We are clearly moving back to stricter measures around the team environment and at LFC we are absolutely OK with that. The restrictions mean anyone coming from the UK needs to provide a negative Covid test and quarantine for 10 days, regardless of vaccination status. Alvarez soon began featuring regularly for River and that December, seven years after his trial with Real Madrid, he was given the opportunity to step out at the Bernabeu in the rearranged Copa Libertadores final against Boca Juniors. Norwich were on a run of three games unbeaten but despite threatening in periods of the first half, were undone by a fine strike from Sterling on 31 minutes after Max Aarons scuffed a clearance. The offside flag originally chalked the goal off but VAR stepped in to award it as Joe Gomez was playing the Ukrainian striker onside. Ralf Rangnick has said Jurgen Klopp is 'one of the best' managers ahead of Manchester United's match with Liverpool on Tuesday. However, he has been out of favour at the Bernabeu in recent seasons and spent the 2020/21 campaign back on loan at Spurs. Mikel Arteta insisted he is pleased with the performances of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ahead of this weekend's north London derby, and has faith his captain will find his goalscoring touch once more. The Yorkshire outfit ended the day in the bottom three for the first time since October as their loss at Arsenal coincided with a resurgent Everton beating Leicester to move to 16th. Points at home will be crucial. Arteta also responded to recent reports the club were looking to extend his contract, saying it has not yet been discussed. Indeed, the team ran considerably less than opponents in six out of 10 games before Conte arrived. In the Premier League], you need to have a good physical condition. Because whilst having battles for the top four and relegation is great to watch, there is nothing like the tension that makes up a title battle. It’s what makes league football so captivating compared knockout to football. It’s part of the initial attraction for new fans to Spanish football historically and why we flocked to Italian football in the 90s and 00s. It’s also what turns people off French and German football at the moment. Even if you’re not a fan it’s intoxicating to check league tables and results each week to watch the toing and froing between title rivals. We survived without him in a way, but when we played with him we had something extra. We have to use what we can as a team. But Matt Elliott, Steve Claridge and Emile Heskey put Leicester 3-1 in front and in charge of the contest, before a certain Alan Shearer bagged a 13-minute hat-trick, including a 90th-minute winner, to steal all three points. The German was outstanding and has been all season. The only person who has been better is manager Graham Potter. The Seagulls are currently ninth in the table and look like finishing in their highest ever Premier League position. Millwall stayed in the play-off hunt by beating Hull 2-1 at the Den. Jacob Brown's fourth-minute strike for the Potters proved decisive at Ewood Park. On the face of it, Manchester City are in control of the title race in a clearer way than they were before kick-off: Liverpool winning every remaining game might no longer be enough. Five minutes from time, it looked as though Werner had put Chelsea into the next round as group winners with his second goal of the game. Despite Chelsea throwing it away right at the end, Werner can still hold his head up high after delivering one of his better performances so far in his Chelsea career. But that's football, we'll be looking to work hard and go again next week. Gelhardt has sparkled as a level-headed individual in the eyes of those who know him best ever since he joined the club for £1.6m from the Latics in 2020. The most recent of those was directed at Jude Bellingham, as he warmed up right in front of us, and close to the Hungarian ultras. The Football Association subsequently called on FIFA to investigate the chants, while England's players were also booed by fans when taking a knee prior to kick-off.

	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