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Game to watch – Manchester City v Arsenal
"The advantage of Liverpool is not huge, but it's there: we have to win a lot of games now. But if we want to continue to club, we have to accept the challenge. "
Liverpool one point earned / two points lost against Leicester However, the initial badessments of Pep Guardiola post-Newcastle are still valid. Manchester City has to win a lot of games now. They would have liked an easier start than Arsenal.
But now it's a chance to put real pressure on the small cracks that appeared in Liverpool's play Wednesday night and perhaps help them open them. Victory on Sunday's Gunners would reduce Liverpool's lead to just two points, which would make Monday night's trip from Liverpool to West Ham – there with the wolves and Leicester right now in terms of big boy's nosebleeds – a nervous adventure indeed.
If the Spurs had the upper hand on Newcastle this Saturday, it may take a result in City, but it is fair to say that Liverpool is the focus of concern.
And City should be confident. They have won 11 of their 12 home games this season, while Arsenal have lost three and have drawn a draw against two of their last five games away. City has also won its last four meetings with Arsenal by at least two goals scored. Basically, you have to watch this shizzle.
Player to watch – Fernando Llorente
Because how could you not? Essentially part-time footballer for a year and a half, the great non-Kane Spanish gives 2019 the complete cannon shot.
Before the end of January, he had:
– Marked a hat trick
– Scored a goal to cause a burst of tweets 'Lolrente'
– At least three absolute players are missing to trigger a series of tweets "Lolrente"
Scored an equalizer (total) against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
– Scored a goal out of nowhere in the 87th minute against Watford at Wembley
Who knows what he will do, but what is certain is that you certainly do not want to miss it. Saturday afternoon. Newcastle. Wembley. Confusing tickets always available, we would imagine.
Team to watch – Liverpool
The 1-1 draw against Leicester may have extended the Premier League lead to Liverpool by five points, but it also showed signs of nervousness as the long-awaited title drew closer and closer.
When they go to West Ham on Monday night, they are perhaps only two points from Manchester City – and only four Spurs. West Ham have already beaten Manchester United and Arsenal at London Stadium this season and are gloriously inclined to lose chaos in allegedly winning games, which will only upset him against a better opposition.
In many ways, they represent the worst possible opponents of Liverpool if the pressure really begins to be felt: precisely the type of team that Liverpool will wait – and will be fully expected – to beat, but precisely the type of team that could do not make things easy. .
Manager to follow – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
A first misstep for Solskjaer, but Manchester United's position has improved further thanks to the amazing Chelsea strikes in Bournemouth (see below).
As we know, Solskjaer is only interested in winning trophies, but United's progress and Chelsea's difficulties mean that the qualification for the Champions League – which seemed completely absent from the cards of the end of Mourinho's joyless reign – is now back on the agenda and would constitute a convincing argument for his prospects for the future, given the starting point.
Due to the nature of the draw with Burnley, the Solskjaer honeymoon continues, but a win is needed to keep the pressure on the winners in the first four places. And in many ways, his team and he face the same challenge this weekend as Liverpool: trying to regain momentum after a disappointing home result with an eccentric trip.
Leicester is a curious beast, so often soft and disappointing in front of teams that she has to beat but who likes to reduce big teams to the waist.
In just seven league games, they defeated Chelsea and Manchester City, then earned a draw against Anfield, while beating at home against Cardiff and Southampton. That's wonderful.
Face to face battle – Maurizio Sarri – Players of Chelsea
Chelsea are in the final of the Carabao Cup and the last 16 of the FA Cup, but their season in the Premier League is likely to disintegrate.
Having lost none of their first 12 Premier League games under Sarri, they lost 5 of the 12 following to fall to the top of the standings and now among the top four. A second consecutive season outside the elite would be unacceptable.
A home game against Huddersfield would still fall in the "must win" category, but even more after successive defeats, with Manchester City and Tottenham their next two Premier League matches.
Sarri acknowledged, after an hour of blocking in the locker room in Bournemouth, that he still did not know how and why his tactics were now failing so dramatically.
He must find an answer soon. Chelsea has had tremendous success in freewheeling focusing on its short-term focus in recent years; Giving Sarri the time needed to fully implement his methods is an important shift in approach and this approach is currently under severe pressure.
In no other big club, senior players have as much influence as Chelsea. Sarri really needs a win and ideally a clean sheet here. Fortunately for him and his players, they may not need to agree to face the Terriers.
Football League to watch – Leeds v Norwich
First v second with first place on the line? Two teams whose matches end in a ridiculous way with at least two goals of injury, LITERALLY * EVERY TIME and sometimes also a red card?
Two teams that seem to want to make the promotion as difficult as possible? Two teams that, despite first and second place, have managed to win only three of their last 10 games?
Absolutely ideal.
European games to watch – Napoli v Sampdoria and Juventus v Parma
Just a nice pair of consecutive Saturday night games for all those who grew up in the 1990s watching Italian football on Channel 4. Appropriate Italian matches between Italian teams. Nice to see Parma again, is not it? Hmm? Wonderful.
Now, it's good. Premier Sports uses their Freeview channel to broadcast live Serie A matches, which is an excellent public relations strategy, given its cultural relevance in the UK. https://t.co/djP8Bfp4T4
– Daniel Storey (@ danielstorey85) January 30, 2019
And to complete the atmosphere, Premier Sports even put the two games on their Freeview channel after getting the rights to Serie A of Eleven Sports. While the ever-growing list of subscriptions that fans now need to watch All The Football is a disturbing question, get organized for a party like in 1993 and enjoy free beautiful Italian football, right?
* Ok not literally
Dave Tickner
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