Processional Feel to Liverpool's title costs now
We are now outside the point where the most relevant question about Liverpool is whether Arne Slot's father thinks they have played well.
The question of whether his side will win the Premier League in his first season that is in charge can certainly no longer have a debate. They haven't played anyone? Certainly, even the most drawn and pessimistic Liverpudlian must now accept that it is a foregone conclusion.
The decreasing degree of media attention on the Serenity of Slot will not relate to those who crave the Inches column. Even the chatter of the contract of Trent Alexander-Arnold has become quiet. Of greater care, the severity of the muscle injury that he sustained on the south coast will immediately be.
Competition, and the chase, is what neutral want, but it is time to cover Liverpool into the inevitable trophy parade.
The best team in the competition, with the most complete team, the least injuries that matter and crucial now the respect of all their opponents.
Andoni Iraola – like Thomas Frank a few weeks ago – decided that they are the best in the competition, indeed the best in Europe. His team was defeated for the first time since 23 November. It was always a special outfit to end that impressive series.
Champions League top dogs and now nine points clearly at their domestic top. They still have to go opposite Everton twice, but they can now afford to lose both games and not be caught, so is their superior target difference for Arsenal.
A stumbling would be a good copy, but you cannot opt for vulnerabilities that are not stacked compared to the problems between rivals. In reality, the gap will probably only become wider. Ground
It is confirmed: Semenyo is part of Liverpool
This was a game won by Mohamed Salah – but on another day Antoine Semenyo would run away as the star of the show.
Only the woodwork and heroic deeds of Alisson Becker denied him the status with two goals with which Salah ran away from the Vitality Stadium. The winger was a constant thorn to Liverpool through the left flank of Bournemouth, his six take-ons and 15 accents in the opposition box more than any other game.
Unbelievable, Semenyo is still leading the Premier League charts for most shots with 91, one more than Salah at 90 this season. Yet one player has 21 goals and the other has seven.
Semenyo and Salah are so similar in style and with the Bournemouth player known on the shortlist of Liverpool, don't be surprised if that version confirmed that he should be in Anfield next season. He might just be the player who replaces Salah.Sam Blitz
Everton always had this in their locker
Evertonians took some criticism, including from their own ranks, to demand more of Sean Dyche before the final acceptance around – including the man himself – that his time was his course.
The manager regretted minimal funds and a team without offensive talent for the Dour – football that had difficulty producing enough goals to bring more than occasionally a victory – do you remember that he defended his record “if you add victories”?
But that all looks doubtful now after the return of David Moyes, so that it not only entails three wins from four games, but seven goals.
Four of them came from open play against Leicester. Prior to Saturday's victory, they were only nine away from set pieces in Goodison Park throughout the season.
They played a large part of the game with a high pace, attractive football with Vitaliiy Mykolneko that bombarded a flank, James Garner finally pulled the strings in midfield and Abdoulaye Doucoure finally back to the goals.
There is no great mourning of the loss of regular first-choice striker-striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, even if little was expected from his replacement, Beto, given that he only achieved four goals in 44 previous Premier League performances.
But two goals for peace, both clinical, composed finishes, the idea only serves that this team has much more potential than it showed, even some Evertonians realized.
Things will not always be so rosy, and things in Goodison Park can still be rough around the edges. But as soon as the reasons of the return of David Moyes ends, there are foundations to build on deeper than previously thought. Ron Walker
Forest are the clean leaf kings
Nottingham Forest is everything that Brighton is not. Dangerous, aggressive and clinical.
It is a style of football that is not very sexy in possession Mad Modern Day World of the Premier League, but Forest is so good in both boxes. They defend deeply and in numbers, but they do it brilliant, led by Nikola Milenkovic. Brighton discovered that Forest held a 10th clean slate of the season – most of each team in the Premier League.
Then at the other end they have players confidently. Chris Wood and Anthony Elanga were hot, flanked by a special version of Morgan Gibbs-White. When he plays that way, floating around the field and creates so much destruction, there are less better in the Premier League.
Bos a joy. Lewis Jones
Hurzeler shows his inexperience
Fabian Hurzeler got this so wrong.
Management at the top level is all about finding solutions to problems and Hurzeler did not solve the puzzle that was presented to him with central midfielders Carlos Baleba and Yasin Ayari who are not available.
He threw Jack Hinshelwood in an impossible situation of trying to play a central midfield against Gibbs-White, who was in the mood to cause massacre. Forest was completely absorbed in that space.
They were in their element and put their counterattacks to perfection, because the defense of Brighton could not handle it-as evidenced by some horrible and extraordinary mistakes of some of their most important players.
At a club that is not used to losing games in this way, the manager will now be under Big Suchutiny. Lewis Jones
Newcastle carries crunch February from species after fulham loss
The 2-1 home defeat against Fulham was not the achievements and the result that Newcastle boss Eddie Howe would have intended a Crunch-Run Games in February.
Fulham spoiled his 700th match as a manager with a comeback victory that Arsenal Real Hope will give on his way to the semi-final second stage on Wednesday in St. James' Park, where the Magpies Back-to-Back Leges have suffered.
Performing their second half was alarmingly bad when Fulham dominated the piece with the home team and creating just one big chance.
Newcastle will have to be considerably better in the midweek if they want to protect their 2-0 lead on first legs and reach the Carabao Cup final.
Furthermore, How's side has an awkward FA Cup fourth round draw at League One-leaders Birmingham followed by a few discouraging Premier League matches.
Newcastle is confronted with three of the top six while they go to Manchester City, host Nottingham Forest before they go to Liverpool leaders.
Because Howe does not expect that the club will carry out further transfer activities in the winter window, he will have to look internally to solve their problems.
If he can, come at the end of his 705th match, he could have sent Newcastle to a cup final, the FA Cup fifth round and revived their top-four hope.
A huge month is for us.
Southampton wasn't possible?
“We fight, we don't want to give up,” said Southampton boss Ivan Juric after their 2-1 victory at Ipswich. They are written off by a lot – and with good reason.
In this match they only had six points, the least ever recorded by a Premier League team in that phase. They had not won in 13 games and only once the entire season. Nevertheless, after losing his first six, Juric sees signs of hope that Southampton could in fact avoid the decrease.
They still have enough to do. Their victory at Ipswich – helped by two errors from ARO Muric – puts them on nine points, eight safety drift with 14 games to play.
But new signing sessions Welington and Albert Gronnbaek added energy and thrust, Joe Aribo showed his quality, even when he fell in defense, Mateus Fernandes looks a talent, while the return to fitness of Kamaldeen Sulemana and Tyler Dibling the levels of this Team.
Injuries to Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Jack Stephens are a concern, but in the end Southampton has something to build. Then in the competition, South Coast collisions are at home to Bournemouth and Brighton. Can they make it a backup?
“Today was important for me, for everyone to win and gain more confidence,” Juric added. How important it could come, the end of the season can still be seen. Will this be their turning point? Peter Smith
Morrison: Muric is not good enough
Clinton Morrison gave a damn assessment by ARO Muric after the errors of the Ipswich goalkeeper against Southampton turned out to be expensive.
The keeper was defeated by Joe Aribo for the opener of Saints and then parried a shot on the path of Paul Onuachu for the lower club of the Premier League to take a late winner.
No player has made more mistakes that have led to a goal in the Premier League this season than Muric and, speaking on football on Saturday, Morrison said that the mistakes of the keeper could be expensive for the survival of Ipswich, the end of the season .
“The problem with Ipswich is that the goalkeeper is not good enough,” he said.
“He made two major mistakes. The first, a shot by Joe Aribo, it's not that powerful, just goes through him. Bad keepers.
“Then the second, instead of parrying the way that you have learned as young keepers, he immediately ends it in danger.
“He cost them quite a few points and the end of the season that Ipswich could cost. It's not just him, but today there were two big moments. If you play against teams at the bottom, you have to do better.”
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