London's Revenge

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The last 4 seasons Manchester became the football city of England. Where are the London teams, can the London teams take back the premier league glory? Can they show that the capital is not only England's capital but also the football capital of England? In this story I am taking over Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea to restore London as the football capital of England.


Wenger leaves Arsenal
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View attachment 273989Arsene Wenger resigned as Arsenal manager, Wenger joined Arsenal as manager in 1996. He transformed Arsenal from boring Arsenal to a side that plays attractive attacking football. Under the management of Wenger Arsenal won a lot of throphies. However the manager who managed the invincibles suffered a dry spill with the FA Cup in 2005 being the last trophy for the Gunners. Last year this was called out by Mourinho when he described Wenger as a specialist in failing, this remark came back to bite Mourinho in the end because Arsenal won the FA Cup last season. With that thropy Wenger feels that it is time to pass the scepter to a new manager. But who will succeed him? Linked with Arsenal are Jürgen Klopp, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry, Joachim Löw and Frank Rijkaard.


Pochettino Chickens out

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Mauricio Pochettino was appointed to be the manager who would lead Tottenham back to success, however he decided to resign. Pochettino delivered great work at Southampton with good football and lots of young players developping, it was no surprise that Tottenham wanted to give Pochettino a chance at White Heart Lane. Pochettino insisted in signing Davies, Dier and Fazio to name a few examples. Tottenham signed those players, so why Pochettino resigned is still a mistery. Pochettino didn't want to react. The following managers have been named as possible replacements: Frank de Boer, Edgar Davids, Sam Allardyce, Gustavo Poyet and Mircea Lucescu.


The special one becomes the special quitter

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There are few trainers as controversial as José Mourinho. No one can deny that he is a successfull manager but his park the bus football style is being hated by the majorty of football fans. Roman Abramovic wanted success that is why he brought Mou back to Chelsea, but in his first year back it wasn't a success no thropies and using a very defensive playstyle Mourinho didn't show his worth to Arbamovic. After a despute about the signings of Chelsea, Mourinho decided to resign. Decide for yourself if Mourinho was right he wanted Edinson Cavani, Ricardo Rodriguez and James Rodríguez and got Diego Costa, Cesc Fàbregas and Filipe Luis. Who will Abramovic appoint as new manager? Jürgen Klopp, Jimmy Hasselbaink, Gianfranco Zola, Pep Guardiola and Rafa Benitez are linked to Chelsea.



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Ice Ice Dennis

The Iceman appointed as new Arsenal manager
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The Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp has been appointed as the new manager. Between 1995 and 2006 he played for Arsenal winning 3 permier league titles in that period. The non flying Dutchmen was nothing less then a genius on the pitch with fluent technical skills and the ability to score a masterpiece at any moment in the game. After he stopped playing football he went back to Holland to become a youth trainer at Ajax. After 4 years of training the youth he became the right hand man to Frank de Boer, Ajax won the league title 4 times in this period. But how good of a coach is Bergkamp? He never managed a professional club on his own. This is a big jump into being a manager but we can only wait and see if Bergkamp has the same class in his manager role.

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Arsenal Squad

With Arsenal still in preperation we talked with the new manager about his squad.

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Goalkeepers: Damian Martínez, Wojciech Szczesny and David Ospina
Defenders: Héctor Bellerin, Callum Chambers, Mathieu Debuchy, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Gabriel Paulista, Kieran Gibbs and Nacho Monreal
Midfielders: Mathieu Flamini, Mikel Arteta, Francis Coquelin, Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Thomas Rosicky, Santi Cazorla and Mesut Özil
Attackers: Chuba Akpom, Danny Welbeck, Olivier Giroud, Alexis Sánchez, Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain





When looking at your selection Dennis where do you think you can improve?
"We have a good squad but we can always become stronger, football starts from the back so I might have a look at our setup there."

Does that mean you are looking for a new goalkeeper or new defenders?
"We are always looking for ways to strengthen are squad and I do believe that we need new players in defense but I also believe that we can improve in the defensive part of our midfield."

There always is a lot of critism about Giroud are you looking to bring another main striker?
"When you are at a top club there will always be critics but I believe in Giroud and with Welbeck and Alexis we have two other type of players who can play the striker role. If I would sign a striker it will probably be one for the future."








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The pitbull leads the marching spurs

Edgar Davids appointed as new Tottenham manager
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Edgar Davids is the new manager of Tottenham Hotspur, the fans don't know what the bigger surprise is, the mysterious resigning of Pochetttino or that Edgar Davids has been appointed as new head coach. Davids was a powerfull midfield player who had great successes in his career. The fans hope Davids can bring his passion to the team. After retering at Crystal Palace Davids became a player-manager at Barnet. At Tottenham he is a full on manager and the fans don't know what to expect from the pitbull who used to be such a big player in the world of football.

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Tottenham Squad
With Davids as new coach we had a little interview with him about his new squad.

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Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris, Michel Vorm and Thomas Glover
Defenders: Kyle Walker, Eric Dier, Younes Kaboul, Vlad Chiriches, Jan Vertonghen, Federico Fazio, Ben Davies and Danny Rose
Midfielders: Paulinho, Etienne Capoue, Benjamin Stambouli, Nabil Bentaleb, Moussa Dembélé, Christian Eriksen and Ryan Mason
Attackers: Erik Lamela, Andros Townsend, Nacer Chadli, Emmanuel Adebayor, Harry Kane and Roberto Soldado



Edgar, what positions do you need to strenghten in your squad?
"We need a left winger because I believe that there is not enough competition for Nacer."

What about the striker position? Adebayor and Soldado didn't have good runs recently.
"They are good strikers, but they are not the only ones we have got. You are forgetting Harry Kane."

Do you think Kane is good enough to be a first choice striker?
"I have no doubt about Harry's qualities and I am sure he will convince you this season."




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Former striker scores Chelsea's manger job

Chelsea appoints Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink as new manager
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After the mudfight between Roman Abramovic and José Mourinho it was time for a new Chelsea manager. There where a few raised eyebrows when it was announced that Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink would be the new manager. Hasselbaink was a succesfull striker playing for clubs as Leeds, Atletico Madrid, Middlesbrough and of course Chelsea. At his 4 year spell at Chelsea he was a beloved goalscorer, typical for Hasselbaink was his ability to score from every angle with a fierce and well aimed strike. After retiring from football Hasselbaink became a manager at Antwerp but it wasn't a big success. That he became Chelsea manager came as a shock, time will tell if this former Chelsea fan favorite can become a great manager for the Blues.

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Chelsea squad
With Hasselbaink as new manager we are wondering how he wants to improve the Chelsea squad.
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Goalkeepers: Petr Cech, Thibaut Courtois and Mitchell Beeney
Defenders: Branislav Ivanovic, Filipe Luis, César Azpilicueta, Nathan Aké, Kurt Zouma, John Terry and Garry Cahill
Midfielders: John Obi Mikel, Lewis Baker, Nemanja Matic, Ramires, Cesc Fàbregas, Oscar and Willian
Attackers: Juan Cuadrado, Didier Drogba, Loïc Rémy, Diego Costa and Eden Hazard

What transfer targets are on your mind?
"I am not going to much into detail but I think our defence and midfield could use new players".

Currently you have a squad who is lacking players that are trained in England does that concern you?
"Concern is a big word, it is something to keep tags on and will be taken in considiration when making our transfers."

What do you think about the reason why Mourinho left?
"It is understandable that you dislike getting a different player then you asked for. However Costa and Fàbregas are world class players and I am very happy with them. It would be different if he asked for Cavani and got Heskey."






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Arsenal: Signings and Squad numbers

Bergkamp brings in 3 new players for Arsenal

Arsenal Signs Juan Jesus
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Juan Jesus is a left footed central defender who is mostly known for harsh tackles and strict marking. Juan Jesus started his career in Brazil at Internacional before Internazionale snatched him up. At Inter he became a solid centre back, Arsenal is not the first top rated team that was interested in Jesus but is the one who signed the 23 year old Brazilian Defender.

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Arsenal signs Lars Bender
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Lars Bender, the twin brother of Dortmund midfielder Sven Bender was just like his brother linked with Arsenal in the past. Bergkamp didn't stop at linking Lars Bender to Arsenal, no he brought him to Arsenal. Lars Bender has capped for the German national team and was a leader at Bayer Leverkusen. Bender had is youth career at München Lions before getting discovered by Leverkusen after good years there it was time for Bender to move. The 25 year old midfielder has set his sights to show how good he is at the Emirates.

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Arsenal Signs Yassine Benzia
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Yassine Benzia, is a 19 year old striker who didn't had a breakthrough at Olympique Lyonnais but Bergkamp sees enough in him to bring him to Arsenal. Benzia is known to be agile striker with an appitite for goals. At Lyon they where discouraged by him not yet breaking through but Arsenal is giving him the opportinuty to show his talents.

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Transfer questions

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Mr. Bergkamp why did you decide to buy Juan Jesus?
"Juan is a strong defender who also posesses pace, and he is left footed and we were lacking in that department".

Mr.Bergkamp does the signing of Lars Bender fill the gap in holding midfield?
"It is nice to know you paid attention to our last talk, but indeed I wanted a player who can operate before the defence and I am very happy that Lars wanted to join us."

Mr Bergkamp you where refering to getting a talented striker when the fans wanted a known top tear striker why did you make this discision?
"To bad I thought you payed attention to what I said, I believe Giroud has the quality to do a good job and with Alexis Sánchez and Danny Welbeck I have two different alternatives and I added Yassine to give us another flavour and have a young player who can turn into a solid striker for Arsenal."


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Tottenham: Signings and Squad numbers

Davids signs 3 players at Tottenham

Tottenham signs Bakkali
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Last season Zakaria Bakkali was about to become a new hero at PSV but ended up in the youth squads because he didn't want to renew his contract. What still stands is that he is a huge talent and that talent is the reason why Davids signed the 18 year old Bakkali to Tottenham.
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Tottenham signs Tielemans
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Youri Tielemans is a 17 year old midfielder who is considerd to be one of the biggest talents in the world. Anderlecht hoped to hold on to him but they failed in that. The young Tielemans is very easy on the ball and joins Tottenham.
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Tottenham signs Lucas Romero
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The talented 20 year old allround midfielder Lucas Romero left Velez for Tottenham.
Davids was said to be thrilled with getting a player who has a lot of potential. Time will show how good Romero really is.
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Transfer questions

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Mr. Davids, Bakkali was a contract rebel at PSV and didn't play much why did you bought him?
"I Bought him because you can learn to adjust your behaviour but you can't learn to have that much talent. I also talked about him with Jan, Nacer and Moussa who played with him in the national squad and they where all very positive that helped me with deciding whether I would or would not sign him."

Mr. Davids you signed Tielemans and Romero those players are both centre midfielders are you planning on loaning one of them to another club?
"When you perpare your selection you always find players that doesn't fit into your plans. For me Capoue and Stambouli are good players but not the kind of players that fit in my plans. With Youri and Lucas I now have two replacements who are fitting in my plans, that is what my disicion was based on."

Mr. Davids are you satisfied with your signings or did you want to sign more players?
"I am very satisfied, and like every coach I want to sign more players there is no manager who wouldnt."




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Chelsea: Signings and Squad numbers

Hasselbaink signs 3 players at Chelsea

Chelsea signs Ward-Prowse
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Chelsea signed James Ward-Prowse from Southampton, can the talented midfielder proof he is worthy of this transfer Chelsea? The 19 year old is seen as one of the biggest English talents, we are interested to see how he holds his own as a Blue.
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Chelsea signs Clyne

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Nathaniel Clyne was one of the revelations at Southampton last season and he got his reward with this transfer. At Chelsea he will be the compatition for Branislav Ivanovic. The question is can the 23 year old right back settle at Chelsea or will he become a next Glen Johnson?
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Chelsea signs Verratti
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The wonder kid from Pescara, Marco Verratti moved from PSG to Chelsea. The 21 year old Italian is known as a great player with a bright future ahead of him, the question is how bright will is future be at Stamford Bridge. Hasselbaink was quoted to have said that Verratti was exactly the kind of player he needed in his Chelsea squad.
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Transfer questions:

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Mr. Hasselbaink, I asked you if you would sign players who are trained in England for the registration rule and now you have signed Clyne and Ward-Prowse who both meet that criteria was that the main reason?
"It never was the main reason, it was a bonus. With Branislav and César we have two options for the right back position, however César often plays on the left leaving only one option for right back. Nathaniel is one of the better right backs in the Premier League so I am very glad that he joined us. As for James, I already said that I wanted more depth in midfield, with James I have that depth. Those where the first criteria for both players and that they are trained in England is good for the registration but that wasn't the first priority.

Mr. Hasselbaink why did sign Verratti when you already have Fàbregas isn't that to much?
"No I don't believe that is to much because they are different kind of players and I hope they will be a good combination on our midfield."

Mr. Hasselbaink can we expect more signings this summer or do you want to start the season with this squad?
"I want to start the season with this selection so I am not aiming to buy more players, however in football you never know.""



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Pre season friendlies


Pre season friendlies Arsenal
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Arsenal - Arsenal U21 3-1
(Gabriel, Giroud and Welbeck)
Airdrie - Arsenal 1-1
(Chamberlain)
Arsenal - Atletico Madrid 3-1
(Chamberlain, Wilshere (pen) and Benzia)
MLS All Stars - Arsenal 0-3
(Giroud, Chamberlain and Benzia)
Portadown - Arsenal 0-2
(Özil and Chamberlain)
Sampdoria - Arsenal 1-1
(Cazorla)
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Bergkamp's opinion about the pre season
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Pre seasons doesn't say much, we where very unfortunate to lose Alexis Sánchez to a long time injury,that is the biggest dissapointment in pre season. The results where nothing special, but to end on a positive note I really liked how Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Yassine Benzia have showed themselves during pre season.





Pre season friendlies Tottenham

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Tottenham - Tottenham U21 5-0
(Fazio, Soldado (2), Townsend and Stambouli)
Caehlaul - Tottenham 1-1
(Kane)
Brentford - Tottenham 2-4
(Kane (2), Lamela and Paulinho)
Tottenham - FC Barcelona 1-2
(Soldado)
Fulham - Tottenham 0-2
(Kane and Townsend)
Shrewsbury - Tottenham 0-4
(Kane, Chadli, Soldado and Tielemans)

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Davids's opinion about the pre season
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View attachment 273814I have a good feeling about this pre season, winning 4 out of 6 games is a good pre season. Soldado and Kane showed their taste for goals what is always nice to see. Of course it is only pre season so we need to take it with a pinch of salt, but still I rather have a good pinch of salt then a bad pinch of salt.





Pre season friendlies Chelsea
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Chelsea - Chelsea U21 8-0
(Costa (3), Cahill, Willian (2), Baker and Rémy)
San Jose - Chelsea 2-2
(Hazard and Wynne (own goal))
D.C. United - Chelsea 0-3
(Cahill, Oscar and Costa)
Stuttgart - Chelsea 0-2
(Costa and Ramires)
Sporting Kansas City - Chelsea 0-1
(Costa)
L.A. Galaxy - Chelsea 0-4
(Hazard, Verratti and Costa (2))

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Hasselbaink's opinion about the pre season
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We had a very good pre season, only 1 draw but pre season doesn't say that much. I mean when I played football there where pre seasons where I just couldn't score and when the competition started I scored a lot of goals so this is not something to take to seriously.






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Community Shield

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Today we have the community shield, Arsenal the winner of the FA Cup faces of against the league champions Manchester City. Which side can put the hands in the air and cheer? The players who are going to attempt to win the thropy for their side are as follows:
What a storming opening at the start of this match with Manchester City on the attack, Zabaleta plays the ball inside to Touré, Touré plays it between 3 players from Arsenal to find Jovetic at the edge of the box. Jovetic finds Agüero, Agüero turns away from Jesus and shoots it towards the right of Szczesny.

Goal 0-1 Sergio Agüero 12th minute
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We are going towards half time Arsenal gets chances but Manchester City is the stronger side today, the question is can Arsenal leave this half with just 0-1? Because City can hit on the break, it is Kolarov who wins the ball from Debuchy. Agüero flicks it directly to Fernandinho, Fernandinho has all the space to move through Arsenal's midfield. Fernandinho plays the ball in time and now it is 4 City players on Szczesny. Touré has the ball Szczesny leaves his line and Touré is smashes the ball towards the top corner on Szcesny's left.
Goal 0-2 Yaya Touré 2 minutes in the extra time of the first half
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Can Arsenal still safe their honour? Because I can't see City giving this 0-2 away. This could be an opportunity for Arsenal, Gibbs wins the ball with a slide near City's box. Welbeck plays it to Chamberlain, Chamberlain dribbles from the left side into City's box, and now crosses it in the direction of the far post. Maitland-Niles escapes from the back of Kolarov. Who is the first to reach the ball Hart or Maitland-Niles? It is Maitland-Niles and he shoots it low towards the corner left from Hart.

Goal 1-2 Ainsley Maitland-Niles 3rd minute of injury time

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The referee blows his whistle and the game is over, Manchester City wins the Community shield. City overpowered Arsenal in the first half. Arsenal was the better side in the second half but the goal from Maitlland-Niles was to little, to late. Overall a deserved victory for Manchester City.


The Argentinian striker Sergio Agüero was the best player on the pitch, besides his goal he created chances for others and was an integral part in the counter attack that was leading to the 0-2.


Post match interview

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Mr. Bergkamp are you dissapointed with this game?
" Yes I was, we realized to late taht we could have taken this silverware. I know this is not the most important trophy but the way we started the game is something that we need to work on."

Mr. Bergkamp you gave Maitland-Niles his debut and he payed you back with a goal, what is your opinion about his peformance?
" I was very pleased with him, it is always a risk debuting a player, specially against good opponents. He hold his own and was very clever to sneak away from Kolarov's back so that he could finish Alex's cross."

Mr. Bergkamp do you think your team can close the quality gap with Manchester City?
" When I look at the second half, there was littel difference to speak of. We must believe in our own abilities and keep developping our talent, when we do that it can become a beautiful season for us."
 
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Premier League Fixtures of August

The Premier League has started, and here are the fixtures of the month August. Two games have been left out because I will make a special post for them because they are the matches of the month. With that said here are the Premier League fixtures of Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea.


 
August: Premier League Match of the Month 1

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The premier league is starting of with a fantastic ficture the North London derby. What team can tell themselves the Boss of North London? We will find out in this match. Here are the players who will decide what team is the best in North London:


It is an open start today, both teams want to attack, the question is who will strike first. Romero loses ball to Cazorla and now Arsenal can hit Tottenham on the break. Cazorla passes it to the left to Özil, Özil plays the ball behind the defensive line of Tottenham. It's a good ball from Özil and now Giroud one on one with Lloris. Lloris leaves his line and Giroud places the ball low at Lloris left.


Goal 1-0 Olivier Giroud 11th minute
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After that opener from Giroud, Tottenham has intensified their search for the equalizer. The ball is now out for a throw in on the half of Arsenal. Rose throw is intercepted by Debuchy, but Rose regains the ball. Rose finds Chadli in the box, he passes it to Kane who holds on to the ball and lays it off to Eriksen. Eriksen smashes the ball half high at the right of Szczseny.



Goal 1-1 Christian Eriksen 23rd minute
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A very equal first half what resulted in a 1-1, what more can we expect from these neighbour rivals? Arsenal is now trying to build up an attack with Gibbs on the ball. A bad ball from Gibbs who plays it straight to Dier, Dier plays the ball behind Arsenal’s line of defense. Kane goes behind Koscielny, he is no idea where Kane is. As the ball falls preciously in Kane’s path Szczesny comes of his line, and Kane places the ball to Szczesny’s left.


Goal 1-2 Harry Kane 47th minute
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This game has gone to one way traffic as Tottenham tries to decide the game on the break it is Arsenal who dominate and is searching for the equalizer. With 25 minutes left to play can Arsenal make it back in the game? Maybe now Arsenal can get through this looks promising as Ramsey gets the ball. Ramsey plays the ball in to the box, Chamberlain wins from Rose and finds Giroud. Giroud is unmarked and he smashes the ball to the right of Lloris.

Goal 2-2 Olivier Giroud 74th minute
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In this last part of the game it is Arsenal who is looking for a winner, Gibbs throws the ball to Özil flicks it to Welbeck, Welbeck turns away from Dier. Dier trips Welbeck what will the referee do? Penalty! It is Özil who steps up, will this be the moment that Özil is decisive against a top team? Özil shoots the ball half high towards Lloris left side.


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The major critism that Arsenal fans have on Özil is that he isnt decisve in the big games, and today he missed the chance to prove them wrong. In the last minutes Arsenal attacked but couldn't break the Tottenham defence down. Tottenham was looking for possiblities to attack but didn't really create anything. And there it is the game ended in a 2-2 draw, Arsenal might feel that they could/should have won the game but it's not like the draw is completley undeserved.

Olivier Giroud scored twice and he was good on holding the ball close for the other Arsenal players. Giroud was sharp in front of goal and looked like the top striker that the fans asked for.


Post match reactions

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Dennis Bergkamp: "We can only blame ourselves for drawing, when you have more chances and a penalty kick in the last few minutes there should be only one outcome." I am not satisfied with the result but it would be to harsh to say I am not satisfied with the way we played." "Just after half time Tottenham took the lead, we fought back to 2-2 and deserved a 3-2." To fight back the way we did takes a lot of mental strength".

Edgar Davids: "I have mixed feelings about this game, Arsenal was the better side and with that spot kick we could have lost." "On the other side when there are more then 70 minutes gone in a match and your team leads you can hope for a victory." "I want to give my compliments to Hugo because it wasn't a bad penalty by Özil it was an amazing save."




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August: Premier League Match of the Month 2

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Welcome to the 3rd match of the Premier League for Chelsea and Manchester City, the clubs with the most money to spent are now going to play against each other. Can Chelsea beat the champions Manchester City? Here are the 22 players who will decide the big money battle:


Welcome to the Etihad stadium, in this first half hour Manchester City is the better side and we are awaiting the first goal. Maybe Chelsea can get a build up going, Fàbregas has the ball. Fàbregas is to slow on the ball what causes Fernandinho to rob the ball. Fernandinho finds Jovetic and with a nice little flick he finds Agüero. Agüero turns away from Terry and smashes the ball towards the low corner on the right of Courtois.



Goal 1-0 Sergio Agüero 29th minute
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Chelsea can't seem to get into this match and we are awaiting the 2nd goal for Manchester City. This looks like a promissing attack fro Manchester City, Jovetic turns away from his opponent passes it through to Agüero. Agüero dribbles to the edge of the box, he shoots. Courtois spills it, Agüero is the first one to reach the ball.


Goal 2-0 Sergio Agüero 38th minute
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Finally Chelsea seeems to awaken, is it in time to save anything in this game? Ivanovic plays the ball into midfield and finds Matic. Matic plays a one touch pass to Oscar and Oscar gives a one touch pass to Verratti in the box. Verratti has the ball, Verratti shoots towards the low corner on the right of Hart.



Goal 2-1 Marco Verratti 44th minute
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The second half was entertaining, Chelsea creating chances for the equalizer, Manchester City creating chances for the 3-1 but in the end there wasn't a goal to celebrate in the second half. With this the game ends in a 2-1 victory for Manchester City.


With a vital part in creating both of Agüero's goals Jovetic was a key player in this game. Last season everyone saw Jovetic as a failed signing, if he can keep peforming like today he will change a lot of views.


Post Match reaction

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Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: "We deserved to lose and that is something that I rather wouldn't have said." We started of by giving Manchester City to much space, when your opponent has Agüero, Silva and Jovetic you know that you must keep it tight at the back and the first half we failed in that." "We also failed in converting more chances because we could have scred least one goal more."I am not going to look for excuses we where not solid enough to draw or get a win."






 
August: Premier League Monthly award and August League Table

Monthly awards:

Player of the month
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Premier League August review:
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Dennis Bergkamp: "It has been a good month for us, it could have been better because we sold ourselves short against Tottenham." "Being named manager of the month is flattering but I would have traded it for a victory against Tottenham any day of the week."

Edgar Davids: "When you can get 9 points in a month and you manage to get 7 you are doing well." "I really like that Harry Kane has been named youth player of the month because this rewards the big steps he is taking in his career". "We are on the right path to really make something out of this season, it would be amazing if we could be 1st in may." "But maybe that is just wishfull thinking."

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: "Our month started of fantastic with 6 points 2 cleansheets and 8 goals." "A defeat against City isn't the end of the world although we wanted a better result." "The fact that every team spilled points means that we are only 1 point away from our main target." " I really hope we can move on from the City game and resume the form in which we started."

 
August Champions League

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Champions League Fixtures
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Dennis Bergkamp: "I am glad that we qualified for the groupstages, I liked our home peformance against Standard, but was dissapointed on our second leg peformance." In the end there is only one thing that matters and that we made the group stages." "We have a good chance to get through the group but we should not underestimate Bate and CSKA."

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: "A new year of Champions League, I am looking forward to it!" Dortmund, Sporting and Celtic are teams that should not be underestimated, however we have the quality to qualify for the knock out stages."

 
August Europe League

Edgar Davids: "We qualified with relative ease and I am happy about that, the only thing I dislike is the red card from Vertonghen in the second leg." "It was a stupid red card when you are 2-0 up, he can't change it now but I hope he learns from this stupid card." It is an interesting draw we should be able to qualify but Standard, Rapid and Guingamp will not play dead."




Updating this series
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I made a lot of post to get this series going, the next update will be the September update and I hope to upload that this weekend. I will strive for a weekly update mostly on Saturday or Sunday.




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Transfer window closed!

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The Premier League
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It is now the 2nd of september, and the transfer market is closed what did the top 6 teams of the Premier League do? Well we are finding out now. Up first we are going to look at the deals made by Arsenal:

Arsenal let go of some talents who are not believed good enough and loaned Bellerin out to Feyenoord. Arsenal spent big bucks on their 3 signings. Will they prove worth their price tag?

When we have seen Arsenal's transfers of this summer we will now look at Tottenham's transfers:
View attachment 272760Tottenham has the same as Arsenal when it comes to letting go of talents who are not seemed good enough. When other talents are loaned out. When it comes to signings this are prices for arrived players but they players they got doesn't have the reputation, but they do have the talent. Overpaid or smart deals in eye of the future?

To round of London it is time for big money so here are the Chelsea transfers:
View attachment 272759Chelsea robbed Southampton from Ward-Prowse and Clyne when knowing that they are probably not going to be 1st team signings those prices seem very expencive. 55 milion for Verratti is a lot but it is also a player who in his short time at the blues is showing to be a great player but still spent to much?

I have shown the 3 main teams in my series and I'll round up the transfers from the Manchester clubs and Liverpool aswell as some in the other leagues:

Liverpool:
Sold no one, but loaned out a few of their talents. They did buy 2 players Shay Given (Aston Villa 400k) and Stefan Savic (Fiorentina 8,25 million)

Manchester City:
What shocked me was that Man City signed no one, they only loaned out some talents

Manchester United:
Signed: Sfyan Amrabat (FC Utrecht 1,5 million), Wesley Sneijder (Galatasaray 6,5 million)and Dedé (Cruzeiro 10,75 million)
Sold: Ben Amos (Southampton 275k) and loaned out some talents.

Bundesliga

FC Bayern
Signed: None
Sold: None

Borussia Dortmund
Signed: Vladimir Darida (Freiburg 6,5 million) and Richard Neudecker (München Lions 1,5 million)
Sold: Lukasz Piszczek (Paris Saint-Germain 15,75 million)

Liga BBVA

FC Barcelona
Signed: Aleksandar Dragovic (Dinamo Kiev 9,75 million) and Keziah Veendorp (FC Groningen 2,1 million)
Sold: Adama Traoré (Celtic loan)

Real Madrid
Signed:Andreu Fontàs (Celta 5 million)
Sold: Burgui (Numancia loan) and Medran (Albacete loan)

Atletico Madrid
Signed: None
Sold: Lucas (FC Lorient loan) and Héctor (AA Gent loan)

Serie A

Juventus
Signed: None
Sold: Simone Padoin (Sassuolo 950k), Simone Pepe (Free) and Filippo Romagna (Loan)

Napoli
Signed: Simon Kjaer (Lille 4,7 million)
Sold: None

AS Roma
Signed: Thiago Motta (Paris Saint-Germain 900k)
Sold: Bogdan Lobont (Free) and Tony Sanabria (AZ loan)

Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain
Signed: José Gayà (Valencia 18 million), Maximiliano Cáceres (Lanús 1 million) and Lukasz Piszczek (15,75 million)
Sold: Marco Verratti (Chelsea 55 million), Maximiliano Cáceres (Stade Brest loan) and Thiago Motta (AS Roma 900k)

Olympique Marseille
Signed: Didier Digard (OGC Nice 4,8 million)
Sold: None

AS Monaco
Signed:Ignazio Abate (AC Milan 2,7 million)
Sold: Martin Sourzac (Free)


Hope I have updated you about the transferwindow enough, when there are teams from whom you want to know what they did in the transferwindow, leave a comment and I'll look it up.
 
Premier League Fixtures of September

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August has ended and in september there are a lot of awesome games in the Premier League for our London 3. In this month 3!!! Matches of the month. Stay tuned for these as here are the other results of Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea:

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September: Premier League Match of the Month 1

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Welcome to the premier league, today we have the fixture between Arsenal and Manchester United. lets see how this match will develop, this is the line up for both sides:
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Good build up from Arsenal at the left side maybe Arsenal can get something from here. Gibbs is now onto Man Utd's half can he provide a good cross? Yes, he can he finds Chamberlain who surprises the Manchester United defence. Chamberlain places it to the left of de Gea and.

GOAL 1-0 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 45th minute
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This really is an evenly matched game but with Arsenal in the lead can Manchester United at least get a point out of this game time is running out. Mata what a lovely through ball to van Persie, van Persie turns inside, van Persie shoots with a curled shot towards the top corner on Ospina's right and.


GOAL 1-1 Robin van Persie 79th minute
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And there goes the final whistle, it ends in a draw. This is the most deserved result as both teams where equally matched, however I can understand that Arsenal feels more bitter about this result because they almost dragged the 1-0 over the finish line.


Although his shots did not hit the target Di María was a constant threat and important at most of United's attacks so that is why he was chosen for man of the match.


Post Match interview
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Mr. Bergkamp: what do think about the result of this match?
"I have mixed feelings, when you look at the match in total it was very balanced and a draw is the logical outcome. However when you are 1-0 up with 79 minutes played its very reasonable to expect that you can hold on to that lead and I am dissapointed that we gave it a way. And specially because until the goal they didn't shoot on target."

Mr. Bergkamp: What should your team improve to make sure they don't give away the lead?
"It is a very difficult thing because what happens is human nature. When you are leading and time runs out caution and fear take over the thought of we musn't concede becomes more prominant then the thought of we are going to make a second goal and shut the game down. In this aspect we failed today, we invited the pressure and United has the qualities to make you pay."

Mr. Bergkamp: Can I conclude that you are dissapointed in general?
"You can conclude what you want but I am not dissapointed in general, because I saw a lot of good attacks from our side, we made a well worked goal and at times showed great combination football. Maybe I sounded to harsh but that was because you asked about one part of the match and that part I didn't like so in general I was satisfied."
 
September: Premier League Match of the Month 2

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Welcome to another great game in the Barclays Premier League. Last season Arsenal got a beating what will happen this season? Here are the line ups:


Liverpool dominates but could not break through in the first half, Arsenal have to watch out not to get defeated. Henderson with a through ball towards Coutinho, Bender intercepts however that interception doesn't reach Gabriel but it reaches Balotelli. This unlucky interception leaves Balotelli with an open chance because Ospina is total out of position.


GOAL 1-0 Mario Balotelli 56th minute
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Arsenal finally seems awakened, and forces a corner. Beautiful cross from Özil, Skrtel doesn't get it out the box. Cazorla lift it in again, this time Gabriel wins the header.


GOAL 1-1 Gabriel Paulista 61st minute
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Liverpool dominates, there comes the cross its defended out by Cazorla. Savic wants to head the ball back to Mignolet but his header is to short, it falls in the path of Giroud. Giroud one on one with Mignolet, he goes round Mignolet and Giroud.....


GOAL 1-2 Olivier Giroud 68th minute
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How quick can Liverpool react, here is a corner to be taken by Gerrard. It's a low corner that reaches Moreno, Moreno shoots....



GOAL 2-2 Alberto Moreno 69th minute

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The referee blows the final whistle it ends in a 2-2 draw. Liverpool was the better side but when you give goals away like they did today winning becomes a very hard thing to do.



Apart from his interception to lead to the 1-0 Bender was phenomenal, lots of good interception and build up play to give Arsenal this draw. His most important save was in extra time when he cleared a ball from the goal line preventing a loss.


Post Match Interview

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Mr. Bergkamp a 3rd Premier League game against a top side team and a 3rd draw what does that tell you?
"It tells me that we are not good enough yet, the previous two where games in which we forgot to take the 3 points but today we are lucky with a point."

Mr. Bergkamp how come Arsenal got overclassed today?
"Liverpool likes to play pressure and keep control on the midfield and today we didn't close our gaps in time which allowed them to keep the pressure on us."

Mr. Bergkamp what can you do to close those gaps in time?
"Like today we should have played more compact and maybe on the counter because their defense isn't the most secure as we saw with the 1-2." Normally we could have used that pressure method of Liverpool to use the spaces behind their midfield however to much players of our side struggled to much with their own peformances to do that."

 
September: Premier League Match of the Month 3

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Welcome to another exciting Premier League match, can Tottenham beat the champions? Or will Manchester City be the first team to bring Tottenham down their knees. Here are the players that will try to give their team the 3 points:



Tottenham dominates, the question is not if Tottenham is going to open the score but when? Maybe now, a good build up from the left Rose seeks out Chadli and Chadli delivers a cross. Headed on by Kane, cleared by Clichy, Dier heads it back the box in to Bakkali. Bakkali lays it of to Dier, Dier shoots towards the bottom corner on Hart's right.


GOAL 1-0 Eric Dier 32nd minute
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The first half ended in 1-0, and at the start of the second half you can see that Tottenham wants to decide this game. Dier's cross gets blocked and the ball is out for a corner kick. Eriksen curls the ball to the far post, header from Fazio, Hart doesn't have the ball and it comes of the bar! The bal bounces back in the box, Kaboul reaches it first, he shoots!


GOAL 2-0 Younes Kaboul 46th minute
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The remainder of the second half was not so special, Tottenham failed to make a 3rd goal and City didn't really create good chances to get back in to the game.


Eric Dier played simply amazing, there was no danger from the left side from City and that we because Dier was the boss on the right side. A part from his defensive play, he also provided at the attack, creating and scoring the opening goal and from his attempted cross came the corner that led to the 2-0.


Post match interview


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Mr. Davids: Congratulations, did your team win because Agüero was absent?
"Agüero is a great player, but you are selling the other players of City and more importantly my players way to short to just point out that he was absent."

Mr. Davids: Who impressed you the most today?
"I was mostly impressed by the fact that we where the better side in every part of the pitch. Football is a team effort so I don't feel comfortable singeling out individuals. I do think we won this game over our right side where Bakkali and Dier played as a fluid combination."

Mr. Davids: Tottenham haven't lost a match so far could your team compete for the title?
"I am very happy at how are start is, however with 32 games left it is way to early to talk about title chances. Of course Tottenham is a big club and big clubs should play for the trophies, however we have very strong compatators in England and I don't consider us as favorites. It is important that we do get the points early on because that strengthens your position. After 20/25 matches you can really say what is realistic for league table finish, but till then we will just enjoy doing well in the league."










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