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2010, My Top Goals Of The Year

In the second recap of the season, I take a look at the top goals of the year. There are plenty of other top goals, but these are from the ones that I saw in the games not just highlights.

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Premier League Week 3: Things We Learned

The top teams got displayed their class today as Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester United got victories. Chelsea defeated Stoke City 2-0, while Arsenal got a good 2-1 victory over Blackburn. Manchester United finished the day off with a 3-0 win

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Manchester United 0, Blackburn 0: United Can’t Break Blackburn Defense

The disappointing run of performances for Manchester United continued this weekend as they were only able to get a 0-0 tie against Blackburn. If Chelsea and Arsenal can win their games in hand, Arsenal will move into second place while

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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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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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Manchester United 2, Aston Villa 1: Aston Villa Competed But Rooney’s Header Wins Carling Cup

It is intriguing how things go sometimes. Of the their three meetings with United this season, I thought this was Aston Villa’s best performance as they were able to be a constant menace on the counter attack the entire game

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Everton 3, Manchester United 1: Inspired Everton Subs And Rooney Has An Off Day

It was bound to happen to Wayne Rooney. He had such a terrific run but he finally had a game where he was disappointing. He wasn’t awful, but he also failed to contribute to the game. He had a one-on-one

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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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