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Group F demonstrates its star billing in Champions League

 December 13, 2013   John Welsh

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The fine dividing line between success and failure in football was clearly demonstrated in this week’s Champions League matches, more especially in Group F. This set of four teams had always been earmarked as the ‘Group of Death’, and the outcome was not finalised until the last few minutes of the deciding matches. Arsenal were […]

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Gunning for Glory

 December 6, 2013   Paranjoy Goswami

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The month of December has always been a very crucial period in the English Premier League.  With a busy schedule building up to the midway-point of the season, this month has often provided a strong indication of how both halves of the league-table may come to look at the end of the season. Being the […]

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Manchester United set to test Arsenal title credentials

 November 3, 2013   John Welsh

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A 2-0 win for Arsenal against Liverpool at the Emirates ensured that the Gunners would establish a five point lead in the Premier League with many pundits arguing their case for securing the title at the end of the season. 8 wins from 10 matches certainly underlines their credentials but one glance over their shoulder […]

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Arsenal now looking vulnerable in Champions League Group F

 October 28, 2013   John Welsh

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At the half-way stage in the current Champions League group stage, several of the favourites appear to be in a comfortable position for qualifying for the knock-out phase. It is the opposite case in the so-called ‘Group of Death’ featuring Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli and Marseille, where the top three teams have the same points […]

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Serie A teams displaying modest form in Champions League

 October 3, 2013   John Welsh

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The results of several of midweek Champions League matches may have been fairly predictable but the performances of the Italian Serie A teams were modest by their own standards. Not a single win was recorded among the teams playing and second placed Napoli were definitely second best in their 2-1 defeat against Arsenal at Emirates […]

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Arsenal and Everton proving their Premier League credentials

 September 23, 2013   John Welsh

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The sacking of Sunderland boss Paulo di Canio and the overwhelming 4-1 defeat of Manchester Utd by their City neighbours unsurprisingly earned the headlines during a weekend of Premier League activity. Di Canio’s position could not have been helped by television scenes of him confronting an angry set of supporters after another poor display, this […]

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