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commentatorballs "6-0 doesn't necessarily reflect the scoreline"
SHAUN MURPHY
BBC2

"If I didn't have to speak, I would be speechless"
GEMMA FAY
Sky Sports

"Mo Salah has scored a number of goals for you already this season – I think there's no underestimating his importance"
EMMA SAUNDERS
Sky Sports News

"And his birthday was in October. It's always been in October"
JASON BELL
TalkSport

"Never in a day of Sundays did I think I'd be called a doctor"
DR LEVI ROOTS
C4

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