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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Odds are flying high this weekend. You know there is a treat in store when one of the scheduled games is a replay of last season's Champions League final, not to mention that it is also the Madrid derby. As if that isn't enough, there is also Arsenal against Manchester City which is the first pro...

Player Focus: Stevan Jovetic Ready to Fight for Starting Spot at City

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Player Focus: Stevan Jovetic Ready to Fight for Starting Spot at City It had started in pre-season. Stevan Jovetic looked like twice the player he had last campaign. He was scoring all types of goals against more than decent opposition. Yes, these were friendlies, of the sort that plenty of players have waltzed through in the past, scoring countless goals, only to rea...

Team Focus: Bolstered Midfield Allows City to Tailor Tactics Going Forward

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Team Focus: Bolstered Midfield Allows City to Tailor Tactics Going Forward Given how thrilling Liverpool’s football became towards the end of last season, it’s easy to forget that it was Manchester City who finished as the Premier League’s top-scorers, with 102 goals. That, in part, was down to a bold approach and the use of two central strikers, a policy...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips The most balanced league begins again. Nobody can really question who Le Championnat favourites are, which started a week ago, while the Premier League returns, where Chelsea are tipped to wrestle the title away from Manchester City after their summer spending spree. There are a number of teams capa...

Player Focus: Caballero Can Usurp Hart as City's Number 1

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Player Focus: Caballero Can Usurp Hart as City's Number 1 A colossal error against Chelsea last season saw Manuel Pellegrini drop Joe Hart as his number 1. The mistake in the 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge back in October, which allowed Fernando Torres to tap into an empty net late on, had fans questioning whether Hart deserved to keep his place in the Manc...

Player Focus: Club Form Suggests Deschamps was Wrong to Oust Nasri

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Player Focus: Club Form Suggests Deschamps was Wrong to Oust Nasri City fans might well insist Edin Dzeko, Martín Demichelis and Samir Nasri played an important role in their title win this term. The former duo in particular were criticised early in the season, but impressed as the Citizens sat atop England’s top tier come the final day. Both were rewa...

League Focus: Premier League Review 2013/14

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League Focus: Premier League Review 2013/14 Looking at the Premier League Team of the Season according to the WhoScored.com ratings, the startling thing is that there is not a single Manchester City player in it. That says much about what a team effort it was, how, superb as Yaya Toure was, they weren’t reliant on a single player to car...

Premier League Focus: A Season of Two Halves

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Premier League Focus: A Season of Two Halves It is a game of two halves or so says the cliche used by managers to rally their players into a second half recovery after a poor showing in the first period of any given game. The nature of football means that any given match might well have two schizophrenically contrasting halves for those compet...

Player Focus: Edin's Dzeko & Hyde Performances Lift City to the Top

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Player Focus: Edin's Dzeko & Hyde Performances Lift City to the Top When the referee blew for half time at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night a nervous atmosphere engulfed the home side. Manchester City were drawing 0-0 with Aston Villa and while one point would have been enough to take them to the top of the Premier League, three would have provided the cushion ...

Player Focus: Milner More Than Just a Safe Bet for City and England

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Player Focus: Milner More Than Just a Safe Bet for City and England Who would have thought that with 15 minutes to go at Anfield on Sunday James Milner might have looked like he had played a huge part in where the Premier League trophy was heading. The score was tied at 2-2 and City were looking like they had rescued the title with a vital point. But for a wholly in...