4 h. ago This season’s Premier League is a major letdown – but one sensational development can save it

With the title race fizzling out and the bottom three clubs already cut adrift, the Premier League has a problem, writes Miguel Delaney, with the seismic verdict on the Manchester City case likely to salvage some late-season drama

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12 h. ago Why this season's Premier League matches are running 'two minutes shorter' than last season

Premier League referees have been told to be more lenient when it comes to stoppage time which has seen match times this season notably reduced after England's top flight had the longest matches in Europe last term

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26 h. ago Virgil van Dijk sends clear message to Darwin Nunez after Arne Slot criticism

Virgil van Dijk is backing Darwin Nunez to make a big impact for Liverpool in the final weeks of a season destined to end with the Premier League title but the striker's work-rate must remain high

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36 h. ago Liverpool news: Mo Salah drops fresh contract hint as Arne Slot lays out transfer demands

Mohamed Salah's future has been one of the main talking points affecting Liverpool throughout the season, even as they have opened up a sizeable Premier League lead

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42 h. ago Arne Slot sends message to Liverpool doubters after going 13 points clear at the top

Liverpool cruised to a 2-0 win over Newcastle, which, twinned with Arsenal's draw at Nottingham Forest, leaves the Reds on the cusp of the Premier League title in Arne Slot's first season

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42 h. ago We will be back – Pep Guardiola knows he faces tough task to recreate ‘old City’

Erling Haaland’s 20th Premier League goal of the season helped Manchester City move back up to fourth.

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44 h. ago Manchester City back into top four as Haaland goal enough to beat Spurs

For 45 minutes, it was tempting to wonder where this version of Manchester City had been hiding? They were energetic and incisive, threatening to tear Tottenham apart. Erling Haaland was back in the line-up after a knee injury and his 20th goal of the Premier League season – and 28th overall – was scant reward for their control.City’s previous visit to this stadium had brought a Carabao Cup exit and it is remarkable to consider how they have fared since then. Before kick-off here and taking in that defeat, their record showed 14 losses in 27 matches in all competitions. They looked set to make a more coherent statement. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Hugo Lloris makes Harry Kane transfer admission as he reveals advantage of playing in MLS

Hugo Lloris joined MLS outfit LAFC last season after a 12-year spell in the Premier League with Tottenham and he claims he's yet to discuss a potential move to America with Harry Kane

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66 h. ago Rasmus Hojlund’s goal drought due to Manchester United’s ‘lack of threat’

Hojlund has only scored two goals in the Premier League this season which Ruben Amorim attributed to the lack of chances created for him

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2 d. ago Ian Wright names three superstars who could leave Arsenal in 'Liverpool

Arsenal have fleeting hopes of beating Liverpool to the Premier League title this season and Ian Wright believes the two clubs could have very similar nightmares on the horizon

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3 d. ago Salah’s form may push up price in Liverpool contract talks, says Slot

He jokes that performances ‘not the best’ for paymastersHead coach hopes forward will stay beyond this seasonArne Slot has joked that Mohamed Salah’s phenomenal form is perfect for everyone at Liverpool apart from the paymasters who must negotiate his next Anfield contract.Salah helped strengthen Liverpool’s grip on the Premier League title with a goal and an assist in their impressive win at Manchester City on Sunday. The 32-year-old has 30 goals and 21 assists from 38 appearances this season – 25 goals and 16 assists in the Premier League – and has scored in his past eight outings. Salah requires one more goal to overtake Gordon Hodgson as the third-highest goalscorer in Liverpool’s history. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Arne Slot urges Mohamed Salah to stay at Liverpool and finally win Ballon d’Or

The Egyptian has produced a superlative season to power Liverpool towards Premier League and Champions League triumph

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3 d. ago Man Utd 'made mistake with Ruben Amorim' after claims he 'wants to quit the club'

Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United tenure continues to limp out of the gates, and this ex-Premier League pro believes hiring the 40-year-old mid-season was an error

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3 d. ago Mohamed Salah turns it up to 11: devotion, dexterity – and a new deal? | Jonathan Liew

Arguments around the Liverpool star’s future keep adding up, but what if we’re all asking the wrong question?There are numbers, of course, if you choose to want them. Records enough to drown in. Discourse piled sky-high. Here: a colourful infographic setting out his most recent milestones, begging your finger for a double-tap. Here: a TV host in expensive trainers pointing at a very large screen. First for contingent goal involvements. First for final-third shimmies. Look at that shot throb velocity: up a staggering 0.28 on last season. After the break, some nonentities will debate today’s hot question: is Mo Salah enjoying the most venomous Premier League season ever? Stay tuned. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Liverpool's even stronger dream XI for next season with three areas improved

Liverpool are closing in on the Premier League title this season, but former Reds star Jamie Carragher believes Arne Slot needs to strengthen in three positions next summer

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3 d. ago What TV channel is Chelsea vs Southampton on? How to watch midweek Premier League clash

Chelsea and Southampton will be hoping to turn their Premier League seasons around when they meet on Tuesday with both clubs coming into the clash reeling from two consecutive defeats

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3 d. ago Brighton & Hove Albion vs Bournemouth prediction, odds and betting offer

Both sides are in strong positions for a place in Europe as we approach the business end of the Premier League season

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3 d. ago Never mind the quality, feel the money: central flaw of football’s ‘greatest show on earth’ | Barney Ronay

Title race and relegation over by February? The Premier League is rich, but there’s no jeopardy and no real sense of excellence, at least not on the pitchLadies and gentlemen we have now reached our cruising altitude. The pilot will be putting his feet up and drinking tiny cans of Sprite from here to the middle of May. Sit back, zone out. Stick on a bad film with Seth Rogen in it. You can even watch the football if you like. Just don’t expect much to happen for the next three months.So much for that excitingly bumpy, turbulence-fuelled Premier League season, all perky upstarts, crumbling certainties and unexpected shifts of altitude, which really did seem to be shaping up just a few short weeks go. As of game weekend 26 and Arsenal’s defeat by West Ham, followed by Liverpool strolling through Manchester City, the league has reached a stage of premature entropy. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Manchester United coaches losing patience with Rasmus Hojlund

Rasmus Hojlund has gone 16 games without a goal for Man United and has tallied only two Premier League goals all season.

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4 d. ago Arne Slot discovers his biggest Liverpool achievement so far after replacing Jurgen Klopp

Arne Slot has enjoyed a terrific first campaign at Liverpool and looks likely to deliver the Premier League in his first season despite only being backed with one signing since replacing Jurgen Klopp last summer

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