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It ought to be a great match between Arsenal and Bournemouth this afternoon, though I don’t assume something might beat this recreation… the DRAMA!
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Now from one finish of the desk to the opposite… Arsenal will look to increase their lead on the prime of the Premier League desk with a win over Bournemouth at lunchtime. The Gunners presently lead by 9 factors, though second-placed Manchester Metropolis have a recreation in hand.
This could possibly be an enormous weekend for the title race, with Pep Guardiola and Co going through a troublesome conflict with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge tomorrow.
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Talking of “Ange-ball” – Roberto De Zerbi desires to convey it again as he makes an attempt to stop Tottenham’s first relegation in 49 years.
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One other query for Tottenham followers, do you assume the membership could be on this place if Ange Postecoglou had stayed?
De Zerbi to convey again Angeball. Together with the vast majority of different Spurs followers, I am unable to assist pondering that the membership ought to by no means have sacked Ange within the first place! A very run membership
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With Burnley and Wolves wanting just about sure to go down, the battle to keep away from that final relegation place is heating up. Tottenham slipped into that spot final night time following West Ham’s 4-0 win – they usually face a difficult recreation away at Sunderland tomorrow.
Nottingham Forest and Leeds United are additionally down there. The query is, who will face the drop? Let me know what you assume!
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Thanks, James, for getting this Matchday reside up and working whereas I battled by prepare delays to make it into London! I nearly made it… finally!
Anyway, Premier League soccer is again and we’ve 4 video games to sit up for later as we speak. Arsenal will look to increase their lead on the prime of the desk after they face Bournemouth on the Emirates Stadium. Brentford then host Everton, with Brighton travelling to face Burnley at Turf Moor.
And within the late recreation, Liverpool will look to bounce again from defeats to Manchester Metropolis and Paris Saint-Germain after they tackle Fulham at house.
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Friday night time’s European roundup
Actual Madrid needed to accept a 1-1 draw in opposition to mid-table Girona in La Liga, extending the hosts’ winless run to 3 video games in all competitions and giving leaders Barcelona the prospect to stretch their benefit on the prime.
Federico Valverde put Madrid forward six minutes after half-time however Girona levelled within the 62nd minute by Thomas Lemar. Álvaro Arbeloa’s facet are six factors behind with league leaders Barça, who’ve a recreation in hand in opposition to Espanyol on Saturday and will transfer 9 clear with seven video games to play.
Girona’s Vitor Reis in motion with Kylian Mbappé throughout their 1-1 attract Madrid. {Photograph}: Gonzalo Fuentes/ReutersShare
West Ham’s rout of Wolves sends Spurs into backside three
Jacob Steinberg
Two-nil up in a must-win recreation, Nuno Espírito Santo’s facet appeared unrecognisable from the doomed bunch who dropped seven factors off seventeenth place in early January. It is a completely different West Ham. It is a West Ham with a punch in assault and, if this daring escape act does finish with Premier League soccer secured for one more season, a key a part of the story can be how Nuno strengthened his squad in January.
Whereas Axel Disasi has introduced order in defence, one of the best ways to go with Castellanos and Pablo Felipe is to name them the trendy equal of John Hartson and Paul Kitson.
West Ham, in any case, have kind on this division. They had been fired to security in 1997 after signing Hartson and Kitson midway by a troublesome marketing campaign and, 29 years on, have given themselves a combating probability because of the mid-season arrivals of Pablo and Castellanos.
Konstantinos Mavropanos celebrates scoring West Ham’s fourth objective with Axel Disasi. {Photograph}: Matthew Childs/Motion Photographs/ReutersShare
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Emillia can be right here shortly. Within the meantime, right here’s what occurred in east London final night time …
We’ve one other stacked lineup as we speak, together with Coventry’s push for the Premier League and Arsenal’s newest take a look at as they shut on the top-flight title, together with a lot, rather more. Tell us if you happen to’re at a recreation anyplace as we speak or the way you’ll be following from around the globe, simply drop us an e-mail by way of the hyperlink within the standfirst.
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