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Premier League Season Review (Part I)

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The 2019/2020 Premier League season has finally ended, almost a year when the season started. The season will be known as the season where football was stopped for three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, to the credit of the league, the season was finally finished on the field rather than any technicality. Liverpool were crowned champions for the first time in thirty years while Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea will play in the Champions League next season. Leicester City and Tottenham will play Europa League football next season while Norwich City, Bournemouth and Watford were relegated from the Premier League and will play in the EFL Championship next season. It has been a long season with a long review to follow. Here's the first part of the Premier League season review. Norwich City. Potential Finish: 17th. Final Position: 20th Norwich City was expected to battle for relegation survival this season despite exciting many in the Championship ...

Football Weekend Recap

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Premier League Action The race for the Champions League spots and the battle for Premier League survival had further spins and turns this past weekend in the Premier League. Brighton look like that will play Premier League football next season whilst sealing Norwich's demotion back to the Championship after the Seagulls beat the Canaries 1-0. Manchester United's front three were at it again keeping in the hunt for the top 4 after hammering Bournemouth 5-2 at Old Trafford on Saturday. Leicester's Jamie Vardy was back scoring goals as the Foxes beating Crystal Palace 3-0. He also joined the 100 club as he has now scored over a hundred goals in the Premier League. Cheslea are still 4th place after beating Watford 3-0 but Wolves have lost some ground over their top four rivals losing at home to Arsenal 2-0 with Bukayo Saka and Alexandre Lacazette scoring for the Gunners . This leaves Wolves 6th in the league table, five points behind Cheslea. Burnley and Sheffield United ...

Preview of Premier League Return

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The Premier League will make its return on June 17th with Aston Villa hosting Sheffield United and Arsenal visiting the defending champions Manchester City at the Etihad. Following the long pause and tough negotiation from the clubs, the football authorities and the British government, England's top-flight is set to return for the final nine games of the season. Here's where we left off. Liverpool: Record Breakers? The race for the Premier League title looks to be a foregone conclusion with Liverpool sitting at the top with a massive 25-point gap between them and 2nd placed Manchester City. Liverpool fans will be glad that they will see the team win on the field rather than some sort of technicality. They are six points away from winning the title for the first time in thirty years and their first of the Premier League era.  A remarkable achievement for manager Jürgen Klopp. They have dropped just five points from the 29 games they have played and have been a massiv...