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PREDICTION

This week’s featured match is Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur

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FOOTBALL EXPRESSION

This week’s English for football expression is the phrase smash and grab. Now this phrase is usually associated with a type of robbery – one where a shop window is smashed which then allows someone to take the goods from inside. It is not very subtle but can be very effective as there exists an element of surprise. Now, in football we use this when one team dominates another but still does not get the victory, rather the team that has been under pressure all game breaks out from defence and scores a goal to secure an unlikely victory. Now this happened last weekend to my team Spurs who completely dominated Stoke City in the Premier League – hitting the post, having penalties turned down, watching their reserve keeper play a blinder and generally dominating possession only to see Stoke score the winner late on. A real sickener but a classic case of a smash and grab victory. Smash and grab.

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This week’s QUIZ QUESTION:

When was the last time Tottenham beat their big rivals Arsenal in the league?

a) 2007

b) 2003

c) 2001

d) 1999

Answer next week.

Last week we asked, how many games has the Liverpool manager, Benitez won in his 200 games for the club? The answer was 113 – the best of any Premier League manager, and second best Liverpool manager’s record.

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