It also helps that Frank Lampard's side also have a more favourable fixture list than the teams below them.
Since then I have always very much cherished the way that teams are supported [in England]. I think it's absolutely unique. You will find very few football clubs in the world with that much support.
An offside flag cut short the initial celebrations, but VAR afforded him another chance. The let-off in the away end was something to behold.
It's great some of them played but there was a cost for that. Follow Everton with Sky SportsFollow every Everton game in the Premier League this season with our live blogs on the Sky Sports website and app, and watch match highlights for free shortly after full-time.
But a minute later there was controversy when Ben Godfrey, playing at left-back, planted his right boot into Takehiro Tomiyasu's face yet VAR ruled it was accidental.
There were 103 positive tests between 20 and 26 December - a high for the season - but the number has now fallen in each of the five weeks since.
Without Ayew and Zaha, Palace failed to win a corner at Brighton - and considering Palace don't play with any aggressive width from their full-backs either, their corner-count is likely to be very low in this game, too.
And if you've taken the gamble with Vardy or Diogo Jota as your captain this week, then you've already lost that bet, although at the time of writing we wait to see what Tottenham's Son Heung-min and Harry Kane can produce against Brentford.
Musona, who scored the opener against the Syli Nationale, has now said he will soon make his international future known.
West Ham manager David Moyes has put Blackburn's 20-goal hitman Ben Brereton Diaz at the top of his January shopping list.
Nice midfielder Mario Lemina has also been released from the Gabon squad after heart lesions were also found on the ex-Southampton player's scan.
Jack Wilshere has signed a deal initially until the end of the Danish season The 30-year-old was training with the Gunners this season -
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Cagliari earned a 1-1 draw at Empoli that took the 18th-placed Sardinians level with Venezia above them on 21 points, while midtable Hellas Verona hammered Udinese 4-0.
Indeed, after their hapless showings in the final months of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's reign, the level of defensive dedication was a welcome sight.
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Everton just hope they will have the chance to return to Anfield next season. In terms of what we want for the players, I thought they were spot on, he said afterwards.
Wolves' game at Arsenal on Tuesday was called off after an outbreak within the squad and he will use the weekend to assess them.
If it sounds like we’re enjoying this a bit too much, spoiler: we are. But please try and understand, United fans. You hogged the glory for so many years and anyway, you could always save yourself some pain and start supporting City. It's basically the same journey from London.
Trent Alexander-Arnold - 6Replaced the impressive James in the closing stages but game long finished as a contest.
Along with senior figures at many of Europe's leading clubs, Woodward believes Fifa and Uefa have increasingly attempted to turn themselves into media companies, doing deals he does not feel they, as the regulator, should have any involvement in.
Chelsea are near enough out of the title race and have probably lost the league in the last week because of this situation.
Gerrard's team play with such energy, and that rubs off on the fans at Villa Park as well. They love a tackle and they love seeing a bit of tidy play too.
Balogun wrapped it up after 61 minutes, combining well with Morgan Gibbs-White to fire in his third goal in two games from 10 yards.
The result means Tottenham moved up to seventh in the table, four points behind Manchester United in fourth with two games in hand.
Kick It Out to put spotlight on Qatar 2022's LGBTQ+ inclusionKick It Out has announced the formation of a Qatar 2022 working group, a coalition of UK organisations which includes Stonewall, Football Supporters' Association (FSA), Football v Homophobia and Sports Media LGBT+, which will look at some of the key issues surrounding Qatar 2022, with a particular focus on LGBTQ+ inclusion.
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There should be interest in backing another draw on Tuesday night, with neither side at their best and both knowing that a point would put qualification in their own respective hands heading into matchday six.
DAILY MAIL Tottenham forward Steven Bergwijn could become the first signing of the Erik ten Hag revolution at Manchester United after a previous failed attempt to sign him for Ajax.
I don't want people to be saddened if I forget places, people or dates because you need to remember I enjoyed all those memories and I am lucky to have experienced what I have in my life…a loving and supportive family, a great career doing what I loved and getting paid to do it and lifelong friends.
Who is David Prutton tipping for victory in the Sky Bet Championship this weekend? Under Lee Bowyer they are going to be so, so tough to play against.
A Premier League statement said it had accepted Newcastle United's postponement application as the club does not have the required number of players available for the match (13 outfield players and one goalkeeper), due to Covid-19 cases and injuries.
We have to look back at the errors we made and look to eradicate them. It's about not repeating the same mistakes...
Sometimes with someone new coming in, a new voice on the training pitch can get an extra few percent from the players.
The trouble for the island nation, who are making their debut appearance at the finals tournament, started when Ben Boina sustained an injury during the team’s group stage win against Ghana.
Asked about Aubameyang's situation, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said at a news conference on Wednesday: He's in London and now he's going through some examinations because we haven't had any clarity from the Gabon national team about the reasons why he came back.
This is also nice. I like to do a lot of things to turn off the football head, so you don't get burned out.
Everything that could go wrong, Stuart Dallas, Luke Ayling, the spirit and energy of the club, is not there.
