The latter was one of the principal reasons why an injury-ravaged Liverpool managed to secure Champions League football by finishing third in last season's Premier League. He feels Villa are an up-and-coming club. Gerrard, Purslow and the owners have big plans for the club. Not well. The Toffees are 16th in the Premier League having secured 19 points from 20 matches, with the side starting 2022 with three Premier League defeats. Nuno failed to meet Levy's criteriaSky Sports' Adam Smith: With Jose Mourinho sacked in April, and interim boss Ryan Mason only ever a temporary stopgap, chairman Levy wrote to supporters at the end of last season to outline the boxes Tottenham's new manager would have to tick. You have to feel this pain. But speaking in a small room within City's media suite, Guardiola acknowledges the noise that surrounded the result. While Barca are preparing to part with one of their contract rebels, Chelsea are still hoping that Antonio Rudiger can be talked into signing fresh terms at Stamford Bridge. The home supporters flooded onto the pitch in their thousands at the sound of the final whistle and the German side can now look forward to their first appearance in a European final in over four decades. The strike was Saka’s 10th Premier League goal for the Gunners this season having won the penalty himself. “Like it or not, there will be life at Chelsea after Toni. For him and for us, it is the most important thing that it ends like it started and like it was for one-and-half years, on the highest level possible. This is where the focus needs to be.” Mamelodi Sundowns new signing Erwin Saavedra landed in South Africa on Tuesday as co-coach coach Manqoba Mngqithi hopes all three January signings will help them excel in Africa. The last and only time the Foxes secured a top-flight league double over Man Utd was during the 1973/74 season, when United ended up being relegated, but a decent chance to set them on the way to a repeat went begging as Iheanacho responded by scruffily blazing over. In between, Phil Foden needed the aid of a deflection to beat the Brighton goalkeeper after Mahrez spotted the England man on his own just outside the box at a corner. I can't say it's my favourite game of the year to be honest, because of that. Liverpool are currently a team that is functioning beautifully, made up of a group of individuals who are right at the top of their game. He had to play. Man Utd 1-1 Young Boys - Match reportNeville: Rangnick restores orderMan Utd fixtures | Get Sky SportsThe two combined to score 84 goals in all competitions that season. It came on the back of scoring four goals in her last two games for Chelsea, with doubles in both the Women's FA Cup win over Birmingham and Sunday's 9-0 thrashing of Leicester, which took the Blues top of the WSL. In total, Kalajdzic also made three key passes, won four aerial duels and made one successful tackle. He made over 500 appearances for Feyenoord, including the 1970 European Cup final win over Celtic in Milan, and managed the Rotterdam team. Pardew will be assisted by former Kilmarnock manager Alex Dyer, Martin Stoyanov and analyst Hristo Zahariev. From those unpromising beginnings, Simeone quickly formed a competitive team. It was not to everyone's tastes, but the results were undeniable. Chelsea lost 3-1 to Napoli in the last-16 first leg last season, but advanced to the quarter-finals 5-4 on aggregate.

	Team	Events	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goal difference	Points
1	Manchester City	22	18	2	2	41	56
2	Chelsea	22	12	7	3	28	43
3	Liverpool	20	12	6	2	34	42
4	West Ham United	21	11	4	6	12	37
5	Arsenal	20	11	2	7	8	35
6	Tottenham Hotspur	18	10	3	5	3	33
7	Manchester United	19	9	4	6	3	31
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	9	4	7	2	31
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	6	10	4	0	28
10	Leicester City	18	7	4	7	-2	25
11	Crystal Palace	21	5	9	7	-1	24
12	Southampton	21	5	9	7	-8	24
13	Brentford	20	6	5	9	-6	23
14	Aston Villa	19	7	1	11	-5	22
15	Everton	19	5	4	10	-10	19
16	Leeds United	19	4	7	8	-16	19
17	Watford	19	4	2	13	-14	14
18	Norwich City	21	3	4	14	-35	13
19	Newcastle United	20	1	9	10	-23	12
20	Burnley	17	1	8	8	-11	11