Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
65/100
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Outlets on this story
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Sports
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Gravenberch was one of Liverpool’s best players for an hour of Sunday’s feisty Premier League showdown at Anfield, returning to Andoni Iraola’s starting XI following a hamstring injury sustained by Dominik Szoboszlai on international duty.
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Gravenberch → return → duty
However, all that hard work was undone when the Dutch midfielder - with the deadlock yet to be broken - was sent off for a second bookable offence after 62 minutes, after which the hosts simply unravelled with 10 men against the unbeaten league leaders.
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hosts → undo → leaders
Within six minutes of the dismissal City were 2-0 up, with Erling Haaland striking first before a wonderful curling effort from substitute Jeremy Doku.
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Haaland → strike → Doku
Rayan Cherki finished an exquisite team goal 12 minutes from time, with City running out emphatic winners at a hostile Anfield in what was their first match since an independent commission found them guilty of all charges relating to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period between 2009/10 and 2017/18.
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them → finish → 2017/18
Gravenberch - though available for Wednesday’s trip to LASK Linz of Austria in the Champions League - will now serve a one-match suspension during Saturday’s clash with Brentford in the Premier League, leaving Iraola with a potential shortage of midfield options if Szoboszlai is still sidelined.
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Szoboszlai → serve → options
However, there has been much debate regarding his sending off, with Gravenberch first booked for a foul on Elliot Anderson before receiving his second yellow for bringing down Doku on the counter-attack.
And while Rooney agrees that the initial caution was unfair, he blamed Gravenberch for not being more careful when already on a booking.
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he → regard → booking
“I think the first yellow card is harsh,” the Manchester United and England legend said in his role as a pundit for BBC’s Match of the Day.
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legend → think → Day
“He’s obviously gone for the ball, it’s a poor touch by Elliot Anderson and he just nicks him and catches him on the top of his foot and he goes down.
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he → go → foot
So it’s probably not a yellow card.
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it → ’ → ?
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“But for me, the second one is.
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one → read → me
When you’ve been booked and you’re on a yellow card, then you leave yourself in a position where you can get a second yellow card and sent off.
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you → book → card
“So it’s a bit naive and stupid for that second yellow card.”
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it → ’ → card
On his analysis of City’s first game since their guilty verdict, Rooney also doubled down on previous claims that he would not want to be retrospectively awarded another Premier League title in the event that City were stripped of the trophies won during the period in question.
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City → double → question
United finished as runners-up to rivals City both in 2011/12 - when Rooney and Sir Alex Ferguson were still at the club - and again in 2017/18 under Jose Mourinho.
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Rooney → finish → Mourinho
“It’s difficult,” he said.
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he → ’ → ?
“I look at it from a player’s point of view.
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I → look → view
For those players, they went onto the football pitch and they won the league.
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they → go → league
We finished second, we didn’t finish first.
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we → finish → ?
I wouldn’t want a medal for finishing second.”
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I → want → medal