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N’Golo Kante has been one of the most consistent players across all positions since he arrived in England. Chelsea have been hurt by his absence over the opening weeks, as he has been in and out of the team. There has been a lot spoken about the Blues’ defensive set-up and the Frenchman will go a long way to improving that. The young players have been exciting to watch, but it will be the experienced players that dictate how successful …

Five games, five wins and five points clear at the top of the table. It is all going rather swimmingly for Liverpool at the moment. The win against Newcastle was their fourteenth in a row in the top flight and they became the first team ever to do so scoring at least two goals in each of those fixtures.   The stat does hint at attacking riches and that sure is the case. The Reds are blessed with a front …

Choosing the best player from the three world’s most famous and skillful players is certainly not an easy task to tackle. Christiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Virgil van Dijk made it into the Best Fifa Football Award shortlist but it’s incredibly hard to determine, who deserves the award most. Let’s take a look at each of them. Christiano Ronaldo Changing the club, and subsequently, the whole league was a challenging experience for Ronaldo. Unlike the other two players, he wasn’t …

Of all the teams that got promoted this season to the English Premier League, Norwich City is looking like the one most likely to stay up. Aston Villa have a good squad but they are yet to produce a result that makes one sit up. Yes, they did beat Everton by 2-0 at Villa Park but given the Toffees’ form, I do not believe that is too significant. Sheffield United have won but only against the currently underwhelming Crystal Palace. …

This weekend there were several interesting games in the Premier League. Liverpool managed to overcome an initial wobble to keep up their 100% start with a win against Newcastle United. Norwich City beat Pep’s Manchester City to hand the Champions their first loss of the season. Arsenal, somehow contrived to lose their way and drew against Watford. But if a side really turned the page this gameweek, it was Chelsea. This weekend, after a long time, we saw the Blues …

Arsenal travelled to Vicarage Road for what was supposed to be some relief in their schedule after playing Liverpool and Tottenham in back to back matches. The trip to the bottom of the table Watford was anything but relieving as the Gunners blew a 2-0 half time to give the Hornets just their second point of the season. Unai Emery's side took a 2-0 lead into halftime despite being outshot eight to three. By the end of the match, they …

Gareth Southgate had a few interesting thoughts on Marcus Rashford after England’s 4-0 defeat of Bulgaria. The manager admitted that he had, like so many others, almost willed the player to develop as a number nine since the then-teenager burst onto the scene in 2016. However, the presence of Romelu Lukaku and Harry Kane in those positions for club and country respectively meant that Rashford was shunted onto the flanks in time.  Southgate now believes that the player is most …

It was just two weeks ago that Tyrone Mings put in a performance against Everton that promoted him to international honours. The 2-0 win for Mings's Aston Villa side over the Toffees was not just a great example of clinical finishing (Villa only had three shots on target) but also an example of how to defend effectively. This was not the game that propelled Mings to an England call up - Gareth Southgate and his staff will have assessed the …