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Today is Black Friday, a celebration of rabid consumerism which began in the USA USA USA, a means of rewarding citizens for getting through the tedium of Thanksgiving by selling them cut-price electrical goods. A true 21st-century holiday, and the perfect day to welcome back the Premier League after an international break that must have lasted at least six weeks. We’re getting thrown back in at the deep end, too, with Manchester City v Liverpool an absolute door-buster of an early Saturday game. First plays second in a fixture that practically guarantees drama, outrage and title-race repercussions; it’s almost too much too soon, like starting the FD Towers Xmas Party playlist with Mr Brightside.
