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Team Focus: Sunderland Win Suggests Chelsea Ready to Flourish Again

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Team Focus: Sunderland Win Suggests Chelsea Ready to Flourish Again Statisticians will point out that the idea of a new manager bounce is nonsense, that the idea that a change of manager prompts an upturn in form is not borne out by facts. But what is true that there are occasions when a manager’s presence has become so oppressive that players appear liberated...

Player Focus: Impressive Ighalo Helping Raise Expectations at Vicarage Road

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Player Focus: Impressive Ighalo Helping Raise Expectations at Vicarage Road When Watford were promoted to the Premier League, they were one of the favourites to drop straight back down into the Championship. A mass turnover of personnel could have undermined Quique Sanchez Flores in his debut campaign at the Vicarage Road helm, yet the Hornets are excelling upon their retur...

Match Report: Late Newcastle Flurry Upsets the Odds at White Hart Lane

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Match Report: Late Newcastle Flurry Upsets the Odds at White Hart Lane After a 4-1 win over Ligue 1 side Monaco on Thursday, Tottenham welcomed relegation fodder Newcastle to White Hart Lane in a bid to maintain their 14-game premier League unbeaten run. A jagged Spurs though were unable to extend this streak as the away side upset the odds to secure an important 2-1 w...

Player Focus: M'Vila Slowly Rebuilding his Reputation at Sunderland

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Player Focus: M'Vila Slowly Rebuilding his Reputation at Sunderland Sunderland’s capture of Yann M’Vila on loan for the season was viewed as a coup for the Black Cats. The Frenchman’s career path may not have followed the one his potential promised, but his move to the Wearside club was a surprise to some. Arsenal had been credited with an interest...

Player Focus: Unheralded Kante Leicester's Unsung Hero

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Player Focus: Unheralded Kante Leicester's Unsung Hero Leicester City’s start to the season has been nothing short of spectacular. The Foxes are indeed the surprise package this campaign, currently atop the Premier League and Claudio Ranieri deserves ample credit for the club’s stunning form. The Italian has continued Nigel Pearson’s g...

Player Focus: Does Baines Warrant Immediate Return to Everton Starting XI?

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Player Focus: Does Baines Warrant Immediate Return to Everton Starting XI? Given Everton’s relative dominance over the 90 minutes, the Toffees had every right to have been disappointed to only draw 1-1 with Crystal Palace on Monday night. Goalscorer Romelu Lukaku - whose equaliser was his 50th goal from 100 appearances for Everton - could easily have bagged a hat-tri...

Team Focus: Stoke Attack Beginning to Click into Place

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Team Focus: Stoke Attack Beginning to Click into Place As far as players for the big occasion go, Marko Arnautovic fits the bill for Stoke City. The Austrian’s goals in the opening 15 minutes in the Potters’ impressive 2-0 win over Manchester City took his total to five for the season in the England’s top tier. Indeed, Arnautovic&rsquo...

Match Report: Battling Bournemouth End Eight-game Winless Run at Chelsea

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Match Report: Battling Bournemouth End Eight-game Winless Run at Chelsea As far as shocks in football go, Bournemouth's victory at Chelsea has to be one of the biggest of the campaign. Eddie Howe's side came to Stamford Bridge on an eight-game winless run, while Jose Mourinho's team looked to have turned a corner after a three-game unbeaten run in all competitions. Howev...

Player Focus: Unsettled United Frontline Affecting Martial

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Player Focus: Unsettled United Frontline Affecting Martial Deemed a waste of money by some upon his arrival at Manchester United, Anthony Martial quickly set about proving his critics wrong. The teenage France international injected some much-needed purpose into a United attack that appeared stale in the opening games of the season following his £36m ...

Player Focus: Klopp Influence Resulting in Vastly Improved Moreno Form

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Player Focus: Klopp Influence Resulting in Vastly Improved Moreno Form Whenever a new manager takes charge of a team, it presents every player with the ideal opportunity to impress and stake a claim for a starting spot. The slate is wiped clean, with those previously struggling given a possible route back into the first team fold. Take for example Emmanuel Adebayor at ...