Premier League LIVE: Man City v Liverpool team news, Arsenal title chances in tatters, Rashford reaction

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Confirmed

Former Manchester United and Arsenal forward Robin van Persie has been appointed the new manager of Feyenoord.

The 41-year-old, who won the Premier League title with United in 2013, has signed a deal to take charge of the Dutch club until 2027.

He leaves Heerenveen, who are currently ninth in the Eredivisie, after taking seven victories from his 23 games in charge.

Van Persie began his playing career with Feyenoord before moving to Arsenal in 2004 and then to Old Trafford eight years later. A move to Fenerbahce followed and he returned to Feyenoord in 2018, retiring a year later.

"Everyone knows how special my bond with Feyenoord is," said Van Persie.

"I am enormously looking forward, together with a strong staff, to working with the player group at 1908 (the club's training ground) and then in De Kuip (the stadium), supported by the Legion (fans), playing matches and achieving successes together."

Feyenoord are third in the Eredivisie, 11 points behind leaders Ajax. They will play Inter Milan in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Pep's fury

Pep Guardiola was lost for words when told of Jamie Carragher's thoughts on Erling Haaland's absence against Real Madrid in midweek.

Manchester City's top scorer did not get off the bench as the Premier League champions crashed out of the Champions League at the Bernabeu Stadium on Wednesday, having been troubled by a knee injury.

Former Liverpool defender Carragher, now a prominent TV pundit, suggested the Norway international had not wanted to come up against Real centre-back Antonio Rudiger, saying he could have "Rudiger-itis".

The German had enjoyed notable success against Haaland in the past.

City manager Guardiola had not been aware of Carragher's comments until they were raised towards the end of his press conference to preview Sunday's Premier League game against Liverpool.

The Spaniard reacted with surprise and disbelief.

"Oh God, did Jamie Carragher say that? Oh God," Guardiola said before turning away and pausing for a few moments.

"I don't laugh. I don't know why it'd be that suspicious. Do you think Erling Haaland didn't want to play that game?"

There was then another long pause as Guardiola looked down at his desk and shook his head.

When prompted for a further comment, he said: "It's not true. It was crazy to play the game. He had a problem in his knee and he could not play."

Arsenal title hopes over

Arsenal have been told any hope of them winning the Premier League title are over.

The Gunners could be 11 points off Liverpool by the end of Sunday, should Arne Slot's side beat Man City.

Mikel Arteta saw his team lose 1-0 to West Ham at home on Saturday.

Speaking on talkSPORT, Rory Jennings said: “Today is the final nail in the coffin. I can’t believe they’ve lost at home to a Graham Potter team.

“You can’t get launched out of the title race by Graham Potter at your own stadium.

“There’s something symbolic it being Potter. He’s such an underwhelming, non-winning manager that has totally ended your chance of winning domestic silverware this season.

“If you’re an Arsenal fan you have to be livid with that. I think Arteta has done a remarkable job there, but this is unacceptable."

Long time coming

Marcus Rashford put in an excellent display for Aston Villa.

The Manchester United loanee was brought on for the second half in their win over Chelsea and made a huge impact.

Rashford assisted both of Marco Asensio's goals that completed the comeback at Villa Park.

It's the first time in five years that the 27-year-old has assisted two goals in a Premier League match.

He last did so for United in their 3-0 win against Sheffield United in June 2020.

Blues

Enzo Maresca believes Chelsea's defeat to Aston Villa is the 'toughest' of their season.

The Blues have now lost seven matches in the Premier League despite taking the lead at Villa Park.

Chelsea have won just two of their last ten league outings and lost five of them, with Maresca feeling the pain of their latest slip.

Speaking afterwards, he said: "This is probably for me personally the toughest defeat of the season.

"The reaction from Brighton was brilliant, the performance was really good but the result was not enough.

"You need to be clinical. The difference is inside of the box."

'This result is really big'

Graham Potter has been left delighted with West Ham's win at Arsenal.

It's a result that has seen them steer 13 points clear of the bottom three after a winless run of four matches in the Premier League.

The Hammers fought hard to hold onto their lead during the second half and boss Potter is confident they can push on from it.

"Jarrod [Bowen] and Aaron [Wan-Bissaka] and Mo [Kudus] give us a counter-attacking threat," he told Match of the Day.

"We defended with discipline and resilience but we carry an attacking threat as well. The win brings confidence and belief.

"This result is really big for us and hopefully, it allows us to move forward in a positive way."

Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea

It’s full-time at Villa Park and Aston Villa have won it.

Enzo Fernandez gave Chelsea the lead after nine minutes.

However, two goals from Marco Asensio turned it around for Villa to win all three points.

Chelsea have now lost three of their last four Premier League matches and are losing pace in the race for top four.

Villa are a point behind them in seventh and only two points adrift of fourth-place Manchester City.

GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea Marco Asensio

Aston Villa have their equaliser!

A long ball over the area finds Marcus Rashford, who is able to get a low ball past Filip Jorgensen.

Marco Asensio is on the end of it and despite Reece James' attempt at a clearance, it goes in for 1-1.

Tyrone Mings has now been substituted for Villa, with Lamare Bogarde his replacement.

Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea

Not the best of starts for Aston Villa as Tyrone Mings is down.

The defender has gone down holding his left knee.

Mings was able to walk off the pitch so he may be ok to continue, with Villa desperate not to lose another centre-back.

Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea

The second half will commence shortly and it's Chelsea who have the advantage.

Enzo Fernandez was in the right place at the right time to put the Blues in front from Pedro Neto's cross.

Aston Villa have had chances to equalise but Filip Jorgensen and his Blues defence have remained resilient.

Marcus Rashford has been warming up during the break and will replace Jacob Ramsey for the second half.

Arsenal agony

Mikel Arteta has spoken on his frustration at Arsenal's home defeat to West Ham.

Jarrod Bowen scored the only goal in a 1-0 win for the Hammers, who inflicted the Gunners' third league defeat of the season.

Myles Lewis-Skelly's red card left Arsenal with a one-man disadvantage and they have failed to close the gap on Liverpool.

"We lacked a lot of good decisions time after time to be a real threat and put West Ham under the ropes," he told talkSPORT.

On the Lewis-Skelly red card, he added: "I haven't seen the action again.

"The decision was made, they looked at it and I prefer to look at ourselves."

GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea Enzo Fernandez

Chelsea lead at Villa Park!

Pedro Neto does superbly down the right and fires a low ball across the face of goal.

Enzo Fernandez is there with an easy finish to put Chelsea in front against Aston Villa.

The goal came just moments after the Blues made an early substitution.

Trevoh Chalobah went down holding his back and needed help walking off the pitch, with Tosin Adarabioyo replacing him.

Whistles go

All five afternoon kick-offs have finished and there's some big results.

Arsenal's title challenge has taken a hit with a home defeat to West Ham following Myles Lewis-Skelly's red card.

Wolves have claimed a crucial win at Bournemouth whilst Tottenham and Brighton score four goals each.

Scores at full-time:

Hammer blow

Arsenal's Premier League title challenge has taken a huge hit.

Jarrod Bowen's first half goal for West Ham was enough for them to win all three points.

The Gunners went down to ten men after Myles Lewis-Skelly's red card for a foul on Mohammed Kudus.

Arsenal battled for a late equaliser but have fallen to a third league loss of the season.

It leaves them eight points behind leaders Liverpool, who will go 11 points clear if they beat Manchester City on Sunday.

Teamsheets

We have another Premier League game this evening as Aston Villa face Chelsea at home.

Ian Maatsen starts for Villa against his former club whilst Marcus Rashford is named on the bench.

Filip Jorgensen returns as the starting goalkeeper for Chelsea, who have selected five defenders.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen, McGinn, Tielemans, Asensio, Ramsey, Rogers, Watkins

Subs: Olsen, Zych, Digne, Garcia, Bogarde, Bailey, Malen, Rashford, Jimoh-Aloba

Chelsea XI: Jorgensen, Gusto, James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Palmer, Neto, Nkunku

Subs: Sanchez, Acheampong, Samuels-Smith, Tosin, Dewsbury-Hall, Amougou, Sancho, George, Mheuka

GOAL! Ipswich Town 1-4 Tottenham Dejan Kulusevski

It's a fourth of the afternoon for Tottenham!

Dejan Kulusevski runs onto a headed pass down the right, cuts onto his left foot and curls it into the bottom corner.

It's an excellent finish from the Swede at Portman Road.

GOAL! Southampton 0-4 Brighton Jack Hinshelwood

Brighton are running riot in Southampton!

This time it's Jack Hinshelwood who gets in on the act with a well-hit finish following a corner.

It's nothing less than they deserve, another fine performance.

GOAL! Ipswich Town 1-3 Tottenham Djed Spence

Tottenham have their two-goal cushion again!

James Maddison is at the heart of the action this time and finds the defender in the box.

Spence's effort is deflected into the back of the net and Spurs are on their way to all three points.

GOAL! Southampton 0-3 Brighton Kaoru Mitoma

Kaoru Mitoma has made it game, set and match for Brighton!

It's once again far too simple for the Seagulls as Mitoma runs down the middle of their defence.

He races into the area and sends the ball over Aaron Ramsdale to put Southampton on the verge of another defeat.

RED CARD! Arsenal 0-1 West Ham Myles Lewis-Skelly

Arsenal are down to ten men!

Myles Lewis-Skelly was initially shown a yellow card for bringing down Mohammed Kudus, who was set to run into the Arsenal half.

But referee Craig Pawson has watched back in the incident with the help of VAR and instead given him a red card.

GOAL! Fulham 0-2 Crystal Palace Daniel Munoz

And now Crystal Palace have their second of the day!

Jean-Philippe Mateta plays an excellent ball out to the right and finds Munoz.

The defender takes a touch to get past his man before firing down the middle of the goal for Palace's second.

Disallowed

Crystal Palace thought they scored a second at Fulham.

An excellent backheel from Eberechi Eze found Jean-Philippe Mateta, who fired into the back of the net.

However, the goal has been disallowed for offside following a long VAR check.

Ipswich Town have also seen a goal ruled out for offside on Luke Woolfenden.

GOAL! Southampton 0-2 Brighton Georginio Rutter

Georginio Rutter makes it two for Brighton!

Yankuba Minteh runs onto a loose ball after Southampton give away possession near their own box.

Miteh squares it across to Rutter, who slots in for 2-0.

Half-time scores

And breathe...

After nearly half an hour without a goal, we've had seven before half-time and all the away sides are winning.

Arsenal's Premier League title challenge looks set to take another hit as they're losing to West Ham.

Ten-man Bournemouth are trailing Wolves whilst Ipswich Town and Tottenham have shared three goals.

Scores at half-time:

GOAL! Arsenal 0-1 West Ham Jarrod Bowen

West Ham lead Arsenal!

Aaron Wan-Bissaka does really well down the right of the Hammers attack and gets the better of Riccardo Calafiori.

He fires a cross into the box and Jarrod Bowen is there to head it in with the help of some poor Arsenal defending.