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Player Focus: Fernando Torres

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Player Focus: Fernando Torres Roberto Mancini revealed yesterday that he almost signed Fernando Torres for £50m from Liverpool in January 2011. What a lucky escape. Back then he was one of the most feared strikers in football, scorer of Spain's only goal in the final of Euro 2008 and everyone, including Manchester Cit...

How Will Rafa Benitez Fit in at Chelsea?

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How Will Rafa Benitez Fit in at Chelsea? Albelda to Aimar to Baraja back to Aimar. It was a classic show and tell. A football illusion. Sleight of foot, not hand, at Mestalla on September 17, 2002. Liverpool had been lulled into thinking Valencia were planning an attack either down the middle or the left-hand side of the penalty area. Dav...

Player Focus: Fernando Torres (Chelsea)

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Player Focus: Fernando Torres (Chelsea) Twenty-three minutes after coming off the bench for Chelsea in the second-leg of their last 16 tie in the Champions League against Napoli earlier this week, Fernando Torres surpassed a rather undesirable milestone – he had reached 24 hours on the pitch since his last goal in a Chelsea shirt. B...

Stats Analysis: Misfiring Strikers - Worst Accuracy

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Stats Analysis: Misfiring Strikers - Worst Accuracy There have been some incredible performances from the Premier League’s leading marksmen this season. Robin van Persie has already surpassed the 20 goal mark that earned Tevez and Berbatov the golden boot last season and Ba, Aguero and Rooney all well on their way to joining him. In fact, only ...

Torres & Co. Aim to Give Liverpool the Blues

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Torres & Co. Aim to Give Liverpool the Blues In any given gameweek, when the league leaders take on the team in third place, you’d expect it to be the focal point for the majority of onlookers. Even more so when both clubs, Manchester City and Newcastle United, are the last remaining unbeaten sides in this season’s Premier League a...

Form Analysis: Torres' Return Untimely for Gunners

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Form Analysis: Torres' Return Untimely for Gunners After serving a three game suspension for an over the top lunge back on the 24th of September, Fernando Torres returns to domestic action for Chelsea this weekend as Arsenal make their way to Stamford Bridge. Having struggled under Carlo Ancelotti in his debut season with just a single goal for the ...

Eden Hazard - The Man Chelsea Need to Make Fernando Torres Shine

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Eden Hazard - The Man Chelsea Need to Make Fernando Torres Shine At present, it looks as though Roman Abramovich’s £50 million may need further investment to enable us to see the best of his original big-money acquisition – Fernando Torres.The Spaniard and Didier Drogba have looked poles apart when paired in attack thus far, and Carlo Ancelotti&...

Torres’s Uninspiring Arrival Shows why Didier is Still the Top Drog at Chelsea

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Torres’s Uninspiring Arrival Shows why Didier is Still the Top Drog at Chelsea Prior to his side’s crucial Premier League showdown, sleepless nights surrounding team selection would have plagued Carlo Ancelotti.The £50 million acquisition of Fernando Torres has proved to be more of a hindrance than a luxury for the Chelsea manager, as the Italian is forced to inter...

United Take a Huge Step Towards the Title

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United Take a Huge Step Towards the Title OverviewA run of eight wins and a draw in their last nine league games meant Chelsea arrived at Old Trafford yesterday just three points behind their hosts. Carlo Ancelotti’s side knew a win would see them leapfrog Man United with just two games left but were given no time to settle, as Javier...

Javier Hernandez - Manchester United's Natural Born Saviour

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Javier Hernandez - Manchester United's Natural Born Saviour So as one £50 million striker bagged his first goal after 734 minutes of the most expensive scoring drought in history, Javier Hernandez netted his 18th of the season, and in the process edged Manchester United to their 19th league title.Signed for a princely sum of £8 million from Mexic...