When you go to Stamford Bridge, you've got to show big character and be calm in possession but that's not what we saw. If you thought you were nursing a prolonged New Year hangover after sinking a few too many proseccos while trying to live through Ed Sheeran on the Hootenanny, spare a thought for Romelu Lukaku, who ushered in 2022 by conducting an interview so badly that he was axed from the Chelsea squad for one of the best games of the season, and now faces the wrath of his club bosses at a meeting today. The way Sky Bet have their market priced up suggests Fernandes is almost home and dry in terms of the winner: Bruno Fernandes: EvensIlkay Gundogan: 5/1Kevin De Bruyne: 11/1Ruben Dias: 12/1Harry Kane: 12/1Jack Grealish: 12/1Mohamed Salah: 14/1Phil Foden: 16/1Heung-Min Son: 16/1It's hard to argue against the Manchester United maestro being a leading contender - his numbers since joining from Sporting Lisbon are quite frankly ridiculous. While Merav did not, leave out Kante - everyone loves Kante, when it came to his favourite of the Chelsea squad, he suggested that Havertz is a future Ballon d’Or winner. There was controversy just before half-time when Martinelli thought he'd pulled one back from another set-piece - but after a VAR check lasting four minutes, he was eventually judged to be narrowly offside from Gabriel's nod back across goal. During his peak at Real Madrid, he was finding the back of the net every 61 minutes in La Liga and averaging over six shots a game – that figure is now less than four. I'm incredibly proud of them all. Sky Sports' EFL pundit Don Goodman said: Steadying the ship at some point during a season will always be what's needed if you want to push for the end-of-season honours, so Danny Cowley has been rightly rewarded for his November efforts. In pre-match discussion, the prospect of a fifth consecutive loss for Villa had brought reminders that former manager Dean Smith was dismissed in November having endured a five-game losing run. Sky Sports understands there is some room for manoeuvre there but another consideration is the winter break in France, which starts on December 22. United's net debt has increased to £494.8m - an increase of 8.6 per cent - and player wages were up 19.6 per cent to £97.7m over the prior year quarter due to investment in the first team playing squad. From Hale End to some of the players we've brought in, you're starting to see some of those players come through, you're starting to see their qualities shine and we have great leadership among the squad at a senior level as well where the senior players are really embracing the younger players and that mixture is really providing some of the excitement you're seeing on the pitch today. On the European Super League and if it was the lowest point in relations between the owners and the supporters... Florentino [Perez] never loses. He has been taking precautionary measures to maintain the unity of the three [clubs] that remain. While 16 and 17-year-old players often possess the physicality to play senior football, it is much rarer for players to make the jump at 14 and 15, but it does happen on occasion. I have no good news, Tuchel said. That was my understanding weeks ago that Andreas wants the same as me, that he wants the same as the club, and that’s why for me it was a zero problem situation because everybody wanted the same as far as I understood it. “If the referee made the right decision, then our sport that many years ago became the sport that people love, then this has changed. This is a different sport. A different sport, Mourinho told DAZN. After nodding home Reece James' free-kick, Maguire celebrated with a knee slide, cupped his hands to his face and put his fingers into his ears, drawing a scathing response from Keane. Home captain Alan Browne put Preston ahead and Tykes skipper Cauley Woodrow brought his team level before Johnson grabbed the winner. Only one of the last eight managers to take charge of the Magpies have won their first Premier League game at the helm (D3 L4 - incl. Man Utd confirm positive tests, cancel training; Brentford game in doubtSpurs players back in training after Covid-19 outbreakPL hits & misses: Ominous for Newcastle | Who are the real Everton?Twelve cases were reported last week, but several other clubs - including Norwich and Aston Villa - have since announced a number of positive tests as concerns heighten nationally amid the spread of the Omicron variant. Lampard said he would leave it to fans whether they replicated it for their remaining home games against Brentford and Crystal Palace.

	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