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Manchester United 3, Fulham 0: United Dominate

Manchester United should have had this game over and done with far earlier than the 84th minute when Wayne Rooney got his second goal, but the performance by Manchester United against Fulham was dominant. This year Manchester United have often

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Arsenal 2, Hull City 1: Late Bendtner Winner Keeps Arsenal In Title Chase

For 90 minutes, it looked like Arsenal would be punished for what was a lackluster performance with some poor finishing. However, Niklas Bendtner put in a rebound in the 93rd minute after Boaz Myhill was unable to handle a long

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Weekly Watch List: Tough Test For Barcelona And Donovan’s Last Everton Game

Another weekend of quality football and while this could be the final game for Landon Donovan in the Premier League for now, it also might mark the return of Clint Dempsey who returned for Fulham in the Europa League on

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How To Fix AC Milan and Gameweek 30 I Know The Score

This week saw two of the biggest names in European football eliminated from the Champions League: Real Madrid and AC Milan. There has been a lot of reaction to Real Madrid given the overhaul their squad received in the summer,

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A Look At Landon Donovan’s Everton Loan Spell

This past weekend, Landon Donovan had what will likely be his final Everton performance in front of the home crowd before returning to MLS. He gave them a solid performance to remember. Donovan came into the game in the 70th

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Manchester United 1, Wolverhampton 0: Red Devils Go Top Despite Poor Performance

Manchester United were without Wayne Rooney but they knew heading into this game that a win would take them to the top of the table with Chelsea not playing in the Premier League this weekend. A win would also keep

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The FA Cup: Quarterfinal Preview And Predictions

With United doing so poorly in this tournament this season, I don’t think I have gotten into the FA Cup as much as I usually do which is a real shame because it is these cup competitions that I feel

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Weekly Watch List: FA Cup Quarters And More

This weekend has some good match-ups even though the Premier League is not having a full lineup due to the FA Cup quarterfinals. In Spain and Italy there are top four match-ups as well. This will also be the first

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Would Olympic Hockey Overtime Rules Work For Soccer? And Gameweek 29 I Know The Score

I was listening to the Sports Guy’s podcast this week when he had Dave Damashek on to discuss Olympic hockey. They were discussing the overtime rule in hockey where the game goes down to 4 on 4 instead of 5

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Horrible Tackle On Ramsey, Not Just Arsenal But An English Problem

One of the biggest pieces of news this weekend was the horrible leg break suffered by Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey after a challenge by Stoke City’s Ryan Shawcross. The injury will leave Ramsey out for a minimum of six months and

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