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The FA Cup Quarterfinal Draw

The FA Cup had some good matches in the round of 16 and the match-ups are set up for the quarterfinals following the draw today. The glamor match-up would be Chelsea at home against Manchester City if Manchester City can

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Barcelona Suffers First Defeat In La Liga

Barcelona suffered their first defeat in La Liga falling 2-1 to Atletico Madrid at the Calderon. I am ecstatic about this as is probably most of Madrid. Atletico Madrid fans will be happy with the win while Real Madrid fans

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The Two Bayerns: A Look At The Bundesliga Leaders

With the FA Cup not exciting me this weekend, I took this weekend as an opportunity to catch up on some other leagues around the world (In retrospect, the games in England were exciting to watch). The main one I

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Weekend Watch List: Test For The German Leaders And Barcelona Faces Its Bogey Team

With the FA Cup going on this weekend, England is not producing a whole lot of great match-ups but the rest of Europe have some good games. Germany especially has some good matches at the top of the table. So

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Is A Three Game Ban Too Harsh For A Reckless Tackle?

I was thinking about the recent red card to Nani which was justified, but I cannot help but think about how harsh the punishment was for such a challenge that did end up catching a lot of the ball. So

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The Title Race Takes Another Turn

Remember when Arsenal were out of the title race and Liverpool were a team on the rise? That was yesterday, but like this entire season everything changed again. Chelsea and United dropped points while Arsenal defeated Liverpool. Arsenal’s win pushes

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The Race For Fourth and Gameweek 26 I Know The Score

The weekend could not have gone any better if you are a Liverpool fan. They scrapped their way to a win putting them in fourth place while the other serious contenders for the fourth spot dropped points. Liverpool have found

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REPORT: Chelsea 2, Arsenal 0

Chelsea went back to the top of the Premier League table after beating Arsenal 2-0 at Stamford Bridge. Arsenal controlled long periods with their possession and did force Peter Cech into some fine saves, but two first half goals from

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REPORT: Liverpool 1, Everton 0

This game displayed the passion of the Premier League but also showed what can happen when a game gets a bit out of control. The game started off with some hard tackles but Javier Mascherano was the first to get

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REPORT: Manchester United 5, Portsmouth 0

There is not much to say about this game other than Portsmouth were extremely poor. They were slow and bickered amongst each other the entire game and on a performance like this it is hard to see how they can

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