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Ignition point

Sometimes the most important goal is not the winner. Six minutes left, 3-1 behind. All heads down. Except one. Scholes rose high to nod in the cross, instill belief in his team and ignite the comeback. Minutes later, they were level and through to the knockout stages of Europe’s prem ...

Can you stand it?

Pressure. It changes everything. On Sunday, Fernando was only 80% fit, burdened with expectation and desperate to end a four-game losing streak for his club. But when your back’s against the wall, there’s only one way to go. El Niño burst into the box, shrugged off hi ...

Defenders: read it and weep

Four league hat-tricks in three seasons. Five goals in his last two league games. Fernando’s got his eye on the 2009-2010 golden boot. Be warned.

Torres on fire

A record-breaking first season for your new club. Winning your country’s first major honours for 44 years. Taking on the world again and again. You could be forgiven a slow start to the season. But El Nino never goes cold. Two stunning goals on the weekend. Five goals in six league g ...

Better than a Derby

Back and forth action featuring the precise passing of Arsenal and the muscled management of Manchester United. Fans got what they asked for in the first meeting of the season for two English powerhouses. A 20-meter strike from Andrei Arshavin, Arsenal’s newest all star, finds the upp ...