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Contrasting Finishing Leaving Top Creators with Contrasting Figures

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Contrasting Finishing Leaving Top Creators with Contrasting Figures WhoScored has trawled through the stats once more to provide you with in depth data on the most creative players across Europe's top 5 leagues, based on key passes per game. To gain a greater understanding of the individuals who have consistently laid on chance after chance for teammates, only playe...

Ballon d'Oh! Six of the Best to Miss Out on Elite Shortlist

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Ballon d'Oh! Six of the Best to Miss Out on Elite Shortlist Today saw the unveiling of this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or nominees with the usual suspects in the fray and expected to dominate the voting. The list includes 23 players that will eventually be narrowed down to just 3, and while Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are widely expected to be among them, t...

Team Focus: Swansea City - Just Like Watching Barca?!

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Team Focus: Swansea City - Just Like Watching Barca?! So often it is that a promoted side is branded as a breath of fresh air into the Premier League that the phrase starts to lose its meaning, but if one side epitomises the term in this season or indeed recent years, perhaps it is Swansea City.At times it appears that the first Welsh side to have reac...

Form Analysis: Torres' Return Untimely for Gunners

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Form Analysis: Torres' Return Untimely for Gunners After serving a three game suspension for an over the top lunge back on the 24th of September, Fernando Torres returns to domestic action for Chelsea this weekend as Arsenal make their way to Stamford Bridge. Having struggled under Carlo Ancelotti in his debut season with just a single goal for the ...

Bayern's Backline Aim to Prevent Dortmund's Title Defence

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Bayern's Backline Aim to Prevent Dortmund's Title Defence Hannover 96’s defeat of Bayern Munich last weekend brought an end to a run of eight matches without a single goal conceded by Jupp Heynckes’ side. A 23rd minute penalty by Mohammed Abdellaoue meant Manuel Neuer was finally beaten for the first time in 769 league minutes, since the openin...

Player Focus: Guillermo Ochoa

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Player Focus: Guillermo Ochoa Even the most loyal of AC Ajaccio fans would have known this season would be tough. Despite their excellent home record in Ligue 2 it took a double from Jean-Francois Riviere against Nimes for the Corsican side to secure promotion back to France’s top flight. The battle had only begun.Manager ...

Player Focus: David Luiz

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Player Focus: David Luiz Spectators saw the best and worst of David Luiz on occasion in the hot-blooded West London derby between QPR and Chelsea last time out, which eventually saw the underdogs prevail thanks to two first half dismissals for Villas-Boas' side. For most teams, and indeed players, going down to 9-men would ...

Barca Relying Too Much on Messi Whilst Madrid Share Attacking Load

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Barca Relying Too Much on Messi Whilst Madrid Share Attacking Load While Levante’s extraordinary fairy tale season continued on Sunday evening with a 3-0 win at Villarreal leaving them top of La Liga, Real Madrid sneaked past Barcelona to sit just one point off the summit. A last minute penalty miss from Lionel Messi leaves the champions just two points behin...

Malaga-Madrid Showdown to Prove Pelligrini's Players' Potential

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Malaga-Madrid Showdown to Prove Pelligrini's Players' Potential This Saturday evening sees one of the most anticipated match-ups in La Liga take place, as Real Madrid make their way to big-spending Malaga to face old boss Manuel Pellegrino. Added to the intrigue is the fact that, in Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Julio Baptista, the hosts also boast two former Real pla...

Do City Now Have Have the Edge Over United?

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Do City Now Have Have the Edge Over United? Sunday afternoon sees both Manchester clubs square up in the Premier League’s top of the table battle. Just two points separate City and United, with Roberto Mancini’s side currently edging their rivals into second place. A win would, of course, take Sir Alex Ferguson’s troops back...