Premier League: Liverpool move 13 points clear after Man Utd & Man City win and Arsenal held
Premier League as it happened: Haaland back on scoresheet
On Wednesday, four Premier League matches could go some way to ironing out the title race, the top four and everything beyond that.
Our reporters are at all four and will provide play-by-play from Liverpool against Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur against Manchester City, Nottingham Forest against Arsenal, and Manchester United against Ipswich Town. Enjoy!
Leaders Liverpool continued their relentless march towards the Premier League title with a 2-0 victory over Newcastle United on Wednesday, moving 13 points clear thanks to goals in each half from Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister.
Arne Slot’s side extended their gaping lead over second-placed Arsenal, who have a game in hand.
Newcastle slipped one spot to sixth, three points behind fourth-placed Manchester City.
Szoboszlai struck in the 11th minute when Luis Diaz worked the ball down the left before cutting it back for the unmarked Hungarian, who Newcastle’s Sandro Tonali had allowed to dart away into space.
The midfielder fired home a close-range shot that sailed through two sets of legs and past goalkeeper Nick Pope.
Newcastle were better after the break, but Mac Allister doubled the home side’s lead in the 63rd minute, when Mohamed Salah cut the ball back for the Argentinian, who punished the visitors for their sloppy defending with a blistering shot into the top corner.
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Tottenham 0-1 Manchester City, Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal, Manchester United 3-2 Ipswich – as it happened
Arsenal slipped up again in the title race while Manchester United held on for three points with 10 men
That’ll be all from me. Thanks to all who messaged in – plenty from Manchester United fans, and not a great deal about the actual game. It says a lot about the atmosphere around the club at the moment.
Brentford 1-1 Everton: It’s a top diving header from Jake O’Brien at the far post that brings Everton back, with thanks required to Vitalii Mykolenko, crossing in from the left. O’Brien has his first goal for the club.
I am a lifelong Manchester United fan, currently on a flight to Hawaii. I can confirm everyone on this plane is happy except for me. Not even the future of paradise can remove the misery and malaise of this truly bad team from my cursed bones.
I live in the States, too, support Man United and second the opinion of one of your writers. I’d love it if United got relegated. The Glazers have been terrible owners. Whilst they have spent plenty of money most has been wasted. And new minority owner Ratcliffe doesn’t look like an improvement. I’ve been supporting United since 1963. This is as low as it’s been.
When I lived in the US, I got to know people who were fans of teams who were never good, the Kansas City Royals, Washington Wizards, any team from Cincinnati. It seemed like a miserable experience. Because major American sports teams aren’t relegated, there’s not even the excitement of potential escape, it’s just a purgatory of suck. With the economic stratification of the premier league, it feels like Manchester United fans are being consigned to that purgatory.
I’m a Man United fan. I grew up through the 90’s & 2000’s. And while I’ve drifted from being as big a supporter as I was when I was younger as I moved to where I haven’t always had easy access to watch games I still follow them and enjoy the successes when they come such as the FA Cup, the sort of title challenge under Solskjaer in 20/21 & even Ten Haag’s first season when it looked like he was laying the foundations for something. However at this stage I’d almost want them to be relegated to show that there is some justice in the world for how poorly run the club has been for so long. The only argument I could feasibly make against it is that a lot of hard working decent people would lose their jobs but that is even happening anyway. I know it might be heresy to say it as a supporter but the people running the club need to have something shameful that could be laid squarely at their door.
We’re underway in four games. That’s insane, Jeremy.
Hello Taha. Looks like a fun-filled evening of footy ahead after a very entertaining day of cricket. Quite the rotation at Spurs with Son, Kulu and Spence moved to the bench. I suspect an equally large shake up is imminent in the white ball game
Tottenham: Vicario, Porro, Gray, Danso, Udogie, Bergvall, Bentancur, Maddison, Johnson, Tel, Odobert
Manchester City: Ederson, Matheus Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, González, Kovacic, Savinho, Marmoush, Doku, Haaland
Nottingham Forest: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Domínguez, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood
Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Jorginho, Rice, Ødegaard, Nwaneri, Trossard, Merino
Manchester United: Onana, Yoro, Maguire, De Ligt, Dalot, Ugarte, Fernandes, Dorgu, Zirkzee, Garnacho, Højlund
Subs: Harrison, Graczyk, Heaven, Lindelöf, Mazraoui, Casemiro, Eriksen, Obi
Ipswich: Palmer, Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Greaves, Davis, Morsy, Cajuste, Philogene, Hutchinson, Clarke, Delap
Brentford: Flekken, Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter, Janelt, Yarmoliuk, Damsgaard, Schade, Mbeumo, Wissa
Everton: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Alcaraz, Lindstrøm, Harrison, Beto
Brentford v Everton
