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Daily Round-up: Chelsea Are Held By Hull City, FA Cup Replays, and Keane’s Debut

Chelsea could not capitalize on their game in hand and have now had two unimpressive performances against Hull and Burnley in the past week. I can’t help but think that maybe they were looking ahead to the Arsenal game this

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Transfer Period Ends With A Couple Surprises

This was a bit of a slow transfer period but one of the more shocking moves came at the end of the window with Robbie Keane heading to Celtic on loan. The move makes sense for both of the clubs

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Weekend Recap: Man United put Arsenal to shame

The big story from this weekend was Manchester United putting Arsenal to the sword on Sunday. United did not even need to play overly physical to stop Arsenal instead they beat them at their own game. They simply were more

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REPORT: Manchester United 3, Arsenal 1

The game was built up all weekend and Manchester United put forth a complete performance and dominated Arsenal 3-1. The game was entertaining and open from the start and Andrei Arshavin was giving Wes Brown all sorts of trouble with

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REPORT: Aston Villa 2, Fulham 0

This was a matchup of two teams that had been struggling to get points in the league since Christmas despite good success in their cup runs. Fulham had not played a home league game since December, but Aston Villa came

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Weekend Watch List: Arsenal vs. Manchester United and Africa Cup Of Nations Final

There is not quite as much soccer this weekend as last weekend that I will be taking in, but there is still plenty of good stuff I will be trying to catch. The highlight of the weekend will be in

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Juventus Continue Their Fall

Juventus’ fall seems to be complete. They have fallen to sixth in the Serie A. They have already fallen into the Europa League and today were eliminated by Inter Milan from the Coppa Italia. Their play has not been particularly

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…And Then There Were None

The Brazilian contingent at Manchester City is no more. At the beginning of last season they featured Elano, Robinho and Jo but 18 moths later and the will all be gone, although Jo is on loan from the club. Jo

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REPORT: Manchester United 3, Manchester City 1

I wish these two teams could play every week. They have played three entertaining games so far this season with two of the games involving a late winner. The game started off tentatively in the first half as both teams

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LIVE BLOG: Manchester United vs. Manchester City

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