal for Newcastle against Everton on Tuesday.From the dart into channel between the centre-backs, the speed to stay ahead of Jarrad Branthwaite, the chop back inside, the soft feet to jink between Branthwaite and the recovering James Tarkowski, ...

Why Brighton star Pascal Gross is the Premier League's most underrated player

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Why Brighton star Pascal Gross is the Premier League's most underrated player They say £3m gets you nothing in the modern game. Hell, they even say that about sums as large as £10m or £15m. True enough, the prices even average players change hands for nowadays is frightening, and in certain parts of the world, upwards of £40m can be spent on what trans...

Stats show Van de Ven is Tottenham's Mr Irreplaceable

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Stats show Van de Ven is Tottenham's Mr Irreplaceable So… did anyone else notice that giant, gaping, Micky van de Ven-shaped hole in Tottenham’s defence last weekend? That was pretty concerning.His impact on this Spurs team is now unquestionably clear, as while they managed to see off Aston Villa without him, the walls came crumbling down ...

How Garnacho shook the super-sub tag and became key Man Utd man

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How Garnacho shook the super-sub tag and became key Man Utd man No matter what happens from here until the end of the season, Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho has achieved something big. Domething many try, and fail, to do.The Argentine has successfully emerged from the super sub cocoon: a paradoxical, curious place in which players simultaneously thr...

How Muniz exceeded expectations to fill Fulham's Mitrovic void

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How Muniz exceeded expectations to fill Fulham's Mitrovic void When Aleksandar Mitrovic departed Fulham in the summer, Craven Cottage collectively mourned the loss of a star player.The Serbian striker hit a ludicrous 43 goals in 44 Championship starts in 2021/22, firing them to promotion, then followed that up with an exemplary 14 goals in 23 Premier League sta...