The highlight games for the next set of EPL matches are CHELSEA versus LEEDS UNITED and BRENTFORD versus ARSENAL. Our feature columnist, John Newsome, previews these and all game week 26 matches with his unique and insightful commentary. You can view all previous analysis from John’s regular column here: English Premier League Predictions For Saturday.
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Game Week-26
All of these midweek games are the reverse of Game Week-14 which were also midweek fixtures that took place on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of December 2025 and are all shown live on TNT Sports.
The following was put at the beginning of the EveryTip preview back in December.
‘A quick note regarding this midweek Game Week-14 set.
There are four games in which London-based clubs travel the long distance North to places such as Newcastle (Tottenham), Burnley (Crystal Palace), Leeds United (Chelsea), and Manchester United (West Ham).
That’s married with Northern teams such as Everton (Bournemouth), Man City (Fulham) and Aston Villa (Brighton) making the long distance South.
As well as Sunderland travelling to Liverpool.
Arsenal face fellow Londoners Brentford and Wolves face fellow Midlanders Nottingham Forest.
All of these fixtures are scheduled as Night Matches, meaning the majority of fans from 8 of the clubs have to make long journeys to see their team and won’t get home until well after Midnight.
There are only the Brentford and Nottingham Forest faithful who don’t have to travel too far.
Why has the Premier League Fixture Compilers (PLFC) decided to schedule this set of fixtures on a midweek night?
Would it not have been more appropriate to see the London teams face each other, the North East and North West teams face off against each other and the ones on the South Coast up against each other?
For example,
Already scheduled-
Arsenal v Brentford
Wolves v Nottingham Forest
London-
Crystal Palace v West Ham
Fulham v Chelsea
***Tottenham v Aston Villa
North East-
Everton v Liverpool
Manchester United v Burnley
***Man City v Leeds United
North West-
Sunderland v Newcastle
South Coast-
Bournemouth v Brighton
With there being 5 London clubs and 3 Midlands clubs, one of the two could easily be paired as it’s only a couple of hours up/down the M6 to the Midlands/London.
It’s only an hour over the M62 between any of the North East teams to face Leeds United at Elland Rd or vice versa.
Would those examples of fixtures be better on a midweek night for the fans who pay good money to travel everywhere to see their beloved team?
Maybe it’s something the PLFC needs to have a look at for next season.’
At least the Premier League Fixture Compilers have made sure that the opposition have the same distance to travel and have to encounter the same midweek inconveniences for these reverse fixtures.
However, wouldn’t it have been better to match up the teams that were highlighted in this EveryTip column back in December and again today?
Tuesday 10th
CHELSEA v LEEDS UNITED
19.30 in England
A 1st-half Cole Palmer hat-trick, which contained 2 converted penalties, gave Chelsea the away-day victory over Wolves at Molineux on Saturday.
Wolves did score a consolation goal early in the 2nd-half, however, the damage had been done, leaving Chelsea with the victory from a 3-1 scoreline.
Chelsea were knocked out of the Carabao Cup last week, suffering a Semi-Final loss against Arsenal.
That said, the Blues are still in the Champions League and FA Cup, where the FA Cup 4th-Round tie will be interesting, as Chelsea head up the road to Humberside to face Hull at the MKM Stadium.
The interesting part of that is the fact that the current Blues Boss Liam Rosenior was a Hull player from 2010 to 2015 and then the Manager of Hull but lost his job at the end of the 2023/24 Championship campaign due to a ‘difference of opinions’ between Liam and the Hull City hierarchy.
In truth, most folk lose their jobs because of a ‘difference of opinion!’
Going back a couple of sentences, John Newsome mentioned that Hull was in ‘Humberside’.
That is for the older girls and boys who remember Humberside, Hull are now classed as situated in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Whatever name Hull is now situated in, it will definitely be an interesting trip up North for Liam Rosenior and his Chelsea team.
Chelsea sit in 5th place with 43 points from the opening 25 games completed.
Leeds United completely outplayed Nottingham Forest on Friday Night Football.
The Whites gained a home win over the Tricky Trees by a 3-1 scoreline, with goals from Jayden Bogle, Noah Okafor and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Noah’s goal was quite apt as it was pouring down with rain at Elland Rd.
Forest scored a late consolation goal in the 86th minute.
One of John Newsome’s mates, who is a Leeds fan (however, lives in Barnsley and should be loyal to his hometown team) stated-
‘As long as there are 3 worse teams than Leeds, we should be ok!’
That basically is it for Leeds United this season, to survive.
Leeds won’t be good enough to beat the Top Teams, such as Arsenal, Man City or Newcastle for example but are capable of getting a victory or two against the teams around them in the Premier League, such as Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace and Fulham.
The games at Elland Rd will decide whether Leeds stay up as the West Yorkshire Puddings in attendance will always back their idols.
Added to that, there are definitely 3 worse teams than the Whites, so TT’s hopes should be a reality come the end of the season.
Leeds stay in 16th place with the same 29 points as Tottenham, from 25 games completed, now 3 points ahead of Nottingham Forest and more importantly, 9 points above the drop zone.
As when most home games at Elland Rd finish, the West Yorkshire Puddings all head off into the local drinking establishments and order 2 pints and 12 straws to share between 7 of them (the Puddings are no good at Math!)
If one remembers, Leeds United smashed Chelsea at Elland Rd back in December.
Goals from Jaka Bijol, Ao Tanaka and Dominic Calvert-Lewin gave the Whites the win over the Blues from a 3-1 scoreline.
Pedro Neto scored Chelsea’s consolation goal when the score was 2-0.
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EVERTON v BOURNEMOUTH
19.30 in England
Everton gained one of the best results of the weekend, getting an away-day victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
After Fulham had scored first via a goal credited to Vitali Mykolenko to lead at the break, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored for the Toffees in the 75th minute to make the score level.
Kiernan was then involved in the winning goal, sending the ball in from a corner which then saw the Fulham Goalkeeper punch the ball into the back of the net.
It was a great performance from the Toffees which leaves Everton in 8th place with 37 points from the opening 25 games played.
Bournemouth gained a point from a draw by a 1-1 score against Aston Villa at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.
After conceding a Villa goal to trail at the break, the new boy Rayan scored in the 55th minute to make the game level.
With no further goals, both teams gained a point apiece.
Bournemouth sit in 11th place with the same 34 points as Fulham, both having completed 25 games.
It’s probably only fair that the Cherry faithful have to travel the long distance North to Merseyside to face Everton on a midweek night, after the Toffee fans made the reverse trip back in December for the same 19.30 kickoff.
A single Jack Grealish goal, scored in the 78th minute, gave Everton the away-night win over Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium from a 1-0 score.
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TOTTENHAM v NEWCASTLE
19.30 in England
Tottenham were always going to be up against it on Saturday, against a resurgent Manchester United team, so the last thing Spurs needed was their influential Captain Cristian Romero to be shown a straight Red Card in the 29th minute following a horrendous tackle on Casermiro.
United immediately took advantage of having an extra man by scoring to take the lead at the break.
United then scored a 2nd, late on, to ultimately inflict the defeat on Tottenham by a 2-0 scoreline.
Although that is now 7 games without a win in the Premier League for Tottenham (4 draws and 3 losses) and the fact that Thomas is under pressure, it’s unlikely that the Tottenham hierarchy will make a change just yet, whilst the Club are still in the Champions League.
Thomas Frank is under pressure as the Manager, however, what can the Gaffer do when his Captain decides to lunge in recklessly on the opposition and get sent off?
Tottenham sit in 15th place with the same 29 points as Leeds United from the 25 games played so far.
Newcastle suffered a rare home defeat against Brentford in the late Saturday Afternoon kickoff at St James Park.
Sven Botman scored the opener to give Newcastle a lead midway through the 1st-half before Brentford got an equaliser.
That wasn’t the end of the 1st-half goals with the Bees stinging the Magpies by scoring a 2nd in injury time to take a lead at the break.
Newcastle were awarded a penalty in the 79th minute which was converted by the returning Captain Bruno Guimaraes to make the scores level.
Unfortunately for the Toon Army in attendance, Brentford scored a 3rd in the 85th minute to grab all 3 points from a win by a 3-2 scoreline.
The defeat leaves Newcastle in 12th place with 33 points from 25 games.
Both teams shared the points from a draw by a 2-2 score, when Tottenham ventured the long distance North to take on Newcastle at St James Park back in December.
After a goalless 70 minutes, the fun started, with Bruno Guimaraes scoring to give Newcastle a lead.
Cristian Romero scored an equaliser soon after before Newcastle were awarded a penalty, which was converted by Anthony Gordon in the 86th minute, which should have seen Newcastle hold on for the win.
That wasn’t the case as Cristian Romero scored his and Tottenham’s 2nd goal in the 95th minute to give both teams a point apiece from the Archbishop’s favourite scoreline.
Probably the good thing for Newcastle is that Cristian won’t be playing tonight!
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WEST HAM v MANCHESTER UNITED
20.15 in England
West Ham gained an away-day victory over Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday.
Crysencio Summerville and Taty Castellanos with the Hammers goals to give Nuno Espírito Santo’s team the win over Scott Parker’s boys from a 2-0 scoreline.
West Ham stay in 18th place with 23 points but with Nottingham Forest suffering a defeat against Leeds United, the gap between the two is now 3 points.
It would be funny if West Ham, now managed by Nuno, swapped places with Nottingham Forest after Forest sacked Nuno earlier in the season.
One’s sure there would be a certain Portuguese ex-Goalkeeper, very happy with that!
Manchester United are now 4 from 4 in the win column under Super Michael Carrick, following Saturday’s victory over Tottenham at Old Trafford.
Tottenham did give United a helping hand when Cristian Romero was shown a straight Red Card for a horrendous challenge on Casermiro.
Luckily for the Brazilian Midfielder, Cassie wasn’t seriously injured and carried on.
Bryan Mbeumo scored just after the sending off to give United a lead at the break.
Although the home team were in complete control in the 2nd-half, it did take until the 81st minute for United to score another, with Bruno Fernandes making it 2-0.
With no further goals, United got the comfortable win from a 2-0 scoreline.
Manchester United are simply a different team under Super Michael Carrick who has implemented the ‘United Way’, in which he was so successful playing in the ‘Glory Days’ under Sir Alex Ferguson.
The Managers that have come in since Sir Alex left have all failed to understand the importance of how the team plays.
David Moyes was the first to follow Fergie in at Old Trafford but for some reason, tried to change a winning formula.
David is no doubt a decent bloke and not a bad Manager but did fail when he got the United job.
This is not hindsight, John Newsome has commented previously on Mr Moyes’ time at Old Trafford.
Remember, United had just won the Premier League and Sir Alex Ferguson had thought he’d left the team in good hands.
Rene Meulensteen and Mike Phelan had both overseen the previous season’s Premier League success but instead of coming into Old Trafford, pulling up a deckchair, lighting a Cigar and saying to Rene and Mick,
‘Crack on lads!’
David got rid of them both and brought in his own people (and Marouane Fellaini!) and simply failed.
The rest onwards, all tried to implement different strategies into Manchester United, however, all failed also.
Michael Carrick just understands the way United are and has overseen 4 brilliant performances, albeit with a few mistakes thrown in.
Kobbie Mainoo was binned by Ruben Amorim and if Ruben had not been sacked, Kobbie would have probably been away in the January Transfer Window.
Michael brought Kobbie back into the starting lineup where KM has now played 90 minutes in each of the last 4 games, granted the lad was taken off by Mr Carrick against Tottenham spoiling the fact that he’d played every minute under Michael but the substitution was made in the 92nd minute so it doesn’t make much difference.
The fact that Kobbie Mainoo is now playing, allows Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro to be more adventurous which is in complete contrast to Ruben Amorim’s way.
Just from watching the games, it’s clear to see that Bruno and Casemiro are playing better.
Harry Maguire has made a difference at the back.
Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw and Diogo Dalot, along with Harry look a lot more secure.
Are Manchester United going to win the Premier League?
Of course not, well not this season anyway.
The target is to finish in the Top Four and gain entry into next season’s Champions League, plus continue to build on the current success.
There will be obvious talk about making Michael the Permanent Manager but there’s no need to rush anything.
The hierarchy should just keep calm and let Mr Carrick do his job until the end of the season then decide which way to go.
Super Michael Carrick!
Manchester United sit in 4th place with 44 points having played 25 times so far.
Both teams shared the points from a draw by a 1-1 score, when the Hammers took on the Red Devils at Old Trafford back in December.
After almost an hour without a goal, Diogo Dalot scored to give Manchester United a lead going into the final 30 minutes.
Unfortunately for the faithful in attendance, West Ham’s Soungoutou Magassa scored an equaliser in the 83rd minute to give both teams a point apiece.
The United and Hammers faithful then all headed off to the train station for the long journey back home to London.
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Wednesday 11th
ASTON VILLA v BRIGHTON
19.30 in England
Aston Villa gained a point from a draw by a 1-1 score against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.
Morgan Rogers scored the opener in the 22nd minute to give Villa a lead at the break.
Unfortunately for the travelling Villains in attendance, Bournemouth scored an equaliser soon after the restart and with no further goals, both teams went home with a point apiece.
Aston Villa stay in 3rd place with 47 points, now a massive 9 points adrift of Arsenal at the summit.
Brighton suffered a defeat in the M23 Derby against Crystal Palace on Sunday.
In a tight affair at the Amex, a single Palace goal in the 2nd-half left the Seagulls with a loss against the Eagles by a 1-0 scoreline.
Brighton sit in 14th place with 31 points from the opening 25 games completed.
The Game Week-14 encounter at the Amex produced a 7-goal thriller with Aston Villa coming away with the victory from a 4-3 scoreline.
The goals going in as follows-
9′ JP Van Hecke- (Brighton 1-0)
29′ Pau Torres OG- (Brighton 2-0)
37′ Ollie Watkins- (Aston Villa 2-1)
45+7′ Ollie Watkins-(Aston Villa 2-2)
Half-Time- Cous Cous and Vegan Bovril.
60′ Amadou Onana-(Aston Villa 2-3)
78′ Donyell Malen- (Aston Villa 2-4)
83′ JP Van Hecke- (Brighton 3-4)
Full-Time- Spinach and Ricotta Pizza and a Can of Vimto.
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***Premier League Team of the Week***
GOALKEEPER- Gianluigi Donnarumma- Man City
RIGHT-BACK- Vitaly Janelt- Brentford
CENTRE-BACK- Maxence Lacroix- Crystal Palace
CENTRE-BACK- Gabriel- Arsenal
LEFT-BACK- Gabriel Gudmundsson- Leeds United
MIDFIELDER- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall- Everton
MIDFIELDER- Bernardo Silva- Man City
MIDFIELDER- Bruno Fernandes- Manchester United
FORWARD- Erling Haaland- Man City
FORWARD- Viktor Gyokeres- Arsenal
FORWARD- Bryan Mbeumo- Manchester United
STAR MAN- Bernardo Silva- Man City
***Last Week’s Winning Tips-
Leeds United To Win- 6/5
Manchester United To Win- 8/13
Arsenal To Win- 2/9
Bournemouth v Aston Villa To Draw- 12/5
Chelsea To Win- 4/6
Correct Scores-
Arsenal v Sunderland 3-0- 6/1
Correct Tips-
Manchester United v Tottenham-
Bryan Mbeumo To Score First- 4/1
Manchester United To Score In Both Halves- 23/20
Arsenal v Sunderland-
Arsenal To Win Both Halves- 7/5
Burnley v West Ham-
Under 2.5 Goals- 4/5
Wolves v Chelsea-
Cole Palmer To Score First- 5/1
(Trebled To 15/1 when Cole Scored His Hat-Trick!)
Newcastle v Brentford-
Igor Thiago To Score Anytime- 6/4
Brighton v Crystal Palace-
Ismaila Sarr To Score Anytime- 11/4
CRYSTAL PALACE v BURNLEY
19.30 in England
A single Ismaila Sarr goal, scored on the hour mark gave Crystal Palace the victory over Brighton at the Amex on Sunday from a 1-0 away day score.
The win was much needed and the first in the last 13 games in all competitions with 8 losses and 4 draws coming from the others.
Palace sit in 13th place with 32 points from the 25 games completed.
Burnley are winless in the last 16 Premier League games (11 losses and 5 draws) following Saturday’s fixture against West Ham.
The Clarets suffered the defeat by a 2-0 scoreline, leaving Scott Parker’s team in 19th place with 15 points from 25 games played.
That’s now 11 points from safety, with the safe team being Nottingham Forest who have 26 points, plus a far better goal difference.
Nottingham Forest- scored 25 and conceded 38 (minus-13)
Burnley- scored 25 and conceded 49 (minus-24)
It’s more than likely that Wolves and Burnley will be relegated.
Which leaves any one team from probably West Ham (23 points), Nottingham Forest (26 points), Leeds United (29 points), Crystal Palace (29 points) and Tottenham
(29 points) as the third to be relegated.
There are 13 games remaining for every team so a lot can change in those 13 fixtures.
A single Daniel Munoz goal scored in the 44th minute, gave Crystal Palace the away-night victory by a 1-0 score over Burnley at Turf Moor back in December.
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MAN CITY v FULHAM
19.30 in England
Man City stunned the Anfield Rappers on Sunday by inflicting a defeat on Liverpool at their iconic home.
After a goalless 73 minutes, Liverpool scored the opener from a brilliant free kick which simply bamboozled Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Man City had seen Arsenal gain a victory on Saturday and go 9 points clear at the top of the table, so City needed to get something out of the game at Anfield.
It was also time for Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland to step up to the plate, which is just what happened when Erling headed the ball into the path of Bernardo who tapped home to make it 1-1 in the 84th minute.
Man City were then awarded a penalty in the 93rd minute when Alisson inexplicably brought down Matheus Nunes.
It was a definite penalty but some would say that it’s impossible to be given a penalty at Anfield, in the 93rd minute, with the prospect of Liverpool losing the game.
Erling converted to give Man City the win from a 2-1 scoreline.
The late goal wasn’t the end of the excitement.
In a bizarre passage of play after the penalty, which has to be one of the strangest set of circumstances seen on a football pitch, Man City had a late goal ruled out by the dreaded VAR, for, wait for it, denying a goal-scoring opportunity.
As it was late in the game, the Liverpool Goalkeeper Alisson had ventured up the other end in the hope of scoring an equaliser (remember, the Goalkeeper scored with a header a few years ago against West Brom which gave Liverpool the win).
With Alisson missing in action, the ball fell to Rayan Cherki, who hit a speculative shot from inside his own half, towards the Liverpool goal.
Erling Haaland and Dominik Szoboszlai then had a foot race from the halfway line to try and get to the ball.
Dominik pulled back Erling, then Mr Haaland pulled Mr Szoboszlai back.
In the meantime, neither player touches the ball which then trickles into the back of the net, so surely it’s a Rayan Cherki goal?
The dreaded VAR then gets involved (when there was really no need) but obviously wanted to disguise the fact that they were watching the Curling from the Italian Winter Olympics.
The VAR say that the on-field referee Craig Pawson, has to go back to the original decision, when he waved play on after Dominik had pulled Erling back and now sends Mr Szoboszlai off for denying a goal-scoring opportunity.
So how can a player be sent off for denying a goal when it was a goal?
The only folk denying a goal are VAR!
One’s sure Liverpool would have preferred to lose 3-1 and not have a player now suspended.
It is one of the craziest decisions ever seen on a football pitch.
Cancelling a goal and sending a player off for denying a goal-scoring opportunity.
Bonkers!
Anyway, the game ended straight after the incident, leaving Man City with the victory over Liverpool by a 2-1 (not 3-1) score.
Man City remain in 2nd place with 50 points from the 25 games played, still 6 points behind Arsenal at the summit.
The two do have to play each other at the Etihad in April, so the Title Race will continue until at least that meeting.
Added to that Premier League fixture, Arsenal face Man City at Wembley in the Carabao Cup Final which takes place on the 22nd of March.
Marco Silva saw his Fulham team suffer a home defeat against his old club Everton at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
After a Toffees Own Goal had given Fulham a lead at the break, the Cottagers conceded twice in the 2nd-half to ultimately suffer a loss from a 2-1 scoreline.
The 2nd Everton goal came via a mistake from the Goalkeeper Bernd Leno who punched the ball into the back of the net from an Everton corner.
That leaves Fulham in 10th place with the same 34 points as Bournemouth, both having completed 25 games.
A quick quiz question for everyone-
Without using Google, what was the score when these two met at Craven Cottage in December 2025?
Well, the answer is, 5-4 in favour of Man City.
A brilliant 9-goal thriller with the goals going in as follows-
17′ Erling Haaland- (Man City 0-1)
37′ Tijjani Reijnders- (Man City 0-2)
44′ Phil Foden- (Man City 0-3)
45+2′ Emile Smith-Rowe- (Fulham 1-3)
Half-Time- Prawn Sandwich and Glass of Pimms.
48′ Phil Foden- (Man City 1-4)
54′ Sander Berge OG- (Man City 1-5)
57′ Alex Iwobi- (Fulham 2-5)
72′ Sam Chukwueze- (Fulham 3-5)
78′ Sam Chukwueze- (Fulham 4-5)
Full-Time- Big Mac, Fries and Coke.
One hopes for something similar tonight.
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST v WOLVES
19.30 in England
Nottingham Forest suffered a defeat against Leeds United at Elland Rd on Friday Night Football.
The Tricky Trees did have moments of dominance but could only manage a late consolation goal from the new signing Lorenzo Lucca.
As Forest had already conceded 3 goals, it resulted in a loss by a 3-1 scoreline.
Before the game, both teams had 26 points, obviously the defeat leaves Forest still with 26 points and still in 17th place after 25 games.
Wolves suffered their 3rd defeat in a row and their 19th defeat of the season on Saturday, succumbing to a loss against Chelsea at Molineux by a 3-1 score.
Toluwalase Emmanuel Arokodare did score a Wolves consolation goal early in the 2nd-half, however, Chelsea had already scored 3 which did include 2 penalties.
Wolves sit at the bottom of the table with 8 points from the 25 games played, with the 8 points coming from 5 drawn games and just 1 win.
Rob Edwards’ Gold and Blacks are now 18 points from safety, which means they have to win 6 more games than the safe team in the remaining 13 fixtures.
That’s not going to happen so Wolves will be back in the Championship for the 2026/27 campaign.
Igor Jesus scored the only goal of the game, in the 72nd minute, to give Forest the away win from a 1-0 scoreline, over Wolves at Molineux back in December.
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SUNDERLAND v LIVERPOOL
20.15 in England
Sunderland suffered the expected and predicted defeat against Arsenal on Saturday, with the Black Cats on the wrong end of a 3-0 scoreline.
That loss needs to be put to bed quickly as most will lose against Arsenal at the Emirates.
Sunderland’s main focus is on the home games, none more so than this one against the current Premier League winners.
So a game against the Champions Elect and the Current Champions in the space of 4 days.
Sunderland sit in 9th place with 36 points, having completed the opening 25 fixtures.
Liverpool suffered a defeat against Man City at Anfield on Sunday.
After Dominik Szoboszlai had scored a brilliant free kick (another one) to give the Reds a lead in the 74th minute, Man City scored twice to get the victory from a 2-1 scoreline.
If one had not seen the game, that paragraph just states that Arne’s Slot Machines lost by the odd goal.
To explain the circumstances in full, the following was put in the Man City v Fulham preview above-
‘After a goalless 73 minutes, Liverpool scored the opener from a brilliant free kick which simply bamboozled Gianluigi Donnarumma.
After seeing Arsenal gain a victory on Saturday and go 9 points clear at the top of the table, Man City needed to get something out of the game at Anfield.
It was also time for Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland to step up to the plate, which is just what happened when Erling headed the ball into the path of Bernardo who tapped home to make it 1-1 in the 84th minute.
Man City were then awarded a penalty in the 93rd minute when Alisson inexplicably brought down Matheus Nunes.
It was a definite penalty but some would say that it’s impossible to be given a penalty at Anfield, in the 93rd minute, with the prospect of Liverpool losing the game.
Erling converted to give Man City the win from a 2-1 scoreline.
The late goal wasn’t the end of the excitement.
In a bizarre passage of play after the penalty, which has to be one of the strangest set of circumstances seen on a football pitch, Man City had a late goal ruled out by the dreaded VAR, for, wait for it, denying a goal-scoring opportunity.
As it was late in the game, the Liverpool Goalkeeper Alisson had ventured up the other end in the hope of scoring an equaliser (remember, the Goalkeeper scored with a header a few years ago against West Brom which gave Liverpool the win).
With Alisson missing in action, the ball fell to Rayan Cherki, who hit a speculative shot from inside his own half, towards the Liverpool goal.
Erling Haaland and Dominik Szoboszlai then had a foot race from the halfway line to try and get to the ball.
Dominik pulled back Erling, then Mr Haaland pulled Mr Szoboszlai back.
In the meantime, neither player touches the ball which then trickles into the back of the net, so surely it’s a Rayan Cherki goal?
The dreaded VAR then gets involved (when there was really no need) but obviously wanted to disguise the fact that they were watching the Curling from the Italian Winter Olympics.
The VAR say that the on-field referee Craig Pawson, has to go back to the original decision, when he waved play on after Dominik had pulled Erling back and now sends Mr Szoboszlai off for denying a goal-scoring opportunity.
So how can a player be sent off for denying a goal when it was a goal?
The only folk denying a goal are VAR!
One’s sure Liverpool would have preferred to lose 3-1 and not have a player now suspended.
It is one of the craziest decisions ever seen on a football pitch.
Cancelling a goal and sending a player off for denying a goal-scoring opportunity.
Bonkers!
Anyway, the game ended straight after the incident, leaving Man City with the victory over Liverpool by a 2-1 (not 3-1) score.’
The defeat leaves Liverpool in 6th place with the same 39 points as Brentford, both having completed 25 games.
Both teams shared the points from a draw by a 1-1 score, when Sunderland visited Anfield to take on Liverpool in the Game Week-14 encounter.
After a goalless opening 66 minutes, Chemsdine Talbi scored the Sunderland goal to send the Black Cats faithful delirious in the away end.
Unfortunately for those travelling fans, one of their own, Nordi Mukiele was credited with Liverpool’s equaliser to give both teams a point apiece.
Don’t be surprised if Sunderland at least get another point, if not all 3, tonight as their record at the Stadium of Light is exceptional so far this season.
Betfred offer Sunderland at 18/5, the Draw at 3/1 and Odds On 8/11 for Liverpool to come away with all 3-points.
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Thursday 12th
BRENTFORD v ARSENAL
20.00 in England
Brentford, who were everyone’s favourites to be relegated this season (including this EveryTip column) have astounded most by currently sitting in 7th place with the same 39 points as Liverpool, both having completed 25.
The latest astonishing performance was against Newcastle at St James Park on Saturday with the Bees stinging the Magpies and coming away with a victory from a 3-2 score.
After Newcastle had scored the opener, Vitaly Janelt and Igor Thiago scored to give Brentford a lead at the break.
The Bees then conceded a penalty which was converted in the 81st minute to make the score level.
It was then left to Dango Ouattara to score the winner in the 85th minute to give Keith Andrews’ team the win.
Brentford are definitely not going to be relegated, the question now is, can the Bees grab a European place?
Arsenal got the expected win over Sunderland at the Emirates on Saturday.
Goals from Martin Zubimendi and Viktor Gyokeres (2) gave Mikel’s Young Guns the victory over the Black Cats from a 3-0 scoreline.
As predicted in this EveryTip column last week.
The win leaves Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table with 56 points from the 25 games played.
That’s still 6 points ahead of Man City and now 9 more than Aston Villa, so with 13 games remaining, it looks like it’s a straight shootout between Arsenal and Man City as to who will win the 2025/26 Premier League title.
Arsenal gained the home victory over Brentford when these two met at the Emirates for the Game Week-14 affair.
Mikel Merino scored in the 11th minute to give Arsenal an early lead.
That was that until the 91st minute when Bukayo Saka scored to secure the win from a 2-0 scoreline.
Betfred offer Brentford at 4/1, the Draw at 3/1 and Odds On 7/10 for Arsenal to come away with all 3-points.
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