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The Five Best ‘Wide’ Players In The Premier League

Football isn’t nearly as exciting without the flair players – the ones capable of conjuring pure magic out of a nothing situation. While you’ll have the odd midfield controller or a fullback capable of delighting on his day, nothing can quite beat the thrill of watching a wide player in creative motion. The hubris of the wide player lies in the constant conflict between passing the ball to a well-positioned teammate, thus foregoing a chance at glory for the sake of success for your team, or taking matters into your own hands and charging towards goal with a vengeance. Here’s a look at the five players who have best managed to find that subtle balance of the two –

Robin van Persie kicks Manchester City and Chelsea while he can

Have Arsenal proved that their ‘philosophy’ is better than that of Chelsea and Manchester City? Robin van Persie definitely thinks so, and with Arsenal as the only serious challengers to Manchester United for the Premier League title race, he’s happy to stick the boot in. Van Persie: “I still strongly believe in my club’s philosophy….

Premier League Predictions: Manchester United to beat Chelsea?

Today’s Premier League Predictions are brought to you by Scoreboard – an interactive Premier League predictions TV show + game hosted on Facebook that’s set to take the football predictions world by storm – check them out here. We’ve been busy predicting the future this week, looking at the Premier League title race, the Champions…

Premier League Title Race: Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City or Chelsea?

With the Big Cup out of the way for a couple of weeks, it’s back to the Premier League, looking to answer the key questions around this year’s title race: Can Manchester United win their 19th league title despite being crap away from home? Can Arsenal really last the whole season without breaking down? Are…

3 UP FRONT: United and City’s future, Arsenal’s Wembley expectations plus Boys who should be Men

Don’t miss a very special episode of the 3 Up Front podcast! In a show packed with laughs and emotion, host Adrian Clarke alongside Iain Spragg and Iain Macintosh tackle a whole host of talking points that include; What is Mancini going to do with the uncontrollable Tevez and Balotelli? Fact or Fiction: The Qatari…

Manchester City v Tottenham v Chelsea – who will play in the Champions League next season?

With just three months left in this year’s Premier League season, the race for the last two Champions League spots is still tight. Manchester City, Tottenham and Chelsea are all fighting on multiple fronts, but regardless of what happens in Europe or the FA Cup, not qualifying for the Champions League next season, given their…

Midfield tactics: The title winning potential of Man City’s midfield juggernaut

Mancini’s destroyers have a few aces up their collective sleeves…

Ten Overhead Kicks That Put Rooney’s Derby Shinner To Shame

After Wayne Rooney reminded us all that he used to be a fairly decent professional footballer with his derby day belter against Manchester City last Saturday, the received (Sky Sports-infused) wisdom seems to be that the decidedly off-colour striker’s effort was, without need for second thought, the greatest overhead kick ever scored by anyone, anywhere, ever.

However, that’s not quite the case – as the following, ten-strong video essay will hopefully attest to.

Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City Goals (Video)

I could say a lot about the Manchester United v Manchester City game this afternoon, but the three goals scored sum of the game perfectly. Without any further ado: Manchester United 1-0 Manchester City (Nani) Manchester United 1-1 Manchester City (Silva) Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City (Rooney)

EPL: Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City (12 Feb 2011)

As tense as it has been in recent years, Manchester United took the lead thanks to Nani who took an excellent first touch of the ball to keep it away from Pablo Zabaleta and nicely put it away past the keeper at the 41st minute mark. Spaniard David Silva did bring Manchester City back on…