After going unbeaten in their first 15 Premier League games, the FC crew try to pinpoint what’s gone wrong for Man City in their last three out of four.

As we hit the peak of the festive season and approach the start of the January transfer window, now is a good time to take a look back at the Premier League. The competition is hitting its halfway point after 19 matches, and following a suffocating performance from Manchester City last season, the race between City and Liverpool (with Tottenham Hotspur on the outside) is shaping up to present the most exciting second half of a campaign since Leicester claimed the title in 2016.

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Craig Burley and Alejandro Moreno examine Chelsea’s dilemma: splashing for Gonzalo Higuain in January or pursuing a younger striker in the summer.

The guys respond to your tweets about Craig Burley’s coal, Christmas ideas for Steve Nicol, Julien Laurens’ resemblance to Kevin Kratz and more.

The transfer window opens on January 1 and offers football clubs everywhere a little retail therapy. Though many teams in the Premier League might be panic-buying, instead.

Everyone is looking for the same thing, too: players who can turn contenders into champions and save doomed teams from sinking without trace. No pressure, then. Finding them in the crowded and chaotic January market is quite another thing, too, because by this stage of the season, you are probably getting someone another…

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Check out every goal scored in the Premier League this weekend including Xherdan Shaqiri’s brace, Christian Eriksen’s winner and more.

The boys from Exploding Heads bring you everything that happened from the Premier League weekend in a tidy 90-second (plus stoppages) package.

In the summer, no fewer than four of the Premier League’s Big Six signed potentially game-changing South American central midfielders.

Arsenal landed Sampdoria’s Lucas Torreira of Uruguay, Liverpool captured Brazilian right-back-cum-midfielder Fabinho from Monaco, Manchester United bought Shakhtar Donetsk’s Fred, another Brazilian, and new Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri brought Brazilian-turned-Italian Jorginho across from his old club Napoli. Their experiences thus far have summarised their…

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Craig Burley was surprised to not see a reaction from Manchester City to N’Golo Kanté’s first-half goal, in Chelsea’s 2-0 win over the title-holders.

Gabriele Marcotti outlines Lucien Favre’s tactics in Borussia Dortmund’s 2-1 win over Schalke.

Craig Burley and Adrian Healy breakdown Manchester United’s thrashing of Fulham and Jose Mourinho’s cryptic comments after the match.

Pep Guardiola insists anyone can win the Premier League title and there is no favourite after Man City’s loss to Chelsea.

Jose Mourinho praised Paul Pogba and outlined what he needs to do to get back into the starting XI.

Jurgen Klopp insists he isn’t surprised by Mohamed Salah’s desire to score after he stayed on his feet during Liverpool’s second goal.

Mauricio Pochettino has immediately switched his focus to Barcelona after Tottenham’s 2-0 win in the Premier League over Leicester.

Niko Kovac admits Borussia Dortmund would have to make mistakes in order for Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga title.

Jose Mourinho feels Man United fans cannot point the finger at any of his players following their 4-1 win over Fulham.

Maurizio Sarri was quick to rule out Chelsea’s title chances after their victory over Manchester City.

Jose Mourinho jokingly suggested Man United were trying to save money for January after he found no water at his press conference. Chelsea stunning Manchester City and Liverpool thrashing Bournemouth to go top have made the Premier League title race exciting again. In Spain, Lionel Messi eviscerated Espanyol with a display of supreme skill, while in Italy, Juventus continued their remorseless march to an eighth straight scudetto with a 1-0 win over Inter. Here are the best numbers from an action-packed weekend of football.

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Here’s a ridiculous Messi stat: Messi has more free-kick goals over the last four La Liga seasons (15)…

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Craig Burley was surprised to not see a reaction from Manchester City to N’Golo Kanté’s first-half goal, in Chelsea’s 2-0 win over the title-holders.

Gabriele Marcotti outlines Lucien Favre’s tactics in Borussia Dortmund’s 2-1 win over Schalke.

Craig Burley and Adrian Healy breakdown Manchester United’s thrashing of Fulham and Jose Mourinho’s cryptic comments after the match.

Pep Guardiola insists anyone can win the Premier League title and there is no favourite after Man City’s loss to Chelsea.

Jose Mourinho praised Paul Pogba and outlined what he needs to do to get back into the starting XI.

Jurgen Klopp insists he isn’t surprised by Mohamed Salah’s desire to score after he stayed on his feet during Liverpool’s second goal.

Mauricio Pochettino has immediately switched his focus to Barcelona after Tottenham’s 2-0 win in the Premier League over Leicester.

Niko Kovac admits Borussia Dortmund would have to make mistakes in order for Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga title.

Jose Mourinho feels Man United fans cannot point the finger at any of his players following their 4-1 win over Fulham.

Maurizio Sarri was quick to rule out Chelsea’s title chances after their victory over Manchester City.

Jose Mourinho jokingly suggested Man United were trying to save money for January after he found no water at his press conference. Chelsea stunning Manchester City and Liverpool thrashing Bournemouth to go top have made the Premier League title race exciting again. In Spain, Lionel Messi eviscerated Espanyol with a display of supreme skill, while in Italy, Juventus continued their remorseless march to an eighth straight scudetto with a 1-0 win over Inter. Here are the best numbers from an action-packed weekend of football.

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Here’s a ridiculous Messi stat: Messi has more free-kick goals over the last four La Liga seasons (15)…

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Manchester United and Arsenal played out an entertaining draw at Old Trafford, with Jesse Lingard scoring an equaliser for the hosts 74 seconds after the Gunners had regained the lead.

Craig Burley and Steve Nicol break down Manchester United’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal in a game that the Gunners should have won.
Arsenal let the lead slip twice as they had to settle for a 2-2 draw at Manchester United on Wednesday after Jesse Lingard punished a defensive mix-up by scoring a second-half equaliser at Old Trafford.
Alexandre Lacazette had just given the Gunners a 2-1 lead when United replied almost straight from the restart when Arsenal’s defenders couldn’t deal with a long ball over the top and Lingard slipped past Sead Kolasinac to slot the ball under Bernd Leno, who also had been slow to react.
Arsenal had…

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Arsenal got two decisive goals from Alexandre Lacazette and Lucas Torreira in the second half that ended an exciting match at the Emirates.

Stewart Robson explains where the North London Derby was won and lost, as Arsenal took the 4-2 win.

Shaka Hislop credits Arsenal for being “simply outstanding” against a Tottenham side whose difference makers disappeared in the North London derby.

Shaka Hislop credits Arsenal for being “simply outstanding” against a Tottenham side whose difference makers disappeared in the North London derby.
LONDON — Lucas Torreira has revealed that Unai Emery’s half-time team talk during the North London derby was behind Arsenal’s emphatic victory.
Emery’s side went into the break 2-1 down against Tottenham but the introduction of Alexandre Lacazette and Aaron Ramsey and some words of wisdom helped turn the game around.
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“[Emery told us] to be calm, to continue playing because there were 45 more minutes left, that we keep attacking because obviously in the second half we were going to find more spaces….

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Arsenal are flying high and have scored some brilliant goals of recent. Can they carry this run of play into title contention?
LONDON — Danny Welbeck kept Arsenal’s winning run going by scoring the only goal in Thursday’s 1-0 victory over Sporting Lisbon as the Gunners took an iron grip of their Europa League group.

Welbeck pounced on a defensive mistake and beat goalkeeper Renan Ribeiro with a well-taken low shot to finally reward Arsenal’s second-half dominance.

It was the 11th straight win for Unai Emery’s team, who moved three points ahead of Sporting atop Group E at the halfway stage. It means another win against…

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Mesut Ozil showed his brilliance against Leicester, scoring a goal and having a hand in both goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as Arsenal won 3-1.
LONDON– Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang played the super-sub role for Arsenal again, scoring two quick goals off the bench for the second game in a row as the Gunners took their winning streak to 10 games in all competitions.

Arsenal had trailed after Ben Chilwell’s cross was deflected by Hector Bellerin into his own net in the first half before Mesut Ozil scored a well-taken equalizer just before the break.

Continuing a trend under coach Unai Emery, Arsenal weathered the storm despite looking shaky…

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Arsenal manager Unai Emery wants his goalkeepers to get used to his style of play as soon as possible.
Unai Emery’s first European game as Arsenal head coach ended in a 4-2 home win over Vorskla, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring twice.

It was an insipid first half hour but the game sprung to life on 32 minutes when Arsenal profited from a miscalculated dummy to launch a rapid counter-attack, finished off by Aubameyang. Danny Welbeck claimed his second of the season when heading home after 48 minutes and Aubameyang made it three as Vorskla continued to crumble on 56 minutes, curling home a…

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