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Master and apprentice reunite at Wembley with more than a trophy at stake | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 21 Mar 2026
Could an Arsenal win in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final begin the passing of the torch from Pep Guardiola to Mikel Arteta? ... Only 12,717 bothered to turn up at the City Ground to see it. It was all very anticlimactic ... ....
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Thomas Tuchel hones an England squad to suit his tactical visionn | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 20 Mar 2026
The head coach will not necessarily pick the better player, or the one in form, but the one who best fits a specific role ... Thomas Tuchel’s plans are coming in to focus ... Tuchel has been refreshingly consistent in prioritising balance over individuals.
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It’s a knockout: why are there so many goals in the Champions League? | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 19 Mar 2026
Theories range from obvious mismatches to Premier League clubs not being able to defend from open play. There were 68 goals in the last 16 of the Champions League, which is not only a lot but goes against the trend of the previous four seasons ... ....
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LinkedIn Liam and Chelsea run out of excuses to explain away PSG humbling | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 18 Mar 2026
The mood already appears to be turning against the earnest coach with the fashionable glasses and box-fresh trainers. The temptation is always to make excuses for Chelsea. They have a young and inexperienced side ... ....
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Expansive Europeans befuddle Premier League elite as set-piece shtick backfires | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 14 Mar 2026
Humbled English clubs must realise that what works against the very good turns out to be inadequate against the best. If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail ... But the Champions League is not like the Premier League.
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Yes, relegation is now a very real possibility for Tottenham | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 02 Mar 2026
Spurs’ slide from title hopefuls to relegation candidates is a story of complete mismanagement and widespread injury. Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here. Last week, after Tottenham had lost 4-1 at home to Arsenal, Igor Tudor was bullish ... ....
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Spring in Sesko’s step is thanks to Carrick scrapping Amorim’s tactical stranglehold | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 28 Feb 2026
The starkest improvement under the interim manager has been the Slovenian supersub’s attacking potency ... There’s a very obvious explanation ... He was caught offside twice ... ....
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Champions League last 16: tie-by-tie analysis and predictions | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 27 Feb 2026
Arsenal and Liverpool will fancy their chance of making the quarter-finals, while Manchester City and Newcastle face tougher routes ... ....
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Fatigue has shaped the balance and madness of today’s Premier League | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 23 Feb 2026
The ever-increasing number of games, combined with financial regulation, has produced flat play on the field but a tighter table overall. Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here ... ....
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Keith Andrews’s gravity-defying miracle has Brentford dreaming of Europe | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 14 Feb 2026
Their best players and managers may move on, but this thoroughly modern club keep punching above their weight. When the news cycle spins so fast, it’s worth remembering where Brentford were in the summer ... They had lost their goalkeeper Mark Flekken.
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Familiar tale of two halves haunts Manchester City as Spurs find belated resolve | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 01 Feb 2026
City again needlessly threw points away but Solanke showed what Tottenham, with their long injury list, have been missing ... It was a case of multiple immutable but incompatible laws running into each other ... ....
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William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Alex Pretti and Renee Good were lynched. How ...

Winston-Salem Journal 29 Jan 2026
We don’t need better training for the men who killed these activists. We need a moral movement to disarm them and reconstruct democracy ... .
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Premier League has the power but still faces reckoning with European giants | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 27 Jan 2026
English clubs stroll through Champions League group phase but fatigue tends to take its toll by the spring ... But that’s the way of the modern game ... ....
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Arteta’s team of ruthless cyborgs malfunction in way that is all too human | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 25 Jan 2026
Arsenal let game slip against Manchester United and need to quickly regain the control that has made them league leaders ... ....
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Is Morocco ready to co-host the 2030 World Cup? Afcon indicates yes | Jonathan Wilson

The Guardian 12 Jan 2026
The Africa Cup of Nations has been a brilliant display for a continent carrying no doubt about quality on the pitch ... Is a World Cup win for Africa any closer than it was half a century ago? ... ....
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