All posts tagged "English Premier League"

  • 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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  • Premier League institutions Villa, Sunderland, and Newcastle facing the drop

    Only seven teams have been present in every Premier League season since the rebranding of England’s top division in 1992. Next season that number will almost surely be reduced to six. Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool,...

    • Posted February 20, 2016
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  • Van Gaal’s Manchester United going nowhere fast

    Sir Alex Ferguson did not keep Manchester United at the top of English football for some twenty-five years solely because of tactical innovations.  His longevity, a massive achievement in itself, was due in part to an aptitude...

    • Posted February 19, 2016
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

    Confidence is contagious on the football pitch but paralyzing in its absence. A year ago, a visit to Manchester City would have been a daunting prospect for Tottenham Hotspur; today, they anticipated their trip to the Etihad...

    • Posted February 14, 2016
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  • MOTD: Sunderland 2-1 Manchester United

    When the final whistle blew at the Stadium of Light, the Manchester United team collectively slumped.  Louis van Gaal’s eyebrows furrowed, his head sagged and the color drained from his face.  At this point in United’s dismal...

    • Posted February 13, 2016
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  • A Sunday to shape the Premier League title race

    Perhaps more so than any other Sunday in the Premier League, February 14th has the potential to shape this season’s title race. League leaders Leicester City visit third-placed Arsenal at the Emirates and fourth-placed Manchester City host...

    • Posted February 12, 2016
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  • MOTD: Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United

    Manchester United and Chelsea drew level in a classic Premier League potboiler at Stamford Bridge, although a late equalizer for the home side spoilt the occasion for United in a match that was supposed to be their...

    • Posted February 7, 2016
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-3 Leicester City

    Leicester City had 5000-1 title odds going into the Premier League season.  It’s been confirmed that at least a few people placed £10 and £40 pound bets on the prospect and now, following the Foxes’ 3-1 demolition of...

    • Posted February 6, 2016
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  • Shinji Okazaki embodies Leicester City’s electric spirit

    There have been many, many eloquent words used to describe Leicester City’s uniquely incredible Premier League campaign this season. The Foxes are writing history and the journalists, pundits, and even Hollywood screenwriters are hanging closely onto their...

    • Posted February 3, 2016
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  • MOTD: Leicester City 2-0 Liverpool

    It’s February.  The month, they say, when the title race begins to crystalize and true contenders separate themselves from the hopefuls, the early pacemakers and the surprise packages; when the rubber finally meets the road.  And Leicester...

    • Posted February 2, 2016
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