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Masihkah anda tersenyum lagi di saat ini kita semakin menghampiri Mahkota BPL



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Hanya FAN setia liverpool yang memahami mengapa Steven gerrard megalirkan air mata-hanya tinggal baki 4 perlawanan yang harus liverpool harungi dan baki 4 perlawanan itu harus dan wajib menang untuk sekali lagi gerrard mengalirkan air mata nya.di sini kita lihat betapa BRENDAN RODGERS cube sedaya upaya untuk mengembalikan semula zaman kegemilangan liverpool yang dah lama hilang.selangkah demi selangkah BRENDAN RODGERS memastikan bahawa anak2 didik nye mampu mengharungi semua attacking dari mana2 kelab di BPL

Dengan kesetiaan yang di tunjukan dari kapten steven gerrard yang juga berjaya memimpin rakan2 nye untuk terus menghadirkan persembahan yang berkualiti

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Peminat tegar kita !!!!!!!





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This Kids Will Bring The Title to Their Leader Very Soon

Ada lagi 4 perlawanan akhir, kekalkan momentum dan kita lah JUARA!

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Brendan Rodgers: "Sebagai pengurus, saya bangga berpeluang mengendalikan pasukan dengan fans yang luar biasa. Tempat penonton The Kop penuh warna skaf, bendera dan suara yang bergema begitu luar biasa."







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Assalamualaikum wbt. Morning kops. Salam 3-2!! ^_^ MakeUsDream kplm nur

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Philippe Coutinho telah dipilih sebagai Pemain Terbaik bagi perlawanan menentang Manchester City semalam.



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Daniel Sturridge injury latest

Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that Daniel Sturridge picked up a hamstring problem during Liverpool’s 3-2 victory over Manchester City on Sunday afternoon.

Daniel Sturridge in action against Swansea City. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Just as Glen Johnson put the ball into his own net for City’s equaliser and cancel out first-half goals from Raheem Sterling and Martin Skrtel, Sturridge went down holding his hamstring.

He was promptly replaced by Joe Allen and spent the last 24 minutes of the game in the medical room.

“We’ll see [how he is] over the next couple of days,” Rodgers is quoted by the club’s official website as saying after the game.

“He felt a wee bit of tightness in his hamstring, so we’ll see how that is in the next couple of days.”

The Reds went on to win the game thanks to a Philippe Coutinho strike twelve minutes from time as Anfield erupted into scenes of joy and euphoria.

Rodgers’ side continue to sit top of the Premier League, with destiny in their hands. Chelsea’s 1-0 victory at Swansea later on Sunday makes their visit to Anfield at April even more exciting.

Liverpool will be hopeful Sturridge recovers in time for Sunday’s Premier League clash at Norwich City.

Since signing for Liverpool from Chelsea in January 2013, the England international has scored 34 goals in 46 games, including 30 goals this season alone.

The Reds will be without midfielder Jordan Henderson after the 23-year-old was sent off for a two-footed challenge on City’s Samir Nasri in the dying seconds of the game.

Henderson will miss the trip to Norwich, as well as Liverpool’s home game against title-chasing Chelsea on April 27th and the final away game of the season at Crystal Palace on May 5th.

Rodgers will look to the services of Joe Allen and Lucas Leiva to cover Henderson in his absence. Both players were second-half substitutes against Man City on Sunday.

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Gambar di ambil oleh salah satu page lawan...katanya Tahun lepas marah Suarez tapi tahun sayang Suarez..Untuk pegetahun pihak lawan tersebut kami tidak pernah berhenti sayangkan Suarez...Please take note



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Pre - Order LFC Home Kit 2014/15 (Free Gift Towel) DIBUKA SEKARANG di page FB SuperScouse Malaysia. Ini linknya



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Request to join ya nanti saya akan approvekan.



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Gerrard tahu ianya begitu hampir : Carra Lagenda Liverpool Jamie Carragher perc...

Gerrard tahu ianya begitu hampir : Carra



Lagenda Liverpool Jamie Carragher percaya bahawa reaksi Gerrard pada kemenangan Liverpool ke atas Manchester City menunjukkan betapa hampirnya Liverpool untuk memenangi trofi kejuaraan BPL.



Carragher juga menerangkan bahawa reaksi Gerrard itu juga merupakan kesan apabila Gerrard menyedari setelah 15 tahun berusaha keras untuk membawa trofi BPL kembali ke Anfield,kini dia dan Liverpool hanya dipisahkan dengan empat perlawanan sahaja lagi dengan trofi tersebut.



"Ianya datang setelah bertahun-tahun lamanya berada di kelab dan tidak memenangi liga.Ianya bukan hanya tentang soal kemenangan hari ini."



"Sebelum perlawanan,saya ada menyatakan bahawa ramai pemain Liverpool yang kelihatan bermain tanpa sebarang tekanan dan mereka juga tidak kelihatan terbeban.Mereka mungkin baru sahaja tiba di kelab dan juga tidak menyedari sejarah Liverpool.Tapi tidak bagi Gerrard."



"Anda membicarakan tentang bebanan yang ditanggung seseorang,tapi sudah banyak kali dia membawa kelab ini melalui aksi hebatnya sendiri.Saya rasa Gerrard menyedari dia kini begitu hampir."



"Liverpool telah bermain dengan begitu baik dan mereka juga telah mencatatkan kemenangan kesepuluh berturut-turut.Tapi jika mereka memenangi liga,ini yang akan mereka lihat kembali."



"Akan sentiasa ada perlawanan apabila seseorang memenangi liga,anda akan lihat kembali ke belakang dan berkata ini yang membawa perubahan,ini yang menjadi titik perubahan mereka.,dan bagi saya ini titik perubahan Liverpool."



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Brendan Rodgers on “remarkable” Liverpool win over Man City

Brendan Rodgers was understandably delighted with his side’s 3-2 victory over title rivals Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday afternoon to keep Liverpool top of the Premier League with four games to go.

First-half goals from Raheem Sterling and Martin Skrtel gave Liverpool a comfortable 2-0 lead by half-time, but a strike from David Silva and a Glen Johnson own goal brought the visitors level just after the hour mark.

Philippe Coutinho‘s strike from the edge of the area with 12 minutes to go proved to be the winner and the Reds are now just four games from being crowned champions.

It was a wonderful day at Anfield as tributes were made before kick-off with the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster on Tuesday, before a rousing and courageous victory.

“We’ve been put under pressure in a very big game against a big opponent but you can see from our football that we are coping,” said Rodgers to BBC Sport after the game.

“My message to the players is to continue. We don’t need to change.”

Rodgers also praised the way his side went on to win the game, despite giving away a two goal lead so early in the second-half.

He added, “I give a lot of credit to the players. Our performance level, particularly in the first half, was quite sensational.

“In the second half, we expected City to come back into it because they are a wonderful team with quality players and an outstanding manager in Manuel Pellegrini.

“We showed a great mentality. The group is very, very tight. There has to be a cause to fight for and you could see that intensity.”

Liverpool now go to Norwich City next Sunday, 20th April, before fellow title contenders Chelsea visit Anfield on Sunday, 27th April for what many will bill as a title decider.

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Gerrard in the form of his Liverpool career

He may not be the one-man show he once was, but Peter Fraser believes Steven Gerrard might just be playing the best football of his career.

It was as early as the 10th minute when you could see how much this game meant to Steven Gerrard. Delivering orders to a team-mate, a Manchester City attack was snubbed out before Liverpool's captain played a beautifully delicate pass up field along the touchline with the outside of his boot.

The tears of the midfielder at the final whistle were a more obvious sign of his feelings as he continues the intense desire of his pursuit of a first Premier League trophy, but that above passage of play more accurately personified an individual display in Sunday's 3-2 win over City which ranks among his very best.

Gerrard's present performances are not the one-man army heroics of those against Olympiakos, Istanbul's Champions League final of 2005, the FA Cup final versus West Ham United of 2006 or many more, but they are displays of responsibility and dominance that are proving just as inspirational.

In fact, given the measured-yet-influential manner of Gerrard's current efforts, there is an argument to say that a player who will turn 34 years of age at the end of May is producing the best, most consistent football of his career.

Certainly in terms of the effectiveness of Liverpool as they now sit two points clear at the top of the Premier League with Norwich City, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Newcastle United left to play, it is tough to dispute.

The reason is Gerrard's deep-sitting midfield role. Previous managers, such as Rafa Benitez, had not trusted the Englishman in this position due to a perceived inability to maintain the required discipline both in terms of positioning and mentality.

Part of that lack of trust in past seasons was also perhaps within Gerrard himself when at times he looked like a player who felt he constantly needed to show inferior team-mates, 'I'll do this by myself'.

But now it is different. Liverpool have a strong squad and Gerrard is no longer capable of the box-to-box rampaging he was once famous for. It has been replaced by the virtue of maturity.

When Gerrard was first shifted to his deeper role, against Aston Villa in the Premier League and Bournemouth in the FA Cup at the turn of 2014, it looked like a short-term experiment given the shaky nature of his operations.

However, ever since the Merseyside derby thrashing of Everton in late January and then this weekend's epic against City, Gerrard's reinvention has been a masterstroke.

When facing City on a day of raw emotion at Anfield, when the stadium and football community paid tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy - of which Gerrard's cousin, Jon-Paul Gilhooley, was one of the 96 victims - his passion on the final whistle was understandable.

It was also a sign of a the apparent team spirit which has been embraced among this Liverpool squad which is unlike many in recent memory.

'Exactly the same. We go together. Come on' - Gerrard holds a team huddle after the final whistle

Gerrard told Sky Sports after the match: "That was the longest 90 minutes I have probably ever played in. I kept flashing back to how long the clock was taking in cup finals and big games I have played in before.

"It felt like the clock was going backwards at some points in that game. That is such a big result for us."

The reason for the on-field drama was a game in which Liverpool had thrown away a 2-0 half-time lead, courtesy of Raheem Sterling and Martin Skrtel, as City came back in the second half to draw 2-2 through David Silva and a Glen Johnson own goal.

City then looked favourites to go on and win the game but Philippe Coutinho again tipped the balance in Liverpool's favour.

It was a hurricane of a match, one which moves Liverpool on to a 10-game winning run and on course to end the long wait for a first top-flight title since 1990, but Gerrard had never let himself get carried away in the 96 minutes, including injury time, from start to finish.

While the likes of Sterling and Coutinho take the headlines in this new generation at Liverpool, Gerrard is the perfect mixture of motivator and on-the-ball calmness.

It was only from set-pieces at which Gerrard touched the ball in City's third of the field, whether taking corners - one of which provided an assist for Skrtel's goal - or meeting them with an unmarked header from which he should have beaten England colleague Joe Hart.

Other than that, Gerrard remained superbly controlled in holding his position. Comparing his touch map against Manuel Pellegrini's team to the scattered nature of his game against Crystal Palace in the first half of the season before he had been given his reinvented position provides a perfect example of his defined role (see below).

Gerrard's touches versus City (left) were much deeper than before his new role against Palace (right)

If Yaya Toure had not been forced off through injury in the first half, Gerrard might have had a more difficult afternoon against City. Without that challenge it was only Pellegrini's tactical switch of pushing Silva further forward and to the left in the first 15 minutes of the second half which gave Gerrard and Liverpool their biggest test.

City moved Silva (No.21) further up the field and to the left in the 15 minutes after half-time (right)

Silva was the main factor in City's fight back and Gerrard was consequently forced further over to Liverpool's right side of the pitch, having previously been guiding his young team-mate, Jon Flanagan, through the game on the left.

But, again, Gerrard had the awareness to do so and Silva's huge threat to Liverpool had decreased even before Coutinho's goal halted what had looked like winning momentum for the visitors.

It had become a bit of a panic for Liverpool in the quarter of an hour after half-time but Gerrard, despite his emotions, had not lost his head.

At West Ham last weekend, his calmness was personified in raking passes and match-deciding penalty kicks, which took his tally to 12 goals from dead balls this season, another Premier League record for the campaign. Against City, Gerrard was more the rock on which Liverpool's win was built.

Sitting as the deep midfielder in Brendan Rodgers's diamond 4-1-2-1-2 formation, Gerrard misplaced just one pass in the first half with a completion rate of 96.6 per cent from 29 attempts. He was dropping back in between splitting centre-backs Skrtel and Mamadou Sakho to pick up the ball, particularly from the latter, and setting the tone for his team-mates to attack.

This was exactly what Rodgers planned when he first moved Gerrard in January.

Indeed, the Liverpool boss said of his captain in February in an interview with Sky Sports pundit and former Anfield defender Jamie Carragher: "I just thought this is a guy who is one of the best passers in world football, whose game intelligence over many years of playing has grown.

"I always spoke to Steven about it [the new role]. I was always going to do it but it had to be the right time and the players to make it work."

Gerrard misplaced just one pass in the first half (left in red) and linked up with Mamadou Sakho (right)

Credit must go to Rodgers. The right players to whom he referred include the energy and creativity of Coutinho, Sterling and, particularly, Jordan Henderson, whose late red card against City and subsequent suspension will be a major absence in some of the remaining games of the season.

Gerrard, though, is the one who has embraced his duty for his team. Undoubtedly as a consequence, his passing accuracy average this season (86.3%) is his best in the Premier League since Opta records began in 2003. Against City, his passing accuracy was even better at an average of 90.5%, which was more than any of his team-mates.

Steven Gerrard's Top Five Premier League Passing Averages (since 2003)

That Gerrard was capable of performing to this level in perhaps the most important league game Anfield has seen in 25 years perhaps says it all.

Gerrard's determination to win the title is almost tangible and that he is embracing this pressure is yet another of his attributes.

"Exactly the same. We go together. Come on," were among the words which Gerrard tearfully roared at his squad-mates in their post-match huddle on the Anfield pitch after beating City. With their captain in this form and mind set, fans and players alike can dare to dream.

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Season	Passing Accuracy (%)
2013/14	86.0
2012/13	85.5
2011/12	83.2
2008/09	80.5
2010/11	80.4

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Gerrard knows it's close - Carra

Jamie Carragher believes Steven Gerrard's reaction to the win over Manchester City showed just how close Liverpool are to winning the title.

Gerrard played a key role as Liverpool responded to a second-half comeback from their visitors to grab a 3-2 win and take control of the Premier League title race.

At the final whistle Gerrard could barely contain himself and delivered a chest-thumping speech to his team-mates who had huddled around him.

His former Liverpool colleague Carragher told Sky Sports that Gerrard's reaction was a result of realising that, after over 15 years of personally striving to bring the league crown to Anfield, the club are just four games away from reclaiming the title.

"That comes from being at this club so long and not winning the league," said Carragher. "That's not just [about winning] today.

"I talked before the game about a lot of these Liverpool players looking like they're playing without that pressure and that they haven't got that burden on their shoulders, they've only just come to the club or don't know the history of it - but he does.

"You talk about pressure on someone's shoulders but how many times has he carried the club through his own performances? I think he's the one feeling it the most.

"If I was involved I'd probably be struggling to sleep and he's the one who will be going right through that. We saw his reaction at the end, shouting to his family and friends in the box - that's the build-up of going so long without winning the league."

Belief

Jamie Redknapp reckons Gerrard may have given up his hopes of winning the Premier League with Liverpool after the Reds finished 28 points behind champions Manchester United last season.

However, Philippe Coutinho's winner on Sunday, after a David Silva strike and Glen Johnson own goal had cancelled out first-half goals from Raheem Sterling and Martin Skrtel, put the title race entirely in Liverpool's hands.

"Whether you're a Liverpool fan or not, that's the sort of thing, as a football fan, that makes your hair stand on end," Redknapp said, reflecting on Gerrard's post-match celebrations.

"Gerrard got his players in a huddle and his character, everything about that man, was coming out there. It was pouring out of him. That was great to see.

"He knows now that they're in touching distance of something very special. He thought he'd never get that opportunity to win the league - but they're four games from changing Liverpool's history."

Turning point

In his post-match interview, Gerrard was quick to point out the league is yet to be won, and insisted Liverpool must be at their best to beat relegation-threatened Norwich next weekend.

But Carragher suspects his former club's 3-2 triumph over City may be the vital moment in this season's title race.

"Liverpool have been playing great and they've won ten in a row now but, if they go on to win the league, this will be what will be looked back at," he said.

"There's always a game when someone wins the title and you look back at and say 'that was the difference, that was the turning point'."

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Gerrard in the form of his Liverpool career

He may not be the one-man show he once was, but Peter Fraser believes Steven Gerrard might just be playing the best football of his career.

It was as early as the 10th minute when you could see how much this game meant to Steven Gerrard. Delivering orders to a team-mate, a Manchester City attack was snubbed out before Liverpool's captain played a beautifully delicate pass up field along the touchline with the outside of his boot.

The tears of the midfielder at the final whistle were a more obvious sign of his feelings as he continues the intense desire of his pursuit of a first Premier League trophy, but that above passage of play more accurately personified an individual display in Sunday's 3-2 win over City which ranks among his very best.

Gerrard's present performances are not the one-man army heroics of those against Olympiakos, Istanbul's Champions League final of 2005, the FA Cup final versus West Ham United of 2006 or many more, but they are displays of responsibility and dominance that are proving just as inspirational.

In fact, given the measured-yet-influential manner of Gerrard's current efforts, there is an argument to say that a player who will turn 34 years of age at the end of May is producing the best, most consistent football of his career.

Certainly in terms of the effectiveness of Liverpool as they now sit two points clear at the top of the Premier League with Norwich City, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Newcastle United left to play, it is tough to dispute.

The reason is Gerrard's deep-sitting midfield role. Previous managers, such as Rafa Benitez, had not trusted the Englishman in this position due to a perceived inability to maintain the required discipline both in terms of positioning and mentality.

Part of that lack of trust in past seasons was also perhaps within Gerrard himself when at times he looked like a player who felt he constantly needed to show inferior team-mates, 'I'll do this by myself'.

But now it is different. Liverpool have a strong squad and Gerrard is no longer capable of the box-to-box rampaging he was once famous for. It has been replaced by the virtue of maturity.

When Gerrard was first shifted to his deeper role, against Aston Villa in the Premier League and Bournemouth in the FA Cup at the turn of 2014, it looked like a short-term experiment given the shaky nature of his operations.

However, ever since the Merseyside derby thrashing of Everton in late January and then this weekend's epic against City, Gerrard's reinvention has been a masterstroke.

When facing City on a day of raw emotion at Anfield, when the stadium and football community paid tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy - of which Gerrard's cousin, Jon-Paul Gilhooley, was one of the 96 victims - his passion on the final whistle was understandable.

It was also a sign of a the apparent team spirit which has been embraced among this Liverpool squad which is unlike many in recent memory.

'Exactly the same. We go together. Come on' - Gerrard holds a team huddle after the final whistle

Gerrard told Sky Sports after the match: "That was the longest 90 minutes I have probably ever played in. I kept flashing back to how long the clock was taking in cup finals and big games I have played in before.

"It felt like the clock was going backwards at some points in that game. That is such a big result for us."

The reason for the on-field drama was a game in which Liverpool had thrown away a 2-0 half-time lead, courtesy of Raheem Sterling and Martin Skrtel, as City came back in the second half to draw 2-2 through David Silva and a Glen Johnson own goal.

City then looked favourites to go on and win the game but Philippe Coutinho again tipped the balance in Liverpool's favour.

It was a hurricane of a match, one which moves Liverpool on to a 10-game winning run and on course to end the long wait for a first top-flight title since 1990, but Gerrard had never let himself get carried away in the 96 minutes, including injury time, from start to finish.

While the likes of Sterling and Coutinho take the headlines in this new generation at Liverpool, Gerrard is the perfect mixture of motivator and on-the-ball calmness.

It was only from set-pieces at which Gerrard touched the ball in City's third of the field, whether taking corners - one of which provided an assist for Skrtel's goal - or meeting them with an unmarked header from which he should have beaten England colleague Joe Hart.

Other than that, Gerrard remained superbly controlled in holding his position. Comparing his touch map against Manuel Pellegrini's team to the scattered nature of his game against Crystal Palace in the first half of the season before he had been given his reinvented position provides a perfect example of his defined role (see below).

Gerrard's touches versus City (left) were much deeper than before his new role against Palace (right)

If Yaya Toure had not been forced off through injury in the first half, Gerrard might have had a more difficult afternoon against City. Without that challenge it was only Pellegrini's tactical switch of pushing Silva further forward and to the left in the first 15 minutes of the second half which gave Gerrard and Liverpool their biggest test.

City moved Silva (No.21) further up the field and to the left in the 15 minutes after half-time (right)

Silva was the main factor in City's fight back and Gerrard was consequently forced further over to Liverpool's right side of the pitch, having previously been guiding his young team-mate, Jon Flanagan, through the game on the left.

But, again, Gerrard had the awareness to do so and Silva's huge threat to Liverpool had decreased even before Coutinho's goal halted what had looked like winning momentum for the visitors.

It had become a bit of a panic for Liverpool in the quarter of an hour after half-time but Gerrard, despite his emotions, had not lost his head.

At West Ham last weekend, his calmness was personified in raking passes and match-deciding penalty kicks, which took his tally to 12 goals from dead balls this season, another Premier League record for the campaign. Against City, Gerrard was more the rock on which Liverpool's win was built.

Sitting as the deep midfielder in Brendan Rodgers's diamond 4-1-2-1-2 formation, Gerrard misplaced just one pass in the first half with a completion rate of 96.6 per cent from 29 attempts. He was dropping back in between splitting centre-backs Skrtel and Mamadou Sakho to pick up the ball, particularly from the latter, and setting the tone for his team-mates to attack.

This was exactly what Rodgers planned when he first moved Gerrard in January.

Indeed, the Liverpool boss said of his captain in February in an interview with Sky Sports pundit and former Anfield defender Jamie Carragher: "I just thought this is a guy who is one of the best passers in world football, whose game intelligence over many years of playing has grown.

"I always spoke to Steven about it [the new role]. I was always going to do it but it had to be the right time and the players to make it work."

Gerrard misplaced just one pass in the first half (left in red) and linked up with Mamadou Sakho (right)

Credit must go to Rodgers. The right players to whom he referred include the energy and creativity of Coutinho, Sterling and, particularly, Jordan Henderson, whose late red card against City and subsequent suspension will be a major absence in some of the remaining games of the season.

Gerrard, though, is the one who has embraced his duty for his team. Undoubtedly as a consequence, his passing accuracy average this season (86.3%) is his best in the Premier League since Opta records began in 2003. Against City, his passing accuracy was even better at an average of 90.5%, which was more than any of his team-mates.

Steven Gerrard's Top Five Premier League Passing Averages (since 2003)

That Gerrard was capable of performing to this level in perhaps the most important league game Anfield has seen in 25 years perhaps says it all.

Gerrard's determination to win the title is almost tangible and that he is embracing this pressure is yet another of his attributes.

"Exactly the same. We go together. Come on," were among the words which Gerrard tearfully roared at his squad-mates in their post-match huddle on the Anfield pitch after beating City. With their captain in this form and mind set, fans and players alike can dare to dream.

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Season	Passing Accuracy (%)
2013/14	86.0
2012/13	85.5
2011/12	83.2
2008/09	80.5
2010/11	80.4

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