There were times in Wembley on Friday evening, not least after an hour had passed, that you would not have been surprised if the cameras had soothed Thomas Tuchel on the touch line and opened his raincoat to reveal that he wore a navy waistcoat under it. For large parts of his first game, this […]
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There were some wonderful performances for Liverpool in their 6-3 win over Tottenham on Sunday, but it was Trent Alexander-Arnold's stunning cross to Luis Diaz that set Arne Slot's Premier League leaders on their way to this emphatic result. “The cross is something else,” said Gary Neville in co-commentary for Sky Sports. “It's precision. There
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Take penalties and the only player with a higher expected goals per 90 minutes than Nicolas Jackson since the start of last season is Erling Haaland. For a while, this impressive statistic was a stick with which to beat the Chelsea forward. Expected goals? What about actual goals? Jackson's finishing was widely mocked and his
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