Match report: Manchester City 3-0 West Brom
Jamie Jackson, the Guardian’s man in the Kappa tracksuit and Reni hat on the Manchester beat, was at the Etihad to see City stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League to 15 points.
Match report: Southampton 1-1 Brighton
Premier League: Ben Fisher was at St Mary’s to see Jack Stephens get Southampton out of jail for the second time in a week.
Match report: Newcastle 1-1 Burnley
A lively debut from new loan signing Kenedy wasn’t enough to win Newcastle all three points, writes Louise Taylor.
Match report: Everton 2-1 Leicester City
Andy Hunter was at Goodison Park to see Seamus Coleman return from a double leg-break to steal Theo Walcott’s two-goal thunder.
Match report: Stoke 0-0 Watford
Premier League: There was plenty of bad blood and seven yellow cards but little quality on show, writes Stuart James from the Britannia Stadium.
Match report: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Man Utd
Premier League: In the end it was a chastening night for Jose Mourinho and Manchester United, writes our chief football correspondent Daniel Taylor.
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Match report: Chelsea 0-3 Bournemouth
Premier League: Dominic Fifield was at Stamford Bridge to see Eddie Howe’s men hammer their hosts with a performance few saw coming.
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Meanwhile in Scotland ...
A team that is capable of getting knocked out of the Europa League by Luxembourg minnows Progrès Niederkorn is capable of anything, but Josh Windass bagged a hat-trick as Rangers avoided embarrassment against Fraserburgh from the Highnland League in their Scottish Cup fourth round tie.
Scottish Premiership: Hibernian 2-1 Motherwell, Ross County 2-4 Aberdeen.
Full time: Stoke City 0-0 Watford
Stuart James from the Guardian drew the short straw, not that he’s complaining ... much.
Some goalless draws are much better than the scoreline suggests. And then there are others where... Stoke 0-0 Watford FT
— Stuart James (@StuartJamesGNM) January 31, 2018
Full time: Manchester City 3-0 West Brom
Despite being down to the bare bones, Manchester City’s impoverished churchmice extended their lead at the top of the table to a mere 15 points.
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Man City | 25 | 55 | 68 |
| 2 | Man Utd | 25 | 31 | 53 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 25 | 28 | 50 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 25 | 26 | 50 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 27 | 48 |
Full time: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Manchester United
Christian Eriksen’s opener after 11 seconds was overshadowed by a highly comical Phil Jones own goal, as Spurs prompted no end of “Lads, it’s Manchester United” jokes on Twitter.
GOAL! Manchester City 3-0 West Brom
Sergio Aguero is played in by Raheem Sterling and lifts the ball over Ben Foster to make it 3-0 to Manchester City, moments after Dean Sturridge had squandered a chance to open his account for West Brom after coming on as a substitute.
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Theo Walcott takes the acclaim for #efc with his goals but the night belonged to Seamus Coleman, superb display and fought to the end. Heartfelt salute to the Gwladys St after the final whistle.
— Andy Hunter (@AHunterGuardian) January 31, 2018
81,978: That’s the attendance at Wembley for tonight’s match between Tottenham and Manchester United, a record for a Premier League match. It remains 2-0 to Spurs and Harry Kane, looking for his 100th Premier League goal, has just fired an atrocious free-kick over the bar from a wonderful position on the edge of the area. Follow the knockings of that one with Scott Murray ...
More from St James’s Park: Burnley’s equaliser against Newcastle has been chalked up as a Karl Darlow own goal.
Full time: Chelsea 0-3 Bournemouth
Callum Wilson, Junior Stanisals and Nathan Ake scored the goals as Bournemouth embarrassed Chelsea on their own patch.
Full time: Everton 2-1 Leicester
Theo Walcott scored twice to consign Leicester, who were without Riyad Mahrez but scored through Jamie Vardy, to defeat.
Full time: Newcastle 1-1 Burnley
Newcastle are also forced to settle for a point from a match in which Joselu missed a first half penalty.
Full time: Southampton 1-1 Brighton
Southampton’s players walk off to jeers from many of their supporters after coming from behind to rescue a point against fellow strugglers Brighton.
Manchester City 2-0 West Brom
Kevin De Bruyne doubles Manchester City’s lead after a neat one-two with Raheem Sterling.
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Very weird goings-on at Wembley
Having brought on Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata for Jesse Lingard and Paul Pogba less than 10 minutes ago, Jose Mourinho has just hooked Fellaini and replaced him with Ander Herrera. He speaks to Fellaini as he leaves the pitch, but the player removes his shirt and heads down the tunnel looking very unhappy indeed. Originally, Mourinho was going to replace him with Marcus Rashford, but then had a complete change of mind. It remains Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United with 17 minutes to go. Follow it here ...
GOAL! Newcastle 1-1 Burnley
Another goal from a set-piece. A Burnley corner is swung into the box, Ashley Barnes gets the flick-on and Sam Vokes heads home. It’s all square at St James’ Park.
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GOAL! Everton 2-1 Leicester
Was a certain Leicester No25 named Wilf fouled in the Everton penalty area? Yes Ndidi. From the penalty spot, Jamie Vardy sends Jordan Pickford the wrong way to pull a goal back for Leicester City.
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“...and then he’d say, ‘Lads, it’s Tottenham.’ It’s funnier than I’ve made it sound” pic.twitter.com/jbL6OWbEsU
— Jack Lang (@jacklang) January 31, 2018
GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Burnley
Leading by example, Jamaal Lascelles leaps to power a header past Nick Pope, rising highest to convert a Kenedy corner. Newcastle’s new loan signing from Chelsea provides the assist, who has been very impressive.
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GOAL! Chelsea 0-3 Bournemouth
Nathan Ake pokes Bournemouth 3-0 ahead against his former club with a cool finish. This is turning into a humiliation for Antonio Conte and his men.
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GOAL! Southampton 1-1 Brighton
Jack Stephens scores his second goal for Southampton with a mis-kick to convert a delivery from James Ward-Prowse. It’s a fluke, but they all count.
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GOAL! Chelsea 0-2 Bournemouth
Chelsea are 2-0 down against Bournemouth! At home! Junior Stanislas doubles Bournemouth’s lead at the Bridge to leave Antonio Conte’s side in all sorts of bother with less than 30 minutes to go.
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Trying to make Phil Jones feel a bit better about himself dept ...
Giresunspor's Dodo with the worst penalty of all time against Fenerbahce in the Turkish Cup todaypic.twitter.com/YULw9BDr3N
— Alan Smith (@alansmith90) January 31, 2018
Meanwhile in Scotland ... Josh Windass has scored his first senior hat-trick to give Rangers a 3-0 lead against Highland League side and fishing village Fraserburgh after 71 minutes of their Scottish Cup fourth round match.
Scottish Premiership latest: Hibernian 2-0 Motherwell, Ross County 0-3 Aberdeen. Both those matches are approaching the hour mark.
The League table in-running ...
With Manchester City winning and Manchester United and Chelsea losing, here’s how things stand at the top of the Premier League right now.
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Man City | 25 | 53 | 68 |
| 2 | Man Utd | 25 | 31 | 53 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 25 | 28 | 50 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 25 | 28 | 50 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 27 | 48 |
GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Bournemouth
Callum Wilson gives Bournemouth an early second half lead at Stamford Bridge, sliding the ball under Thibaut Courtois after nice build-up play.
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Half-time: Stoke 0-0 Watford
Move along, folks. Nothing to see here.
Half-time: Manchester City 1-0 West Brom
Fernandinho. Fernandinho. Fernandinho. Fernandinho. Fernandinho. Fernandinho. Fernandinho. Fernandinho. Fernandinho. Fernandinho. Fernandinho. Fernandinho. Fernandinho. Fernandinho.
Half-time: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Man Utd
Christian Eriksen opened the scoring after 11 seconds, before Phil Jones doubled TOttenham’s lead with one of the funniest own goals you’ll ever see.
Watching Tottenham v Manchester United: Spurs are really bossing the latter stages of this first half. Jose Mourinho chose quite an attacking line-up and his midfield is being over-run, with Paul Pogba virtually anonymous. United have had their chances, but at the moment it’s looking like Spurs could rout them.
Half-time: Southampton 0-1 Brighton
Brighton lead at Saint Mary’s courtesy of a Glenn Murray penalty.
Half-time: Everton 2-0 Leicester City
Theo Walcott has bagged a brace to put Everton in the ascendency at Goodison Park.
Half-time: Chelsea 0-0 Bournemouth
Eden Hazard has been outstanding again, but Bournemouth are holding out.
Half-time: Newcastle 0-0 Burnley
Joselu missed a penalty and the deadlock remains unbroken at the break.
GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Man Utd
To the sound of loud guffaws the length and breadth of the Guardian sports department, Phil Jones guides an unstoppable shot past his own goalkeeper while trying to – presumably clear – a Kieran Trippier cross from the left at Wembley. Spurs lead 2-0 and Jones looks thoroughly ashamed of himself, as well he might. What on earth was he doing?
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GOAL! Everton 2-0 Leicester
Theo Walcott scores his second of the evening for Everton, doubling his new side’s lead. He guides a volley past Kasper Schmeichel after getting on the end of a cross from Michael Keane.
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From the Irish Independent’s man at Goodison Park (nb: Seamus Coleman cost Everton £60,000 from Sligo Rovers) ...
Everton lead and, while he had no part in goal, stadium breaks into rendition of '60 grand, 60 grand Seamus Coleman' - somewhere a lone Sligo voice is at pains to point out they made more via clauses
— Daniel McDonnell (@McDonnellDan) January 31, 2018
GOAL! Man City 1-0 West Brom
Fernandinho scores a rare goal to put Manchester City 1-0 up after 19 minutes at the Etihad.
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Newcastle miss a penalty ...
Nick Pope saves easily from Joselu’s absolutely dreadful penalty after Phil Bardsley brought down new loan signing Kenedy.
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A close call for Brighton ... Their goalkeeper Matt Ryan hoofs an attempted clearance off the back of Pierre Hojbjerg and the ball loops up and hits the cross-bar. Shane Long is unable to score with the follow-up.
Correction: It was an Ashley Barnes nudge on Newcastle defender Jamaal Lascelles as he picked up the ball that caused his goal to be disallowed. Apologies for any distress previous false news may have caused Burnley’s Jack Frank Porteous Cork.
This from the Guardian’s man in the Goodison Park press box.
Everton's goal stemmed from Martina, of all people, dispossessing Chilwell on the right of the Leicester area, freeing Sigurdsson to cross for Walcott to tap in.
— Andy Hunter (@AHunterGuardian) January 31, 2018
GOAL! Everton 1-0 Leicester
Theo Walcott scores his first goal Everton to give them a lead they probably don’t deserve against Leicester.
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Burnley have a goal disallowed ... Ashley Barnes gets the ball into the Newcastle net, but the referee disallows it and penalises Jack Cork for a foul in the build-up.
Play also under way at Stoke v Watford and Manchester City v West Brom ... In the former, Mama Biram Diouf has an early chance after getting his head to a Charlie Adam cross, but fails to hit the target. In the latter, David Silva has fired an early free-kick into the West Brom wall.
GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Man Utd
Christian Eriksen puts Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 up against Manchester United after 11 seconds at Wembley! Follow that one here with Scott Murray ...
GOAL! Southampton 0-1 Brighton
Glenn Murray fires Brighton into a 14th minute lead against Southampton from the penalty spot after Hoedt brings down March in the penalty area.
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Meanwhile in Scotland ... Josh Windass has put Rangers a goal up in their Scottish Cup fourth round match at Fraserburgh, from the Highland League.
Leicester go close at Goodison Park ... An unmarked Harry Maguire has just headed over the bar from a corner, won by Jamie Vardy off Phil Jagielka.
Brighton miss an early sitter ... José Izquierdo has skied a wonderful early chance to put Brighton ahead at Southampton almost straight from the kick-off.
Powerful words in the Gallowgate End at Newcastle ...
A message from the Gallowgate this evening. pic.twitter.com/pog76d8JAB
— Damian Spellman (@DamianSpellman) January 31, 2018
Not long now ...
The ball’s rolling in tonight’s 7.45pm (GMT) kick-offs
- Chelsea v Bournemouth
- Everton v Leicester
- Newcastle v Burnley
- Southampton v Brighton
Seamus Coleman returns to Everton first team
The Everton full-back makes a welcome return for Everton 10 months after surgery on a double leg-break he suffered while on duty for the Republic of Ireland against Wales last March. We wish him well.
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United line-ups
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Trippier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Dembele, Eriksen, Alli, Son, Kane.
Subs: Rose, Lamela, Wanyama, Vorm, Sissoko, Llorente, Walker-Peters.
Man Utd: De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Jones, Young, Matic, Pogba, Lingard, Sanchez, Lukaku, Martial.
Subs: Rojo, Mata, Rashford, Romero, Ander Herrera, Shaw, Fellaini.
Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)
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Man City v West Brom line-ups
Man City: Ederson, Walker, Laporte, Otamendi, Zinchenko, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Silva, Bernardo Silva, Aguero, Sterling.
Subs: Bravo, Danilo, Kompany, Gundogan, Adarabioyo, Toure, Diaz.
West Brom: Foster, Nyom, Dawson, Hegazi, McAuley, McClean, Yacob, Krychowiak, Field, Rondon, Rodriguez.
Subs: Phillips, Brunt, Myhill, Sturridge, Burke, Barry, Harper.
Referee: Robert Madley (West Yorkshire)
Stoke v Watford line-ups
Stoke: Butland, Bauer, Shawcross, Zouma, Pieters, Fletcher, Adam, Choupo-Moting, Allen, Shaqiri, Diouf.
Subs: Johnson, Berahino, Cameron, Stafylidis, Crouch, Sobhi, Grant.
Watford: Karnezis, Kabasele, Prodl, Mariappa, Holebas, Doucoure, Cleverley, Richarlison, Capoue, Deulofeu, Deeney.
Subs: Janmaat, Gray, Zeegelaar, Carrillo, Bachmann, Pereyra,
Stewart.
Referee: Jonathan Moss (County Durham)
No Ben Watson in the Watford squad: The midfielder has been pulled out and is pootling his way towards Nottingham, where he is expected to sign for Forest on loan.
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No Riyad Mahrez in the Leicester squad ...
Having handed in a transfer request yesterday, he Algerian international has not been included in the Leicester squad that travelled to Everton, as he is busy not doing a medical, agreeing personal terms and signing for Manchester City.
Southampton v Brighton line-ups
Southampton: McCarthy, Cedric, Stephens, Hoedt, Bertrand, Romeu, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Davis, Tadic, Long.
Subs: Yoshida, Carrillo, Lemina, Boufal, Gabbiadini, Pied, Forster.
Brighton: Ryan, Schelotto, Duffy, Dunk, Bong, Izquierdo, Stephens, Propper, March, Gross, Murray.
Subs: Kayal, Baldock, Knockaert, Ulloa, Goldson, Rosenior, Krul.
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)
Newcastle v Burnley line-ups
Newcastle: Darlow, Yedlin, Lascelles, Clark, Dummett, Atsu, Diame, Merino, Kenedy, Perez, Joselu.
Subs: Murphy, Shelvey, Gayle, Ritchie, Hayden, Manquillo, Woodman.
Burnley: Pope, Bardsley, Long, Mee, Taylor, Arfield, Cork, Hendrick, Westwood, Gudmundsson, Barnes.
Subs: Lowton, Nkoudou, Vokes, Ulvestad, Wells, Lindegaard, Lennon.
Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)
Chelsea v Bournemouth line-ups
Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Christensen, Zappacosta, Kante, Bakayoko, Alonso, Pedro, Barkley, Hazard.
Subs: Caballero, Rudiger, Fabregas, Drinkwater, Moses, Ampadu,
Hudson-Odoi.
AFC Bournemouth: Begovic, Francis, Steve Cook, Ake, Daniels, Gosling, Lewis Cook, Ibe, Stanislas, Fraser, Callum Wilson.
Subs: Boruc, Surman, Pugh, Arter, King, Mousset, Simpson.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
Everton v Leicester line-ups
Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Jagielka, Martina, Gueye, Davies, Walcott, Rooney, Sigurdsson, Niasse.
Subs: Schneiderlin, Williams, Bolasie, Tosun, Calvert-Lewin, Robles, Kenny.
Leicester: Schmeichel, Amartey, Dragovic, Maguire, Chilwell,
Ndidi, James, Gray, Okazaki, Albrighton, Vardy.
Subs: Iheanacho, Hamer, Adrien Silva, Iborra, Fuchs, Benalouane, Diabate.
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Lancashire)
Tonight's Premier League fixtures
Tottenham Hotspur’s match against Manchester United is arguably the pick of tonight’s fixtures. We’ll keep you up to speed on that, although you can follow the action on a more minute-by-minutely basis by clicking on the link above. We’ll also be keeping tabs on events elsewhere on what should be an interesting evening’s top flight action. Alternatively, it could be dreadful – only time will tell, so stick around to find out.
Barry will be here soon enough.
