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Thomas Tuchel has brought improvement but Chelsea still have to keep it flowing

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Chelsea will forever bless their luck, as the decision to change manager, with the sacking of Frank Lampard and the appointment of Thomas Tuchel earlier this year looking like the best managerial decision they have made in recent years. Chelsea fans wave the club's flag in a Premier League game. Photo Credits: Twitter/ Chelsea Since then, they have moved on pretty well, with run of good results and managed to get into two finals, the UEFA Champions League and the FA Cup, although it did not went as they would have wanted in the FA Cup final, as they lost the trophy to Leicester City, in the final played at Wembley. Nonetheless, it is a completely changed atmosphere, more positive than when their legend was at the helm, and not only the players, but the fans and every stakeholder at the club will concede this as the truth. Thomas Tuchel has brought a new system, a new spirit and instilled believe in the players, and it is always evident whenever Chelsea play these days. They have be

What a season it would have been but for Aubameyang

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For The Arsenal,  it is another season of same old story as things got worse after it looked really promising at the start. Aubameyang pictured in a Premier League game. Photo Credits: Twitter/ Premier League The Gunners have finished their lowest in 26 years. Although it was the same last season,  but the FA Cup triumph had overwhelmed everyone at the club from realizing how close they were to a disaster, that has finally catch up on them. Mikel Arteta's side finished eighth, the same position they ended up in the league in the  2019/20 campaign but did sealed Europa league qualification after beating Chelsea 2-1 in Wembley. However,  Mikel Arteta's side did not get so lucky this season,  after their early elimination from the FA Cup in the hands of Southampton in the fourth round. Their hopes were built on winning the Europa league or in the least  finish in a European place in the league. This time, things would not go their way as they lost 13 Premier league games in t

Premier League: Most Outstanding Players and The Premier League Team of The Year

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The Premier League 2020/21 season has come and gone and it is time to reflect on the players performances, and set aside personnels, for their individual brilliance. Manchester City are Premier League Champions in 2020/21 season. Photo Credits: Twitter/Premier League In the light of this, OltSports correspondent, Afolabi Kehinde Hassan takes a look into the players' performances in numbers, and has come to a conclusion on the following; Most underrated:   Tomas Soucek Having impressed in his loan spell with The Hammers in the second half of the 2019/20 season, the Czech Republic international was signed on a permanent contact ahead of the new season and West Ham United will forever bless the decision made for the 26 year old. Tomas Soucek played every minute of West Ham United's 38 Premier League games in the just concluded campaign, except just a minute, away at Fulham, when referee Mike Dean wrongly gave him a marching order, but the suspension was lifted on appeal. He was a