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Liverpool and Aston Villa entertained Premier League fans with a 2-2 draw at Villa Park on Wednesday night.
The Reds could have gone ten points clear with a win, but the point keeps them eight clear of Arsenal.
Meanwhile, Manchester City were dumped out of the Champions League as a Kylian Mbappe hat-trick secured a 3-1 win (6-3 agg) on Wednesday.
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Premier League gameweek 25 results
Friday, February 14
Brighton 3-0 Chelsea
Saturday, February 15
Leicester 0-2 ArsenalAston Villa 1-1 IpswichFulham 2-1 Nottingham ForestManchester City 4-0 NewcastleSouthampton 1-3 BournemouthWest Ham 0-1 BrentfordCrystal Palace 1-2 Everton
Sunday, February 16
Liverpool 2-1 WolvesTottenham 1-0 Manchester United
Wednesday, February 19
Aston Villa 2-2 Liverpool
21 minutes agoBy Ciaran Wiseman
Enzo Maresca has received the backing of Chelsea director Jonathan Goldstein.
The Blues boss has been told he will '100 per cent' see out the rest of the season.
Chelsea are currently a point off the top four in sixth after losing to Brighton last week, with the same opponents also knocking them out of the FA Cup.
Goldstein told Bloomberg: "Enzo has clearly done a great job in bringing the team together, bringing the talent through and we’re very optimistic for the rest of the season."
Asked if Maresca will continue in the job for the rest of the campaign, Goldstein said: "100 per cent".
Maresca has been in charge at Stamford Bridge since the summer after arriving from Leicester.
The Italian penned a five-year deal with the club through to the end of the 2028/29 season.
Chelsea have so far won 21 of his 37 matches in charge across all competitions.
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48 minutes agoBy Ciaran Wiseman
A Liverpool fan has jumped to the defence of Darwin Nunez after his miss against Aston Villa.
The Reds supporter pointed out that Diogo Jota had missed 'two sitters' earlier in the match.
Speaking to White & Jordan, the caller explained: "There’s this narrative from the media of picking on Nunez all the time, but Jota missed two sitters - easier ones.
"Nunez was running onto the ball, full pelt, and some idiot said it was an open goal, it wasn't an open goal.
And what I mean by that is I don't think we've stolen many points.
"I always come back to the Chelsea game when maybe a draw was maybe a more fair result.
"But for every other game I think we got what we deserved, or we deserved more - and that is more of a thing for me than Arsenal playing on Saturday and we on Sunday."
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Today, 10:54By Ciaran Wiseman
Arne Slot has provided updates on three of his Liverpool stars ahead of their trip to Manchester City.
The Reds travel to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon for another key match in their bid for the Premier League title.
Slot spoke to reporters this morning and was asked if Cody Gakpo would be fit for the fixture.
The Dutchman admitted 'we will see' as he confirmed Gakpo has not trained this week and would be a 'close call'.
Meanwhile, Joe Gomez has undergone surgery on his hamstring injury but could return before the end of the season.
As for Conor Bradley, the full-back is set to miss the next two matches against City and Newcastle after limping off against Aston Villa.
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Today, 10:09By Ciaran Wiseman
Several Premier League managers will be speaking to the media today ahead of this weekend's action.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot is amongst them following last night's 2-2 draw with Aston Villa.
The Reds are eight points clear at the top of the table following their point at Villa Park.
Slot will hold his pre-match press conference for Sunday's clash with Manchester City at 10.30am.
Arsenal will have the chance to cut the gap to the league leaders at home to West Ham on Saturday.
Fans can expect an injury update on Conor Bradley from Slot this morning.
The full-back limped off against Villa on Wednesday and is set for a spell on the sidelines.
Injury updates on Cody Gakpo and Joe Gomez could also be provided ahead of the trip to the Etihad Stadium.
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Today, 09:45By Ciaran Wiseman
Arsenal could face one of their former players in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Robin van Persie has reached an agreement to become the new manager of Feyenoord, according to 1908.nl.
The Dutch side will be drawn against either Arsenal or Inter Milan in the round of 16 after dumping out AC Milan on Tuesday.
Van Persie previously scored 132 goals in 278 appearances for the Gunners.
He also enjoyed two spells with Feyenoord as a player, including ending his career with the club in 2019.
The 1970 European Cup winners are currently without a permanent boss following Brian Priske's exit last week.
Van Persie began his coaching career with Feyenoord as a forward coach before leading their under-18 side.
He has been in charge of Heerenveen since the summer, winning nine of his 26 matches to guide the club to the top half of the Eredivisie.
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Today, 09:30By Ciaran Wiseman
Arsenal, Aston Villa and Liverpool will discover their Champions League round of 16 opponents on Friday.
The draw is set to be held for the remaining rounds of the competition in Nyon at 11am GMT.
All three remaining English clubs advanced directly to the last 16 by finishing in the top eight of the league phase.
As a result, they know which two clubs they could face next month for a spot in the quarter-finals.
After topping the opening stage table, Liverpool could face either Paris Saint-Germain or Barcelona.
Meanwhile, Arsenal are guaranteed to take on Dutch opposition in the next round.
The Gunners will be drawn against one of PSV or Feyenoord.
As for Villa, they will be pitted against either Club Brugge, who beat them in the league phase, or last year's finalists Borussia Dortmund.
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Today, 09:17By Ciaran Wiseman
The Premier League remains set to earn an extra Champions League spot for next season, despite Manchester City's exit.
Pep Guardiola's side became the first English club to be eliminated from Europe this term after their defeat to Real Madrid.
However, six English clubs remain across the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.
England currently sits top of the coefficient rankings with 106.6 points.
Nearest challenger Italy has 93.2 points and is down to only four clubs left in Europe.
Spain and Germany also have six clubs remaining but are further back in the rankings.
The Premier League missed out on an extra berth in the competition for this season, with the bonus spots going to Italy and Germany.
At present, the extra spot would go to Bournemouth, who sit fifth in the table with 13 matches remaining.
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Today, 09:04By Sean O'Brien
Pep Guardiola accepted Manchester City had been outplayed as their Champions League campaign came to a limp end with a 3-1 defeat at Kylian Mbappe-inspired Real Madrid.
Mbappe scored a brilliant hat-trick in the second leg of their play-off at the Bernabeu Stadium on Wednesday to power the holders into the last 16 6-3 on aggregate.
City had led the tie 2-1 heading into the closing minutes at the Etihad Stadium last week only to surrender their advantage.
Yet this time they were hardly in the contest as Real took charge with Mbappe's opener on four minutes and the Frenchman ended all doubt with two more either side of the break.
City manager Guardiola said: "The plan was to extend the result that we brought from Manchester as long as possible but we conceded so early and with the injury to John (Stones) it was a little bit (more of) what has happened his season.
"We couldn't defend well with the movement from Mbappe and it was more difficult.
"The best team won, they deserved it.
What we have to do is accept the reality and move forward."
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Today, 09:02By Sean O'Brien
Co-owner Avram Glazer has insisted that Manchester United will not be sold.
Glazer was asked about the future of United on the day the club published their quarterly accounts and the £14.5million cost of getting rid of manager Erik ten Hag, sporting director Dan Ashworth and other members of football staff was revealed.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, United's co-owner, has a 28.94 per cent stake in the club through his Ineos group and has made cuts at Old Trafford amid a substantial drop in revenues and operating profit.
The Glazer family remain majority owners of the Premier League side.
Asked by Sky Sports in Miami whether he would sell the club, Glazer gave an emphatic one-word answer: "No."
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Today, 09:00By Sean O'Brien
Robbie Fowler has condemned Darwin Nunez for 'criminally' missing a glorious chance to win Liverpool's end-to-end clash at Aston Villa.
Nunez was a second-half substitute in the 2-2 draw and at 2-2 he produced a miss of the season contender.
Dominik Szoboszlai was one on one with goalkeeper Emi Martinez but unselfishly played the ball across the box to his onrushing Liverpool teammate.
Nunez had an almost open goal to aim for but sent his effort over the bar to leave head coach Arne Slot in disbelief on the touchline.
Liverpool would have likely won and secured a ten-point lead over Arsenal at the top of the Premier League had Nunez scored.
However, they failed to do so and legendary Reds striker Fowler, who scored 183 goals for the club, was critical of the Uruguayan.
Fowler said: "It's a bad miss, it's a really bad miss, probably up there with one of the worst we've seen this year.
"I'll try and help him out a little bit by saying, 'Szoboszlai maybe should've shot himself'.
"But, he's played a great ball to him and he's missed the target, criminally from seven, eight yards.
"When they get a few games under their belt I am sure it will flow and connect together nicely.
"Any team we play, we want to win the game and we will focus on ourselves and see where we are come the end of the season."
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19th Feb 2025, 21:46By Robert Calcutt
Virgil van Dijk won't let Liverpool's draw at Aston Villa distract them from their tough upcoming fixtures.
The 2-2 draw at Villa Park saw them fail to go ten points clear at the top of the Premier League.
It's only the eighth match Liverpool have failed to win in the league this season and with Manchester City around the corner, Van Dijk isn't dwelling on the dropped points.
"A bit disappointed but we fight," he told TNT Sports.
"We had chances to win the game, took a bit of a risk at the end so it got more open at times.
"Do everything in your power to win games, the focus will be that on Sunday again."
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19th Feb 2025, 21:29By Robert Calcutt
The full-time whistle has gone and it's finished 2-2.
A thrilling Premier League match saw Liverpool take the lead through Mohamed Salah, only for Aston Villa to lead at half-time.
The travelling Reds ensured they go home with a point thanks to Trent Alexander-Arnold's strike.
Liverpool remain top of the Premier League and eight points clear of Arsenal, who have a game in hand.
Villa are ninth and still in contention to qualify for Europe.
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19th Feb 2025, 20:51By Robert Calcutt
Liverpool have clawed back and are level again!
It's taken the league leaders a while to respond to their first goal but they've added their second just after the hour mark.
Trent Alexander-Arnold fires a low shot from the edge of the area, which takes a deflection of Tyrone Mings and goes in.
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19th Feb 2025, 20:21By Robert Calcutt
Aston Villa have completed the turnaround!
Some neat play on the left leads to a cross from Lucas Digne.
Ollie Watkins is the man run onto the end of it and he heads past Alisson to send Villa Park wild.
The half-time whistle blows moments later and Villa are now in control.
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19th Feb 2025, 20:11By Robert Calcutt
Aston Villa have taken just minutes to fight back.
Liverpool fail to clear a free-kick and allow John McGinn to head the ball back into the danger area.
It finally falls to Youri Tielemans, whose volley bounces into the ground and over the head of Alisson.
Liverpool very nearly restored their lead moments later but Diogo Jota wasted a great opportunity.
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19th Feb 2025, 20:05By Robert Calcutt
Mohamed Salah gives Liverpool the lead!
Andre Garcia has a moment to forget as he passes the ball straight to Diogo Jota near the Aston Villa box.
Jota then unselfishly plays it across to Salah who fires in the opener.
It's his 24th goal in the Premier League this season, and his 38th goal involvement for the campaign that sees him usurp Cristiano Ronaldo.
Salah has also set a new record for Liverpool by scoring the most away goals in a single Premier League season with 15.
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19th Feb 2025, 19:55By Jackson Cole
Aston Villa have the ball in the net but the goal isn't given due to offside.
Marcus Rashford makes his first start for Aston Villa, joining Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins in a strong attack.
Mohamed Salah is also included from the off, with Arne Slot naming four midfielders in his starting XI.
Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Garcia, Disasi, Mings, Digne, Asensio, Tielemans, McGinn, Rashford, Rogers, Watkins
Subs: Olsen, Zych, Cash, Bogarde, Maatsen, Malen, Ramsey, Jimoh-Aloba
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Jones, Szoboszlai, Jota, Salah
Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Diaz, Nunez, Chiesa, Elliott, Tsimikas, Quansah, Bradley
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19th Feb 2025, 18:13By Robert Calcutt
West Ham fear Lucas Paqueta will be out for at least a month due to an ankle injury suffered in training, talkSPORT understands.
The Brazilian midfielder underwent a scan today.
Paqueta played the entirety of West Ham's 1-0 defeat to Brentford on Saturday.
However, he looks set to be sidelined during a crucial run of fixtures for Graham Potter's side, who are 16th in the Premier League,
Paqueta is due to miss their trip to Arsenal on Saturday as well as clashes against Leicester City, Newcastle United and Everton.
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19th Feb 2025, 18:03By Robert Calcutt
Mohamed Salah could eclipse Cristiano Ronaldo in Liverpool's clash against Aston Villa.
Salah sits on an incredible 23 goals and 14 assists in the Premier League this season across 25 appearances.
His combined goal contribution total of 37 is the same as Ronaldo's best ever tally in the league.
The Portuguese legend achieved it in the 2007/08 campaign with Manchester United.
However, Salah will go one better than him with a goal or assist against Villa and do so with three months of the season to go.
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19th Feb 2025, 17:15By Jack Johnson
Arne Slot knows that this evening's away meeting with Aston Villa is going to be a very tough one.
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