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Team Focus: Moyes' Focus on Full-Backs Failing at United

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Team Focus: Moyes' Focus on Full-Backs Failing at United Amid all the dispute and discussion about David Moyes this season, there is only one thing we can say for certain: it hasn't exactly been the most edifying start for Manchester United. Even beyond all the talk about the worst beginning to a season in over two decades, and so much of the statistics t...

Player Focus: Is Giroud Already One of Europe's Leading Strikers?

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Player Focus: Is Giroud Already One of Europe's Leading Strikers? Perhaps the starkest aspect was how predictable it was.As Olivier Giroud wrapped the ball into the net to effectively secure Arsenal’s thoroughly convincing 2-0 win over Napoli, it was at the end of a move which he has already replicated several times this season. Rafa Benitez’s side cou...

Player Focus: Cristiano Ronaldo's Exponential Growth

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Player Focus: Cristiano Ronaldo's Exponential Growth As utterly routine as a Cristiano Ronaldo goal - or indeed hat-trick - has become over the past five years, there was still something very distinctive about his final strike against Galatasaray on Tuesday night beyond its supreme quality.For what is a surprisingly rare feat these days from the Portu...

Player Focus: Fellaini Adds Goals and Muscle to Manchester United's Midfield

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Player Focus: Fellaini Adds Goals and Muscle to Manchester United's Midfield Whatever about the farcical manner in which his club’s transfer window ended, it’s eminently safe to say this is not the first XI that David Moyes envisaged starting his era at Manchester United with.The Scot’s intentions were clear. Understood to have had a few reservations about ...

Team Focus: Chelsea's Striker Search Starts But Doesn't End With Rooney

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Team Focus: Chelsea's Striker Search Starts But Doesn't End With Rooney Jose Mourinho, typically, wasn’t backwards about his forwards. When the returned Chelsea manager was asked on Tuesday whether he had a “plan B” if he fails in his public pursuit of Wayne Rooney, his reply was instantaneous.“And C.”Of course, the reason is also that Mour...

Team Focus: Arsenal Trump Spurs Against Bottom Half Opposition

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Team Focus: Arsenal Trump Spurs Against Bottom Half Opposition Arsene Wenger is at least certain of one thing: he won’t be keeping an eye on events at White Hart Lane on Sunday.“Certainly some members of my staff [might],” the Arsenal boss said on Friday morning. “I cannot control everybody but I will just focus on us winning the game.&r...