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  • EPL: Match day 30 begins Tuesday as Chris Sutton predicts outcomes

    EPL: Match day 30 begins Tuesday as Chris Sutton predicts outcomes

    Former Chelsea player, Chris Sutton has released his predictions for match day 30 taking place across different centers in England on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

    Chelsea will slug it out against  Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Thursday.

    Etihad will welcome on form Aston Villa on Wednesday night in a crunchy tie with Manchester City.

    Arsenal will host Luton Town on Wednesday at Emirates Stadium.

    Sutton’s predictions to BBC Sport:

    Newcastle United 1-2 Everton

    Nottingham Forest 1-1 Fulham

    Burnley 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

    Bournemouth 2-1 Crystal Palace

    West Ham United 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur

    Brentford 2-1 Brighton

    Arsenal 3-0 Luton Town

    Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa

    Liverpool 5-0 Sheffield United

    Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United

  • EPL: Arsenal still have advantage over Liverpool – Gabriel Jesus reveals

    EPL: Arsenal still have advantage over Liverpool – Gabriel Jesus reveals

    Arsenal Brazilian striker, Gabriel Jesus has revealed that the Gunners have an advantage of good goal difference over Liverpool amid the Premier League title race this season.

    After last weekend’s match-day 29, Liverpool rose to the top the Premier League table with two points ahead of Arsenal, who sit in second place.

    The Reds are also ahead of Manchester City (third position) with three points.

    However, with nine games to go for the season finale, Jesus is confident about Arsenal’s title chances, believing things can change again in the standings going forward.

    “It is the Premier League, it is a tough league and anything can happen.

    “It is only two points, the difference [with Liverpool], and then we have a very good goal difference,” Jesus said, via Metro UK.

  • EPL: Haaland reacts after Man City’s draw against Arsenal

    EPL: Haaland reacts after Man City’s draw against Arsenal

    Manchester City goal poacher, Erling Haaland, has said that his team can still win the English Premier League (EPL) title in spite of their goalless draw with title contenders Arsenal on Sunday.

    The encounter which took place at the Etihad Stadium saw Manchester City and Arsenal handing Liverpool the advantage in the Premier League title race.

    Liverpool are now top of the table, two points clear of Arsenal and three ahead of City, after they came from behind to beat Brighton at Anfield.

    It was a delight for Liverpool seeing their two closest rivals cancelling each other out.

    But Haaland took to his Instagram page after the game against Arsenal to confidently claim that City can come from behind to win the title, just like they did last season.

    “We’ve done it once, we can do it again,” he wrote!

    The Norway international is undoubtedly the best striker in the Premier League and perhaps in the world.

    He has scored 29 goals with six assists in 35 games, which is a phenomenal return.

    However, against William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes on Sunday, Haaland struggled and had zero shots on target.

    It was a poor performance that Roy Keane even compared him to a League Two striker.

    The draw against Arsenal means Manchester City are still third in the Premier League table and are now three points behind league leaders Liverpool.

    Jurgen Klopp’s side have a better goal difference as well, which makes them the favourites to win the Premier League title this season.

  • EPL: Roy Keane reverses self, names new title favourite

    EPL: Roy Keane reverses self, names new title favourite

    Former Manchester United captain, Roy Keane has reversed himself, saying that Liverpool are now the favourites to dethrone Manchester City, after the Premier League champions played out a 0-0 with Arsenal at the Etihad on Sunday.

    The Reds were in second position before Sunday’s encounter against Brighton but Diaz and Salah’s goals helped Liverpool climb to the first position on the log.

    Meanwhile, Manchester City and Arsenal played out a goalless draw to settle for second and third respectively.

    Jurgen Klopp’s men will head into their next fixture with a two-point lead at the summit.

    With just nine games remaining, Keane has said that they were the big winners of the day.

    He said on Sky Sports: “Liverpool are the real winners of today, obviously winning and watching these two teams draw.

    “Liverpool will be delighted.

    “You’re looking at the table now and thinking Liverpool will be favourites for it, but with the amount of quality on the pitch that is why we’re disappointed [with the Man City/Arsenal game].”

  • EPL: Guardiola tips Liverpool to win title

    EPL: Guardiola tips Liverpool to win title

    Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has tipped arc rival Liverpool to win the Premier League title, following his side’s goalless draw with Arsenal on Sunday.

    Liverpool came from behind in the early kick off to beat Brighton 2-1 at Anfield courtesy of goals from Luiz Diaz, Mohammed Salah, while Brighton’s inly goal was scored by Danny Welbeck.

    The results mean Jurgen Klopp’s men are now two points clear of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.
    City are three points behind and have a worse goal difference.

    According to Guardiola, Liverpool are now in the driving seat to win the title.

    When asked if Liverpool are now clear favourites to win the league, Guardiola replied: “Yeah, the one who is first is favourite.

    “The second favourite is Arsenal and we are the third.”

  • EPL: Haaland fires blanks as City, Arsenal share spoils at Etihad

    EPL: Haaland fires blanks as City, Arsenal share spoils at Etihad

    English Premier League Highest goal scorer, Erling Haaland fired blanks as Manchester city played out a goalless draw against visiting Arsenal Football club at the Etihad.

    Both teams tried to score but to no avail with Arsenal being defensive minded for the most part of the thrilling encounter.

    Nathan Ake’s effort early in the encounter was saved by Arsenal keeper David Raya before going off injured while former City striker, Gabriel Jesus posed an occasional threat, just failing to connect with Bukayo Saka’s cross inches from goal after the break.

    The introduction of Jack Grealish and Jemy Doku on the City side and Tomiyasu and Thomas Partey on the Gunners side had little spark into the game in the second 45 minutes.

    City posed some threats in the closing stages of the game but met a stiff defense on the side of the Gunners.

    Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta will be happier than City counterpart Pep Guardiola with this outcome – but the real winners were Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool.

    Liverpool are now top of the table, two points clear of Arsenal and three ahead of City, after they came from behind to beat Brighton at Anfield, their delight increased by their two closest rivals cancelling each other out.

  • EPL: Arsenal to lose to City, Brighton will score against Liverpool – Redknapp

    EPL: Arsenal to lose to City, Brighton will score against Liverpool – Redknapp

    Former Tottenham Hotspur manager, Harry Redknapp has predicted the top of the table Premier League matches between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad and Liverpool v Brighton at Anfield taking place today at two centers.

    Providing his prediction, Redknapp told BetVictor: “I just don’t know if I’m ready to trust this Arsenal side. City and Pep Guardiola just know how to win these big games, they’ve been doing it for years.

    “The crowd will be up for it, the big players will be up for it, and I think they’ll get the win. Who knows though, I can’t wait. Man City 2-1 Arsenal.”

    On the Liverpool vs Brighton game, he said, “I can see Brighton scoring, but they have looked shaky at the back for months. Liverpool 3-1 Brighton 1.”

  • EPL: Barnes scores brace as Newcastle defeat West Ham 4-3 in seven goal thriller

    EPL: Barnes scores brace as Newcastle defeat West Ham 4-3 in seven goal thriller

    Newcastle United climbed up to eighth position on the English Premier League log after defeating West Ham United 4-3 at St James’ park on Saturday afternoon.

    Harvey Barnes was the hero of the afternoon as his two goals ensured the Toons end the game with three maximum points.

    Newcastle won a penalty just three minutes from the blast of the whistle when Anthony Gordon was fouled in the penalty area.

    Consequently, after a long VAR check, Alexander Isak put the host in front.

    Michail Antonio brought the Hammers on to level terms before Mohammed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen scored within minutes either side of half-time.

    Isak scored his second penalty of the afternoon after Gordon was again adjudged to have been fouled and Barnes grabbed the equaliser in the 83rd minute.

    With momentum and a vociferous St James’ Park firmly behind them, Newcastle pressed on and Barnes emphatically fired in a 90th-minute winner.

    There was further drama to come in injury time as Newcastle were reduced to 10 men when Gordon received a second yellow card for kicking the ball away, but they managed to hold out for a victory that could prove vital in their pursuit of European football.

  • EPL: Why I snubbed Liverpool – Xabi Alonso

    EPL: Why I snubbed Liverpool – Xabi Alonso

    Bayer Leverkusen manager, Xabi Alonso has stated reasons he snubbed his former clubside Liverpool in their bid to replace Jurgen Klopp at the end of the season.

    Recall that Alonso finally confirmed he would not be leaving the Bundesliga leaders, despite interest from Liverpool and Bayern Munich.

    According to him, he still has a lot of things to prove at Leverkusen.

    He said: “It’s a process. The process and the development of the team is in parallel as mine as a manager. This is my first complete season as a manager, so I think that I still have a lot of things to prove myself.

    “Right now, I have a situation in the club where I feel really stable, really happy with the club. Because of that, it comes together that we can work together in many aspects.”

  • City v Arsenal: Injury scare for Gunners as Saka, Martinelli, Gabriel miss training

    City v Arsenal: Injury scare for Gunners as Saka, Martinelli, Gabriel miss training

    Mikel Arteta the manager of Arsenal has revealed that three key players are likely to miss crunchy encounter against Manchester City on Sunday.

    Arsenal will visit City for a top of the table encounter on Sunday at the Etihad.

    Speaking to reporters on Friday, Arteta revealed that Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Magalhaes have not trained this week.

    It would be recalled that the three players did not represent their respective countries during the international break.

    Arteta said: “There’s a chance to see Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Magalhães playing against Man City, yeah.

    “They have not trained yet, tomorrow we have another session… but there is a chance they can be part of the squad.”

    Arsenal go into the game top of the league and a point ahead of City.