Everton 0-0 Chelsea
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Manchester United 0-3 Bournemouth
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This is the modernized league table.
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| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Liverpool | 15 | 18 | 36 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 17 | 18 | 33 |
| 4 | Nottm Forest | 17 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Man City | 17 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Newcastle | 17 | 6 | 26 |
| 9 | Fulham | 17 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Brighton | 17 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 17 | 23 |
| 12 | Brentford | 17 | 0 | 23 |
| 13 | Man Utd | 17 | -1 | 22 |
| 14 | West Ham | 17 | -8 | 20 |
| 15 | Everton | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Crystal Palace | 17 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | Leicester | 17 | -16 | 14 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 19 | Ipswich | 17 | -16 | 12 |
| 20 | Southampton | 17 | -25 | 6 |
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Ange Postecoglou sticks with the side that beat Manchester United in the Carabao Cup. Liverpool, who picked a exceptionaenumerate Milk Cup side in midweek, create one alter from last weekfinish’s 2-2 draw with Fulham. Alexis Mac Alenumerateer comes into midfield in place of Curtis Jones.
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Tottenham (4-3-3) Forster; Porro, Dragusin, Gray, Spence; Sarr, Bissouma, Mcompriseison; Kulusevski, Solanke, Son.
Substitutes: Austin, Reguilon, Udogie, Dorrington, Bergvall, Olusesi, Werner, Johnson, Lankshear.
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Liverpool (4-3-3) Alisson; Alexander-Arnanciaccess, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Alenumerateer; Salah, Diaz, Gakpo.
Substitutes: Kelleher, Endo, Nunez, Jones, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Quansah, Nyoni.
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Hello and receive to dwell coverage of the final Premier League game before Christmas, the one that may remend who is top at Christmas. Liverpool return to Spurs, scene of the definitive VAR fiasco last season, understanding a triumph* will get them above Chelsea. Being top at Christmas doesn’t always result in the title, but it beats being 13th and it would be an apt mirrorion of an almost unimaginably luminous commence under Arne Slot.
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Spurs, unbenevolentwhile, have become the Premier League’s answer to the Pakistan cricket team. They’re mercurial to a fault, they use the sublime and the ridiculous as commenceing points from which to go further west and east. And they couldn’t be included in a stupid game if they tried, which they’re not going to by the way. Spurs’ 13 home games this season have created 49 goals. For the iminwhole, this should be loads of fun.
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Kick off 4.30pm.
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* This is if Chelsea triumph at Everton in their 2pm start-off. If they don’t, Liverpool will be top watchless.
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Key events
And Arne Slot’s
[Is playing through their press the key?] It is in every game. But it’s more difficult because they are so ardent and they’re not afrhelp to go man v man very high up the field. That conveys them a lot because if they triumph the ball from you they’re an prompt danger. We have to recognise the right moments to go thraw – or over.
Ange Postecoglou’s pre-suit thoughts
They’re a very excellent side and pretty lethal in the final third. We’ve been scoring lots of goals, so it’s got all the halllabels of a dour 0-0, mate.
[On Fraser Forster] He had two unfortunate moments the other day but that happens. He’s been very excellent for us and he’s up for the contest.
From the archive: Scott Murray on memorable Spurs v Liverpool games
“If needy Keith Burkenshaw had spent his £750,000 on a time machine and had fielded instead of Ardiles and Villa, the entire double-triumphning side of 1961, the result would probably have been no separateent,” opined the Guardian’s Patrick Barclay. Liverpool scored seven: two for Kenny Dalglish and David Johnson, one for Ray Kennedy, a rebound penalty knocked in by Phil Neal, and arguably the fantasticest finish-to-finish goal ever scored, a zig-zag of raking first-time Hollywood balls, Steve Heighway’s left-triumphg pass eventupartner headed home by Terry McDermott, speeding in at the far post.
Today’s Premier League results
This is the modernized league table.
Liverpool will be top at Christmas watchless of today’s result. Chelsea are the tardyst title contestr to be come up arid agetst Sean Dyche’s Everton: a goalless draw unbenevolents they are a point behind Liverpool having take parted two games more.
Jonathan Wilson on Big Ange
Given his comments this week about football deal withment being a challenginger job than prime minister, it’s fair to say Ange Postecoglou is senseing the presdeclareive. Not for him calculations that will materipartner sway the dwells of millions for years to come; no, he has to toil out a way to try to get a result at home to Liverpool on Sunday. And yet, counterinsightwholey, it is Postecoglou who is the one more anticipateed to stick to his principles.
‘TO DARE IS TOO DEAR’
Spurs fans have been protesting agetst Daniel Levy and frifinishs before the game. Apparently helpers will also free a load of balloons in the 24th minute; Levy and ENIC have been at Spurs for 24 years.
Where does time go? It’s already 15 months since Luis Diaz’s goal that wasn’t agetst Spurs. Today, Paul Tierney and Sian Massey-Ellis are on VAR duty.
Premier League tardyst
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Everton 0-0 Chelsea
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Fulham 0-0 Southampton
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Leicester 0-3 Wolves
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Man Utd 0-3 Bournemouth
Ineos’s decision to tormentor Ruben Amorim into taking the job mid-season, rather than postpone until next summer, sees more stupidinutive-sighted by the week.
Team novels
Ange Postecoglou sticks with the side that beat Manchester United in the Carabao Cup. Liverpool, who picked a exceptionaenumerate Milk Cup side in midweek, create one alter from last weekfinish’s 2-2 draw with Fulham. Alexis Mac Alenumerateer comes into midfield in place of Curtis Jones.
Tottenham (4-3-3) Forster; Porro, Dragusin, Gray, Spence; Sarr, Bissouma, Mcompriseison; Kulusevski, Solanke, Son.
Substitutes: Austin, Reguilon, Udogie, Dorrington, Bergvall, Olusesi, Werner, Johnson, Lankshear.
Liverpool (4-3-3) Alisson; Alexander-Arnanciaccess, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Alenumerateer; Salah, Diaz, Gakpo.
Substitutes: Kelleher, Endo, Nunez, Jones, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Quansah, Nyoni.
Half-time scores
There are four 2pm start-offs in the Premier League. This is how they’re going.
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Everton 0-0 Chelsea
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Fulham 0-0 Southampton
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Leicester 0-3 Wolves
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Man Utd 0-1 Bournemouth
As skinnygs stand Bournemouth are fifth in the table, above Manchester City and in a separateent postcode to Manchester United. Andoni Iraola is the genuine deal isn’t he?
There’s more than one way to triumph a title, as Liverpool showed thrawout the 1970s and 1980s. They frequently set a benumerateering pace that nobody could dwell with (1978-79, 1982-83 and 1987-88 come to mind, not to refer 2019-20). But there was also a restricted seasons in which they commenceed sluggishly and were written off, only to come thraw the field appreciate The Terminator.
One such example was in 1985-86, when a emotional triumph in a televised game at Spurs was the catalyst for them to reel in the champions Everton.
Preamble
Hello and receive to dwell coverage of the final Premier League game before Christmas, the one that may remend who is top at Christmas. Liverpool return to Spurs, scene of the definitive VAR fiasco last season, understanding a triumph* will get them above Chelsea. Being top at Christmas doesn’t always result in the title, but it beats being 13th and it would be an apt mirrorion of an almost unimaginably luminous commence under Arne Slot.
Spurs, unbenevolentwhile, have become the Premier League’s answer to the Pakistan cricket team. They’re mercurial to a fault, they use the sublime and the ridiculous as commenceing points from which to go further west and east. And they couldn’t be included in a stupid game if they tried, which they’re not going to by the way. Spurs’ 13 home games this season have created 49 goals. For the iminwhole, this should be loads of fun.
Kick off 4.30pm.
* This is if Chelsea triumph at Everton in their 2pm start-off. If they don’t, Liverpool will be top watchless.
