Improbable hype around the Ipswich forward is growing as he faces the club that reared and discarded him This season: one of the best strikers in the Premier League. Last season: not in the Premier League, and if we’re being honest not even really a striker. Kieran McKenna remembers Liam Delap coming to Portman Road […]
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Manager’s clarity of vision has ensured that confidence has blossomed at the Premier League’s surprise package There was a period when datawallahs insisted confidence didn’t exist – which came as a surprise to almost everybody who has ever played sport at any level. There are days when you feel invincible, when every putt drops, when
Manager’s refusal to be spooked in the face of more dropped points paved way for leaders’ late surge to victory This was a really good game for Arne Slot. On an afternoon when Liverpool had 35 shots in 90 scoreless minutes, then won the game with their last two in added time, and when those
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Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins proved a thorn in Arsenal’s side again as he completed his side’s comeback with the equaliser in a 2-2 draw in the Premier League on Saturday.
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As Mikel Arteta knows only too well, it can only take the finest of margins to settle a Premier League title race. With his side leading 2-0 against Aston Villa thanks to goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz, the Arsenal manager must have felt they were within touching distance of a cathartic victory. But
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Darwin Núñez has had his doubters this season, and poor form has led to rumours of a January transfer. He answered his critics with a late, match-winning double at Brentford.
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Arne Slot said Darwin Núñez’s knack of scoring vital late goals for Liverpool is “nice to have” after the forward did so again to earn his team a crucial victory over Brentford on Saturday.
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Second-half goals by Samuel Mbangula and Timothy Weah earned Juventus a 2-0 home win over AC Milan in Serie A on Saturday to lift the hosts into the top four.
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Brentford head coach Thomas Frank has labelled Liverpool “the best team in the world” and believes they are “huge favourites” to win the Premier League title following their late win over his side.
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Dragons concede nine tries in their largest losing margin in the European Challenge Cup at Johannesburg.
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