<keyword id="19976767" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Manchester-City" source="keywords">Manchester City</keyword> clinched the <keyword id="19936657" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Premier-League" source="keywords">Premier League</keyword> title for a record fourth consecutive year after a decisive victory against West Ham on the final day of the 2023-24 season. The win at the Etihad ensured they edged out <keyword id="19930445" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Arsenal" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Arsenal" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Arsenal">Arsenal</keyword> by two points, marking their sixth Premier League triumph under manager <keyword id="20341493" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pep-Guardiola" source="keywords">Pep Guardiola</keyword>'s leadership. City needed a win to guarantee their title retention, and <keyword id="19919882" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Phil-Foden" source="keywords">Phil Foden</keyword>'s early double strike—scoring in the second minute and again shortly after—set the tone. West Ham's Mohammed Kudus momentarily shifted the momentum with an overhead kick late in the first half, but <keyword id="21728241" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rodri" source="keywords">Rodri</keyword>'s low strike early in the second half quashed any hopes Arsenal fans had of a City slip-up. This latest triumph under Guardiola has seen City surpass neighbours <keyword id="19920554" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Manchester-United" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Manchester United" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Manchester United">Manchester United</keyword> as the only team to win the Premier League four times in a row. And with this record following a historic treble-winning season for the Cityzens, the Spanish tactician has hinted at a potential departure due to waning motivation after achieving such extensive success. “Last year, after (completing the treble in) Istanbul, I said ‘it’s over, there’s nothing left’,” Guardiola told Sky Sports. “But I have a contract and I start to think ‘no-one has done four in a row, why don't we try?’. And now I feel it’s done, so what next? Now I don't know what exactly the motivation is because it's difficult to find it when everything is done.” With his personal Premier League tally now up to six, Guardiola has amassed a total of 17 trophies since joining City in 2016. Up next, City will face Manchester United in the <keyword id="21375291" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="FA-Cup-final" source="keywords">FA Cup final</keyword> on May 25, aiming to add another feather to their cap by becoming the first team to complete the domestic Double in successive seasons.

‘Everything is done’: Guardiola ponders motivation to continue as Manchester City win record fourth successive Premier League

For the first time in over two decades <keyword id="64" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="football" source="Orion">football</keyword> greats <keyword id="19960395" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cristiano-Ronaldo" source="keywords">Cristiano Ronaldo</keyword> and <keyword id="20025988" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Lionel-Messi" source="keywords">Lionel Messi</keyword> will not feature in the <keyword id="23047334" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ballon-dOr-nominations" source="keywords">Ballon d'Or nominations</keyword>. <keyword id="19945360" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Messi" source="keywords">Messi</keyword> has won this prestigious award for a record 8 times, he won it last year as well. While the Portuguese superstar has received this award 5 times. <keyword id="20149352" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ronaldo" source="keywords">Ronaldo</keyword> plays for Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr currently. Messi, on the other hand, is in the United States and playing for Inter Miami. The Argentine maestro helped the club lift their maiden trophy. Ronaldo had won his first <keyword id="460284" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ballon-dOr" source="Orion">Ballon d'Or</keyword> in 2008 while he was playing for Manchester United and still holds the record of the last Premier League player to claim the top prize. Messi won his first in 2009 and was nominated for 16 years. Among the list of 30 players, there are six players from England who are nominated. Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka, Cole Palmer, Harry Kane, Phil Foden, and Declan Rice are all in the contention. Bellingham was nominated because of his exceptional debut campaign with Real Madrid. He helped England to reach the final of Euro 2024. There are six players from the Euro 2024 champions Spain, Rodri, DCarvajal, Lamine Yamal, Nico Williams, Dani Olmo, and Alejandro Grimaldo. Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior is also a favourite to win the award. Kylian Mbappe is also on the list along with Manchester City's Erling Haaland. The golden glove winner of the FIFA World Cup 2022, Emiliano Martinez, has made it to the list. The list of 30 players who are nominated for this year's Ballon d'Or are: Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior, Rodri, Dani Carvajal, Bukayo Saka, Ruben Dias, William Saliba, Fede Valverde, Cole Palmer, Lamine Yamal, Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Toni Kroos, Martin Odegaard, Emiliano Martinez, Granit Xhaka, Artem Dovbyk, Harry Kane, Mats Hummels, Hakan Calhanoglu, Nico Williams, Phil Foden, Florian Wirtz, Dani Olmo, Declan Rice, Vitinha, Ademola Lookman, Lautaro Martinez, Alejandro Grimaldo, Antonio Rudiger. (ANI)

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said he was pelted with coins during his side's defeat to Liverpool on Sunday.</li><li>"They tried, but didn't get it," he said. "Maybe next [time] they will do it better."</li></ul>Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he was pelted with coins by members of the crowd as his side suffered its first defeat of the season against Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.Guardiola said the items were thrown at him after City midfielder Phil Foden scored what he thought was the opening goal in the 53th minute, only for it to be disallowed by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR)."All these coins, they tried, but didn't get it," the Spaniard told reporters after the match. "Maybe next [time] they will do it better."Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who later in the match was shown a red card for berating an official, condemned the actions of those who allegedly threw the projectiles."Oh, horrible. I am sorry. I apologize for that," he said when told about Guardiola's comments. "I had no idea about it. It never should happen, never."Liverpool added in a statement: "We are aware of an incident involving objects being thrown into the technical area at today's game."This is totally unacceptable behaviour and not the standards of behaviour we expect at Anfield."This incident will be fully investigated using CCTV and those found guilty will be punished, including a lifetime ban from Anfield Stadium and a possible football banning order."On a fiery night on Merseyside, Mohamed Salah's 76th minute goal was enough to separate the two sides and end City's unbeaten run this season.The defeat means the reigning champions now trail Arsenal at the top of the English Premier League table by four points.

Manchester City's manager claimed he was pelted with coins by opposition fans during a match, and then mocked their accuracy

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Sheldon Edwards is a third-generation barber who's been cutting hair since he was a child.</li><li>He's become a favorite of soccer players and has traveled with clients to the World Cup.</li></ul>This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Sheldon Edwards, a London barber, about styling soccer players' hair at the World Cup in Qatar. It has been edited for length and clarity.I was born in Jamaica and brought up as a third-generation barber. My granddad was a barber, he left his barbershop to my dad, and when I was about 9 or 10, my dad started asking me to work for him.He did different jobs, though, so he'd send me to the shop to be a "watchman" and make sure that everything was running right. Through that, I picked up a piece of talent from everyone there and made it my own talent.<h2>I then started cutting my friends' hair at 10 or 11 years old</h2>I'd cut in the canteen or even in the classroom. I then came to the UK as a young kid, where my mum was working four or five cleaning jobs to keep us going. So when I arrived, I started pushing my barbering talent straight away. I built my talent from there, and that's led to where I am today.I named the brand after I gave Moussa Dembélé, a French footballer, a haircut. It was so sharp, we compared it to an HD TV. Ever since, we've been known as HD Cutz. It started as a joke, but everything has grown since then.I met the Belgian footballer Radja Nainggolan, and every week for about five years, he took me to Rome when he was playing for Roma. I then became the barber for the Roma players. I met Antonio Rüdiger, who played for Roma at the time but plays for Real Madrid now. He's been like a brother to me.Rüdiger moved to Chelsea, and then I met Raheem Sterling, who became a friend. That led to me meeting a lot of Manchester City players. Names like Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez became my clients.The England player Jude Bellingham took me to Germany, where he plays for Borussia Dortmund. The team's players all became my clients. It was a ripple effect of one player sowing the seeds with others. I'm like the pied piper.<h2>Now I'm the barber for England's men's soccer team, but I travel for all my individual clients</h2>Some clients fly me out to competitions with them. In Doha, Qatar, I'm on a retainer with all of my clients, who'll cover flights, hotels, time, and expenses.I was also at the Russia World Cup in 2018 with England, and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/20/phil-foden-says-teammates-will-copy-haircut-if-england-win-euro-2020#:~:text=Phil%20Foden%20says%20his%20England,went%20blond%20for%20Euro%2096.">my haircut for Foden during the UEFA European Football Championship went viral</a>. <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/10/euro-2020-how-to-bleach-your-hair-like-phil-foden-at-home-14905504/">The entire nation was dying their hair blond</a>.<div type="image" title="Soccer player Phil Foden stands with his hands on his head on a soccer pitch" height="2655" width="3554" msid="96131750" hostid="261" sizebytes="946428"></div>I also do German, Belgian, and French players, and I have clients in Brazil. I do a lot of teams, but England is my home and where I live. I ultimately want them to win.<h2>Some players think if I cut their hair before a match, they'll do well</h2>They're superstitious. Some say that if they don't feel good, they won't play good, almost like they haven't brought their football boots to the game.At a tournament like the World Cup, the day before a match, I get up, eat breakfast, go to the gym, and get my mindset right. It can get very busy when you're on the move. You're so in demand, and you're moving around to different hotels. You're working around the massages, physical therapy, and team meetings. You're always on the move.This is the wild thing, though — I'm going to be cutting the France players and the England players before the quarterfinal match between them. It's my job to make sure both teams are fresh. A lot of times, these people are friendly with each other, but when it comes to the flag of their country, they fight it out like warriors. That's what I respect.This job comes with a lot of sacrifices. You're going to have to sacrifice the things that you love to do. You have to put yourself last and the job first.If you have those skills, you're on your way to becoming a celebrity barber. But you also have to have funny banter with the players about how nice they look and how great they feel about going into the game.It brings me the greatest satisfaction when I see players performing at their highest level — and know that I brought out in them a form of confidence that nobody else could've.

I'm a barber at the World Cup. Superstitious players think a haircut gives them good luck for a game.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Trouble erupted during and after Manchester City's match against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.</li><li>Atletico's Stefan Savic grabbed an opponent's hair and clashed heads with another in the game's closing stages. </li></ul>Police were forced to intervene after Manchester City's fiery match against Atletico Madrid in the <keyword id="11894818" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="champions-league" source="Orion">Champions League</keyword> quarterfinals on Wednesday night spilled over into a nasty post-match brawl.City produced a mature defensive display to hold Atletico to a goalless draw at the Wanda Metropolitano and progress to the semifinals, where it will face Real Madrid later this month.Pep Guardiola's side had won the first leg at the Etihad Stadium 1-0 courtesy of a goal from Kevin De Bruyne. As Atletico pushed for a late goal on Wednesday, tempers flared when Brazilian defender Felipe appeared to kick out at City's Phil Foden after a tackle, sparking a theatrical reaction from Foden.As Foden lay on the ground, Atleti's Stefan Savic angrily tried to drag the Englishman up, resulting in a touchline fracas during which Savic pulled Jack Grealish's hair and clashed heads with Raheem Sterling. Felipe was then shown a second yellow card for his kick on Foden before the trouble continued in the tunnel after the final whistle.TV images showed Savic try to confront Grealish while Atletico substitute Šime Vrsaljko threw an object at Kyle Walker and had to be restrained by Atletico's coaching staff before police with riot shields intervened.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—SPORTbible (@sportbible) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1514355047878045705">April 13, 2022</a></blockquote>"The game can make you mad like that, when you're putting them under pressure and creating chances, and they're going down, wasting time," Atletico captain Koke said after the match when asked about Felipe's sending off and the trouble that followed, <a href="https://www.espn.co.uk/football/uefa-champions-league/story/4641690/manchester-citys-tunnel-clash-with-atletico-madrid-leads-to-police-intervention">according to ESPN.</a>"It's football. We often get criticized for that, let's see what people think about it today."Atleti manager Diego Simeone said he "didn't see" the incident in the tunnel and also denied that he sarcastically applauded City boss Guardiola in added time.Guardiola had criticized Simeone for his side's defensive tactics in the first-leg."I didn't applaud the opposition bench, I applauded our fans," said the Argentine, according to ESPN. "Often, people with a large vocabulary are very intelligent, and they manage to praise you with disrespect. But those of us who maybe have a smaller vocabulary, we're not so stupid."Football has a lot of facets. I won't give my opinion on how the opponent behaved. We'll focus on us, playing against maybe the best team in the world, and realizing we could compete. But that doesn't make me happy, the only thing that makes me happy is winning."City host Real Madrid in the first-leg of the semifinals on April 26 before travelling to the Santiago Bernabeu for the second-leg on May 4.

A fiery Champions League tie involving a late red card and hair-pulling spilled over into a nasty brawl after the final whistle

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12242800" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mohamed-salah" source="Orion">Mohamed Salah</keyword> proved why he's currently the best <keyword id="11897666" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="soccer" source="Orion">soccer</keyword> player in the world against Manchester City.</li><li>The Egyptian scored a magical Messi-esque goal in a 2-2 draw at Anfield.</li><li>"I don't think there's anyone playing better in the world," Jamie Carragher said. </li></ul><keyword id="12057810" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="liverpool" source="Orion">Liverpool</keyword> forward Mohamed Salah proved why he's currently the best soccer player in the world by scoring a magical Lionel Messi-esque goal in a 2-2 draw against Manchester City on Sunday.The Egyptian had provided Sadio Mane with the opener at Anfield with an hour played before Phil Foden leveled for the visitor with a clinical low finish.Just minutes later, a moment of genius from Salah then restored Liverpool's lead. The 29-year-old slalomed through four City defenders before slamming the ball past Ederson with his weaker foot.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-NBC <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">Sports</keyword> Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1444710933700415490">October 3, 2021</a></blockquote>Salah's outstanding solo effort was his ninth goal of the season in all competitions and his seventh in consecutive games - equaling his longest ever scoring streak for Jurgen Klopp's side.It also comes just a week after scoring his 100th <keyword id="11895950" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="premier-league" source="Orion">Premier League</keyword> goal in a 3-0 win over Leeds United.After the match, the former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher described Salah as the current best player in the world."I don't think there's anyone playing better in the world or in Europe at the moment," Carragher said on Sky Sports. "His record at the start of this season has been absolutely outstanding"You can never really question him for what he's done at Liverpool - if at all - but right now is as probably as sharp and as good as I've ever seen him."Carragher went on to insist that tying Salah, who is out of contract in 2023, down to a new long-term deal should be Liverpool's biggest priority. The club agreed new deals with Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, and Fabinho during the summer but is yet to reach an agreement with Salah."I know the situation Liverpool are in," he said. "They don't have the finances of Manchester City when you think of the wages they give out. But right now, Salah is playing as well as anyone in European football."Liverpool cannot afford to let his contract situation drag on, with the threat they could lose him in the next two years."It's imperative that at his peak he's still scoring goals in the red shirt of Liverpool."Salah himself said while he was happy with his goal, it would have been better if it hadn't been cancelled out by Kevin De Bruyne's equalizer."It would be more special if we won the game but it is what it is," he said. "It's a good goal but nothing much to say."

Mohamed Salah showed why he's the best soccer player in the world with a magical Messi-esque goal

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A David Luiz horror show gifted <keyword id="39498" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Manchester-City">Manchester City</keyword> a 3-0 win over <keyword id="4509" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Arsenal">Arsenal</keyword> as the English <keyword id="52458" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Premier-League">Premier League</keyword> returned on Wednesday night.</li><li>Arsenal defender Luiz entered the game in just the 24th minute following an injury to his teammate, but within 30 minutes, he had given away two goals and was shown a red card.</li><li>"I've said everything that I've got to say over the last few years. He never learns," Sky <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">Sports</keyword> pundit Gary Neville said of Luiz after his sending off.</li><li>Luiz, who has commanded over $130 million in transfer fees throughout his career, has conceded four penalties this season and made more errors leading to goals than any other Premier League defender. </li></ul>One of the worst substitute appearances in Premier League history from defender David Luiz helped gift Manchester City a 3-0 victory over Arsenal as the English top flight returned on Wednesday night following a 100 day hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.Luiz, formerly of Chelsea and Paris Saint Germain, entered the game at an empty Etihad Stadium in Manchester in just the 24th minute following an injury to his Arsenal teammate Pablo Mari.Just 20 minutes later on the stroke of halftime, the Brazilian failed to clear Kevin De Bruyne's tame cross, with the ball deflecting off his thigh and into the path of England star Raheem Sterling, who finished with aplomb to open the scoring and grab his first goal of 2020.Watch Sterling's opener here:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—#MyPLSummer (@NBCSportsSoccer) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1273346562815557638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></blockquote>Or, if you're outside the US, here:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1273347654265823237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></blockquote>Four minutes after the break, Luiz then conceded a penalty and was shown a straight red card after bringing Riyad Mahrez down inside the area.De Bruyne converted from the spot to make it 2-0 and all but secure the three points for the Pep Guardiola's side.The former Manchester United defender Gary Neville, who is now a pundit for Sky Sports, said of Luiz after his sending off: "I've said everything that I've got to say over the last few years. He never learns."City defender Eric Garcia was stretchered off late on after being clattered by his own goalkeeper Ederson, before 20-year-old midfielder Phil Foden scored City's third in added time to complete a 3-0 victory.Luiz, who has commanded over $130 million in transfer fees throughout his career, joined Arsenal from Chelsea last summer, but has had a debut season to forget in North London. In 32 games in all competitions, the 33-year-old has conceded four penalties and received two red cards.He's also made more errors leading to goals than any other defender in the Premier League. Prior to the defeat, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told Sky Sports he had omitted Luiz from the starting lineup because of "a few things that happened in recent weeks."City is currently second in the Premier League table, 22 points behind league leaders Liverpool, while Arsenal sit in ninth.Read more: <a href="https://www.insider.com/premier-league-hawkeye-malfunctions-denies-sheffield-united-goal-2020-6">Hawkeye technology appeared to malfunction and failed to spot an obvious goal in the English Premier League's first game back after coronavirus</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/black-lives-matter-premier-league-players-take-knee-solidarity-2020-6">Premier League players took a knee for the first 10 seconds of the league's return in a powerful show of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/premier-league-return-insiders-club-by-club-guide-2020-6">'Project Restart' is on, and the English Premier League is back — here's a team-by-team guide to the return of the world's biggest football league</a>

A $130m defender came off the bench, gave away 2 goals, and got sent off in under 30 minutes in one of the worst substitute appearances of all time

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Manchester City's manager, Pep Guardiola, says the newly crowned <keyword id="52458" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Premier-League">Premier League</keyword> champions Liverpool FC must have drunk "a lot of beers" after his side beat the Reds 4-0 on Thursday night.</li><li>Liverpool was crowned champion for the first time last week but sank to a miserable defeat in Manchester in its first game since.</li><li>The performance led to questions over Liverpool's attitude, to which head coach Jurgen Klopp did not take kindly.</li><li>"If you want to lead the story in the direction that we were not focused on that game, then do it," <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12019780/jurgen-klopps-post-match-interview-after-liverpool-defeat-i-saw-a-brilliant-attitude">the coach said after, according to Sky Sports</a>. "Why do you ask me if we had decent chances? It makes no sense this question."</li></ul>On Thursday night, just days after being crowned English Premier League champions for the first time, Liverpool FC sank to a miserable 4-0 defeat at the hands of the second-place club Manchester City.Pep Guardiola thinks he knows why."I think they drank a lot of beers in the last week,'' the City manager said, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/man-city-liverpool-pep-guardiola-beer-title-result-klopp-latest-news-a9599036.html">according to The Independent</a>. "But they arrived here with no beers in their blood, which is why I give us a lot of credit."The rout at Etihad Stadium began 25 minutes in when Kevin de Bruyne converted from the penalty spot for his 11th goal of the season.Raheem Sterling, who signed for City from Liverpool in 2015, doubled his side's advantage 10 minutes later before the highly rated English youngster Phil Foden made it 3-0 with a sublime finish on the stroke of halftime.City scored its fourth in the 66th minute, when Liverpool's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain diverted the ball into his own net."We beat the champions, an extraordinary team," Guardiola added. "They are the best team I've faced in my life at high pressing. The way they use that mechanism is incredible."They are brave to play, we are brave to play. They had a good chance with [Mohamed] Salah at the start, but after that we played very well."Liverpool's performance led to questions from reporters on the team's attitude, to which Klopp did not take kindly."If you want to lead the story in the direction that we were not focused on that game, then do it," <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12019780/jurgen-klopps-post-match-interview-after-liverpool-defeat-i-saw-a-brilliant-attitude">the coach said following a question from Sky Sports' Geoff Shreeves</a>."I like my team how they set up. I said that and I thought that was clear. I think we proved that point. And City proved they are an unbelievably good team. Isn't it nice that another team can be champions even when City is around and plays this kind of football?"City are incredible. I've seen their games — they haven't played a bad game all season. Even when they lost they still played really good football. But in the end the situation is like it is."We had moments. You watched the game completely calm — why do you ask me if we had decent chances? It makes no sense this question."He added: "All is OK. It's not nice, it's not what we wanted. I wanted to see we had the right attitude, and we did, so I'm fine. And the result we have to take."Liverpool next play Aston Villa at Anfield on Sunday. A win would move it within 11 points of the Premier League's point record, which was set by City in 2018-2019, with five games still to play. <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/sky-sports-list-of-banned-words-study-shows-racial-bias-2020-7">Premier League broadcaster Sky Sports wants to ban announcers from using certain words after a study showed racial bias in football commentary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/soccers-biggest-traitors-20-players-who-transferred-to-rival-clubs-2020-6">Arson, riots, and a severed pig's head: These 20 players dared to cross the divide and play for both clubs in some of soccer's biggest rivalries</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/football-referees-stricter-without-fans-to-question-praise-calls-study-2020-7">Referees in soccer are stricter without fans in the stadium to jeer or cheer their calls, a new study finds</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/liverpool-premier-league-winner-after-stunning-christian-pulisic-goal-2020-6">Liverpool sealed its first ever Premier League title after a stunning Christian Pulisic goal for Chelsea made it impossible for anyone to catch the champions-elect</a></li></ul>

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