The 5 games to follow on matchday 20 of the Premier League

The great ‘classic’ of the English rivalry is back, although the last games of Manchester United at Anfield do not bring back good memories, and especially the painful defeat they received a year and a half ago with Erik Ten Haag on the bench. The Red Devils face the Premier League leaders at a very bad time, and the shadow of that win will hang in the air. All eyes will be on Anfield, on matchday 20, with other notable matches.

Tottenham-Newcastle

Saturday 4, 1:30 pm (DAZN)

Eddie Howe’s Newcastle arrived at the Spurs Stadium in London at the best moment of the season. There is a big threat in Ange Postecoglou’s irregular Tottenham, capable of the best and the worst. Howe expects a match with a lot of pace and goals: “I think it will be an exciting match. They are always against Tottenham. One thing is certain: they will not change their offensive strategy. It has been very -effective for it. If you look at their numbers, they’re very good.” The ‘Magpies’ will also try to squeeze good moments out of their forwards.

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Crystal Palace-Chelsea

Saturday 4, 4:00 pm (DAZN)

With an unexpected defeat at Portman Road by Ipswich Town (2-0), for Chelsea the visit to Selhurst Park was very important. Another mistake starts with his impressive first round, where he had many days with goals and great games. The danger for Enzo Maresca’s ‘blues’ is called Eberechi Eze. The ‘eagles’ star is starting to find form and scored again, with the decisive goal, in the victory over Southampton (2-1). Austrian coach Oliver Glasner is counting on the England international to lead to another much-needed victory.

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Manchester City-West Ham

Saturday 4, 4:00 pm (DAZN)

Guardiola greatly celebrated the victory over Leicester, which had been a long time coming, but he did not praise City’s performance: “We did not play at our best level. We won because that’s football. It is good for your spirit to get results, but we are far from having consistent results. West Ham is an opportunity to achieve another result that will help for the future.” Julen Lopetegui needs the same thing to lift the spirit of a West Ham with many defensive fissures, which received another heavy blow: the big injury to his star, Jarrod Bowen.

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Brighton-Arsenal

Saturday 4, 6:30 pm (DAZN)

Week after week, Arsenal will play with pressure to not fail, if their aim is to chase down Liverpool. “We can only win the next game and see what happens. With what is in our hands we must make sure we do it,” Arteta told his players. Against Brentford (1-3) the Basque coach praised the reaction after the defeat: “The attitude, the mentality and the confidence of the team are wonderful to ask for the same intense attitude so that Brighton can surprise the ‘gunners’: “If we .” don’t play with intensity, we have no chance against Arsenal.”

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Liverpool-Manchester United

Sunday 5, 5.30pm (DAZN)

The north-west English derby, the great rivalry that matches par excellence in the United Kingdom, comes at a sad time for Rúben Amorim’s United. A practical team is necessary, trying to “survive”, as the Portuguese coach who resigned said, in the Anfield ‘centrifuge’, seeing the weaknesses he observed in the ‘Red Devils’ squad. Arne Slot, on the other hand, has his goal-scoring machine ready, but he is not confident: “For me, they have many better players than the current classification shows. “It may take Amorim a while to get that out of his players, but they’re better than the rankings show.”