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All eyes on Stamford Bridge, Palace try to repeat City heroics and Brentford want more of the same from Eriksen.

The return of Mohammed Salisu, one of Saints’ outstanding performers this season among a buoyant squad, is a reason to be cheerful and to enjoy for now. As one of only two teams to have beaten Manchester City in the Premier League this season, Crystal Palace may be one of the biggest obstacles remaining between Pep Guardiola’s side and another title triumph. Burnley were brought sharply down to earth from their upturn in form by successive home defeats to Leicester and Chelsea, and this is not the time for grinding out draws. It’s been a mixed start at Villa Park for Steven Gerrard. In 14 league games, his team have beaten just one side currently sitting in the top half of the table – Southampton, last week. It was Norwich’s 2-1 win at Carrow Road in January that prompted the dismissal of Rafael Benítez and the subsequent arrival of Frank Lampard. If Norwich can muster maximum points against another relegation rival it probably won’t prompt another managerial change – it will only be Jesse Marsch’s third match in charge – but the battle to avoid the drop could look tighter than ever. Wolves were knocked out of the FA Cup by Norwich and then beaten at home by Arsenal. After rallying with two wins, Lage’s side then lost three in a row, their late collapse in the Arsenal return particularly embarrassing. Before what looks to be a defining four weeks for Klopp’s hopes, with Liverpool due to visit Arsenal and Manchester City, Alzate and company will hope to put another huge spanner in the works. There’s a good chance this will be the nerviest, scrappiest match of the weekend – and all the more enjoyable for it. Aaron Ramsdale, who was not on the receiving end of those contributions but has faced Vardy with Bournemouth and Sheffield United, says the striker is “the one I hate playing against most”. On Sunday Ramsdale and his teammates will be spared. It will be intriguing to see how these two sides respond, respectively, to a crushing derby defeat and a thumping win over a dejected Everton. Spurs’ lack of consistency is chronic but a fourth league win in five would alleviate some of Antonio Conte’s concerns and show their sensational victory last time they were in Manchester was no fluke. “Every team will have a tough period and we’re going through ours now,” said the midfielder Steven Alzate, one of few Seagulls players to come out with much credit from the defeat at Newcastle. Brighton do tend to give Liverpool a game, on the positive side. Brighton’s four defeats on the spin appeared to come from nowhere and, in the space of three weeks, doubled their number of losses for the season.

Since Roman Abramovic became Chelsea owner in the summer of 2003, he has overseen the most successful period in the club's history. To measure the impact ...

Also, all teams have played 712 games unless stated otherwise. “I hope that I will be able to visit Stamford Bridge one last time to say goodbye to all of you in person. To measure the impact he’s had, we’ve compiled an aggregate Premier League table for his entire time at the club.

Match highlights of every Premier League game this season to be shown on the Sky Sports website and app; watch Manchester United vs Tottenham, Chelsea ...

Considering 10 of those efforts have been headers, his odds are too big to register a header on target. Palace have conceded 10 of their 38 Premier League goals this season from corners. They could equal a club Premier League record of 14 successive away games unbeaten here.

John Barnes and Nigel Winterburn have contrasting views on whether Liverpool can finish the season with four trophies.

“Jürgen Klopp won’t be looking that far ahead to [winning] four trophies. As the season progresses, it's tough to focus on everything and keep up fitness and intensity. Speaking to Paddy Power, Winterburn said: “It’s a big statement to say if Liverpool win the quadruple this season, they would be the most successful team in recent history. “Liverpool won’t be thinking about winning four trophies, they’ll be thinking about winning football matches. They’ve shown us that when games are tight, they can grind the results out. It’s such a difficult thing to do, operating at such a high-level game in, game out – particularly in cup competitions.

This game can bite you. English Premier League Sat 12, 12:30.

Included in that run is a 1-0 win at Anfield, a 1-1 draw with Jurgen Klopp's men at the Amex last season and the 2-2 draw from earlier this campaign. I'm convinced the market has the goal line completely wrong in Leeds vs Norwich. This is a Leeds team that has failed to score in their last four games, it's their worst run without a goal since 2010. They are the lowest scorers in English football with just 17 goals scored and have just found the net seven times on the road - the lowest tally of any side in the top four leagues. In their last 26 games against teams that finished in the top nine of the Premier League last season, Brighton have only lost four games by more than one goal. Martin Odegaard was also on our radar for that game as we took the 20/1 on him to score, assist and have two shots at goal. Antonio Rudiger (1pt at 12/1 to score a header vs Burnley) was perhaps the worst bet of the three advised plays.

Virgil van Dijk's centre-back partner Joel Matip has been awarded the Premier League Player of the Month for February 2022, thanks to his contributions...

Up next for Jurgen Klopp, his top player Joel Matip and the team; they open up Matchday 29 on Saturday against Brighton. The biggest improvement to his game: he has been fit and available for selection more often than not. The Reds, during the month of love, scored a mammoth 12 goals and conceded one goal over their four EPL outings.