We are looking forward to a Big Weekend of football with all eyes on Frank Lampard, Steve Cooper and Liverpool vs Arsenal.
It’s a bigger weekend than Frank Lampard had planned. Arsenal’s trip to Liverpool may be one of their toughest remaining tests. Steve Cooper needs a boost.The form book suggests this ought to be a breeze for the leaders. But Liverpool’s best form is not so indistinguishable in the rear-view mirror for Arsenal fans to relax before going to Anfield.
Just as impressive as Arsenal’s performances has been their resilience. Almost every test they have passed and every obstacle that was expected to trip them up has been gracefully sidestepped. But if Liverpool decide to show up, after what Klopp insisted was a positive performance at Chelsea – even ifManager to watch – Frank Lampard
Does he reach for his carrot or his stick in the brief time between his return, the trip to Wolves on Saturday and next week’s visit to the Bernabeu? A short, sharp reminder of the standards expected at Chelsea might be useful in the wake of a half-season in which the players refused to take Potter seriously. Can Lampard do ‘stern’? If he knows he won’t have to worry about these players beyond the end of May then, probably, yes.
They will need to, since Forest travel to an upwardly-mobile Villa side, currently sat in seventh and unexpectedly in the running for a European place thanks to Unai Emery’s fine work. Forest have been wretched away from home, losing 10 and drawing three of 14 so far. And it gets little easier once they are back home, with Manchester United due at the City Ground next week, before they are back on the road to face Liverpool.
Toney himself admits it was the right call. Newcastle had Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dwight Gayle, while Toney was unproven at Championship level. Then he tore up the second tier with Brentford on his way back to the big time. Friday night might be a biggie for Burnley who could clinch promotion back to the Premier League. To seal a return to the top flight this early in the season, they need to hope that fifth-placed Millwall beat fourth-placed Luton in the early kick-off, and they then become the first side to beat Boro at the Riverside under Michael Carrick.
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