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32 FRIDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2019<br />
www.weekender.news<br />
Sport<br />
Doping quiz<br />
BRITAIN’S anti-doping authority<br />
is to review whether<br />
it needs to take any action<br />
against athletes who<br />
trained with banned coach<br />
Alberto Salazar.<br />
Salazar, the former coach<br />
of Britain’s Mo Farah, was<br />
found guilty of doping violations<br />
after a four-year<br />
US Anti-Doping Agency<br />
investigation.<br />
UK Anti-Doping (Ukad)<br />
says it will work with the<br />
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World Anti-Doping Agency<br />
in its investigation into the<br />
61-year-old.<br />
American Salazar has already<br />
said he will appeal<br />
against his four-year ban.<br />
Farah has never failed a<br />
drugs test and has always<br />
strongly denied breaking<br />
any rules. He has said he is<br />
happy for any of his samples<br />
to be retested.<br />
CRUNCH<br />
TIME<br />
FOR CITY<br />
IT doesn’t come much bigger<br />
in the Premier League<br />
than this Sunday’s showdown<br />
at Anfield between<br />
Liverpool and Manchester<br />
City, with the champions<br />
under boss Pep Guardiola<br />
realistically unable to afford<br />
a defeat to Jurgen<br />
Klopp’s side.<br />
Liverpool currently sit six<br />
points clear at the top of the<br />
table after a great start to<br />
by Alex Trelinski<br />
the new campaign, in which<br />
they have only dropped two<br />
points in 11 games.<br />
The Reds and City both<br />
left it late to claim comeback<br />
victories over Aston Villa<br />
and <strong>South</strong>ampton respectively<br />
last weekend ahead<br />
of this Sunday’s clash. A win<br />
for Liverpool would seem<br />
them move nine points clear<br />
at the top of the table, whilst<br />
victory for City would cut<br />
the gap down to just three<br />
points.<br />
Anfield under Klopp has<br />
become a fortress in the Premier<br />
League, with the Reds<br />
not having lost there since<br />
April 2017, as City look for a<br />
straight third Premier title.<br />
Perhaps the match result<br />
will hinge of the defensive<br />
qualities of both sides, and<br />
that’s where the figures for<br />
City have shown a marked<br />
decline in this campaign,<br />
compared to the previous<br />
two seasons.<br />
Having said that, Liverpool<br />
have only kept three<br />
clean sheets this season<br />
across all domestic competitions,<br />
with neutral observers<br />
hoping that the top two<br />
Premier teams will deliver a<br />
classic this Sunday.
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