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1) Leicester’s glory down to unity from top down
Of all of the post-match scenes, as the emotion ran wild through the Leicester ranks, was anything more touching than when the club’s chairman, Top Srivaddhanaprabha, was led on to the Wembley pitch by Kasper Schmeichel to be presented with the FA Cup? Bouncing up and down with the players, Srivaddhanaprabha could savour a dream-come-true moment and the poignancy was obvious, given the tragic death in 2018 of his father, Vichai, the then Leicester owner. What shone through was the connection that Srivaddhanaprabha has with Brendan Rodgers and the squad. It is a truly powerful force that played its part in Leicester’s victory. The top-down togetherness has helped make Leicester a destination club. Thefinal win was historic but the sense that the club’s journey will continue is inexorable.
Tuchel is a tactical genius - What the national media said about Chelsea after Man City win
Chelsea extended their winning run to three matches in all competitions with a 2-1 win over champions-elect Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening
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Chelsea tightened their grip on a top-four spot in the Premier League table after coming from behind to beat Manchester City 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening.
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Ahead of Sunday’s Carabao Cup final, the broadcast cut to a shot of Ryan Mason and his staff on the bench. There was an empty seat, and as my older sister pointed out, a missing person where was Michel Vorm, the ex-Tottenham goalkeeper and new goalkeeper coach?
There was probably a very normal explanation for his absence, but I realized that I hadn’t seen him at all since his new role was announced last week. I didn’t seen him on the touchline against Manchester City or Southampton, and didn’t seem in any pictures from training. Getty Images is the greatest resource when looking for someone on a team photographed regularly, and it turns out that Vorm has checked in for his new gig. He was at Wembley on Sunday.
A spirited comeback - What the national media said about Tottenham after 2-1 win vs Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur began life after Jose Mourinho with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Southampton in the Premier League on Wednesday evening at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
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Ryan Mason made the perfect start to life in temporary charge of Tottenham Hotspur last night, watching his side to recover from a goal down to beat Southampton 2-1 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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1) Arsenal’s bright future held back by bad buys
As Arsenal edged their way back into the game against Manchester City, there was plenty for Mikel Arteta to take heart from. Yet for all their grit and assurance, the possibility that the hosts might actually steal any points from an uncharacteristically sloppy City side remained painfully distant. With the exception of the burgeoning partnership between Kieran Tierney and Bukayo Saka, which faded after a bright first half, too few Arsenal players were able to inject their play with any urgency. Perhaps this will be remedied by the return of Gabriel Martinelli but, either way, it does not speak well of the £72m Nicolas Pépé – who traipsed off after 73 unremarkable minutes – nor the exorbitantly salaried Willian, who sat out the game as an u