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Premier League: Manchester United Sink Everton To Boost Top Four Bid | Football News
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Premier League: Manchester United Sink Everton To Boost Top Four Bid | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester United kept alive their faint hopes of finishing in the Premier League's top four with a 2-0 win against Everton, while Arsenal prepared for their chance to seize top spot later on Saturday. United stars Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford sealed the points with first half penalties at Old Trafford. Erik ten Hag's team are now eight points adrift of fourth placed Aston Villa and three behind fifth placed Tottenham in the race to qualify for next season's Champions League. Everton sit four points above the relegation zone as their winless league run extended to 11 games.Back-to-back defeats to Fulham and Manchester City had put a huge dent in United's top four ambitions.With Villa and Tottenham facing off on Sunday, they made the most of Everton's mistakes to close on th...
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Liverpool Strike Late To Beat Forest, Spurs Fight Back To Close On Top Four | Football News
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Liverpool Strike Late To Beat Forest, Spurs Fight Back To Close On Top Four | Football News

[ad_1] Darwin Nunez headed in a 99th-minute winner as injury-hit Liverpool moved four points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest, while Tottenham came from behind late on to beat Crystal Palace on Saturday. Liverpool's resources have been stretched to the limit by injuries in recent weeks as they attempt to win a quadruple in Jurgen Klopp's final season. The Reds were again without a host of star names including Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker and Diogo Jota.But there was some light at the end of the tunnel with Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai making their returns as second-half substitutes.The Uruguayan made the telling impact with virtually the last touch of the game, rising to flick home Alexis Mac Allister's cross and secure L...
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Harry Maguire Slams ‘Naive’ Manchester United After Shock Fulham Defeat | Football News
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Harry Maguire Slams ‘Naive’ Manchester United After Shock Fulham Defeat | Football News

[ad_1] Harry Maguire admitted "naive" Manchester United paid the price for being too attacking in the final minutes of their shock 2-1 defeat against Fulham on Saturday. Erik ten Hag's side suffered a major blow to their hopes of a top four finish in the Premier League as Alex Iwobi snatched Fulham's winner seven minutes into stoppage-time. United defender Maguire looked to have rescued a point when his close-range finish in the 89th minute cancelled out Calvin Bassey's 65th minute opener. But United were caught throwing players forward in search of all three points as Iwobi capped a coun...
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Mohamed Salah Scores In Liverpool Return As Arsenal Keep Pressure On Leaders | Football News
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Mohamed Salah Scores In Liverpool Return As Arsenal Keep Pressure On Leaders | Football News

[ad_1] Mohamed Salah returned with a goal as Premier League leaders Liverpool routed Brentford 4-1 despite a rash of injuries, while Arsenal demolished Burnley 5-0 to keep up the pressure in the title race on Saturday. Salah came off the bench to replace the injured Diogo Jota in his first Liverpool appearance since their win over Newcastle on New Year's Day. Having returned from the hamstring injury he sustained on Egypt duty at the Africa Cup of Nations, Salah made up for lost time with his first goal for the Reds since the Newcastle game. The 31-year-old's 19th goal in all competition...
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Liverpool Leapfrog Manchester City To Reclaim Top Spot In Premier League | Football News
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Liverpool Leapfrog Manchester City To Reclaim Top Spot In Premier League | Football News

[ad_1] Liverpool earned a vital 3-1 win against relegation-threatened Burnley on Saturday to return to the Premier League summit after being briefly unseated by champions Manchester City. The Anfield side are hunting a record-equalling 20th English top-flight title in Jurgen Klopp's final season in charge but once again have relentless City snapping at their heels. Liverpool were not at their fluent best against Vincent Kompany's men but did enough to get over the line on what Klopp called a "super difficult" day. City, who beat Everton 2-0 at home in the early kick-off, are two points b...
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Premier League: Arsenal Falter Once More At Fulham, Spurs Close On Top Four | Football News
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Premier League: Arsenal Falter Once More At Fulham, Spurs Close On Top Four | Football News

[ad_1] Arsenal's Premier League title challenge suffered another blow in a 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Sunday, as Tottenham beat Bournemouth 3-1 to close in on their north London rivals. The Gunners' high hopes of a first league title in 20 years have been rocked by two damaging defeats in four days. Mikel Arteta was looking for a response after losing 2-0 at home to West Ham on Thursday and the visitors started brightly at Craven Cottage.Bukayo Saka pounced to tap home his first goal in six games after Bernd Leno parried Gabriel Martinelli's initial effort.But Arsenal failed to build on their early advantage and Fulham hit back to snap a three-game losing run in the Premier League without even scoring a goal.Raul Jimenez was badly missed during his three-game ban for a red card at Newcastle...
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Douglas Luiz Sends Aston Villa Joint Top Of Premier League, Manchester City Close In | Football News
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Douglas Luiz Sends Aston Villa Joint Top Of Premier League, Manchester City Close In | Football News

[ad_1] Douglas Luiz's late penalty took Aston Villa joint top of the Premier League with a 3-2 win over 10-man Burnley on Saturday as Manchester City closed on the leaders by sweeping aside Sheffield United 2-0. It looked like a festive season to forget for Villa was set to continue after dropping points at home for the first time this season to Sheffield United and blowing a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 at Manchester United on Boxing Day. But Luiz's spot-kick, that crept in off the underside of the bar, sent Unai Emery's men level on points with Liverpool at the top of the table.Leon Bailey's opener for the home side was quickly cancelled out by Zeki Amdouni for Burnley.Moussa Diaby restored Villa's lead before half-time and they had a man advantage for the final 35 minutes after Sander Berge s...
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Premier League: Wolves Inflict Christmas Misery On Chelsea | Football News
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Premier League: Wolves Inflict Christmas Misery On Chelsea | Football News

[ad_1] Wolves inflicted a fourth defeat in six matches on Chelsea on Sunday, beating the London side 2-1 in the first Christmas Eve Premier League match since 1995. Mauricio Pochettino's men dominated possession at Molineux but wasted their chances in a captivating game, littered with careless mistakes by the visiting side. Mario Lemina and Matt Doherty put Wolves 2-0 in front but they were made to sweat when Christopher Nkunku pulled one back on his Premier League debut.The defeat means a miserable Christmas for inconsistent Chelsea, who are stuck in 10th place in the Premier League after their fourth defeat in six league games, with Wolves behind them only on goal difference.There were chances at both ends early in the game.Nelson Samedo burst forward but could not find Matheus Cunha o...
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Rebecca Welch Becomes First Female Referee In English Premier League | Football News
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Rebecca Welch Becomes First Female Referee In English Premier League | Football News

[ad_1] Rebecca Welch during Premier League match between Fulham and Burnley on December 23, 2023.© AFPRebecca Welch became the first woman to referee an English Premier League football match when she blew the whistle on Fulham's game against Burnley at Craven Cottage on Saturday. Welch, a 40-year-old from Washington in northeast England, was working for the National Health Service when she began her refereeing career in 2010. She rose through the officiating ranks and, in 2021, became the first woman appointed to referee a match in the English Football League when she took charge of the fourth-tier fixture between Harrogate and Port Vale.Welch was also the first female official to referee matches in the Championship and third round of the FA Cup.Last month she became the first woman to a...
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