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Match Report: Chelsea's Experience Edges the Battle of the Bridge

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Match Report: Chelsea's Experience Edges the Battle of the Bridge After a fiercely contested draw at Anfield a week ago, many would have anticipated the fiery affair that followed in the return leg between Chelsea and Liverpool. It was a match full of controversy on an off the pitch. Mourinho missing the winning goal epitomised the hostility of this heated battle,...

Player Focus: The Ongoing Effect of Brazil's Catastrophic Defeat to Germany

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Player Focus: The Ongoing Effect of Brazil's Catastrophic Defeat to Germany For all the relentlessness of the Premier League machine, and all that the accumulation of games and results eradicate the effect of previous ones, there are some matches that aren't so easy to minimise or just wave away. Sometimes, a player can’t be as good as his last game because one specif...

Team Focus: Chelsea's Supporting Cast Playing Key Role in Fast Start

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Team Focus: Chelsea's Supporting Cast Playing Key Role in Fast Start As Chelsea sit four points ahead of second-place at the top of the Premier League, and eight ahead of defending champions Manchester City, it seems far easier to list the reasons for that high positioning than it is to actually haul them back.Most obviously, as Jamie Carragher argued last week, ther...

Team Focus: Scolari Should Select Willian as Neymar's Replacement

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Team Focus: Scolari Should Select Willian as Neymar's Replacement Despite David Luiz’s thumping free-kick sending Brazil into the semi-final of the World Cup, a sombre mood engulfed the nation following their 2-1 win over Colombia. 20 minutes after the PSG defender had blasted his side into the next round, Juan Zuñiga brought down Neymar with a knee t...

Team Focus: The Premier League Newcomers XI

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Team Focus: The Premier League Newcomers XI Each summer, a raft of new players arrive in the Premier League, be they big money signings or youth-team products. Some go on to succeed in England’s top tier, others fail to cut the grade and are quickly forgotten.With that, we here at WhoScored.com have formulated a team of the season of pl...

Player Focus: Top 10 Summer Transfers

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Player Focus: Top 10 Summer Transfers In the end, the Premier League did it. It retained its reputation as the most attractive league to join, stealing the show with numerous marque signings in the transfer window just passed. However, La Liga’s acquisitions were almost as impressive, and – for a change – it wasn&rsquo...

Player Focus: Why Erik Lamela Or Willian Would Be A Good Signing For Spurs

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Player Focus: Why Erik Lamela Or Willian Would Be A Good Signing For Spurs The difference between Harry Redknapp’s signings during his time asTottenham Hotspurmanager and those of André Villas-Boas is vast. Where the former brought in Scott Parker, the latter acquired Etienne Capoue. While Redknapp signed Peter Crouch, Villas-Boas convinced chairman Daniel Lev...