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Highlighting Alisson's importance as Liverpool chase second Premier League title

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Highlighting Alisson's importance as Liverpool chase second Premier League title There has been ample goalkeeper discourse in the Premier League this season. A number of top teams changed their first choice over the summer, with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham all bringing in new number ones. Andre Onana's shortcomings have been magnified by United's poor start...

Who is Savio? The Brazilian teen spearheading Girona's suprise title charge

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Who is Savio? The Brazilian teen spearheading Girona's suprise title charge Much has been made already about Girona’s extraordinary season in LaLiga, their 4-2 win over Barcelona last weekend very much placing them in the public conscious across Europe. But what of the individuals behind their story? None is perhaps more remarkable than Savio.The 19-year-old has been ...

Udogie deserving of new deal after sensational start for Tottenham

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Udogie deserving of new deal after sensational start for Tottenham When Ange Postecoglou took over as Tottenham boss in the summer, there were two players who many felt their time at the club would come to a premature end. Both Destiny Udogie and Pedro Porro joined last summer and back in January, respectively, and the pair were signed to operate at wing-back in a ...

How Trent Alexander-Arnold re-established himself as Liverpool's creator-in-chief

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How Trent Alexander-Arnold re-established himself as Liverpool's creator-in-chief It wasn’t that long ago that people were questioning Trent Alexander-Arnold’s role in this Liverpool team. The Reds, who sit top of the Premier League table following their 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon, overhauled their midfield in the summer, bringing in Dominik Szo...

Why Rodrygo will soon be considered a Real Madrid legend

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Why Rodrygo will soon be considered a Real Madrid legend Real Madrid returned to the top of La Liga last weekend with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Granada. In this instance, Jude Bellingham wasn’t on hand to provide the goals, it was Brahim Díaz and Rodrygo, the latter of which has netted in the club’s last five matches.In fact, in su...

Mohammed Kudus maximising chance to nail down regular West Ham spot

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Mohammed Kudus maximising chance to nail down regular West Ham spot In previous years, any injury to Michail Antonio would have been detrimental to West Ham. The Hammers have sought to ease the burden on the 33-year-old, yet even the high-profile captures of Sebastien Haller and Gianluca Scamacca, to name two, have fallen by the wayside as David Moyes has so often r...

How Iraola brought out the best in Bournemouth hotshot Solanke

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How Iraola brought out the best in Bournemouth hotshot Solanke Dominic Solanke is putting together a quietly impressive 2023/24 season. The Bournemouth forward has seven Premier League goals to his name, a tally only Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah, Heung-Min Son, Ollie Watkins and Jarrod Bowen can better. He has more goals than Evan Ferguson, Bukayo Saka and Jul...

Silva continuing to prove himself as Man City's master of all trades

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Silva continuing to prove himself as Man City's master of all trades Every team has that one underrated player that never gets the plaudits some believe they deserve. For Manchester City, that player is Bernardo Silva. In a game that saw Erling Haaland break the 50-goal barrier in the Premier League and Jeremy Doku complete 12 dribbles and City and Liverpool played o...

Kobbie Mainoo proving he can become a star for Man Utd

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Kobbie Mainoo proving he can become a star for Man Utd It takes a special performance to be on the pitch when your teammate scores one of the best Premier League goals of all time and yet still have the conversation about you. But that's precisely what Kobbie Mainoo did in Manchester United's 3-0 thumping of Everton.There were glimpses of his quality du...

How Aston Villa’s John McGinn was reborn under mastermind Emery

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How Aston Villa’s John McGinn was reborn under mastermind Emery Perhaps no player exemplifies the Unai Emery effect at Aston Villa better than (Super) John McGinn.A year is a very, very long time in football, but it’s odd to think back to last autumn, to the final days of Steven Gerrard’s reign in B6, and recall that McGinn was in a rough place. That...