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The Expert: Which challenger is best equipped for Premier League title race?

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The Expert: Which challenger is best equipped for Premier League title race? For once, the Premier League might just be living up to some of the hysteria - at least if you go by some of the history.Because, after all the pre-season talk that this could be the most competitive season ever, it is currently exactly that. There is only one point separating the top five teams. Th...

The Expert: Could this Sunderland side be worse than last season's Villa?

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The Expert: Could this Sunderland side be worse than last season's Villa? Sunderland are used to things being bad at this stage of the season but they’ve never been quite this bad. Nine games in they’re bottom of the table, having picked up just two points and failed to keep any clean sheets. Worse than that, there’s a sense of inevitable drift about the...

Cult hero Camilo taking Botafogo to new heights in Brazil

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Cult hero Camilo taking Botafogo to new heights in Brazil He doesn't look like a hero. He's short, stumpy, has a scrunched-up face and the kind of haircut that should have been left in the last millennium. He doesn't sound like a star. He's 30 and has never played for his country. His CV is that of a ten-a-penny Brazilian journeyman, elevated above the mun...

The Expert: Braga under pressure to keep Europa League flag flying

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The Expert: Braga under pressure to keep Europa League flag flying It may not be a sentiment that’s universally shared, but the prospect of Europa League action offers a frisson of excitement to Portuguese clubs. That’s particularly the case for Braga, finalists in 2011 when they were edged out in Dublin by their compatriots, André Villas-Boas&rs...

The Expert: Why Man City shouldn't be troubled by winless run

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The Expert: Why Man City shouldn't be troubled by winless run After Saturday’s draw against Everton, Pep Guardiola admitted that there was a danger his players would lack confidence before Wednesday’s trip to Barcelona. It was an unusual admission, one that was greeted with a sense of surprise in the press-room – managers almost never acknowl...

Liverpool vs Man United: Can Klopp conquer Mourinho once again?

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Liverpool vs Man United: Can Klopp conquer Mourinho once again? The last time that Jose Mourinho faced Jurgen Klopp - in Liverpool’s 3-1 win at Chelsea last October - he grew increasingly agitated with the Liverpool manager’s movement around the technical area, to the point he mentioned it as an aside his press conference afterwards.You could underst...

The Expert: Has Dzeko really turned a corner at Roma?

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The Expert: Has Dzeko really turned a corner at Roma? I don't know what you're talking about, Daniele De Rossi insisted. The fiery manner in which he celebrated Edin Dzeko's goal against Inter, pointing at the name on the back of the striker's shirt and shouting at the crowd at the Olimpico, had left fans with the impression he was having a go at them....