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Neville as a pundit/commentator on this match!!!!!

Very funny

 
Posted : 15/01/2017 4:20 pm
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ref has realised he has awarded a pen against man utd at home and will now spend the rest of the match trying to make ammends.

 
Posted : 15/01/2017 4:35 pm
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He better bloody not!

 
Posted : 15/01/2017 4:36 pm
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Well Pogba seems to be doing his best to get sent off. 😯

His heads gone. Jose needs to get him off! He's having a shocker!

 
Posted : 15/01/2017 4:39 pm
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reminded me of Poborsky running around a lot but looks like he does not really know what to do]

Penalty aside it was a fairly even match with chances for both sides

At lease we seem to be trying to out pass the Gegenpress if only we were more successful

 
Posted : 15/01/2017 5:01 pm
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My Scouse mate, who I'm watching this with has just watched Rooney warming up and said 'this has got Rooney 89th minute winner written all over it'

I hope he's right!

He's taken Carrick off?!! And left Pogba on?!!! WTF?!!

 
Posted : 15/01/2017 5:03 pm
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Pricetagitis?

 
Posted : 15/01/2017 5:07 pm
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good game and a fair result

 
Posted : 15/01/2017 5:52 pm
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We've been having a swearing competition for the last ten minutes.

Another draw we should have won! He's happier than me with that result. Arse!

A good game though

 
Posted : 15/01/2017 5:54 pm
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Should have won? Wtf.

 
Posted : 15/01/2017 5:55 pm
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both teams had enough chances to think that

 
Posted : 15/01/2017 6:07 pm
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[url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/01/16/illegal-streaming-will-burst-premier-leagues-tv-bubble/ ]audiences watching the broadcaster’s live Premier League matches are down 13 per cent on this time last year, and a whopping 25 per cent down since 2010.[/url]

 
Posted : 16/01/2017 8:16 pm
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I couldn't possibly comment. But I don't have sky sports these days

 
Posted : 16/01/2017 8:44 pm
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City deserved to win that one.

At least Jesus looks the real deal from his cameo performance.

 
Posted : 21/01/2017 7:26 pm
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Well this has been a blinding match! God only how Spurs got a draw out of that?! 😯 they got battered for 90 minutes!!!

And with Liverpool losing, and us drawing, a good day for Chelski.

Makes the games tomorrow interesting. Arsenal and Chelski should both win easily, but as this season has shown... you just never know

 
Posted : 21/01/2017 7:28 pm
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God only how Spurs got a draw out of that?

Apart from the penalty decision, I think that with Willy Caballero in goal one of the spurs goals gets saved, Bravo is just never in the right position.

 
Posted : 21/01/2017 7:33 pm
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yep if chelski win and arsenal dont they are pulling away. arsenal need to stay in touch before the meeting at stanford bridge in a couple of weeks

 
Posted : 21/01/2017 7:34 pm
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Kyle Walker was a lucky boy. Unusual for Sterling to stay on his feet

 
Posted : 21/01/2017 7:44 pm
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I reckon Klopp has been sussed.
Teams seem to have lfc figured out.
Or,they're knackered from running about like the clappers for 90 min every week.
Imagine how tired they'd be if they were in Europe ?!
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Posted : 21/01/2017 8:59 pm
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Kyle Walker was a lucky boy. Unusual for Sterling to stay on his feet

Sterling goes down it's a penalty & red card. No wonder players fall at the softest of touch

 
Posted : 21/01/2017 9:05 pm
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I reckon Klopp has been sussed.

Not so sure. All teams have a blip during the course of a season, maybe this is theirs. Missing Mane's directness and unpredictability and he does seem to have tried to solidify midfield a bit recently by playing Lallana as one of the front three and Can in the middle. Defence is awful against average sides but bizarrely very good against the top 6 - only conceded 4 and are top and unbeaten of the 'mini-league' of the top 6. It's a funny old game!

Chelsea's to lose of course - and if they avoid defeat at Anfield next up they should walk it, even with Costa messing about.

 
Posted : 21/01/2017 9:35 pm
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Switching between the rugby and football, and although it was a push, it would have been a soft penalty. Players should try and stay on their feet.

 
Posted : 21/01/2017 10:17 pm
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Stonewall penalty IMO. And red card and three game ban for Walker.

 
Posted : 21/01/2017 11:07 pm
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It was a penalty for sure. But if you've a reputation for going down as someone looks at you, your reputation goes before you.

Had a bet on Swansea today as Liverpool seem to be good against top teams but then get really complacent against lower ranked squads. And that's why they'll never win the title. The curse of the arrogant 'big club' mentality, trading on their history. Got a good few Scouse mates who despair at this. Putting in a great performance against us then losing to the team at the bottom of the table. Typical liverpool

That and the Sunday league defending 😆

 
Posted : 21/01/2017 11:36 pm
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I can't find the picture to post up (I will do when I find it) but there was a lovely picture of Bobby Charlton shaking hands with Rooney. A picture of mutual respect. Say what you like about Rooney, but he's been an amazing player for us, and great to see him pass the 250 mark, and at the same time be humble enough to respect genuine legends who've gone before

And what a ****ing strike!!! 😀

This is still my favourite

It was on my birthday, watching the game with a 50/50 split of blues and reds in the pub. Sublime!

 
Posted : 21/01/2017 11:52 pm
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What's the goal to game ratio between WR and BC?

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 12:07 am
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Here's hoping shortbread fanylion is right..& binners is just a bitter and twisted cynic.
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Posted : 22/01/2017 8:17 am
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It's funny with Rooney, personally I still don't feel he's ever fulfilled his potential after his early days for Everton and England. He seemed unplayable then.
Despite that he's in the twilight of his career managed to get both the England and Utd goalscoring records.

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 8:21 am
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It's pretty harsh the treatment Rooney gets - I think because he was on the scene so young and the English media built him up to be the new Pele. Pretty selfless player though, quite to play anywhere. I do wonder whether he looked after himself well enough in terms of fitness, compared to say Ronaldo.

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 8:36 am
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Oh.... I am a bitter and twisted cynic. That's not in question 🙂

I love watching Liverpool play. I really like Klippity. He's a great manager, who's teams play really attractive, high tempo football, that's brilliant to watch.

But....

You can't win titles playing like that. Ask Kevin Keegan. Case in point .... the Bournemouth game. 2 up at half time. 3 - 1 up with 15 minutes to go. So what do you do? Keep possession? Shut the game down? No... carry on chucking everything forward, seeing some mythical 8 goal glory day. And in the process leave yourself absolutely wide open at the back to the counter. Then do it again, and again, and again..... incredibly, managing to lose the game 4 -3.

Makes for fantastic viewing, but far too naive to be title contenders. Titles are won grinding out 1 nils at West Brom on a Monday night, when you're not playing very well

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 8:45 am
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Charlton was in 750 ish games I think, Rooney in 550 or so, although most as a striker of course.

I've grown to like Rooney and what a fantastic buy from Sir AF. As a Gooner is pains me to say that of course but he is up there as one of the most influential players of the PL era. He did get silly contract from Moyes though but fair enough!

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 8:52 am
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far too naive to be title contenders. Titles are won grinding out 1 nils at West Brom on a Monday night, when you're not playing very well

Totally agree.

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 8:56 am
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It's funny with Rooney, personally I still don't feel he's ever fulfilled his potential after his early days for Everton and England. He seemed unplayable then.
Despite that he's in the twilight of his career managed to get both the England and Utd goalscoring records.

I think the fact he has the all-time England goal-scoring record, whilst being unequivocally garbage at every major tournament post 2004, points to the statistical deceptions of his career. Today's papers will be full of the phrase his 'record speaks for itself' when really it is the opposite, his stature as a player is harder to assess and generates a lot of discussion.

What is beyond doubt is he scored some world beaters and got the crowd on their feet. Our grandkids will still be watching some of his goals with wide-eyed wonderment. He's also done well to stay on the rails (more or less). The tabloid parasites would have loved to feast on a Gaza-style implosion, as the Croxteth scally fell to bits in the public eye. Never happened.

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 10:11 am
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I think the fact he has the all-time England goal-scoring record, whilst being unequivocally garbage at every major tournament post 2004, points to the statistical deceptions of his career.

I am not sure why you want to judge his entire career based on woeful england outings at tournaments

Out of interest who is the england player who has looked world class at a tournament since then ?

His main issue is that he is a sort of second striker who will make the team better, score some belters but never quite be the goal machine like Shearer so folk can have this sort of chat despite him being his team and his country's top goal scorer of all time.
Impressive considering he is not just a goal scorer/out and out attacker/fox in the box.

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 10:35 am
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As a united fan I'm glad he spent his career scoring 250 goals for us, and not someone else. Any team would want someone of that quality in their squad, surely?

Yes, he's had dips in form, and a fondness for pies at times, but he's a big game player, who's come up with the goods in really important games, and who always puts a shift in!

As for his England career... at the last debacle he was pretty much the only player who looked like he could actually be bothered

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 10:49 am
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I mostly agree about the last debacle, but I also saw his passing go completely astray. English football has never been as low as that Iceland match though,

Re Shearer, how many penaltys scored at club and country level?
Would be interesting to see his ratio v Rooney

It's a great question though, would you rather have had Rooney or Shearer for 10 seasons?

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 11:13 am
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Shearer for me.

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 11:26 am
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Rooney has never hit the heights I hoped, his breakthrough for Everton and England promised so much. That being said he has been the "best we've got". Congratulations to him, he's going to smash the record (different time of course) - 300 goals ?

Thinking Rooney at 30/31 playing in a more withdrawn role for England was going to "light up" Euro 2016 was daft. Whole tournament was summed up by Kane's corners 😐

Liverpool can't be drawing with the bottom club and losing away to Bournemouth after being ahead and hope to be title challengers.

Spurs doing ok, battle for 2nd/3rd. Man U won't qualify for CL imo, just not doing enough.

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 11:32 am
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Its no secret that Fergie always wanted Shearer at Old Trafford.

Fantastic player. Can't see anyone ever beating his goalscoring record.

But comparing him to Rooney is comparing apples and pears

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 11:33 am
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what Binners said they are different players

Shearer will get you more goals Rooney will make more difference to the team

Ideally you would have wanted both

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 11:36 am
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what Binners said they are different players

Shearer will get you more goals Rooney will make more difference to the team

Ideally you would have wanted both

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 11:36 am
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English football has never been as low as that Iceland match though,

Whole of the 2014 world cup ?

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 11:38 am
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"comparing apples and pears" . cop out answer.... which kind of gives me your answer...! Both English forwards playing in the PL era, who would you rather have?

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 11:39 am
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oh, great goal for Rooney, but Maureen would have gone mental had it sailed over the bar, and rightly so,

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 11:40 am
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It didn't though, did it? Thats the point.

When he was asked about the bicycle kick against City I posted above, he was honest enough to say that he practiced it all the time and 99 times out of 100 it went over the bar. I suspect he was being falsely modest

Either way, he didn't half pick his moment to deliver the one that didn't. The match winner in the 87th minute of a derby match

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 11:50 am
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Maureen would have gone mental
wow you used a womans name to belittle him

What a comic genius you are and oh so original

FFS just discuss the game lets not do childish [ and sexist] name calling as well eh
Out the gutter we can do this

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 12:13 pm
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I'd rather have Shearer - at times Rooney has been a negative influence wanting away

 
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Everyone would surely have Shearer proper world class. Where as Rooney is good but a bit of a flat track bully and goes missing in big games. Rooney's performance in the Euros was dismal.

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 12:56 pm
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22nd January, and I'm calling that as one of the over reactions of 2017

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 1:10 pm
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98th min penalty Holy Mary mother of God my heart !

 
Posted : 22/01/2017 4:20 pm
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Let's lighten the mood with yesterdays bizarre Scottish cup draw video, what had Sir Rod been drinking?

[url= http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/rod-stewart-has-football-fans-in-stitches-after-bizarre-scottish-cup-draw-appearance-is-he-drunk/ar-AAm7kk4?li=AA572I&ocid=spartandhp ]Scottish Cup Draw vid[/url]

 
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Result: Hull 2 ManU 1
Morhino: Hull 1 ManU 1

#AlternativeFacts 🙂

 
Posted : 27/01/2017 11:03 pm
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What on earth is going on with Liverpool? They look like we did under LVG. Sideways - sideways - backwards. All the possession and no attacking threat whatsoever. And as shocking as ever at the back.

Having gone to Anfield the other week for the Plymouth game and seeing how absolutely woeful they were, I stuck a few quid on Wolves at 9/1 😀

 
Posted : 28/01/2017 1:33 pm
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you will be able to treat Mrs binners to a nice meal out at the expensive kebab shop then

 
Posted : 28/01/2017 1:58 pm
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9/1 is looking good just now.

 
Posted : 28/01/2017 1:59 pm
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😀

That's paying for Cow Pie in the George tonight JY

 
Posted : 28/01/2017 2:25 pm
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euphemism?

 
Posted : 28/01/2017 2:28 pm
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Nope. Your dream vegan meal mate....

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😀

 
Posted : 28/01/2017 3:46 pm
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WTF? Spurs are two nil down to Wycombe Wanderers?!! 😯

 
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Unlike Liverpool...I reckon they will still win this one.

 
Posted : 28/01/2017 3:54 pm
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Just watching the days games on MOTD. I bloody love the FA cup!!some quality games today!

 
Posted : 28/01/2017 11:19 pm
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WTF? Spurs are two nil down to Wycombe Wanderers?!!

I saw that, was afraid to check the FT score, crazy world, typical Spurs

 
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Doesnt look like LFC will be taking any points off Chelsea next week. Total meltdown from them. If they lose it's their season over.

Hope they can prove me wrong though, take some points and keep it interesting for the chasing pack.

 
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They'll still be in the race for the top 4 even if Chelsea beat them on Tueasday - and let's face it, most clubs would rather be 4th than win a cup.

 
Posted : 29/01/2017 10:32 pm
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Sunderland cyclists beware! Darron Gibson signed today. Desperate measures from Moyes, but he doesn't have two hapennies to rub together up there.

Good player Gibson when fit and off the ale. Which is never.

 
Posted : 30/01/2017 5:14 pm
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Sutton away. would have been nicer if they got to play at the Emirates in the Emirates fa cup but a great draw for both of them. still some big cloooobs left so quarters and semi final looking tasty.

 
Posted : 30/01/2017 8:01 pm
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Blimey! Liverpool have clearly decided their recent defending hasn't had enough of a comedy element to it. You'd be embarrassed for your local pub team 'defending' a set piece like that. Let's all just meander around, having a chat

 
Posted : 31/01/2017 8:37 pm
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Arsenal being Arsenal too.

 
Posted : 31/01/2017 8:50 pm
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I predicted Watford would turn us over tonight. It's that time in the season! 🙁

 
Posted : 31/01/2017 9:48 pm
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Big opportunity lost - had they beaten Watford and then Chelsea at the weekend the gap would have been 3 points!

Looking tight for the top 4 places now - great results tonight god the Manc clubs. And.....odds on Leicester going down?!

 
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Still can't see past Chelski winning it, but it makes tomorrow night interesting. It's game on for those top four places. You'd be a brave man to put money on it. Or the FA Cup finalists. Great stuff! 😀

And Leisecter could go down. And still potentially make it further in the Chamions League. 'Doing a Leeds' compressed into one season

 
Posted : 31/01/2017 10:37 pm
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A couple of months ago, Aguero was apparently the only world class player in the premier league, but the way the front three of Sane, Jesus and Sterling are gelling, he may be losing his starting place.

 
Posted : 01/02/2017 8:38 pm
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They'll probably just rotate more. Aguero does seem a bit injury prone and it's good to have other options, which apparently you need to have to challenge on all fronts.

What's up with United? Poor tonight and three draws and a late win over Boro on the bounce. Is that the good run over?

 
Posted : 01/02/2017 10:14 pm
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not very good at breaking down deep teams as they dont really have players who run with the ball beat a man and create space.

Bit slow as well.
dont think the table lies decent but not top class.

 
Posted : 01/02/2017 10:49 pm
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I just knew we were going to draw tonight. When faced with an opportunity, we seem to have spurned it all season. Nowhere near ruthless enough yet. Too many draws from games that should have been won comfortabley

 
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Stay classy Jose

José Mourinho: I get different treatment than Jürgen Klopp and Arsène Wenger

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/02/jose-mourinho-jurgen-klopp-manchester-united-referees-bbc-reporter?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

 
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Is that the good run over?

Fingers crossed. s**** :-).

 
Posted : 02/02/2017 7:20 am
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Goal of the season from Hazard yesterday then?

 
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