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Jack Chippendale heads to France to see what Pierre Sage has done to turn Lyon’s Ligue 1 season around.

When you lose a figurehead like Mitrovic, your have to evolve how you attack and Alexandra Hunt explains what changes Marco Silva has made to Fulham in the final third this season.

ICYMI yesterday, David Astill looked at Laura Kaminski and her impact on Crystal Palace’s form this season.

Jamie Steenberg broke down Fleury’s Coupe de France victory over Lyon, certainly classed in the ‘upset’ category.

Fintan O’Reilly suggests the following articles from the archives;

Jadon Sancho scored his second goal since returning to Borussia Dortmund on loan from Manchester United to help the German club knock PSV Eindhoven out of the UEFA Champions League. We previewed his return to BVB here, what did we get right/wrong?

Antoine Semenyo bagged a brace last night as Bournemouth defeated Luton Town in a 4-3 Premier League thriller. We analysed the forward during his time at Bristol City.

FC Bayern director Christoph Freund has hinted at a new deal for Alphonso Davies, stating: “it’s not unlikely at all”; how important is the Canadian left-back for the German giants? Revisit our scout report on Davies during his breakthrough season.

Maurizio Sarri has departed Lazio; our December tactical analysis evaluated I Biancocelesti’s in-possession approach and where they had to improve, who would you like to see in the Serie A giants’ dugout to fix these issues?

That’s it for today – we’ll be back tomorrow with more pieces old and new about everything analysis in the football world.

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