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Chelsea’s Eden Hazard, left, could not escape the attentions of Ander Herrera, right, at Old Trafford, while Michael Carrick also came off the bench to help Manchester United close out the game. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA
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Gareth Bale flies in on John O’Shea. Photograph: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images
Séamus Coleman’s Horrific Injury Demands Rethink of Misplaced Tolerance
London – It doesn’t get any easier, no matter how many times you watch it. The way he lands, his instinctive reaction to assess the damage, the split second where you just hope your first suspicions might be wrong. But then Shane Long is cradling Séamus...Caption:
David Moyes feels he is paying for predecessors’ recruitment mistakes at Sunderland, has been unlucky with injuries and wants time to conduct root and branch reform. Photograph: Scott Heppell/Reuters
Sunderland Fans Expose David Moyes’ Decline and Could Spark His Fall
This time four years ago David Moyes was about to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United but today he is struggling to restore his tattered reputation at Sunderland where a significant proportion of supporters want him sacked. It has been quite a fall from...Caption:
Leicester’s Christian Fuchs takes a corner at Vicarage Road where, seen from this angle, his delivery needs to be extremely accurate in order to be dangerous. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters
In Defence of the Corner, a Much-maligned Set Piece
London – Football fans have a curious relationship with corners. For a set piece that, according to Opta, leads to a goal only 3.2% of the time, they don’t half get excited about them. A stadium invariably gets louder when a corner is given and there is a...Caption:
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba celebrates scoring their first goal against Fenerbahce at Old Trafford in Manchester on October 20, 2016. (AFP)