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Player Focus: De Bruyne Making Immediate Impact Upon Premier League Return

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Player Focus: De Bruyne Making Immediate Impact Upon Premier League Return Looking back to Manchester City’s 6-1 thumping of Newcastle on Saturday, one was not surprised to see Sergio Agüero draw the plaudits from fans. The Argentine’s five-goal haul in the space of 20 minutes - albeit with half time sandwiched in between - was the fastest in Premier Leagu...

Team Focus: City Collapse Highlights Continued Reliance on Old Guard

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Team Focus: City Collapse Highlights Continued Reliance on Old Guard The puncturing of Manchester City’s aura of invincibility has been remarkable. It’s not two weeks since they were cruising at the top of the Premier League with a 100% record and a lead of at least five points over the other realistic title challengers, and were 1-0 up against Juventus i...

Player Focus: Unheralded Fernandinho Crucial to City's Flying Start

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Player Focus: Unheralded Fernandinho Crucial to City's Flying Start In the wake of Brazil’s disastrous World Cup exit, succumbing to a 7-1 defeat to eventual winners Germany at the semi-final stage, a number of the Seleção’s performers struggled to readjust to domestic football. The likes of Paulinho, Ramires and Willian were unable to hit ...

WhoScored Tipster: Man City, Atletico and Juve Feature in this Week's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: Man City, Atletico and Juve Feature in this Week's Top Tips It's a moment in the season when head-to-heads at the top of the table involve several surprises. The best example is Serie A: in a round where Napoli and Juventus face off, it's odd to see that the game will be played out between two sides closer to the relegation zone than the league’s summi...

Match Focus: Individual Brilliance from Juve Leaves City in Same Predicament

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Match Focus: Individual Brilliance from Juve Leaves City in Same Predicament It seemed like it was going to be the night that Manchester City finally moved onto another level, only for Paul Pogba and Juventus to re-emphasise their level - and again leave Manuel Pellegrini’s side way behind where they want to be.That is one of two particularly galling things about this ...

Team Focus: Lack of Prolific Centre Forward Threatens to Curb Progress at Palace

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Team Focus: Lack of Prolific Centre Forward Threatens to Curb Progress at Palace Since taking over at Crystal Palace at the start of the year Alan Pardew has unshackled the club's frontline and transformed the Eagles into a menacing outfit stocked with pace out wide, while also managing to preserve the best qualities installed by Tony Pulis at the back. However, further progress...

Match Report: City Move Five Points Clear with Late Palace Win

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Match Report: City Move Five Points Clear with Late Palace Win Manchester City extended their lead at the top of the table to five points after Kelechi Iheanacho came off the bench to score the winner in the dying embers of their 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday.Iheanacho introduction was met by cries of “who?” by the Palace supporters, but the...

Player Focus: Reinvigorated Touré Leading City's Title Assault

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Player Focus: Reinvigorated Touré Leading City's Title Assault Just four games into the season one would not bet against Manchester City securing Premier League glory for only the third time since its 1992 inception. Manuel Pellegrini’s side sit pretty atop England’s top tier with four wins from four and are currently averaging 2.5 goals per game. T...

Team Focus: Is De Bruyne a Necessity for Manchester City?

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Team Focus: Is De Bruyne a Necessity for Manchester City? As far as starts to the season go, Manchester City’s has gone very much according to plan. The only team to boast a 100% start to the campaign, having scored 8 goals and conceded 0, they have stated their intentions early on in their bid to usurp Chelsea atop England’s top tier. The 3-0 ...

You vs WhoScored: Premier League Form Rankings Ahead of Gameweek 4

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You vs WhoScored: Premier League Form Rankings Ahead of Gameweek 4 It's the middle of the week and about the time you should be thinking of your MondoGoal fantasy football teams ahead of the weekend's Premier League action.WhoScored.com reveal their form rankings ahead of gameweek 4 to give you an idea of the top rated players that are high on confidence right now ...