The English Premier League Season (2024/25)

[Amjid Javed]

Best performance of UTD's season. Anyone thinking it'd be easy against them were foolish - formbook goes out of the window for these games.

They've had too much joy down our right hand side. Trent should've been subbed earlier.

Uniteds best performance since fergie left lol.

TAA was shockingly bad

United should have won that

 

[Amjid Javed]

Told you pal. We will rise to the occasion. Just xxxed off de ligts mistakes

De ligts was at fault for both goals

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

First half wasn't a great watch but the second half was really entertaining

 

[Amjid Javed]

First half wasn't a great watch but the second half was really entertaining

United should have won that in injury time,

Liverpool lost all composure once it went to 2-2

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Manchester United demonstrated the spirit that has been missing under new manager Ruben Amorim to earn a superb point at Premier League leaders Liverpool.

United, attempting to avoid four straight league defeats for the first time since 1979, took a shock lead when Lisandro Martinez powered a finish high past Alisson after 52 minutes.

Liverpool were level seven minutes later when Cody Gakpo scored with a superb angled drive before all United's good work looked to be in vain.

Mohamed Salah equaled Thierry Henry's tally of 175 Premier League goals from the penalty spot with 20 minutes left after handball was awarded against at Matthijs de Ligt following a video assistant referee intervention.

United were not to be denied, however, and Amad Diallo scored another big goal after his winner at Manchester City when he turned home Alejandro Garnacho's cut-back.

Harry Maguire could have won the game for United with almost the final kick but he blazed Joshua Zirkzee's bobbled pass over the bar from 12 yards.

 

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Updated Points Table (05-01-2025)​

 

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West Ham weighing up whether to sack Lopetegui

West Ham are considering whether to sack Julen Lopetegui following Saturday's heavy defeat at Manchester City.

Hammers sources have denied Lopetegui has already been dismissed but accept the former Real Madrid and Spain coach is under huge pressure.

Lopetegui, 58, was on the brink of being sacked prior to last month's home game with Wolves. But victory in that match triggered a four-game unbeaten run, West Ham's best of the season.

However, a humiliating 5-0 home defeat by Liverpool was followed by a 4-1 loss at Manchester City to leave West Ham 14th in the table, seven points above the relegation zone.

West Ham's technical director Tim Steidten has been pictured talking to former Chelsea and Brighton boss Graham Potter, who has previously been linked with the Hammers job.

The photograph has been circulated on social media. Sources have said it is a recent picture but this has not been independently verified.

Lopetegui was brought to West Ham in the summer to succeed David Moyes, who left at the end of his contract. However, the former Wolves boss has not been able to improve either the team's performance or style, for which Moyes was heavily criticised.

Club officials have privately confirmed Steidten is no longer working out of the club's training ground, in a move that has echoes of the split between Moyes and the former Bayer Leverkusen technical director towards the end of last season.

West Ham sources said that decision is to allow Steidten to work on transfer targets for the current window. West Ham need a striker after skipper Jarrod Bowen suffered a broken foot and Michail Antonio sustained serious injuries in a car crash last month.

The club's next game is at Aston Villa in the FA Cup third round on Friday. No clarity has been offered on if Lopetegui will be in charge at Villa Park.

Julen Lopetegui: West Ham considering whether to sack Spaniard

West Ham are considering whether to sack Julen Lopetegui following Saturday's heavy defeat at Manchester City.

www.bbc.com

 

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Morgan Gibbs-White inspired Nottingham Forest to a clinical win at Wolves, in front of new England manager Thomas Tuchel.

The midfielder's early opener silenced the jeers from the home fans, with Gibbs-White having left Molineux for Forest in 2022.

Chris Wood added a 12th goal of the season just before half-time before Taiwo Awoniyi tapped in a third after a counter-attack in stoppage time.

Yet the hosts had their chances with Joao Gomes and Jorgen Strand Larsen seeing efforts saved by Forest keeper Matz Sels, while Larsen was also thwarted by Murillo's goalline clearance.

Forest's 12th win, three more than during the whole of the last campaign, came from two of their biggest weapons and showed teams are still struggling to find ways to stop them.

Gibbs-White's seventh-minute goal came after a rapid break while Wood tapped in from six yards after excellent wide play from Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Simple but incredibly effective, Tuchel would have been impressed by Forest's ruthless efficiency and Gibbs-White, who made his England debut in September, will surely be in his thoughts for March's World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia.

Nuno Espirito Santo's side remain third in the Premier League, six points behind leaders Liverpool, who they host in their next league game on 14 January. They are behind second-placed Arsenal on goal difference after a sixth straight victory - the first time they have won six successive top-flight fixtures in 58 years.

Wolves were the latest vanquished foes as Vitor Pereira suffered his first defeat since replacing Gary O'Neil as manager last month.

But for Sels' heroics the hosts could have been 2-1 ahead instead of 2-0 behind at the break, although they clearly need reinforcements.

They are close to signing Reims centre-back Emmanuel Agbadou for £16.6m but Pereira had16-year-old defender Wes Okoduwa on the substitutes' bench and an injection of quality is needed with Wolves only out of the relegation zone on goal difference.

 

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Updated Points Table (06-01-2025)​