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Mohamed Salah of Liverpool celebrates with his team mates after scoring his team's first goal during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Sheffield United at Anfield.Premier League leaders Liverpool have restored their 13-point advantage at the top of the table, after easing to a 2-0 victory over Sheffield United at Anfield.The Merseyside Reds opened their 2020 account where they had left off the previous year, storming into the lead just 4 minutes into the match, when Mohamed Salah swept in his 10th league goal of the season.Sadio Mane then tapped in from close range just after the hour mark, after his initial effort had been saved.The win means that Jurgen Klopp’s men made it an entire year without a Premier League defeat. They haven't lost in 37 league games since a defeat ...

Gabriel Jesus of Manchester City celebrates after he scores his sides second goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Everton FC at Etihad Stadium.Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will "never give up" after the champions narrowed the gap on leaders Liverpool to 11 points with a 2-1 win over Everton.Gabriel Jesus scored twice as City survived a nervy finish to end Carlo Ancelotti's unbeaten start as Toffees manager.They remain third in the Premier League and one point behind second-placed Leicester, who won 3-0 at Newcastle. Liverpool meanwhile can restore their 13-point lead at the top with against Sheffield United on Thursday, one of two games in hand they have on their title rivals."When you are far away from the first position sometimes people give up, but we n...

Nicolas Pepe of Arsenal and Luke Shaw of Manchester United chase the ball during the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Manchester United at Emirates Stadium.Mikel Arteta earned his first win as Arsenal boss as the Gunners produced a powerful first-half performance to beat a lacklustre Manchester United.The visitors, who were without the injured Paul Pogba, actually began brightly, but the game took a different turn on eight minutes when Nicolas Pepe steered in his fifth goal of the season after Sead Kolasinac's cross was deflected to him.That led to a first half in which the hosts were in control and Pepe hit the post before they doubled their lead when his corner was smashed in from close range by Sokratis Papastathopoulos.Ole Gunnar Solskajer's side came into the game with one ...

Match Referee Mike Dean shows a yellow card to Jose Mourinho, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur during the Premier League match between Southampton FC and Tottenham Hotspur at St Mary's Stadium.Any lingering hope that Tottenham have hired the old, charming Jose Mourinho rather than the snarling, confrontational manager of recent years might have been extinguished on New Year’s Day as he stalked the touchline, got booked by referee Mike Dean and subsequently labelled a Southampton coach an “idiot”. Mourinho looked frustrated as he watched Spurs lose 1-0 at St Mary’s to a Danny Ings goal. Late in the game he marched into the opposition’s technical area to have words in the ear of a member of Ralph Hasenhuttl’s backroom staff, prompting a furious reaction from the Southampton bench. Dean...

Jack Grealish of Aston Villa scores his sides first goal which is then disallowed following a VAR review during the Premier League match between Burnley FC and Aston Villa at Turf Moor.Aston Villa moved out of the relegation zone with victory against Burnley at Turf Moor despite having a goal ruled out for a marginal offside by the video assistant referee system.Jack Grealish thought he had put Villa ahead, nodding in Ezri Konsa's cross, but striker Wesley was deemed inches offside in the build-up.Grealish turned provider for Wesley 16 minutes later, before making it 2-0 on the stroke of half-time with a powerful strike inside the box.Burnley responded in the second half, though it took until the 80th minute for Chris Wood to record their first shot on target - nodding a cross past goalkee...

Aymeric Laporte of Manchester City is stretchered off the pitch during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Brighton & Hove Albion at Etihad Stadium.Aymeric Laporte is close to a return to Manchester City's line-up as Pep Guardiola hopes to have the influential defender back ahead of schedule.The 25-year-old centre-back has not played for the defending Premier League champions since injuring knee ligaments on the last day of August.His absence has been cited as a key reason for City falling so far behind Premier League leaders Liverpool, who hold a 14-point advantage over Guardiola's team.City originally expected Laporte to be unavailable until February but he is now back in training, albeit on his own, and Guardiola expects him to join in with the full first team squad...

Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta gestures during the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Chelsea FC at Emirates Stadium.Mikel Arteta wants to make Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot his first signing as Arsenal manager, according to a report in England.The Times is reporting that the Gunners boss is a big admirer of the France international and Arteta is hoping to add Rabiot to his squad.The same article states that the Gunners are hoping to initially secure the 24-year-old on a season-long loan deal following Rabiot’s lack of first-team opportunities at Juventus this season.According to the same story, Arsenal’s bid to sign former Paris Saint-Germain star Rabiot isn’t connected to Granit Xhaka’s future at the north London outfit.The Times go on to add that Arsenal have been linked with...

Sadio Mane of Liverpool competes with Jonny of Wolverhampton Wanderers during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield.Liverpool continued their relentless march towards a first Premier League title in 30 years, but Jurgen Klopp’s men needed the benefit of two VAR reviews to see off Wolves 1-0 at Anfield.Sadio Mane scored the only goal three minutes before half-time as the Senegalese’s strike was allowed to stand after initially being ruled out for handball against Adam Lallana.Moments later Wolves had an equaliser scored by Pedro Neto disallowed by VAR for the tightest of offside decisions.An 18th win in 19 Premier League games this season re-established Liverpool’s 13-point lead at the top of the table and they have a game in hand over closest ...

Tammy Abraham of Chelsea celebrates after he scores a goal to make it 2-1 during the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Chelsea FC at Emirates Stadium.Chelsea scored twice in four minutes to come from behind and beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday, ruining Mikel Arteta's first home match in charge of the north London club.Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno missed an attempt to punch Mason Mount's free kick clear, allowing Jorginho to net in the 83rd minute and cancel out Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's first-half opener.Jorginho had been fortunate to still be on the pitch after avoiding a second yellow card for pulling down Matteo Guendouzi.The winner came after Chelsea launched a counterattack from the edge of its own penalty area, with Tammy Abraham then allowed to race thro...

West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Leicester City at London Stadium.West Ham United have sacked manager Manuel Pellegrini on Saturday after the London club's 2-1 home defeat by Leicester City.West Ham collected 19 points from 19 Premier League games, ranking 17th in the standings and only one point away from the relegation zone.The club's joint-chairman David Sullivan said in a statement: "It is with great disappointment that we've had to make this decision. Manuel is a gentleman and it has been a real pleasure to work with someone of his calibre."However, it has become clear that that a change is required to get the club back on track in line with our ambitions this season. We felt it was necessary to act now in order to giv...

Dominic Calvert-Lewin of Everton celebrates with teammates Djibril Sidibe and Theo Walcott after scoring his team's second goal during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Everton FC at St. James Park.Everton continued their run of newly found form under new manager Carlo Ancelotti with a win over Newcastle at St James' Park on Saturday.Dominic Calvert-Lewin opened the scoring for Everton early in the first half after a period of sustained pressure around the Newcastle box.Andy Carroll thought he had the equaliser with half an hour gone, but he was deemed offside as he tapped in a rebound off the post.Newcastle did manage to find the leveling goal in the second half from a free-kick, as Carroll headed down at the far post for Fabian Schar to finish from close range. Howeve...