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Liverpool must beat in-form Watford on Wednesday to ensure they end the midweek round of fixtures top of the Premier League. With Manchester City also hosting West Ham on Wednesday and Liverpool leading at the top of the league by only a point, following their 0-0 draw at Manchester United on Sunday, Jurgen Klopp's side have no room for manoeuvre in the title race. Talk of nerves may be premature but Liverpool have dropped as many points in the last four games as in the first half of the season combined. On Wednesday they will come up against a Watford side fresh from a 5-1 thrashing of Cardiff, their second-best top-flight away win ever having lost only once - a late defeat at Tottenham - since Boxing Day. Liverpool's home form has been rampant all season though, and bar a slip against Leicester last month only Manchester City have left Anfield with anything to show for their efforts this season, while Watford's last two trips to the ground have been painful, ...

Gonzalo Higuain has now scored 37 goals in 37 league appearances under Maurizio Sarri 

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris (C), Trippier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Lamela, Lucas, Son

The latest Manchester United transfer stories as the club receive a boost in their reported pursuit of Philippe Coutinho.  Manchester United's chances of signing  Coutinho  have been given a huge boost, according to a report in  SPORT . The Spanish publication report that Ernesto Valverde has 'given up' hope of keeping Coutinho in the long term which could open the door for a move away this summer.

Bournemouth midfielder David Brooks has been ruled out for four weeks with an ankle injury,

Munich, Germany - A thumb injury has ruled Bayern Munich captain and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer out of Saturday's Bundesliga match at Bayer Leverkusen with the defending champions chasing an eighth straight league win. "The captain of Germany's record champions suffered an injury to his right hand in training and therefore stayed in Munich on Friday afternoon," said the club's website. Bayern have not said for how long Neuer, Germany's goalkeeper, will be sidelined with their Champions League, last 16, first-leg clash against Liverpool at Anfield on February 19 rapidly approaching. Neuer, 32, missed Friday's final training session, but according to Germany's top daily Bild, there is no fracture. Bayern coach Niko Kovac is said to have seen the X-Ray on the team bus, which dampened spirits on the way to Leverkusen lagging six points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund in the table. With Neuer ruled out, back-up goalkeeper Sven Ulreich wi...

Cillessen to miss 6 weeks with torn right calf muscle because of injury in training today

In the end, the January transfer window proved underwhelming. This year's winter period pales in comparison to 2018 when the likes of Virgil Van Dijk, Aymeric Laporte, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were involved in lucrative deals. Aside from a few notable exceptions, such as Frenkie de Jong and Leandro Paredes, this year's transfer window was a mixture of panic buys and baffling loan deals for aging stars. Here's a look at the worst signings of the January transfer window. 10. Denis Suarez Stuart MacFarlane / Arsenal FC / Getty Barcelona to Arsenal on season-long loan with option to buy Unai Emery reunited with a familiar face after Arsenalsigned Denis Suarez - whom the Spaniard managed at Sevilla - on loan from Barcelona for the rest of the season. But Arsenal failed to address their most glaring need this winter, signing a midfielder rather than adding to a defensive unit that's been depleted by injuries. Althoug...