The implications for club in the medium-to-long term are probably minor, but in the short term, Chelsea is effectively in a limbo.
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Everton call very quick time on Rafa
17 January 2022It is hard to argue that Benitez really got a chance to fashion a team of his own choosing.
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Deja Vu all over again at Anfield
17 December 2021Attitudes to concussion have thankfully transformed completely since the 1980s – an era when, scarily, there was nothing remarkable about players getting concussed, having a head-wash by the physio’s ‘magic sponge,’ and then carrying on playing. Current practice is worlds away from such folly.
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Smith-Rowe/de Gea controversy
3 December 2021At no stage between the taking of the corner and the ball crossing the goal-line did the referee blow his whistle. The injury to de Gea, from which he recovered very quickly, did not appear to be serious, and was in any event inflicted by a team-mate.
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Liverpool stick it to the Toffees
3 December 2021Everton blunder their way to EPL record derby defeat 1st December 2021, Goodison Park Everton 1-4 Liverpool (Gray 38 – Henderson 9, Salah 19, 64, Jota 79) Rafael Benitez’s return…
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Poch for OT, Zidane for PSG?
22 November 2021Pochettino, who did well in patches at Spurs, may be just what United need
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The Hallowe’en Old Trafford Massacre
30 October 2021United were so abject that Liverpool could not play at their best – anything more than basics-done-well from Jurgen Klopp’s men would be over-elaboration.
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Leicester too strong for stumbling Man United
30 October 20214-2 did not reflect Leicester’s superiority; Brendan Rodgers was buoyed by his team’s performance.
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Salah – best in the world?
30 October 2021“There is a growing conversation around the Premier League as to whether Mohammed Salah is the best footballer in the world. The answer increasingly appears to be yes.”
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Arsenal are the worst team in the EPL. There. I said it
3 September 2021“What hardly anyone has yet dared to mention is that [Arsenal] have been the worst team in the division so far.”
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