Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

Manchester City's 8-0 hammering of League Two Salford offered Jack Grealish a chance to end a scoring drought that extended beyond 12 months when he converted a second half penalty.

Grealish is one of a number of City players whose form has dipped significantly this season, which is why Pep Guardiola's side head to Brentford tomorrow night sixth in the Premier League, 12 points behind leaders Liverpool, who also have a game in hand.

"Of course I am really pleased," said Guardiola.

"I want the best for my players, all of them.

"At the end, they have to deliver. It is not just Jack, everyone.

"All the players we have here, I know their best. They helped us to win what we have won, that is the reality."

Erling Haaland has scored 16 Premier League goals this season. Josko Gvardiol is the next highest on four.

Gary Lineker
Ex-England striker on BBC One

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Former England striker Gary Lineker thinks that making a move for Ipswich Town's Liam Delap would be a good signing for Arsenal.

They could go for a young up-and-comer. Once they [strikers] are proven, you can't get them. Someone like Delap I see has really got something about him.

Micah Richards
Former England defender on BBC One

Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards has discussed Newcastle's Alexander Isak and Ipswich Town's Liam Delap as two players Arsenal should look to potentially sign to bolster their forward line:

"I am sure Arsenal would like to have someone like Isak, that sort of player.

"They need someone now. We don't know where Delap is going to go and I really rate him. With Arsenal they are always thinking about 'what next'. But it's now - now is the time to shine."

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

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Christian, Liverpool: If Newcastle sell Isak to Arsenal now or in the summer, does that make Arsenal serious title contenders and does that also make Newcastle look like a small club for giving up their best player?

First things first. It will cost anyone who wants Alexander Isak an awful lot of money to sign him.

It would make Arsenal, or indeed anyone else, a more realistic contender for trophies if they had Isak in their side, although I do not see any way this is happening in January with Newcastle so close to the EFL Cup Final and right in the hunt for the top four?

Would it make Newcastle look like a small club? I wouldn’t go that far because lots of clubs end up selling their best players, even the so-called big ones – and of course Newcastle have to also make judgements on profit and sustainability rules, so my answer to the second part of the question would be “no”.

Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

There are a lot of Arsenal fans [now saying] that he [Mikel Arteta] isn't the man to take them over the finish line to win the big trophies. Listening to a few different phone-ins on the way home, there's a lot of disgruntled Arsenal fans. I get that, I get the emotion after the game and you understand that. But what they're saying is how pragmatic that he's become.

The focus on the defence, the imbalance of the squad, how heavy he's recruited on the defensive areas. Goalkeeper defence, yes excellent. What is missing? Straight away you'd say a number nine. You'd say they've got Havertz who can play as a number nine.

The truth of the matter is, they're missing a number nine who scores goals and is a clinical striker week in and week out. I think there is rumblings of unrest there, him moaning about the balls and the League Cup this week and post-match he spoke about the game against Manchester Utd, against Newcastle. He said 'It's not fair that you can't play that well'. What type of manager comes on and says it's no fair? He's got his back to the wall at the minute.

Micah Richards
Former England defender on BBC One

So if it is accepted that Arsenal need to buy a striker in January, who should they sign?

The BBC Match of the Day panel assessed the key names who could potentially help to get the Gunners' season back on track:

"It's hard to go out and get a number nine. There's not that many in world football. The one I looked at in the short term was [Victor] Osimhen.

"With the problems he has had at Napoli he has been allowed to go out on loan in Turkey. He is a proven goalscorer at that level, and in the Champions League as well."

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Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter

Arsenal have lost two successive games at home after losing cup matches to Newcastle and Manchester United.

During those games, the Gunners missed a host of big chances which could have got them victories in both matches.

Arsenal and their supporters are desperate to win a trophy after finishing second in the last two seasons and the questions about whether Arsenal need an elite striker have been put to Arteta.

"No, but I mean we miss from various ways, from different players." Arteta said.

"I understand guys that but I cannot love my payers more and my focus, I’m very much focused on the ones that we have to perform at the highest level, that’s it, the rest is not in our hands, my hands."

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Arsenal struggled once again to convert their chances in front of goal in their FA Cup third-round defeat at home to Manchester United.

Opta states that Arsenal had an expected goals total of 3.22 based on the chances they created, scoring just one goal from them.

Across their last four games in the FA Cup and Premier League, they have scored six goals from an expected goals total of 7.87.

In their last two matches - the FA Cup defeat to Manchester United and the EFL Cup defeat to Newcastle United - Arsenal's xG was 3.22 in each of them, but they scored one goal from an expected 6.44.

OK, we have Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola coming up at 12:30 GMT, and then five more Premier League managers between 13:00 and 13:30.

Then David Moyes will be speaking to the media for the first time since his return as Everton manager from 16:30.

Before that, we will return to Arsenal and where next for Mikel Arteta's side...

Chelsea

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Finally, Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca talked about forward Nicolas Jackson, who has struggled to score of late: "[I told him] just continue to work in the way he is doing. As you say, he scored many goals at the beginning of the season, now in games he is not scoring, but we are very happy with Nicolas.

"We don’t just judge Nicolas on goals, we judge on different things. I spoke with him recently. Last season he scored 14-15 goals in the Premier League without a penalty. Haaland [takes] penalties, Salah penalties, Palmer penalties - if you score 14-15 and then add penalties, you are a 20 or more goals [a season] striker.

"He has already scored many without penalties this season. He is doing very well. Even without penalties, it is not normal as most [number] nines take penalties. So we are completely happy with him."

It has been mentioned that, without FA Cup replays, Ricky Villa's stunning solo goal that helped Tottenham clinch the 1981 FA Cup would never have existed.

BBC Sport readers voted that goal the second greatest in FA Cup history in a poll in 2015.

What is your favourite FA Cup replay memory? Send in your thoughts using the contact details above.

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

David, Manchester: Rather than FA Cup replays, you could automatically place the team that is lower in the football pyramid as the home team. This would help level out competition whilst supporting the brave lower league teams!

I take your point, David, but I still prefer the days of the dramatic FA Cup replays!!

Chelsea

More from Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on keeping players happy with no European football until March: "If we can [keep players happy], yes. But knowing it is impossible because there are many not playing, they are not going to be happy.

"First target is to try and do best for the club, for the team, that is to try win games. Then if we can keep players happy then we are happy.

"But not a reality, they play they are happy and if they don’t play they are not happy."

On impact of this in the January transfer window, with players wanting more minutes: "But if you have all the players leave who are not happy [with minutes] then you stay here with 12 players. So our intention is not to move players."

Here's a reminder that you can hear from the new [ish] Everton manager, David Moyes, from 16:30 GMT.

We will be keeping this page open to bring you the top lines from Moyes' first news conference since the Scot was announced as Sean Dyche's replacement at Goodison Park.

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Andy, long suffering Evertonian: Hi Phil. With Sean Dyche seemingly saying he had taken the Everton squad as far as he could, is criticism of The Friedkin Group unfair? I'm not sure he left them with much choice.

Morning, Andy. I think the criticism of TFG is unfair in that if Sean Dyche felt he had taken Everton as far as he could (or perhaps this particular squad as far as he could) then they could not wait before acting as the current situation is very worrying.

The timing was certainly unusual, a couple of hours before the FA Cup tie against Peterborough United, but we must assume negotiations over severance terms were taking place.

My view, stated many times here, was that Dyche was never going to be the manager taking Everton into their new stadium, but I’m sure in an ideal world TFG would have preferred to have made this decision at the end of the season, not three weeks into their reign.

In the end, circumstances forced their hand.

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Excuse me Ash, that's our job! But go on, do what Ash says...