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Nuno looking beyond Man City’s poor form ahead of clash with Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo insists Manchester City remain a top-quality side despite their poor form heading into Wednesday's Premier League match. City have gone seven games without a win in all competitions – the longest run of Pep Guardiola's career as manager – six of which have ended in defeat. Sunday's 2-0 […]

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Flick holds hour-long discussion after poor form wipes out La Liga lead

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Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has called on his players to respond several times since losing to Real Sociedad, yet twice dropping points against Las Palmas and Celta Vigo. The German coach had a lengthy chat with his charges ahead of their training on Monday as they prepared for their trip to RCD Mallorca. The Blaugrana

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Barca manager Flick alters system in favour of more control following poor run

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Barcelona returned to victory against Brest in the Champions League on Tuesday night, but in an unfamiliar fashion as far as this season goes. Control was the name of the game for the Blaugrana, moving away from the more direct style. With Lamine Yamal not there and Barcelona being injured by Celta Vigo and Real

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Barcelona manager Hansi Flick alters system in favour of more control following poor run

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Debrief: Haaland’s poor finishing, Odegaard’s return & Lemina’s move to defence

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Pep Guardiola currently has a lot of problems at Manchester City, from micro to macro. Can he find a way to control the counter-attacks in Rodri's absence? Does he have enough top-age players to provide the necessary consistency? Given the apparent problems, he could have done without star striker Erling Haaland suddenly going through his

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Shocking stat shows how poor Haaland’s finishing has been since ‘stay humble’

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Erling Haaland started the current Premier League season in unstoppable form, but his performances have dropped significantly in recent weeks. The former Dortmund striker has scored nine goals in Manchester City's first four league matches, including back-to-back hat-tricks against Ipswich and West Ham. Haaland then scored his 10th league goal of the season in a

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Gerrard appoints ex-assistant to turn things around after their poor run of form

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Former Sunderland, QPR and Rangers manager Michael Beale has reunited with Steven Gerrard at Al-Ettifaq. Beale, 44, has had a fascinating coaching career, working for the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool and Brazilian side Sao Paulo. He joined Gerrard as his assistant at Rangers in 2018 and was widely praised for his role in helping the

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Coote’s language is warm air in thunderstorm of disgraceful behaviour… what about the poor ref PUNCHED by club chief?

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QUESTION of the week: who would be a referee? One is fired after a naughty word about Jurgen Klopp. At least another in Turkey got justice after being punched in the face by a club president. We can quickly dispense with referee David Coote's angry outburst against the former Liverpool manager. His addition of 'German'

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