All posts tagged "English Premier League"

  • Are MLS referees really any worse than Premier League officials?

    It was a hot summers’ day at Avaya Stadium in early June of last summer and slightly more humid than was typical for the Bay Area. FC Dallas were visiting San Jose to face the Earthquakes in...

    • Posted December 7, 2015
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  • MOTD: Chelsea 0-1 Bournemouth

    Perhaps all the lambasting, criticism and condemnation from the football community has indeed taken a toll on Jose Mourinho as Chelsea succumbed to a dreadful 1-0 loss to Bournemouth, their eighth defeat of the season. In his...

    • Posted December 5, 2015
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  • MOTD: Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Chelsea

    Even when Chelsea earned a solid point away against an in-form Tottenham Hotspur, Jose Mourinho created a narrative of strife and controversy for Chelsea as he resumed his clash of egos with Diego Costa.  The pair had...

    • Posted November 29, 2015
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  • MOTD: Leicester City 1-1 Manchester United

    One picture tells a thousand words; or in today’s case, Oli Scarff’s shot illustrated the story of Leicester City’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United, which took The Observer 834 words to recount. On the left side of...

    • Posted November 28, 2015
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  • MOTD: Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 West Ham United

    Harry Kane bagged a brace in Tottenham Hotspur’s dominant 4-1 win over West Ham United, making it eight goals in his past five matches in all competitions. So much for a goal drought. After scoring just once...

    • Posted November 22, 2015
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-4 Liverpoool

    Manuel Pellegrini sat on the sidelines; Jurgen Klopp stood from the kickoff of Liverpool’s match at Manchester City. Pellegrini infrequently ventured into his technical area, motionless, hands stuffed deep into his pockets, while Klopp paced up and...

    • Posted November 21, 2015
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  • Tides changing in Raheem Sterling saga as Manchester City face Liverpool

    It was the second Sunday in July and Raheem Sterling had missed two Liverpool training sessions over the past week. Sterling’s very public transfer saga over the prior few months had blown up the back pages, but...

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur

    Arsene Wenger has a love-hate relationship with time. On one hand, time can cure all, and in a seventeen-year career filled with highs and lows, Wenger knows this well. In a perfect world, with time comes opportunity;...

    • Posted November 8, 2015
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  • The story of Mourinho’s humiliating downfall at Chelsea

    Jose Mourinho’s turmoil at Chelsea has been shocking not only in its scale, but also in its abruptness, following the club’s successful Premier League campaign last season. Yet even back in late April, before they had clinched...

    • Posted November 6, 2015
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  • The horror show continues for Chelsea with 3-1 defeat to Liverpool

    Chelsea’s “Rocky Horror Show” continued on Halloween Saturday as a ghost from Lose (Jose) Mourinho haunted the Stamford Bridge faithful in yet another loss.  The pumpkin-shirt coloured Liverpool rekindled memories of the “ghost goal” from their historical...

    • Posted October 31, 2015
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