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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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Contrasting weekend fortunes for Chelsea and Manchester City ahead of crucial Premier League fixture

 January 19, 2015   John Welsh

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will glance at the Premier League table today and then consider the prospect of facing the nearest challengers to his team when Manchester City visit Stamford Bridge in two weeks for a crucial fixture between the top two teams in the league. City are currently five points adrift of leaders Chelsea […]

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Ayoze Perez

Kane and Perez tipped to be future stars of Premier League

 January 3, 2015   John Welsh

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The announcement that Steven Gerrard is to leave Liverpool at the end of the current campaign will not only be a significant loss for the Red’s midfield engine room but the Premier League will also miss a talent which has graced English football for most of this century. He has been an influential player at […]

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Christmas fixture congestion divides opinion in English football

 December 30, 2014   John Welsh

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Of the 20 Premier League teams playing football during the Christmas festive period, only Liverpool an Swansea were spared the necessity to be performing on both the 26th and 28th December as their encounter was delayed until the 29th for television coverage. Sunderland manager Gus Poyet claimed that the decision to play two games in […]

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Arsenal

Honours Even In the North-London Derby

 September 29, 2014   Paranjoy Goswami

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Arsenal required a late goal from Alex Oxlade-Chambelain to secure a 1-1 draw against neighbours Tottenham Hotspur in the first North London derby of the season at the Emirates stadium. Tottenham took the lead in the 55th minute when Nacer Chadli received Erik Lamela’s pass on the right side of the penalty area to apply […]

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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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Leicester City

Leicester City Stuns Manchester United

 September 22, 2014   Paranjoy Goswami

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On Sunday, Leicester City produced one of the biggest shocks of the new season after the newly promoted side rallied back from going two-goal down to win 5-3 against Manchester United at the King Power Stadium. Spectacular strikes from Robin Van Persie and Angel di Maria put the visitors into early two-goal lead before Leonardo […]

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Ulloa proving his top flight ability as determined Leicester overcome Manchester United

 September 22, 2014   John Welsh

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Leonardo Ulloa is not the typical striker for whom Manchester United would pay an extravagant fee to attract his services and at 28 years of age, he is also unlikely to command the attention of Real Madrid or Barcelona as potential investment but he is already proving to be one of more significant purchases of […]

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Two 4-0 results herald contrasting fortunes for two Uniteds in the Premier League

 September 15, 2014   John Welsh

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The ultimate fate of any football manager is normally dependent on results achieved over an indefinite period of time, but for two such Premier League incumbents, 4-0 scorelines during the weekend have resulted in totally contrasting headlines and a wide gulf in job security. Since Manchester United beat QPR by a four goal margin on […]

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Premier League Contenders Part V : Liverpool

 September 3, 2014   Paranjoy Goswami

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Until Manchester United overtook them in 2010, Liverpool FC held the record for the most league titles in England. In addition to their 18 league titles Liverpool has also won the European Cup five times in their history, the most by any British club. However the Reds have not been crowned champions of England since […]

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