All posts tagged "2015/2016 Premier League"

  • MOTD: Leicester City 1-0 Southampton

    Leicester City’s great escape from Premier League relegation began a year ago this weekend and ever since, they have kept running. Just like Forrest Gump, as Foxes’ boss Claudio Ranieri once coined. They made another crucial step...

    • Posted April 3, 2016
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  • MOTD: Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur

    Tottenham Hotspur missed a vital opportunity to put pressure on Premier League leaders Leicester City with a 1-1 draw against Liverpool.  Mauricio Pochettino’s men came back from behind to snatch a point at Anfield courtesy of a...

    • Posted April 2, 2016
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 0-1 Manchester United

    It was mid-July and Manchester United were on their preseason tour in the United States.  United faced Barcelona and, per the usual pre-season routine, ran out at halftime with entirely fresh faces, all the youngsters hoping to...

    • Posted March 20, 2016
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  • MOTD: Chelsea 2-2 West Ham United

    Tenth-placed Chelsea denied West Ham United a spot in the top four, at least for a day, holding their visitors to a 2-2 draw in just the latest role-reversal in the Premier League this season.  Cesc Fabregas’...

    • Posted March 19, 2016
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  • Clouds descend on Van Gaal at Manchester United

    Clouds descend over Manchester this weekend.  All told, it’s not an entirely uncommon scene. In the footballing world, however, the skies haunt both Manchester big boys in a way that nobody thought possible at the beginning of...

    • Posted March 18, 2016
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  • Drinkwater’s rise exemplifies hard-working, humble ethos at Leicester

    There isn’t a single player in the Leicester City squad that hasn’t had to overcome some sort of professional adversity.  Being cast off from a big club or, in the case of scoring phenomenon Jamie Vardy, overlooked...

    • Posted March 14, 2016
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  • MOTD: Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City

    It says a lot about this nonsensical Premier League season that league leaders Leicester City dropped two points again West Bromwich Albion yesterday, yet ultimately gained ground on all their title rivals. Tottenham Hotspur were defeated by...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • MOTD: Leicester City 2-2 West Bromwich Albion

    This was the first time Leicester City have dropped points in a month-and-a-half, and their second winless game out of their last three Premier League fixtures.  Under any other manager at any other team, the cracks should...

    • Posted March 1, 2016
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  • MOTD: Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal

    Four days ago, Marcus Rashford was an eighteen-year-old boy, a hopeful English youth international who was one of many peers to graduate from Manchester United’s famed academy.  His mother has reportedly been a regular at Old Trafford...

    • Posted February 28, 2016
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  • MOTD: Leicester City 1-0 Norwich City

    For eighty-nine minutes, Norwich City’s plan of containment for Leicester City worked perfectly. Jamie Vardy was nearly invisible, Riyad Mahrez was ineffective and the visitors at the King Power Stadium held Leicester to mostly shots from range.  For...

    • Posted February 27, 2016
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