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Premier League teams lagging behind in elite competitions

 February 20, 2016   Abhishek Das

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The Premier league’s misery run at European competitions continued as none of the English teams could manage a victory in the UEFA Champions League or Europa League and makes their job harder for the second leg due in March. Meanwhile all the La Liga outfits recorded wins to stake their claim as the best teams […]

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The Premier League title destination remains uncertain in an unpredictable season to date

 December 31, 2015   John Welsh

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At the halfway stage of the current Premier League season, it could be argued that both Leicester and Chelsea are occupying positions in the league table normally reserved for the each other in an unpredictable campaign to date. Arsenal are current leaders despite losing 2-0 at home to West Ham in their opening game of […]

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Months of drama anticipated as Premier League 2015-16 campaign begins

 August 6, 2015   John Welsh

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With the onset of the 2015-16 Premier League campaign imminent, there has much transfer activity over the past few weeks as the 20 football club overhaul or strengthen their squads with the title, Champions League qualification places and the preservation of top flight status’ all at stake in the coming months. Chelsea are the team […]

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A poor week for the Premier League in European competition

 February 27, 2015   John Welsh

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The English Premier League is arguably regarded as the best football in Europe, if not the World, and a recently signed TV package worth over £5 billion for the live screening of matches may justify that assertion. However, such revenues do not guarantee success on the pitch as the performances of English teams in European […]

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Muted celebrations by Balotelli in scoring a first Premier League goal for Liverpool

 February 13, 2015   John Welsh

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eWhen a footballer scores a potentially winning goal just seven minutes from the end of normal time during a 3-2 thriller in a high-profile game, it is normally the signal for a rather joyous celebration by both player and team. It would appear that Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli defies the norm and his muted reaction […]

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West Ham

West Ham Pile More Woes on Liverpool

 September 22, 2014   Paranjoy Goswami

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Liverpool slumped to successive Premier League defeats for the first since December after West Ham United came up with a 3-1 win over last season’s runners-up at the Boleyn Ground on Saturday. Goals from Winston Reid and Diafra Sakho pushed the Hammers to a two-goal advantage within the opening seven minutes but Raheem Sterling halved […]

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Manchester City

Premier League Contenders Part IV: Manchester City

 August 31, 2014   Paranjoy Goswami

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In 2008 The Abu Dhabi United Group, a conglomerate owned chiefly by the royal family of the United Arab Emirates, swooped in to buy Manchester City with the club on the verge of bankruptcy. Since the takeover, the owners of Manchester City have invested heavily to attract some of the most talented footballers on the […]

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Manchester United

Premier League Contenders Part III : Manchester United

 August 30, 2014   Paranjoy Goswami

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With a fan-base that spreads all across the globe, Manchester United is one of the biggest clubs in Europe, at par with giants such as Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona. It is also the most successful club in English league football with 20 top-division titles. Since winning the inaugural season of the English Premier […]

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Premier League Contenders Part I : Arsenal

 August 19, 2014   Paranjoy Goswami

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Arsenal FC is the third-most successful team in England and one of the five clubs to have won lifted the Premier League trophy since its inception in 1992. The Gunners have won the Premier League three times, all under current manager Arsene Wenger; however their last triumph came ten years ago in the 2003-04 season […]

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A tale of two Manchesters in the Premier League

 August 18, 2014   John Welsh

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Before the 2014-15 Premier League season began, it had been inferred that Manchester United would surely produce a more creditable performance under manager Louis van Gaal than occurred when his predecessor David Moyes was boss at Old Trafford during the previous campaign. Moyes had been ridiculed as being out of his depth and unfit for […]

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