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Arsenal target pulls off sublime assist in Lille win

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Arsenal target pulls off sublime assist in Lille win Arsenal have been heavily linked with a move for Lille star Nicolas Pepe in recent months and it’s not hard to see why. The Ivorian has been in sensational form for the Ligue 1 side this season, scoring 13 and registering seven assists to return a WhoScored rating of 7.52.He had a direct hand ...

Ligue 1 team of the month: PSG dominate as they maintain 100% start

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Ligue 1 team of the month: PSG dominate as they maintain 100% start With October now at its end, it’s time to run through the Ligue 1 team of the month.Goalkeeper: Edouard Mendy (Reims) - 8.21 ratingFeaturing between the sticks in this XI is Reims ace Edouard Mendy, who was instrumental in France’s top tier in October. He made more saves (16) than any ot...

Ligue 1 round-up: Arsenal target tops the best-rated performers in gameweek 5

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Ligue 1 round-up: Arsenal target tops the best-rated performers in gameweek 5 After flirting with relegation last season, Lille are flying high after five games in Ligue 1. Les Dogues have 10 points to their name, a return bettered only by PSG, who top the pile with 15 points. Star of the show for Lille thus far has been Nicolas Pepe, who has previously been linked with a mov...

Ligue 1 round-up: Memphis carries form over to shine in gameweek one

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Ligue 1 round-up: Memphis carries form over to shine in gameweek one With last season’s top four all off the mark with three points in Ligue 1, and not a single draw to speak of in the opening weekend’s action in France, we run through the best and worst performers from gameweek one.The game of the round undoubtedly took place at Angers, who led 3-1 with ...

Top 10: Europe's best teams at holding onto winning positions

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Top 10: Europe's best teams at holding onto winning positions The ability to manage a game once you have taken the lead can be difference between winning a title or falling short and securing survival or being condemned to relegation. It’s something that some pride themselves on, with Jose Mourinho perhaps the most famous example of a manager that has be...

The Expert: Lille’s rebuild already underway as takeover awaits

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The Expert: Lille’s rebuild already underway as takeover awaits How great is a great escape if it’s already been done relatively recently? In the words of Sunday’s edition of L’Equipe, “only two weeks have gone by and we’re already asking ourselves if Lille are still concerned with the battle to stay up.” If the briefest of gl...

Manchester derby and more in this week's top tips

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Manchester derby and more in this week's top tips That moment when the two enemies appear on the field, and all you can in the calm before the storm is the noise of their rivalry filling the empty space. That is what happens when Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho are within a few metres of grass from one another. Although this time, there is s...

Resurgent Lille Go from Cellar Dwellers to Champions League Chasers

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Resurgent Lille Go from Cellar Dwellers to Champions League Chasers If any team epitomises the haywire nature of this Ligue 1 campaign outside the bubble of Paris Saint Germain’s supremacy, then it is surely Lille. At the start of February, Les Dogues were three points above the drop zone, and had managed a miserable tally of 18 goals in 23 games. After winnin...

League Focus: Five Observations From the First Half of Ligue 1 2015/16

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League Focus: Five Observations From the First Half of Ligue 1 2015/16 PSG's history boysThough the neutral might regret that the Ligue 1 title race is effectively over at the halfway stage, there is no getting around Paris Saint-Germain’s excellence. Laurent Blanc’s team are so much better than last season, in which they gave their rivals a proper sniff of...

Team Focus: Antonetti’s Instant Impact at Lille

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Team Focus: Antonetti’s Instant Impact at Lille “The change of coach doesn’t explain it,” said Lille’s Sofiane Boufal on Saturday night, struggling to put his finger on just how his team’s fortunes have taken a U-turn in the space of four days. “We’ve always worked hard.” There’s working, thou...