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New-look Newcastle take on Frank Lampard’s Everton on Tuesday. (Photo by Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty Images)

Newcastle face moment of truth as Premier League winter break ends

The January transfer window was always likely to be make or break for the Magpies, who have just two Premier League wins all season and remain stuck in the relegation zone

Timing: Manchester City suspended defender Benjamin Mendy, but only after he was charged with sexual assault and rape, and the question remains how much the club knew about allegations against the player. (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy and football’s inconvenient truths

A French defender’s rape allegations raise difficult ethical questions about whether and when clubs should suspend players

The Holy Trinity: Howard Kendall, Colin Harvey and Alan Ball formed one of Everton’s greatest midfields. (Oli Scarff/AFP)

Everton stake claim to Merseyside

After a painfully limp decade, the Toffees are once more looking like worthy foes for The Reds

Goal fest: Jack Grealish celebrates scoring Aston Villa’s sixth goal against Liverpool last weekend. Photo: Peter Powell/PA Images/Getty Images

Premier League’s opening madness may well shatter our preconceptions

Thanks to several unique circumstances, this season will likely confound everyone, from pundits to economists

Five talking points from the EPL’s return

The Premier League returned after three months. Here are the things we learnt over the weekend

Manchester United completed the double over Manchester City in the English Premier League for the first time in a decade. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Three things we learned from the Premier League

Derby delight for the Red Devils kept them on Chelsea’s coattails in the battle for a top-four finish, but it was also a good Sunday for the Blues as they thrashed Everton 4-0.

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How Carlo Ancelotti has brought steel back to Everton

Everton are finally a team with direction again thanks to the Italian’s astute man-management

Chelsea Manager Frank Lampard applauds the home fans after the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge. (Visionhaus)

Three things we learned from the Premier League

Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was firmly back in the spotlight in the Premier League this weekend as Manchester United and Arsenal showed signs they are finding form as the race…

From heroes to zero: The Liverpool team show off the league trophy they won in 2013. But six years later they are sitting at the bottom of the table. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Women’s super league cash trap

Huge new interest has meant record-setting attendance for the women’s league. But not all is well, with a three-club stranglehold on success

Get in: Fans cheer Aston Villa’s first goal during the Championship promotion play-off match against Derby County. The team will be rejoining the Premier League this season. (Harriet Lander/Copa/Getty Images)

Premier League big boys under real threat

The straggling members of English football’s top six have not done enough to secure their position, so they cannot afford to rest on their laurels

Should City fail to win at Old Trafford, Liverpool — historically United’s fiercest rivals — will be just three games away from a first league title in 29 years. (Getty Images)

Title, top four and pride at stake in massive Manchester derby

The days of dominance are long gone for the Red Devils with just a place in the top four and Champions League qualification their target

A dejected looking Ole Gunnar Solskjær watching his side floundering. (Reuters/Jason Cairnduff)

United’s foundations at risk unless Solskjaer rids club of ‘weeds’

United’s millionaire stars such as Paul Pogba and David de Gea put up a display described by the British press on Monday as "abject"

Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp. (Reuters/Rebecca Naden)

Liverpool lead again as Man Utd, Arsenal falter in top four chase

Jürgen Klopp’s men have now won their last nine games in all competitions, to also set up a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona

‘Then you realise: ‘Wow, we can do something special.’ But we are not right now in that position because this month is terrible, in terms of the fact that every game is a final and we have to wait,’ says Pep Guardiola (Reuters)

Guardiola gearing up for ‘terrible’ fixture congestion in February

Pep Guardiola has some experience of being involved in a tight title race while contending in six competitions as Barcelona manager

Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen and Harry Kane celebrate with manager Mauricio Pochettino after the match Action Images via (Carl Recine/Reuters)

Pochettino focused on Spurs success after hitting Everton for six

​Tottenham Hotspur showed why manager Mauricio Pochettino is a wanted man by thrashing Everton 6-2 at Goodison Park on Sunday

“I am happy again,” said Mourinho. “It was a game we didn’t need to suffer as much in the last few minutes.” (Lee Smith/Reuters)

Man United ease pressure on Mourinho, Chelsea cruise but Arsenal stumble

​Manchester United eased the pressure on manager Jose Mourinho by seeing off Everton 2-1 at Old Trafford

Everton’s Richarlison proved deadly against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. (Darren Staples/Reuters)

​Dare we dream the Dream?

We are ever hopeful that one of the underdogs will rise up and claim the ultimate glory

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Fernandinho promises no let-up in Man City title quest

Manchester City 16 points clear at the top of the table with just eight games left in the league season following a 2-0 win away to Stoke

The annual horse races in Mparane

Samuel Eto’o: ‘You have to dream’

Superstar Samuel Eto’o advises young African footballers to be the best by playing with the best

Sadio Mane scored shortly after being denied by West Ham’s ultra-busy goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski (AFP)

EPL preview: On-pitch wars, off-pitch twars

Sideshows aside, the main pretenders to the league throne go head to head this weekend