This week Dec is here to give you a preview of Gameweek 23’s big fixtures, full of huge ramifications across the table.
The game between Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest looked like a relegation scrap at the start of the season now looking like a way for the Cherries to add more misery to the travelling side staring down the barrel of an FFP charge.
Chelsea would like to make this season look a lot rosier than its monochrome colour right now as Mauricio Pochettino is looking more and more unsafe in his position, after each uninspiring away performance heaps pressure on the Argentinian. He will hope that when Gary O’Neil’s Wolverhampton Wanderers visit Stamford Bridge, the luck of the away team will follow in the nature of theirs throughout this season rather than what they had against Manchester United when they were awarded one of the softest penalties of the season.
Speaking of the Red Devils, Erik ten Hag’s men will want to record back-to-back wins when they take on David Moyes’ West Ham United. After a toothless shift in mid-week, the Hammers will want to match the result they had against their opponent when they beat Manchester United just before Christmas.
The city of Liverpool was shocked much like the rest of the footballing world when their manager, Jurgen Klopp, announced he would leave the club at the end of this season. With narratives written on the Reds’ players winning competitions for their departing gaffer, the focus needs to be on their next fixture when they take on Arsenal at the Emirates. In what is being declared as a key game in deciding where this season’s Premier League title will end up, it is clear that this match will need to live up to the hype.
The champions take on Brentford on Monday night so that they can make it five consecutive Premier League wins in a row. The City machine that Pep Guardiola has crafted is breathing down the neck of the league leaders and with Kevin De Bruyne back from injury and looking in fine form, they look as though they are more than equipped to take the sword to Thomas Franck’s men as Ivan Toney will hope to add another few thousand to his weekly wage he will undoubtedly get at the club he will join in the summer.
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