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So, again, another article praising City for playing anti-football.
Roberto Mancini's scrap merchants show mettle to back up title hopes | Paul Hayward 2011
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So, again, another article praising City for playing anti-football.
Roberto Mancini's scrap merchants show mettle to back up title hopes | Paul Hayward 2011
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To be frank, Sunday's game was a technically inept anti-football no show from both teams won by a miscued hoof into the area that the bottling Chelsea keeper failed to collect.
The day Liverpool played Carlo Ancelotti at his own game – and won | Richard Williams 2011
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To be frank, Sunday's game was a technically inept anti-football no show from both teams won by a miscued hoof into the area that the bottling Chelsea keeper failed to collect.
The day Liverpool played Carlo Ancelotti at his own game – and won | Richard Williams 2011
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For the record, you need to be reminded of arsenals last trophy win and the anti-football on display from you at the time.
Roberto Mancini's scrap merchants show mettle to back up title hopes | Paul Hayward 2011
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And now the grand old man of Dutch soccer, Johan Cruyff, who (in a twist) went on to coach F.C. Barcelona where he was credited with inculcating Spain's beautiful style of play, admonishes his native countrymen for their "ugly, vulgar, hardly eye-catching style," concluding it was "anti-football."
Carla Seaquist: World Cup Final: Finally, the Good Guys Win 2010
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Richard Williams: Final's anti-football lets Europe down?
World Cup final: Beauty was rewarded in the end ? Vicente del Bosque 2010
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He was implicitly identified by Arsène Wenger as the source of United's "anti-football" when Arsenal lost at Old Trafford last August, leading Ferguson to defend him, but giving him a wider profile his dramatic improvement in recent seasons deserved.
Darren Fletcher says Wayne Rooney cannot lift Manchester United alone 2010
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A more defensive approach is one thing; borderline anti-football is something else.
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But there was also widespread condemnation of Holland's robust approach to the match, with the Dutch icon Johan Cruyff scathing in his assessment of his fellow countrymen, accusing them of playing "anti-football" and choosing an "ugly path".
World Cup final: Howard Webb under fire but Johan Cruyff blames Dutch Dominic Fifield in Johannesburg 2010
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