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Match Report: Rooney draws blank in frustrating Newcastle stalemate

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Match Report: Rooney draws blank in frustrating Newcastle stalemate Manchester United extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to three games, but were left bitterly disappointed after being held to a 0-0 draw with Newcastle United at Old Trafford in Saturday’s early kick-off. Louis van Gaal’s side enjoyed nearly 70 per cent of possession and we...

Player Focus: WhoScored.com's Best Rated Players Ahead of Gameweek 3

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Player Focus: WhoScored.com's Best Rated Players Ahead of Gameweek 3 Ahead of the upcoming round of Premier League fixtures, WhoScored is here to help you make your fantasy football selections ahead of the gameweek 3 in England’s top tier. Once again, the expert will return on Friday to announce the team he will enter this weekend in association with MondoGoal,...

Team Focus: Watford's New Midfield Base Already Key to Their Premier League Survival

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Team Focus: Watford's New Midfield Base Already Key to Their Premier League Survival When a team is promoted from the Championship to the Premier League, there are two paths a side can follow in order to maintain their status as a top-flight team. The first is to persist largely with the squad that gained the team in question their spot in England’s top tier. Teammates are fam...

Player Focus: Gomez Adjusting to Premier League Football with Relative Ease

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Player Focus: Gomez Adjusting to Premier League Football with Relative Ease As Liverpool continued their big money recruitment drive over the summer, securing the services of Roberto Firmino and Christian Benteke for well over £50m, the signing of young Joe Gomez flew somewhat under the radar. The teenage defender showed glimpses of his potential for Charlton Athletic...

Player Focus: Barkley’s Bright Start Offers Promise to Exciting Season Ahead

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Player Focus: Barkley’s Bright Start Offers Promise to Exciting Season Ahead Roy Hodgson could not have been happier with what he saw from Everton’s contingent of England players when he left St Mary’son Saturday afternoon.Not least that John Stones showed no signs of being affected of talk linking him with a move to Chelsea, but in Ross Barkley; he bore witness ...

Player Focus: What Does Otamendi's Arrival at City Mean for Mangala?

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Player Focus: What Does Otamendi's Arrival at City Mean for Mangala? Two wins from two, six goals scored and zero conceded – Manchester City’s season has started in impressive fashion. The 3-0 win over Chelsea on Sunday has led many, even at this early stage, to revise their title favourites, with Manuel Pellegrini’s side now five points ahead of th...

Match Report: Typical Tottenham Capitulate in 2-2 Draw with Stoke

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Match Report: Typical Tottenham Capitulate in 2-2 Draw with Stoke If you search the term ‘lackadaisical’ on Google, an example of how it can be used in a sentence reads: “a lackadaisical defence left Spurs adrift in the second half”. The term could not have been more applicable for the north London side on their first home game of the seaso...

You vs WhoScored: WhoScored Expert MondoGoal XI - Gameweek 2

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You vs WhoScored: WhoScored Expert MondoGoal XI - Gameweek 2 In gameweek 2 of the Premier League season, the WhoScored Expert returns to select his team for the upcoming round of fixtures. After a commendable start to the campaign, the expert will be out to improve on his score from last week and the task for you - the user - is to get the better of WhoScored...

Player Focus: What Does Rondon's Arrival Mean for Berahino's WBA Future?

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Player Focus: What Does Rondon's Arrival Mean for Berahino's WBA Future? West Brom’s 3-0 home defeat to Manchester City was not the start to the season the Baggies would have wanted. Starting strikers Saido Berahino and Rickie Lambert mustered just two shots between them in the encounter and the lack of goalscoring threat certainly hindered the hosts. While City we...

Team Focus: Chelsea Draw Suggests Swansea Adopting More Direct Approach

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Team Focus: Chelsea Draw Suggests Swansea Adopting More Direct Approach Amid all the scratching of heads about how poorly Chelsea played on Saturday, all Jose Mourinho’s diversionary tactics about his physios and faux-controversy over the penalty and red card for Thibaut Courtois, just how well Swansea City played was rather overlooked.What was particularly impres...