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Mourinho fails to match up as Guardiola takes Man City streets ahead

Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester United turned to Jose Mourinho as the antidote to their “noisy neighbours” Manchester City finally achieving their long-held goal of hiring Pep Guardiola as manager in 2016. Reunited in England’s northwest after two confrontational years on either side of the Barcelona-Real Madrid rivalry, …

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Pochettino salutes Spurs’ fighting spirit

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom | AFP | Mauricio Pochettino hailed the character of his Tottenham team after they withstood a Wolves fightback to grind out a 3-2 win at Molineux. Pochettino was keen for his players to learn the lessons on Saturday’s thrilling clash after they threatened to throw away a …

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Mourinho baffled by United’s slow starts

Bournemouth, United Kingdom | AFP | Jose Mourinho is struggling to understand why Manchester United have developed a habit of starting games slowly after they hit back to snatch a dramatic 2-1 win against Bournemouth. Mourinho acknowledged United could have been three or four goals behind by half-time at Dean …

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Liverpool the real test for Arsenal’s Emery evolution

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Handed an unforgiving start as Arsenal’s first new manager for nearly a quarter of a century, Unai Emery has quickly put defeats to Manchester City and Chelsea behind him with a 13-game unbeaten run to earn the respect of the Gunners’ support. However, the …

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Restless Pochettino holds key to Spurs progress

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom | AFP | Dele Alli’s reaction to signing a new six-year deal with Tottenham this week underlined why Mauricio Pochettino is so valuable to the north London club amid claims the Argentine coach is growing restless. Victory at Wolves on Saturday would extend Spurs’ best start to …

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Martial takes centre stage in Man United’s stuttering season

Bournemouth, United Kingdom | AFP | Anthony Martial may finally be fulfilling his enormous potential amid a turbulent season at Manchester United as Jose Mourinho plots how best to use his attacking resources. The France forward heads into Saturday’s clash at Bournemouth on a run of four goals in three …

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Sterling agrees new ‘£300,000 a week’ City contract

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling has verbally agreed a new five-year contract with the Premier League champions, according to reports on Thursday. Sterling has developed into one of England’s most exciting players since joining City from Liverpool in 2015 and the new deal is …

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Ajax Cape Town demoted for using ineligible Zimbabwean

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Ajax Cape Town were relegated from the South African Premiership Tuesday for fielding ineligible Zimbabwean striker Tendai Ndoro, league officials said. The club, which has links to former European champions Ajax, had finished second last and were scheduled to play a promotion/relegation match Wednesday. …

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