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The Best Episodes of Match of the Day Season 54

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The Best Episodes of Match of the Day Season 54

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    #1 - 6th August 2017: Community Shield: Chelsea v Arsenal

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    Manish Bhasin presents highlights of the traditional curtain-raiser to the Premier League season as Champions Chelsea face FA Cup winners Arsenal at Wembley. Antonio Conte's team will be looking to quickly forget that 2-1 FA Cup Final loss to the Gunners at the same ground back in May, with both teams expected to show off some of their expensive summer signings.

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    #2 - 12th August 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the Premier League's opening weekend, including Watford v Liverpool, Chelsea v Burnley, Everton v Stoke, Crystal Palace v Huddersfield, Southampton v Swansea, West Brom v Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City, as well as Friday night's curtain-raiser between Arsenal and Leicester. Jurgen Klopp will be expecting his Liverpool side to make a winning start as they travel to Watford in Saturday's early game. The Reds won at Vicarage Road last season thanks to a stunning overhead kick by Emre Can, which was voted Match of the Day's Goal of the Season. Champions Chelsea will be looking for a repeat of last season's 3-0 home win over Burnley, while Brighton & Hove Albion face a tough start to life in the Premier League as they take on Pep Guardiola's Manchester City.

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    #3 - 19th August 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's Premier League matches, which include Swansea v Manchester United, Stoke v Arsenal, Liverpool v Crystal Palace, Bournemouth v Watford, Burnley v West Brom, Leicester v Brighton and Southampton v West Ham.

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    #4 - 26th August 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's six Premier League games, including Watford v Brighton, Bournemouth v Manchester City, Huddersfield v Southampton, Newcastle v West Ham, Crystal Palace v Swansea and Manchester United v Leicester.

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    #5 - 9th September 2017

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    Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Manchester City v Liverpool, Leicester v Chelsea, Everton v Tottenham, Brighton v West Brom, Arsenal v Bournemouth, Southampton v Watford and Stoke v Manchester United.

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    #6 - 16th September 2017

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    Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Tottenham v Swansea, Watford v Manchester City, Huddersfield v Leicester, Liverpool v Burnley, Newcastle v Stoke, West Brom v West Ham and Crystal Palace v Southampton.

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    #7 - 23rd September 2017

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    Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Manchester United's trip to Southampton and West Ham's home clash with Tottenham. Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool head to Leicester, and Stoke host last season's title winners Chelsea.

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    #8 - 30th September 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the visit of Pep Guardiola's Manchester City to champions Chelsea. Other games include Huddersfield v Tottenham, Manchester United v Crystal Palace, Bournemouth v Leicester, Stoke v Southampton, West Brom v Watford and West Ham v Swansea.

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    #9 - 14th October 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the lunchtime kick-off at Anfield between old adversaries Liverpool and Manchester United. Other matches include the clash between struggling Crystal Palace and reigning champions Chelsea, plus Watford v Arsenal, Burnley v West Ham, Manchester City v Stoke, Swansea v Huddersfield and Tottenham v Bournemouth.

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    #10 - 21st October 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights. Champions Chelsea host Watford, Newcastle play Crystal Palace, Manchester City face Burnley, Huddersfield take on Manchester United, Bournemouth visit Stoke, Swansea welcome Leicester, and Southampton play West Brom.

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    #11 - 28th October 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the heavyweight clash between Manchester United and Tottenham at Old Trafford. Other matches include Manchester City's trip to West Brom, Bournemouth against Chelsea, Crystal Palace's London derby with West Ham, Arsenal against Swansea, Watford hosting Stoke and Huddersfield visiting Liverpool.

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    #12 - 4th November 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including West Ham's early evening kick-off with Liverpool at the London Stadium, Stoke's clash with Leicester and Southampton's encounter with Burnley at St Mary's.

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    #13 - 18th November 2017

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    Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham. In the other games Manchester City visited Leicester, Manchester United hosted Newcastle, Liverpool played Southampton, West Brom welcomed Chelsea, Bournemouth hosted Huddersfield, Swansea visited Burnley, and Crystal Palace and Everton met at Selhurst Park.

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    #14 - 25th November 2017

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    Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Manchester United v Brighton, Tottenham v West Brom, Crystal Palace v Stoke, Newcastle v Watford, Swansea v Bournemouth and, in the late kick-off, Liverpool v Chelsea.

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    #15 - 29th November 2017

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    Dan Walker presents all the action from the midweek Premier League games. Arsenal host Huddersfield, Chelsea entertain Swansea City and Liverpool travel to Stoke. Other games include Brighton & Hove Albion taking on rivals Crystal Palace and Manchester United heading south to face Watford.

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    #16 - 2nd December 2017

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    Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Arsenal v Manchester United. The Gunners ended United's 25-match unbeaten run in the Premier League in the corresponding fixture last May, which also gave Arsene Wenger his first competitive victory over Jose Mourinho at the sixteenth attempt. Other games include Tottenham's visit to Watford and Brighton's first Premier League game against Liverpool.

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    #17 - 9th December 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the lunchtime kick-off between London rivals West Ham and Chelsea. Other games include Tottenham against Stoke, Crystal Palace playing Bournemouth, Watford visiting Burnley, Huddersfield hosting Brighton, Swansea against West Brom and Leicester's trip to Newcastle.

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    #18 - 13th December 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces highlights from all ten midweek Premier League games. West Ham entertain London rivals Arsenal, Manchester City travel to Swansea, and Newcastle meet Everton.

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    #19 - 16th December 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the heavyweight clash between Manchester City and Tottenham, Arsenal's encounter with Newcastle, Chelsea's meeting with Southampton and Crystal Palace's trip to Leicester. Brighton play Burnley, Huddersfield visit Watford, and Stoke host West Ham.

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    #20 - 23rd December 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, with all 20 clubs in action as the busy period of festive football begins. The fixtures see Manchester City host Bournemouth, Manchester United travel to Leicester, Tottenham visit Burnley and Chelsea play at Everton. Swansea play Crystal Palace, Stoke entertain West Brom, Brighton play Watford, West Ham host Newcastle, and Huddersfield travel to the south coast to play Southampton. There are also highlights of Friday night's encounter between Arsenal and Liverpool.

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    #21 - 26th December 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces match highlights of the traditional Boxing Day festive fixtures in the Premier League. There are eight games, including Tottenham's match against Southampton at Wembley, Manchester United versus Burnley, Chelsea's meeting with Brighton and Liverpool's game with Swansea. Other highlights include Leicester's trip to Watford, Huddersfield against Stoke, West Brom versus Everton, and Bournemouth against West Ham.

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    #22 - 30th December 2017

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    Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, featuring Stoke's trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea and Liverpool hosting Leicester. Other games include Manchester United v Southampton, Bournemouth v Everton, Huddersfield v Burnley, Newcastle v Brighton and Watford v Swansea.

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    #23 - 2nd January 2018

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    Highlights of the day's four games, including Manchester City v Watford and Swansea v Tottenham, as well as a chance to catch up on Monday's five Premier League fixtures, which included Manchester United's trip to Everton.

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    Highlights from the third round of the FA Cup, the stage at which Premier League and Championship sides join the competition.

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    #25 - 13th January 2018

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    Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including Leicester's trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. Other matches include Huddersfield against West Ham, Crystal Palace versus Burnley, and Everton's trip to Spurs.

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Season 54 Ratings Summary

"6th August 2017: Community Shield: Chelsea v Arsenal" is the best rated episode of "Match of the Day" season 54. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/6/2017. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "12th August 2017".