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Pep and Mou facing unfamiliar pressure ahead of Manchester derby

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Pep and Mou facing unfamiliar pressure ahead of Manchester derby This is new ground for both Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola. As Wednesday’s Manchester Derby nears, both managers are under pressure. Of course, during their respective time in Spain for Real Madrid and Barcelona, respectively, the duo were under pressure to win the league, but the EFL Cup mee...

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: Mourinho set for further success at Anfield

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Top Match Tips: Mourinho set for further success at Anfield The marketing mastermind behind ‘Red Monday’ needs to give their head a shake. Liverpool vs Manchester United is not a match that ever needs superficial hyperbole behind it. It is one of the standout fixtures of the Premier League season each and every time with generations of narrative ...

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 ...

Liverpool vs Man United: Can Klopp conquer Mourinho once again?

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Liverpool vs Man United: Can Klopp conquer Mourinho once again? The last time that Jose Mourinho faced Jurgen Klopp - in Liverpool’s 3-1 win at Chelsea last October - he grew increasingly agitated with the Liverpool manager’s movement around the technical area, to the point he mentioned it as an aside his press conference afterwards.You could underst...

Can Herrera finally cement his place at United under freedom of Mourinho?

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Can Herrera finally cement his place at United under freedom of Mourinho? When asked to explain the difference between Jose Mourinho and Louis van Gaal, Ander Herrera was blunt in his response: “Mourinho gives you more freedom as a player; he wants the player’s instinct to come through.”Despite being Van Gaal’s first signing as United manager in Ju...

United, Bayern and Madrid featured in the top tips this weekend

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United, Bayern and Madrid featured in the top tips this weekend There is plenty of managerial interest in the Premier League this weekend as Jose Mourinho faces off against Claudio Ranieri, while Arsene Wenger will meet Antonio Conte for the first time. There is also a spicy backstory in Italy, where Vincenzo Montella takes his Milan side back to where he made h...

Leicester battling to implement more proactive approach

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Leicester battling to implement more proactive approach They were the team that cost Jose Mourinho his job at Chelsea, and could yet convert the growing concerns about the new Manchester United manager into a full-blown crisis. Certainly, if Leicester City were to make it four consecutive league defeats for the Portuguese boss on Saturday, it would be di...