Brentford are the best team in the division for fast-break goals (nine), and Thiago’s strength helps. He grappled tirelessly ...

Thiago profiles as a physical penalty-box striker, having taken just two shots from outside the area all season. His first ...

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At the start of the season, it was easy to think Liverpool might stroll to another Premier League title. The defending champion won its first five league games, plus the two it played in other ...

The Premier League champions frustrated the league leaders with a defensive performance that earned them a point at the ...

Ruben Amorim said earlier this season that not even the Pope could change his philosophy and that there would be a change and evolution of his system; how much have things changed at Old Trafford this ...

Oliver Glasner, left, and Andoni Iraola Robin Jones - AFC Bournemouth/Getty Images Crystal Palace versus Bournemouth is a meeting between two of the Premier League’s great disruptors. Former Liverpool ...

Tottenham deploy a high line with their defenders, leaving Micky van de Ven with huge space behind him, and Gary Neville has asked him how he has the bravery to use such tactics ...

Turns out Thomas Tuchel was right. The soccer season was only a few weeks old when the England coach expressed his belief that old-school tactics were back in vogue. Long throw-ins. Long clearances by ...