Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says his side’s ability to block out difficult external factors have made his side title contenders this season. Spurs continued their brilliant festive period with a 5-0 romp over Bournemouth, which made it 11 goals in two games and took them above Manchester City and into the top two, six points …
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Pep Guardiola insists his Manchester City team will return stronger than ever after their 2-1 loss to Leicester City condemned them to back-to-back Premier League defeats. Bernardo Silva gave the Citizens an early lead, but that advantage was quickly snuffed out when Marc Albrighton equalised just five minutes later. With the game hanging in the …
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Fulham moved off the bottom of the Premier League table for the first time since Claudio Ranieri arrived at Craven Cottage and, after emphasising the importance of not losing on Boxing Day, the Cottagers granted their manager that Christmas wish. But the 1-1 draw with Wolves still felt like a defeat in the baubles. Today’s …
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Put down the turkey sarnie and send us an email: [email protected] United never ran under Jose Occasional reader of the mailbox, 1st time writing in. Which raises the question, why am I writing my 1st mail on Christmas Eve? Well its mostly because I am sick. Not tragically sick at Christmas time, just not well …
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer expects to be treated like any other manager when his former Manchester United team-mates in the media are assessing his tenure as caretaker boss. The ex-United striker has been put in charge until the end of the season following the sacking last week of Jose Mourinho. A number of Solskjaer’s former team-mates …
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer cannot wait to lead Manchester United out at Old Trafford for the first time – and he believes his side are ready to put on a Boxing Day show. Having been parachuted in as caretaker manager for the rest of the season, the fan favourite got the post-Jose Mourinho era off to …
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Former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has backed the club to push reigning champions Manchester City all the way in a two-horse race for this season’s Premier League title. Benitez takes his Newcastle side to Anfield on Boxing Day with the Reds four points clear of City, who lost 3-2 at home to Crystal Palace on …
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists he felt nothing when Manchester City handed the initiative to his side in the title race. Crystal Palace pulled off a shock win over the defending Premier League champions on Saturday, less than 24 hours after the Reds had extended their lead at the top to four points with victory …
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Andros Townsend felt he had almost completed the impossible after helping Crystal Palace take Manchester City down with a stunning goal. The Palace winger struck with a ferocious volley – measured at 29 yards by TV broadcasters – as Palace came from behind to claim a shock 3-2 win over the champions at the Etihad …
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Everton manager Marco Silva explained that Tottenham Hotspur played at a much faster tempo than his side in their 6-2 defeat at Goodison Park. The result sees Everton slip into the bottom half after they were obliterated by Mauricio Pochettino’s side. Silva told Sky Sports: “We feel really bad, as we should. We wanted to …