Michael Edwards has played another transfer blinder for Liverpool, while Ruud van Nistelrooy might already be on the brink at Leicester after just ten games.
Liverpool are yet to make any signings in the January transfer window despite being linked with several players for the past few weeks including Stefanos Tzimas
A day that began with Newcastle United's six-game winning league run ending with a 4-1 home drubbing by Bournemouth finished with Villa ensuring that none of the five matches resulted in home wins.
A stoppage-time brace from Liverpool's Darwin Nunez secured a dramatic 2-0 win over Brentford, serving as a late blow to Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes.
Virgil van Dijk, the Liverpool captain, is in no mood to declare Núñez’s winner a title game-changer yet. “Every win feels big. It doesn’t really matter if it is in the first minute or last minute,” he said, pragmatically.
Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott has been linked with a move away from the club in the January transfer window. Elliott has struggled for game time under Arn
Substitute Darwin Nunez's stoppage-time double gave Liverpool a 2-0 win at Brentford on Saturday, as the Premier League leaders left it late to record their first league win of 2025.
Into the second half, Fulham looked for an equaliser, with substitute Emile Smith Rowe missing a gilt-edged chance, heading wide at the back post. Moments later, Bernd Leno did very well to prevent Szmodics getting his, and Ipswich's, second.
Nottingham Forest has demonstrated its unlikely Premier League title credentials by holding Liverpool to a 1-1 draw that backed up its win over the leaders earlier in the season.
Managerless Everton advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup after a 2-0 victory over third-division Peterborough.
Van Nistelrooy has won just four of Leicester's points since taking over from Cooper. He started with a win over West Ham United and a draw with Brighton & Hove Albion. He's yet to pick up a single point away from home and Leicester's form from one manager to the next is the definition of going from bad to worse.
Liverpool have reportedly drawn up a huge swap deal involving three players as they look to sign a dazzling La Liga forward