Diallo and Mainoo out for Man United at Tottenham, Liverpool build-up

Arsenal increased the heat on Liverpool as Arne Slot's side face Wolves at Anfield.

Ruben Amorim faces major injury headaches for Sunday's late game that sees Manchester United travel to Tottenham.

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12 minutes agoBy Josh Fordham

More bad news...

Kobbie Mainoo will miss Man United's trip to Tottenham on Sunday.

The midfielder has suffered an injury in training and is expected to be out for at least two weeks.

This follows the news that Amad Diallo faces several weeks out follow an ankle ligament injury.

Manuel Ugarte and Toby Collyer are also major doubts.

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16 minutes agoBy Josh Fordham

New role

Mikel Merino promised to keep doing whatever Arsenal need after overcoming his initial shock at being thrown on as a makeshift striker to score a match-winning double at Leicester.

The club's failure to bring in a striker during the January transfer window was quickly compounded by losing top scorer Kai Havertz to a season-ending hamstring injury.

Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli are also out, meaning Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta deployed a makeshift front three that required a rejig as the Premier League title-chasers sought to find a way past lowly Leicester.

Arteta took the bold decision to bring on Merino in place of Raheem Sterling in the 69th minute and the Spain midfielder responded with an impressive brace that sealed a late 2-0 triumph.

"It was crazy for me to come on the pitch in that position," the summer signing told club media.

"It was a really, really difficult game against a good side and the pressure was on us.

"But this game is about small details sometimes, about who's more precise in the last metres.

"We were clinical in those last 20 minutes with me trying to make an impact in the box and with my team-mates just putting in some amazing balls.

"We won the game and I'm really, really, really happy."

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15th Feb 2025, 19:33By Alex Conrad

Here's how the table looks...

It's been a big day of action across the Premier League with important results at all ends of the table.

Bournemouth are now just one point away from the Champions League places, while Everton's win over Crystal Palace sees them leapfrog Manchester United and Tottenham.

Meanwhile, a ten-man Ipswich's gritty draw against Aston Villa kept them within touching distance of safety.

There's still plenty of movement in the table to be had tomorrow.

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15th Feb 2025, 19:28By Alex Conrad

Crystal Palace 1-2 Everton - Full Time

The David Moyes effect is real.

Everton have picked up a huge three points against Crystal Palace, with goals from Beto and Carlos Alcaraz doing the business at Selhurst Park.

The victory means Moyes' side are unbeaten in their last five league games.

In that run, the Toffees have four wins and just one draw.

Palace may have felt hard done by with the result as they had a goal ruled out in the first half after the linesman deemed a corner had gone out before it came back in.

But they could not find a way past Jordan Pickford for a second time, leaving Everton fans with a very happy journey back home to Merseyside.

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15th Feb 2025, 19:16By Phil Spencer

GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-2 Everton - Carlos Alcaraz

With 80 minutes gone Everton might have just found themselves a winner!

The Argentine star has slotted home from close range after a shot from Ashley Young was deflected.

Alcaraz then put the ball under Dean Henderson before heading off to celebrate in the style of Cristiano Ronaldo.

The celebration may have been questionable, but what a big goal that will be if it takes the Toffees level on points with Crystal Palace.

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15th Feb 2025, 18:43By Alex Conrad

GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-1 Everton - Jean-Philippe Mateta

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Palace have equalised and it's their French marksman, Jean-Philippe Mateta.

After a bit of pin-ball inside Everton's box, Marc Guehi kicked the ball over his head and into the path of Mateta.

The Frenchman coolly slotted home past Jordan Pickford.

A lengthy VAR check for offside followed, but Toffees left-back Vitaliy Mykolenko ultimately kept Mateta onside by what appeared to be millimetres.

Mateta now has seven goals in his last six league games.

He is also now Palace's second-top scorer in the Premier League alongside Christian Benteke.

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15th Feb 2025, 18:17By Alex Conrad

GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 Everton - Beto

DISASTER AT THE BACK FOR PALACE!

Tyrick Mitchell had a throw-in on the left and laid it in the direction of Jefferson Lerma.

But Lerma had no idea the ball was being thrown to him as he was looking off into the distance, allowing Carlos Alcaraz to nip in and win the ball.

It sparked a two-on-one for Everton as Alcaraz drove towards goal with Beto running in support.

The Argentine picked the perfect moment to lay the ball to Beto and the Brazilian made no mistake from close range.

He was, however, aided by the fact Palace defender Daniel Munoz took out goalkeeper Dean Henderson while trying to make the block.

A calamitous sequence of events for Palace, but Everton are a goal to the good!

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15th Feb 2025, 18:12By Alex Conrad

Deeney goes bang on Bednarek

Troy Deeney has torn into Southampton defender Jan Bednarek after an abysmal display in a 3-1 loss to Bournemouth.

Bednarek was at the heart of the Saints' defence but simply could not handle the Cherries' electric attack as Dango Ouattara, Ryan Christie and Marcus Tavernier got on the scoresheet.

So poor was Bednarek, Deeney - who retired in 2024 - believed he could still run rings around the Pole in a brutal takedown.

"And finally, the big centre-half, Bednarek," Deeney, who was on commentary duties at St Mary's for talkSPORT, said.

"I was running around him three years ago, and I haven't run in a year. I'd put money on it, mate, that I could run past him now.

talkSPORT co-host Adrian Durham was left flabbergasted by Deeney's claim and replied: "Wow. No disrespect to you, but that's some indictment of the ambit."

Yet Deeney doubled down.

"No, but I'll be deadly serious," Deeney said.

"That's not to give myself a big head. I haven't ran in a year. I can run past him."

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15th Feb 2025, 17:48By Alex Conrad

Premier League cult heroes into the dugout?

Former Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng and ex-Fulham star and coach Luis Boa Morte are both set to be interviewed by managerless Blackburn, talkSPORT understands.

Boateng was first-team coach at Coventry prior to Frank Lampard's appointment and Boa Morte is currently in charge of the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Blackburn are on the hunt for a new manager after John Eustace recently departed the club for Derby County despite the Rams sitting 16 places below them in the Championship.

Prior to his role at Coventry, Boateng spent time as Ghana's assistant coach and within Aston Villa's academy set-up.

Boateng is also no stranger to Blackburn as he was appointed the club's Under-13 head coach in September 2018 and worked closely with other age groups in the club's academy.

As for Boa Morte, he has been in charge of Guinea-Bissau for just eight games and has a record of one win, four draws and three defeats.

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15th Feb 2025, 17:05By Jack Cunningham

Premier League full times

And breathe. The Premier League 3pms are finished, and there were some big results.

At the Etihad, Manchester City thrashed Newcastle United 4-0, with Omar Marmoush grabbing a hat-trick - his first goals in the Premier League.

There were big wins for Fulham and Bournemouth, who managed to see off Nottingham Forest and Southampton, respectively.

The Cottagers beat Forest 2-1, while the Cherries sealed a 3-1 win at St Mary's.

Elsewhere, ten-man Ipswich sealed what could be a vital point at Villa Park with a 1-1 draw.

And the team who couldn't win away from home, Brentford, sealed their third straight Premier League victory on the road.

Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich

Fulham 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Manchester City 4-0 Newcastle

Southampton 1-3 Bournemouth

West Ham 0-1 Brentford

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15th Feb 2025, 16:49By Jack Cunningham

GOAL! Manchester City 4-0 Newcastle - James McAtee

GAME OVER!

It has been a relatively quiet second half at the Etihad, but Manchester City have added a fourth against Newcastle.

The Magpies simply can't win at this ground, and this is a very straightforward goal.

A corner comes in, Erling Haaland flicks it on, and there is substitute James McAtee to tap in.

However, we have since lost Haaland. He limped off, so we'll have to see what happens there.

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15th Feb 2025, 16:46By Jack Cunningham

Another one

talkSPORT understands that Manchester United winger Amad Diallo has sustained an ankle ligament injury.

The extent of the damage is unknown as of yet, but he is certainly set to be out for a few weeks.

In that time, the club will assess the damage and see if the winger requires surgery.

It is another injury for Ruben Amorim, which isn't what he needs after losing Kobbie Mainoo and already being without Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw and Mason Mount.

In a campaign to forget, Diallo has been a rare bright spark for the Red Devils, and he only recently scored a hat-trick in the Premier League against Southampton.

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15th Feb 2025, 16:32By Jack Cunningham

GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich - Ollie Watkins

GAME ON!

Marcus Rashford comes inches away from scoring his first goal for Aston Villa, but he sees his effort rock off the crossbar.

It comes back out to Ollie Watkins.

The England international does well to react, and he sticks it in the net.

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15th Feb 2025, 16:26By Jack Cunningham

GOAL! Fulham 2-1 Nottingham Forest - Calvin Bassey

BACK IN THE LEAD!