Premier League Boxing Day winners and losers
Arsenal are embracing their old flat-track bully tag, while Wilfried Zaha let Crystal Palace down.
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Arsenal are embracing their old flat-track bully tag, while Wilfried Zaha let Crystal Palace down.
“We’ve shown that we can take points against top teams and that’s the plan for Tuesday.”
“You can have off-days. We’re not any different. Today was a poor one.”
Southampton rekindled Hasenhuttl’s energetic early days to end West Ham’s top-four hopes.
The Hammers have not won since they beat Chelsea 3-2 on December 4…
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“It would make sense, definitely and this is what we have in our mind to extend his contract also.”
Liverpool were top at Christmas and finished fourth, Newcastle were top at Christmas and finished fourth…
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Hasenhuttl believes injuries are inevitable with games packed together after Christmas.
James Ward-Prowse narrowly missed out on the England squad for Euro 2020…
“That’s the problem for me, Chelsea need someone who’s spraying the ball about.”
Tuchel is the big loser this week as Arteta and Martinelli top the Premier League winners…
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Half the weekend’s Premier League schedule has now been postponed, but the remaining games are still set to be played.
The Alisson header, Havertz expletives and San Marino v England feature in the best moments of 2021…
Southampton and Crystal Palace played out an entertaining match at Selhurst Park…
Plenty of Newcastle, as you’d expect. Good bit of Everton, likewise. And the obvious Wolves one also has a team-mate in there.
“We have to show them we are also nasty to play against, because this is what we have shown in the past.”
Arsenal will come under ‘pressure’ to sell an ‘irritated’ player who was kept ‘under false pretences’.
“I cannot share. I am sorry. I’m telling you the reason, I cannot lie, it was that, this is where I stand.”
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Hasenhuttl blamed McCarthy for Maupay’s late equaliser for Brighton.
Arsenal’s average age plummeted under Arteta, while the Man Utd and Liverpool squads have grown older.
“He is a good package for us and hopefully he is on the level on the weekend that we need against Arsenal.”
Every chance this is an actual Premier League top 40 by the time we get round to season-end rankings.
Leeds United have lived up to their long-standing reputation so far this season. The cleanest? David Moyes’ good boys…
Brighton’s Neal Maupay made it back-to-back last minute equalisers.
“I am definitely a much better manager since the three years that I’ve been here.”
Rafael Benitez is a big loser, while Salah is a winner along with Man City, after *that* counter-attack.
The Foxes equalised twice as they earned a point at St Mary’s…
We’ve done the players most often subbed *on*, so here are those most subbed *off*. Obviously.
Leeds’ most-used substitute has come off the bench a truly absurd number of times this season.