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Premier League 2018/19 review: Manchester City secure legacy-defining title

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 Premier League 2018/19 review: Manchester City secure legacy-defining title There was a lot of premature chatter how Manchester City were the best team in Premier League history after breaking the 100-point mark to win the title in 2017/18. Suggestions City were better than Sir Alex Ferguson’s two greatest Manchester United sides rubbed a lot of people up the wrong wa...

Premier League 2018/19 review: Liverpool fall short despite points haul of 97

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Premier League 2018/19 review: Liverpool fall short despite points haul of 97 Liverpool’s haul of 97 points this season would have been enough to win 25 of the previous 26 Premier League campaigns prior to this one. Liverpool finished the season with the best defensive record in the league, conceding just 22 goals and keeping 21 clean sheets, only losing one game. Virgi...

Premier League 2018/19 review: Leicester pick right coach in Rodgers

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Premier League 2018/19 review: Leicester pick right coach in Rodgers After almost eight months of suggestions Claude Puel was on the brink at Leicester, the Foxes finally made the call and dismissed the Frenchman at the end of February. There were reports as early as the end of last season claiming Puel’s relationship with the squad had strained, so he did well...

Premier League 2018/19 review: Huddersfield served harsh dose of reality with relegation

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Premier League 2018/19 review: Huddersfield served harsh dose of reality with relegation Huddersfield did miraculously well to escape relegation in their first ever season in the Premier League but it was always going to be a tall order to beat the drop again this time around. On a minuscule budget, Huddersfield are right at the bottom where they unfortunately belong, finishing the camp...

Premier League 2018/19 Review: Fulham pay heavy price for summer of misguided investment

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Premier League 2018/19 Review: Fulham pay heavy price for summer of misguided investment Wolves were not the only newly promoted team people were raving about before last summer, with many anticipating Fulham to have a good season after they way they played their way to promotion in 2017/18 with attacking football. Every newly promoted squad needs to investment to boost their chances of...

Premier League review 2018/19: Silva comes through bruising Everton season

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Premier League review 2018/19: Silva comes through bruising Everton season Marco Silva struggled to shrug off comparisons of Everton under Sam Allardyce during the first six months of his spell at Goodison Park but has come through that period and Everton are in the right shape to enjoy a good season in 2019/20. Everton finished the campaign with five more points than they...

Premier League review 2018/19: Another slow start undermines top half finish for Crystal Palace

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Premier League review 2018/19: Another slow start undermines top half finish for Crystal Palace Unlike in 2017/18, when Crystal Palace lost their opening seven league matches, the Eagles started this season with a win. Roy Hodgson’s side didn’t fare too well after beating Fulham on the opening weekend, however, and it seemed like Palace would endure another campaign battling relega...

Premier League 2018/19 review: Sarri admirably salvages Chelsea’s season

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 Premier League 2018/19 review: Sarri admirably salvages Chelsea’s season There was a point in the season when it looked almost certain that Maurizio Sarri would not even see out his first season at the club. When Kepa refused to be taken off in Chelsea’s League Cup final defeat to Manchester City in February, it seemed Sarri had gone past the point of no return wit...

Premier League 2018/19 review: Sala’s death puts things into perspective for Cardiff

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Premier League 2018/19 review: Sala’s death puts things into perspective for Cardiff The tragic death of Emiliano Sala put things into perspective in football and revealed a darker side to the game too easily brushed under the carpet. Cardiff signed Sala from Nantes in a club-record deal in January but the Argentine never made it to his first training session, losing his life in a p...

Premier League 2018/19 review: Burnley’s thin squad feels impact of Europa League

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Premier League 2018/19 review: Burnley’s thin squad feels impact of Europa League Burnley’s season started at the end of July in the preliminary rounds of the Europa League and never really got going from the moment they were knocked out of the competition by Olympiakos in August. Sean Dyche defied the odds to get the Clarets into Europe but participation in the competition...