5 Things We Learned

No matter who comes out on top in a titanic Premier League battle, there are always winners and losers, brilliance and bottlers. Whether the next big thing in football now looks set to fall by the wayside, one of football’s journeymen should be appreciated or a referee should be banished to the lower leagues, football continues to surprise us.

The excitement. The hype. Having lifted the Premier League trophy for the 19th time merely a week earlier, it was time to focus attentions for the all important trip to Wembley, to take on a Barcelona side who themselves had been crowned champions of their league.

Sir Alex Ferguson gave little …

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A single point. Saturday, lunch time kick-off, the time earmarked as the moment Manchester United would go out to Ewood Park and do the job required of them in sealing a record 19th League title and surpass Liverpool’s tally of 18.

Yet, it was very nearly not to be. A strong …

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Manchester United has one hand on the title after successfully beating Chelsea at Old Trafford.

It was a fantastic performance and Sir Alex Ferguson got the tactics spot on as United threatened to run riot in an extremely one sided first half. 2-0 certainly flattered the visitors who never got out …

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“Que sera sera, whatever will be will be, we’re going to Wembley, que sera sera!”

The twist to the lyrics of the iconic song originally performed by Doris Day rang out through Old Trafford, as a much changed Manchester United side cast aside all lingering doubts, to comfortably book their place …

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Tottenham hopes of Champions League football look all but doomed after a 2-1 defeat in West London this evening.

It had all started well for Tottenham after Sandro’s stunning strike but two dubious decisions by the officials cost the North Londoners vital points and ended any real chance of qualifying for …

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Rooney In The Deep

From a purely attacking point of view, Rooney has proportionally been directly involved in as many goals this season as he was last: last season he played 2,723 minutes in the Premier League, scoring 26 goals and claiming three assists. This season, in 1,950 minutes, he has …

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Tottenham are known for shooting themselves in the foot and this afternoon proved no different as they threw away more vital points at White Hart Lane.

Harry Redknapp must wonder what the hell is going on at the moment as the North Londoners slowly become the draw kings of the Premier …

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Manchester United can almost taste the champagne as a deserved 1-0 victory took the Red Devils 9pts clear at the top of the table.

It wasn’t pretty but Fergie won’t mind one iota as the win takes his United side a step closer to a record 19th title. Javier Hernandez was …

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Liverpool hit five in what was an inspired performance at Anfield this afternoon.

The Anfield faithful must be wondering what could have been this season had Kenny Dalglish been appointed caretaker earlier in the year and you do sense that a Europa League finish would have been the very minimum they …

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Yesterday was a monumental day in Stoke City’s history, as the Potters reached their first ever FA Cup final.

The game exploded into life when Matthew Etherington’s excellent early strike started the rout. After that Stoke didn’t look back and they produced four more moments of magic to send their …

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