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Football Transfers Live Blog Editor with almost 10 years experience in producing up-to-the-minute live action around European football and beyond. Regular FootballCritic contributor.
Articles written by Martin Macdonald
La Liga
La Liga Top Five, Round 15: Messi celebrates Ballon d'Or with classy hat-trick
The Argentine won the prestigious award during the week, and is already gunning for next year's!
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Bundesliga
Bundesliga Top Five, Round 14: Reus and Sancho lead Dortmund rout
BVB were superb as they put five past Dusseldorf
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Championship
Championship Top Five, Round 20: Pereira produces world-class triple assist
Elsewhere Bowen continues to be brilliant
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La Liga
FC Player of the Day, 7 Dec: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
The Argentine celebrated his Ballon d'Or win with a hat-trick.
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Player of the Day
FC Player of the Day, 6 Dec: Vedat Muriqi (Fenerbahce)
The big forward scored two in a seven-goal thriller in the Turkish Super Lig.
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Premier League
Premier League Team of the Week, Round 15: Liverpool's attack and Leicester's defence rule
The two leading teams in the standings make up no less than seven players in our line-up.
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Five Games to Watch
Five Games to Watch: Manchester Derby and a belter in Serie A
Plus the battle for second in Ligue 1 and another derby in Austria.
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Goals of the Week
European Goals of the Week, 6 Dec: Origi and Shaqiri down the Toffees
Liverpool were in scintillating form in the Merseyside Derby versus Everton.
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Premier League
Premier League Top Five, Round 15: Mane the best among four players from Liverpool and City
A high-quality list with the league's two best teams making up the majority.
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Football You Missed, 5 Dec: Racism disgrace from the Italian media
Plus Milan celebrate their 120th anniversary this month, and a goalkeeping howler from South Korea.
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Ligue 1
Ligue 1 Team of the Week, Round 16: Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne make up the majority
Otavio, Josh Maja, and Cristian Battocchio are in there with 10s.
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Ligue 1
Ligue 1 Top Five, Round 16: Three 10s on Tuesday, including Josh Maja
Otavio and Cristian Battocchio also recorded a perfect rating.
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Player of the Day
FC Player of the Day, 4 Dec: Sadio Mane (Liverpool)
In the absence of Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino in the starting XI, the Senegalese was the star man again.
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Player of the Day
FC Player of the Day, 3 Dec: Josh Maja (Bordeaux)
Two Bordeaux players hit a 10 on Tueday, but the 20-year-old just edges it among the Ultras chaos.
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Serie A
Serie A Team of the Week, Round 14: Ilicic and Pasalic star for Atalanta
Plus Lautaro Martinez's stock continues to rise at Inter.
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Bundesliga
Bundesliga Team of the Week, Round 13: Embolo leads Gladbach contingent
Denis Zakaria and Patrick Herrmann also feature for BMG.
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Championship
Championship Team of the Week, Round 19: Dasilva leads Brentford demolition of Luton
There are five Bees in our line-up.
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Europe
Best Of The Rest Top Five: Turkish Super Lig leads the way with two 10s
Djalma Campos and Burak Yılmaz scored five goals between them this weekend, while another star is born at Ajax.
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Team Performances
Best Team Performances, Dec 3: Talleres awesome in Argentina
They are joined in the rankings by Alanyaspor, Benfica, and Willem II
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Ligue 1
Ligue 1 Team of the Week, Round 15: A week for midfield maestros
The Marseille man is joined in the middle by Xavier Chavalerin and Teji Savanier.
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Ligue 1
Ligue 1 Top Five, Round 15: Fulgini unlucky to be on the losing side
Plus some dominating midfield displays from Xavier Chavalerin and Morgan Sanson.
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La Liga
La Liga Team of the Week, Round 15: Pique shuts out Atleti
The Spain international and Lionel Messi ensured victory against Atletico
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La Liga
La Liga Top Five, Round 15: Pique and Messi down Atleti
Plus some impressive performances within the Basque sides.
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Premier League
Premier League Team of the Week, Round 14: Three Spurs stars after defeat of Bournemouth
Plus West Ham's third-choice goalkeeper David Martin keeping a clean sheet at Stamford Bridge.
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Premier League
Premier League Top Five, Round 14: Superstar Spurs
Dele Alli, Son Heung-min, and Moussa Sissoko were all in excellent form versus Bournemouth.
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