deservedly

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The Magpies dominated the majority of the opening 45 minutes and deservedly took the lead when Gordon fired in his first Premier League goal from open play for over a year.

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After making seven changes from their midweek Champions League win in Napoli, a limp first-half display allowed relegation-threatened West Ham to deservedly take control.

From BBC

Unai Emery has been keen to play down Villa's title aspirations, even though they have deservedly placed themselves right at the heart of the conversation.

From BBC

"Nigeria deservedly won the game. They were better than us," he added.

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However, falling behind motivated Zimbabwe and they deservedly levelled on 19 minutes thanks to the individual brilliance of Tawanda Maswanhise from Scottish Premiership club Motherwell.

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