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Manchester United-Liverpool Preview

As one of the biggest games of the season for me, I felt this game deserved a separate preview all by itself. This game has big implications for both teams as Manchester United are in the title race while Liverpool

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Weekly Watch List: Liverpool-United

The biggest match this weekend is the Manchester United-Liverpool game. However, there are some good battles in Italy and Germany as well. The games are especially important in the title race in Germany which is a good three horse race

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World Class Players And Gameweek 31 I Know The Score

One of the words that is thrown about far too much in soccer is “world class.” I think it is almost hard to find a player who has not been described as world class. Announcers use this term almost every

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Manchester United 3, Fulham 0: United Dominate

Manchester United should have had this game over and done with far earlier than the 84th minute when Wayne Rooney got his second goal, but the performance by Manchester United against Fulham was dominant. This year Manchester United have often

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Arsenal 2, Hull City 1: Late Bendtner Winner Keeps Arsenal In Title Chase

For 90 minutes, it looked like Arsenal would be punished for what was a lackluster performance with some poor finishing. However, Niklas Bendtner put in a rebound in the 93rd minute after Boaz Myhill was unable to handle a long

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Weekly Watch List: Tough Test For Barcelona And Donovan’s Last Everton Game

Another weekend of quality football and while this could be the final game for Landon Donovan in the Premier League for now, it also might mark the return of Clint Dempsey who returned for Fulham in the Europa League on

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How To Fix AC Milan and Gameweek 30 I Know The Score

This week saw two of the biggest names in European football eliminated from the Champions League: Real Madrid and AC Milan. There has been a lot of reaction to Real Madrid given the overhaul their squad received in the summer,

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A Look At Landon Donovan’s Everton Loan Spell

This past weekend, Landon Donovan had what will likely be his final Everton performance in front of the home crowd before returning to MLS. He gave them a solid performance to remember. Donovan came into the game in the 70th

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Manchester United 1, Wolverhampton 0: Red Devils Go Top Despite Poor Performance

Manchester United were without Wayne Rooney but they knew heading into this game that a win would take them to the top of the table with Chelsea not playing in the Premier League this weekend. A win would also keep

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Would Olympic Hockey Overtime Rules Work For Soccer? And Gameweek 29 I Know The Score

I was listening to the Sports Guy’s podcast this week when he had Dave Damashek on to discuss Olympic hockey. They were discussing the overtime rule in hockey where the game goes down to 4 on 4 instead of 5

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