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Manchester United fans react angrily to Ashley Young's one year contract extension

Manchester United captain Ashley Young will not be joining Inter Milan next summer neither will he be signing a pre-contract agreement with other clubs having be given a one-year contract extension.  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a huge fan of the 34-year-old and feels his presence at the club will be useful to the younger players in the team.  Although, the decision to keep him at the club haven't gone down well with fan who vented angrily on different social medias.  Some of the tweet reads; "How the might have fallen.. "  Another aggrieved post reads: "The more Man U fans want to escape the more the owners give them pain".  Another reads: "This Ole and Co. are really taking us for granted. You can't be renewing Ashley's contract while there are real loopholes to cover.. it's getting out of hand".  Sad ones goes this way: "Why, just why would you do that? He is part of the dead wood that they need clearing out "This ...

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Liverpool vs Leicester City: Where the game will be won and lost

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Liverpool are on the verge of creating history by becoming the first team in Premier League history to win their first eight matches in a row.

But achieving that fate won't be easy cause Leicester City are among the best team in England. They're third in the Premier League table, 7 points off Liverpool and a win will see them reduce it to just 4 points. 

To beat Liverpool, Leicester City must play without fear just like Salzburg did against them on Wednesday in the Champions League. Salzburg did concede three goals but the manager made them believe they're not amateurs but champions. 

He told to target Van Dijk who is beginning to look tired having racked over 4,345 minutes of football this year alone.. The dutch defender have played eventually every game for Liverpool since he arrived. He is hardly rested and against Salzburg he showed defensive lapses never seen before in his game. 

Van Dijk though remains the world best defender and in his day, its almost impossible to dribble past him. Van Dijk, Trent Alexander and Jordan Henderson are looking vulnerable. Leicester City have to target them. 

Liverpool meanwhile have to utilize their wide forwards to make the likes of Ben Chilwell and Ricardo Pereira uncomfortable. If those two are forced back, the likes of Marc Albrighton and James Madison will have to fall deeper which will invariably weaken the attack and put Leicester City under more pressure. 

It will allow the likes of Trent Alexander Arnold and Andrew Robertson overlap and attack. Those two are very good and giving them space to run and cross is dangerous. 

Midfield-wise, Liverpool have the edge over Leicester City. They've a fantastic striker force and their defense though shaky but good enough to stop Jamie Vardy from scoring. 

Prediction: Liverpool 3- 1 Leicester City. 


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