Premier League RECAP: Liverpool dominate Merseyside derby, Chelsea & Man City secure narrow wins

The ever-popular winter schedule is upon us now, with a lovely round of midweek Premier League action underway for gameweek 14 of the season.

Tuesday’s games are now in the history books – Leeds beating Crystal Palace and Newcastle drawing with Norwich – but there’s still a feast of football to look forward to as some of the tastiest fixtures in the English top flight are played out.

Liverpool dominated the Merseyside derby on Wednesday night, while title rivals Chelsea and Man City both secured hard-fought wins.

Manchester United and Arsenal butt heads to round things off on Thursday evening.

Here’s everything you need to know about all ten fixtures:

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Newcastle are waiting for their first win / Shaun Botterill/GettyImages

Newcastle’s winless start to the season stretched to 13 games after a 1-1 draw with Norwich at Carrow Road.

Eddie Howe’s side got off to the worst possible start as Ciaran Clark was shown a straight red card for a professional foul, having got himself into all sorts of trouble with a terrible lapse in concentration.

But Newcastle were able to take the lead despite being down to 10-men as Callum Wilson converted a penalty just after the hour mark. However, Dean Smith’s Canaries battled hard for an equaliser, and were rewarded for their endeavours when Teemu Pukki rifled a tremendous volley into the roof of Martin Dubravka’s net.

You can read 90min’s player ratings for Newcastle vs Norwich here.

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Raphinha’s late penalty earned Leeds a vital win / Jan Kruger/GettyImages

Leeds earned just their third win of the Premier League season as a stoppage-time Raphinha penalty saw off Crystal Palace.

In an entertaining game, both sides had opportunities to break the deadlock, but wasteful finishing – from Christian Benteke in particular – kept the scores level. That was until the dying embers of the game, when Marc Guehi was penalised for handball – Kevin Friend awarding a penalty after intervention from VAR.

Raphinha stepped up for Leeds, and the Brazilian kept his cool from the spot to beat Vicente Guaita in the Palace goal.

You can read 90min’s player ratings for Leeds vs Crystal Palace here.

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Hakim Ziyech got the winner / Marc Atkins/GettyImages

Play was halted for 30 minutes due to a medical emergency in the crowd at Vicarage Road.

When the game restarted it was all Watford, but Chelsea took the lead against the run of play on the half-hour mark through Mason Mount.

The home side weren’t to be deterred by that goal however, making it 1-1 going into half-time thanks to Emmanuel Dennis.

The second half was proving to be pretty evenly contested until Hakim Ziyech gave the European champions the lead with 15 minutes left to play.

You can read 90min’s player ratings for the match here.

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Neal Maupay scored a stunning equaliser / Julian Finney/GettyImages

West Ham hit the ground running in this one, with Tomas Soucek nodding home in the fifth minute. In truth, it was pretty shocking goalkeeping from Robert Sanchez.

It was pretty much all Brighton thereafter and they finally – deservedly – got their equaliser in the dying embers of the game via a Neal Maupay stunner.

You can read 90min’s player ratings here.

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Burnley held Wolves to a draw / David Rogers/GettyImages

Wolves were dominant at Molineux but once again their goalscoring issues denied them a deserved victory over Burnley as they passed up the change to go fifth.

Adama Traore came closest to breaking the deadlock, seeing his shot deflect onto the underside of the crossbar in the first half.

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Maddison tied things up / Michael Steele/GettyImages

Jan Bednarek gave Southampton a shock early lead – with the defender scoring in the third minute of the game after a bit of a goal-mouth scramble.

Leicester clawed their way back into the game via another centre-back – this time Jonny Evans – who latched on to a loose ball in the box to make it 1-1 in the 22nd minute.

The parity didn’t last long however, as ten minutes later the Saints were back ahead thanks to Che Adams.

The Foxes looked much better at the start of the second half and deservedly made it 2-2 via James Maddison in the 50th minute.

You can read player ratings from this one here.

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Bernardo Silva scored a stunner for Man City / Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/GettyImages

Despite Steven Gerrard’s side’s best efforts, Man City took the lead at Villa Park in the 27th minute thanks to Ruben Dias’ fine finish.

And just before half-time it was 2-0 to City with the in-form Bernardo Silva bagging an excellent volley.

Villa weren’t deterred by going two down, and grabbed a goal back to make it 2-1 inside the first few minutes of the second half, with Ollie Watkins netting at the near post.

You can read player ratings for Aston Villa vs Man City here.

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Liverpool ran riot in the Merseyside derby / Laurence Griffiths/GettyImages

Liverpool could’ve been four or five up at Goodison Park inside the opening ten minutes – but they got one goal at least. Jordan Henderson finished off a lovely move from the Reds, curling the ball brilliantly into the top corner from the edge of the box.

Soon after it was two. Mohamed Salah (who else?) side-footed the second past Jordan Pickford following some horrific defending from Lucas Digne.

Despite being bloody awful, Everton clawed their way back into the game via Demarai Gray in the 38th minute.

The scoreline started to reflect the actual game a bit more with 25 to go as Salah scored his second of the evening to make it 3-1.

Diogo Jota then made it 4-1 with a wonderful strike in the 79th minute.

You can read 90min’s player ratings from the Merseyside derby here.

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Conte is still learning about Spurs / James Williamson – AMA/GettyImages

When is kick off? 19:30 (GMT)
Where is the match being played? Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
TV channel/live stream? Amazon Prime Video (UK), Peacock Premium (US)

The next instalment of ‘Are Tottenham actually any good?’ will see them host Brentford in the first of Thursday’s games.

Antonio Conte’s side saw their trip to Burnley postponed, meaning that defeat to Mura remains fresh in the memory and they will be absolutely desperate to banish those demons with a good result here.

However, Brentford are tricky customers. They’re obviously not the best team in the division, but they’ve done a great job of making life difficult for almost everybody they’ve faced. They’ll make things tough for Spurs, but you can’t help but feel as though they’ll come up short.

Prediction: Tottenham 2-1 Brentford

You can read 90min’s full preview of Tottenham vs Brentford here.

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Arteta watches on from the sidelines / Richard Heathcote/GettyImages

When is kick off? 20:15 (GMT)
Where is the match being played? Old Trafford
TV channel/live stream? Amazon Prime Video (UK), Peacock Premium (US)

Saving the best for last (maybe), gameweek 14 ends with the heavyweight clash between Manchester United and Arsenal.

Will this be Ralf Rangnick’s first game in charge of United? No, as he’s still waiting for the necessary work permit.

Michael Carrick’s United weren’t pretty last time out against Chelsea but they still managed an impressive draw, while Arsenal got back to winning ways with a comfortable victory over Newcastle at the weekend.

Arsenal are undoubtedly the form side, but United’s home advantage could be crucial here.

Prediction: Man Utd 1-0 Arsenal

You can read 90min’s full preview of Man Utd vs Arsenal here.