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The Expert: Is Moses proving to be Chelsea's perfect wing-back?

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The Expert: Is Moses proving to be Chelsea's perfect wing-back? Football has become a game predicated on transfers. Whatever the problem, the solution is almost always to sign a player or two. Struggling managers always just need another window or two to turn things around. Buying and selling players, the eternal swirl of trade, is such a dominant mode of though...

The Expert: Which challenger is best equipped for Premier League title race?

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The Expert: Which challenger is best equipped for Premier League title race? For once, the Premier League might just be living up to some of the hysteria - at least if you go by some of the history.Because, after all the pre-season talk that this could be the most competitive season ever, it is currently exactly that. There is only one point separating the top five teams. Th...

Top Match Tips: Tensions high as Jose Mourinho returns to Stamford Bridge

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Top Match Tips: Tensions high as Jose Mourinho returns to Stamford Bridge In just under 10 days, Jose Mourinho will have been tasked with taking Manchester United to Anfield, a Europa League tie, a second Manchester Derby of the season and a return to his old stomping ground, Stamford Bridge. It’s the type of fortnight which he will relish. Content to take the clean...

Top Match Tips: The smart money on this week's biggest games

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Top Match Tips: The smart money on this week's biggest games The Premier League, Serie A and Ligue 1 offer some of their most important fixtures of the season this weekend. AC Milan and Juventus are historic rivals in Italy and this weekend the table points towards the direct challengers for the title, which has not been the case in many years. MILAN VS JUVEN...

Top Match Preview: Can Chelsea's three-man defence stop United?

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Top Match Preview: Can Chelsea's three-man defence stop United? At the core of Antonio Conte’s entire career, there is a curiosity - and it is not why he picked Stamford Bridge for a big project straight after the wreckage left by Jose Mourinho’s departure.The new Chelsea manager has always greatly preferred playing four at the back, to the point tha...

Top Match Tips: The smart money on this week's biggest games

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Top Match Tips: The smart money on this week's biggest games As club football resumes with a bang this weekend. Mario Balotelli will be looking to continue his renaissance against Lyon on Friday before Manchester United face Liverpool in the North-West derby on Monday. Wedged between those fixtures are Napoli and Roma in the Derby del Sole and the meeting of ...

Abraham in the right place at the right time at Bristol City

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Abraham in the right place at the right time at Bristol City It’s always easy to get carried away when a youngster enjoys a run of form, but then what constitutes a ‘run’. Three games? Five? How about 14? That’s the case for Tammy Abraham, who is one of the now famous 38 out on loan from Chelsea, taking the Championship by storm with B...

Why Conte must address brittle Chelsea backline

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Why Conte must address brittle Chelsea backline Antonio Conte didn’t want to discuss, well, you might call them the elephants in the defence. It’s certainly a metaphor that comes easily after the kind of lumbering movements and pachydermal touches in the Chelsea backline that made life so difficult for the side in successive league de...

Monday's Midday Mastermind - 26/09/16

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Monday's Midday Mastermind - 26/09/16 It was a weekend packed with goals in the Premier League, while on the continent there were some shock results, not least for Real Madrid and PSG. This week's quiz will once again test your knowledge of the events from across Europe, though the Premier League is in focus at first. If you fail to man...

Tensions set to run high when Arsenal welcome Chelsea

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Tensions set to run high when Arsenal welcome Chelsea Arsene Wenger is once again marking a career landmark by coming up against Chelsea. His 1000th game in charge saw his side end on the wrong end of a 6-0 scoreline and Kieran Gibbs incorrectly sent off. He’ll be hoping his 20th anniversary game is a happier occasion. It couldn’t really be...