Key events
Manchester United are up to fifth. Despite the rare absence of Bruno Fernandes, they jumped above Liverpool after a 1-0 win over Newcastle at Old Trafford last night. A great goal too. I didn’t rate Patrick Dorgu at all until seeing him play for Denmark but he bettered his goal against the Scots with a crunching left-foot volley here. And yet, despite moving to a flat back four – the equivalent of Dylan going electric we were led to believe – it was still highly unconvincing stuff from Ruben Amorim’s men and Newcastle must have been kicking themselves not to have taken at least a draw. Here’s Jamie Jackson’s report.
Preamble
I’ve no idea what day it is. That’s a standard refrain at this time of year and the discombobulation wasn’t helped by Boxing Day witnessing just one Premier League match. More on that later. But the upside of so little top-flight action yesterday is that we have seven games today, baby! It starts with Nottingham Forest hosting Manchester City at 12.30pm while leaders Arsenal take the field in one of five 3pm kick-offs.
We’ll also have the latest from Afcon and reaction from last night’s slightly odd game at Old Trafford. Ready for a big day of football? Let’s do this!
Oh, by the way, it’s Saturday.
