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In the entire Premier League era, Manchester United have never lost to Crystal Palace, and most likely, tomorrow won’t change that. Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Palace’s player of the year last season, is now the starting right back for United, and you know that he’ll have major consequence in the match against his former club tomorrow.
That said, let’s take a look at who United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer might select for his first team tomorrow.
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When assessing the fitness situation, for both sides, in tomorrow’s Crystal Palace at Manchester United Premier League fixture, one should really start with United midfielder Paul Pogba. Yes, the Frenchman is perfectly physically fit, but there are been concerns about his mental state, given what transpired this week on social media.
Pogba was a victim of online racial abuse, and the club issued a statement denouncing the actions of racist social media trolls. Some United players made public statements in support of Pogba as well.
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Arsenal FC heads to Liverpool tomorrow in a blockbuster match that features the only two sides that are perfect on the young Premier League season. By the final whistle there will be only one; or zero if they end up in stalemate.
Anyway, here is everything you need to know heading into this massive fixture, and we start with the press conference today from Arsenal manager Unai Emery, embedded via YouTube:
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Liverpool currently sit atop the table in the Premier League, with their opponents on Saturday, Arsenal, right behind them in second place. It’s a match-up of the only two teams in the Premier League to win both of their games this young season.
In order to make it three wins from three matches, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp would be best served by not tweaking his lineup too much. The German should, and likely will, leave the same attack and back line in place from the win at Southampton last weekend.
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Arsenal visits Liverpool for the only all-big six clash in the Premier League this weekend. It’s also an early season clash of the titans, as it features the teams that are currently first and second in the table. With the Gunners’ visit to Anfield being the headliner of PL match day three, let’s run through all the news you can use for this match.
We’ll add video of the manager press conferences after they take place tomorrow.
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Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku had been taking subtle swipes at his former employer, Manchester United, softly sparking a flame to the bridge behind him. Then Big Rom went on the LightHearted podcast, and absolutely dropped a nuclear bomb on that bridge.
Lukaku said that he, along with fellow forward Alexis Sanchez and midfielder Paul Pogba, were unjustly scapegoated for United’s inability to get results.
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Is there a man in football in bigger need of a win right now than Chelsea FC manager Frank Lampard? Is there any individual footballer in need of a massive individual performance than Christian Pulisic- the only major signing Chelsea was able to make in 2019?
Life after Eden Hazard has proven to be as hard and the most pessimistic Blues fans have imagined. There is certainly some degree of panic in the Chelsea supporter base right now, both over Lampard/the general direction of the club and whether Pulisic will reach his potential or not with the Blues. The good news for Chelsea is they are heavily favored in their next match, a league road clash at Norwich City.
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It’s the fourth match of the season for Chelsea FC, but they’re still looking for win number one. Up next is a trip to Carrow Road, where they’ll face newly promoted Norwich City. It’s as good an opportunity as any to finally break into the win column.
There’s a lot of heat on both manager Frank Lampard and $73 million January signing Christian Pulisic. Right now some Blues supporters are wondering if Lampard might actually regress the club back to the pre-Roman Abramovich era. There is also concern over whether Pulisic will ever live up to the hype or not.
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Happy 2019 Notre Dame football Media Day everyone! This year brought a new format for media availability, and with that, we must adjust when it comes to our coverage. Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly led off the day, as is tradition, with his press conference in the auditorium at The Gug.
After that, things were switched up in regards to assistant coach media availability, as all ten full time assistants came to the podium after Brian Kelly. Each individual coach was then given a ten minute Q&A with the assembled media. So we’ll run through the news, notes and notable quotables from the day in two parts.
Happy 2019 Notre Dame football Media Day everyone! This year brought a new format for media availability, and with that, we must adjust when it comes to our coverage. Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly led off the day, as is tradition, with his press conference in the auditorium at The Gug.
After that, things were switched up in regards to assistant coach media availability, as all ten full time assistants came to the podium after Brian Kelly. Each individual coach was then given a ten minute Q&A with the assembled media. So we’ll run through the news, notes and notable quotables from the day in two parts.
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It certainly would not be hyperbole to state that Eden Hazard formed the heart and soul of Chelsea’s forward line. In the 2018-19 season, he led the club’s scoring charts. With 16 goals and 15 assists in the 2018-19 season, he spearheaded the club’s forward line, sometimes almost single-handedly.
Pedro was the club’s next best goalscorer. He scored eight goals and recorded two assists. This speaks volumes about the team’s over-reliance on Eden Hazard.
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The summer transfer window is closed in England, but it remains open in most of Europe, and today brings a couple of United related transfer narratives to report and dissect.
Borussia Dortmund have given a big raise to long term United target Jadon Sancho, there is still a question mark hanging over the future of Paul Pogba, and what about Alexis Sanchez leaving for Inter Milan this transfer window? Who (if they’re available on a free) will replace him if he does?
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