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The North London Derby highlights this week’s slate of games as Arsenal prepares to entertain Tottenham Hotspur this weekend.
Somebody in Bristol is smiling today, as the early match on ESPN figures to be the most-watched game yet on the network.
It’s on at 8:45 a.m. on ESPN2, if you’re wondering.
Here’s the rest of the TV schedule.
Let’s [...]
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For two weeks in a row now, glaring penalty calls have been missed in the early Saturday EPL game. Wolves’ striker Kevin Doyle was fouled twice, by my count, when through on goal, and last week it was Villa’s Agbonlahor who was being tripped in the act of shooting. (Here are the videos for the [...]
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A lot has been made of Liverpool’s recent dip in form with the team looking a shadow of the side that we saw last year. Liverpool lost key personnel most notably in the form of Alonso with his replacement Aquilani yet to take the field in a Liverpool shirt.
Key players Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard [...]
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It’s hard to look at the table and see a “9″ in the “played” column and call the next match on the schedule a must-win.
But that may just be the case for Liverpool on Sunday when Manchester United visits Anfield.
The Reds are already seven points adrift of table-topping United, so going 10 down with 10 [...]
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The international break is over, so it’s time to get back to work for the guys in the EPL.
The weekend starts with a bang as Chelsea makes the trip to Birmingham to face Aston Villa and wraps up with a battle of bottom dwellers on Monday when Hull City visit Craven Cottage.
Here’s a look at [...]
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Supporters of various national teams across the globe are already packing their bags, updating their passports & booking flights to South Africa for next Summer’s World Cup Finals. With their beloved nation’s automatic qualification secure, they’ve only the stress-free decision of which player’s replica kit their going to wear during their teams opening match left [...]
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Who are the very best young players in the world? For the purposes of this article, “young players” are those no older than 22.
First there are the obvious: Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Alexandre Pato, Francesc Fabregas, Karim Benzema, etc. Their class has been established before this mysterious “young” label vanished, and subsequently they command enormous [...]
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