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Team Focus: Liverpool's Defence No Longer a Threat to Their Title Hopes

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Team Focus: Liverpool's Defence No Longer a Threat to Their Title Hopes It’s been a season in which Liverpool have obliterated all expectations, and a large part of that has been because they have rendered any flaws absolutely irrelevant.Consider their previously calamitous defence. Right up to late February, as Brendan Rodgers’ side were conceding three goa...

Player Focus: What John Terry Could Bring to England's Defence

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Player Focus: What John Terry Could Bring to England's Defence For once, Jose Mourinho caught the general mood, rather than one that just suits his own agenda. The Chelsea manager had been asked about John Terry’s form.“I was not expecting it after the season he had last season,” Mourinho said. “I would like to see him play the same way ...

Player Focus: Flagging Özil May Continue to Struggle Without a Rest

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Player Focus: Flagging Özil May Continue to Struggle Without a Rest As fluid as Mesut Özil’s overall game is, and as much as the debate persists over what aspect of his play has actually regressed over the past few weeks, it’s possible to pick a specific date as to when he first dipped: 11 December 2013.There do appear to be a number of distinct dif...

Team Focus: Pragmatic Mourinho Proving Hard to Predict

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Team Focus: Pragmatic Mourinho Proving Hard to Predict Not for the first time this season, or indeed his entire career, it was a little difficult to accept that José Mourinho actually believed what he was saying. The comment about the “little horse” already looks set to become one of his more memorable quotes, as he insisted the press...

Player Focus: Young Januzaj the Bright Spark in United's Faltering Attack

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Player Focus: Young Januzaj the Bright Spark in United's Faltering Attack It wasn’t exactly the finish anyone expected - either in terms of the penalty itself or the narrative as a whole. All night, Adnan Januzaj had been one of the very few Manchester United players refusing to shirk responsibility.The League Cup elimination to Sunderland was by no means the 18-yea...

Team Focus: Changes Taking Effect with Sherwood in Charge at Spurs

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Team Focus: Changes Taking Effect with Sherwood in Charge at Spurs Tim Sherwood, perhaps understandably, took issue with certain perceptions. After his Tottenham Hotspur side had been eviscerated by Arsenal in the FA Cup, and endured entire tracts in front of their defence repeatedly exposed, the new White Hart Lane boss was asked why he risked playing an outdated ...

Team Focus: West Ham's Woes Start at Home

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Team Focus: West Ham's Woes Start at Home Sam Allardyce summed it up as bluntly as you would expect.As the West Ham United manager reflected on the latest home defeat, the 3-0 loss to Chelsea in mid-November, he let out a sigh. “Ultimately, I know one thing that will change our dynamics a massive amount, but I can’t have him - a...

Team Focus: What is Arsenal's Best Midfield?

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Team Focus: What is Arsenal's Best Midfield? On the one occasion this season when Arsene Wenger was asked the question out straight, he attempted a bit of evasion.What, exactly, is his best midfield five? The Arsenal manager waxed on about the options available, before offering a knowing smile.He and everyone else around the Emirates have cert...

Player Focus: Sergio Agüero's Rise Amongst Striking Elite

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Player Focus: Sergio Agüero's Rise Amongst Striking Elite After Sergio Agüero finally played in the Champions League for the first time, Didier Drogba felt moved enough to comment on the Argentine’s lasting quality. “The only word I can use to describe Agüero is spectacular,” the then Chelsea forward said, before going on to sta...

Team Focus: Everton Enjoying Changes Under Martínez

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Team Focus: Everton Enjoying Changes Under Martínez Given the near impossible job that David Moyes was offered in May, it’s consequently been much easier to overlook the extent of change his former club have experienced. Make no mistake, were this any other season, Everton’s adjustment would have been one of the stories of the early part ...