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Goals from Dango Ouattara, Ryan Christie and Marcus Tavernier sealed victory for Bournemouth at Southampton and moved them up to fifth in the Premier League.

The south coast sides are on different trajectories this season, evidenced as Andoni Iraola's team scored twice in the first half to put themselves in control at St Mary's.

Ryan Christie's cross was headed in by Ouattara, who is proving himself as a striker in the absence of injured duo Evanilson and Enes Unal, before Christie fired past goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale from the edge of the box.

Kamaldeen Sulemana set up a tense end to the match by halving the deficit in the 72nd minute, but Tavernier struck to sink the Saints and ensure the Cherries leapfrog Newcastle and Chelsea.

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Calvin Bassey's first goal of the season gave Fulham a deserved victory over third-placed Nottingham Forest as they won a Premier League game at Craven Cottage for the first time in 2025.

The hosts got themselves in front in the 15th minute thanks to Adama Traore's creative brilliance after he superbly picked out Emile Smith Rowe.

However, Forest equalised eight minutes before the half-time interval after some superb centre-forward play by Chris Wood.

Fulham enjoyed the bulk of the chances after the break - Raul Jimenez and the influential Traore both going close – before Bassey nodded home in the 62nd minute.

Fulham climbed up to eighth in the table, five points behind fourth-placed Manchester City in fourth spot, while Forest are now just three points above Pep Guardiola's side.

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Arsenal closed to within four points of Premier League leaders Liverpool as substitute Mikel Merino's two late goals gave them victory at struggling Leicester City.

The Gunners' striker shortage threatened to be exposed by the Foxes until Merino, on for the desperately out of sorts Raheem Sterling, stole in at the far post to break the deadlock.

Merino's 81st-minute goal was created by Arsenal's outstanding player, 17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri, who hit the woodwork twice in the second half and was their main threat throughout.

Spanish midfielder Merino then struck again at the far post three minutes from time to wrap up a vital win and keep Arsenal's title pursuit on track.

The race for Champions League qualification has rarely been closer, with just seven points separating Manchester City in fourth and Brighton in 10th, with 13 rounds of matches remaining.

According to stats supplied by Opta, the gap between fourth and 10th, after 25 matches, has only been closer in one previous season.

That came in the 2003-04 campaign, when there was just four points between Liverpool in fourth and Bolton Wanderers in 10th, which is represented in the table below, along with the teams' final league positions.

One extra carrot in this season's race is the strong likelihood that the Premier League will be given an extra qualifying place, meaning fifth could be enough to seal a spot in next season's Champions League.

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Liverpool

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"Wolves got better and better, we got worse and worse," Liverpool boss Arne Slot described his team's performance as they failed to attempt a single shot in the second half in a narrow 2-1 win.

It was the first time since at least 2003-04 that the Reds went an entire half of football without a shot at Anfield while Wolves set up a nervy finish with a 67th-minute strike from Matheus Cunha.

But Slot was happy to see his side show they are able to win in different ways.

"We had to show a different mentality, which we did and got it over the line," he told BBC Match of the Day.

"In a season like this we have played so many great games, but in a season if you want to win something you have to win the difficult ones as well when you are not playing your best."

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We are entering the business end of the Premier League season, with only seven points separating leaders Liverpool and second-placed Arsenal.

Liverpool weren't fully convincing as they edged a struggling Wolves 2-1 on Sunday to maintain their lead at the top with 13 games remaining.

Their closest challengers Arsenal, meanwhile, registered a 2-0 win at Leicester to keep up the pressure.

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Liverpool will have been relieved to get the three points against Wolves because they have two tough away games coming up - travelling to Aston Villa and then Manchester City.

They also play rivals Arsenal towards the end of the season but have the advantage of hosting that encounter.

Arsenal, meanwhile, face six sides in the top half of the table in their final 13 games.

As the historical table below shows, only once in Premier League history has a side held a lead of this size after 25 games and not gone on to win the title.

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Liverpool's performance against Wolves on Sunday was hardly one to set the pulses racing.

It was the first time on record (since 2003-04) that they had failed to attempt a shot in the second half of a Premier League game at Anfield, according to Opta.

However, Opta's supercomputer predicts Liverpool to win the Premier League pretty comfortably and has them to finish on 87 points, seven clear of Arsenal.

The statisticians give them an 87.65% chance of winning the title, with the Gunners on 12.35%. Every other team has been given 0% chance of finishing first.

But will Mikel Arteta's Gunners upset the apple cart?

Arsenal

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Arsenal's recent form: WDWWW

Arsenal are unbeaten in 15 league matches (W10 D5) - their longest such run under Mikel Arteta.

They have one fewer Premier League game than Liverpool in the rest of this month, but play one more than the Reds in March.

Gunners fans will be hoping their side are still in the title race when they face the Reds in a tasty encounter at Anfield on 10 May.

Arsenal's final 13 Premier League games:

• 22 February: West Ham (H)
• 26 February: Nottingham Forest (A)
• 9 March: Man Utd (A)
• 16 March: Chelsea (H)
• 1 April: Fulham (H)
• 5 April: Everton (A)
• 12 April: Brentford (H)
• 19 April: Ipswich (A)
• 26 April: Crystal Palace (H)
• 3 May: Bournemouth (H)
• 10 May: Liverpool (A)
• 18 May: Newcastle (H)
• 25 May: Southampton (A)

Liverpool

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Liverpool's recent form: WWWDW

It is a hectic few weeks for Arne Slot's side, with them in action pretty much every three days until the end of the month.

But things ease considerably in March, when the Reds play just one league game - against bottom side Southampton.

However, they face Newcastle in the EFL Cup final on 16 March and will also play the two-leg Champions League last-16 tie against one of Paris St-Germain, Benfica, Monaco or Brest during the month.

Liverpool's final 13 Premier League games:

• 19 February: Aston Villa (A)
• 23 February: Man City (A)
• 26 February: Newcastle (H)
• 8 March: Southampton (H)
• 2 April: Everton (H)
• 5 April: Fulham (A)
• 12 April: West Ham (H)
• 19 April: Leicester (A)
• 26 April: Tottenham (H)
• 3 May: Chelsea (A)
• 10 May: Arsenal (H)
• 18 May: Brighton (A)
• 25 May: Crystal Palace (H)

Liverpool maintained their seven-point lead over Arsenal as Arne Slot's side held on for a 2-1 win at home to Wolves on Sunday following the Gunners' 2-0 win at Leicester on Saturday.

Manchester City moved into the top four with a thumping 4-0 win at home to Newcastle, while Bournemouth moved above Chelsea into fifth place with a victory at Southampton, which extended their run to just one defeat in their last 13 games in the top flight.

Arne Slot spoke about how "mentally difficult" Sunday's win over Wolves was to get over the line.

"They got into the game better and better, we got worse and worse. So we had to show mentality and that's what we did. That's why we brought this win over the line."

He added: "Today we did survive and that's pleasing to see because if you want to achieve something it's not only about bringing the ball out from the back or about Mo [Salah] scoring goals, it's about defending."

On the title race: "As things now stand it looks mostly as if it is between us and Arsenal. I think I saw before the game they have had a 15-game unbeaten run. If I am correct, between then and now, we were seven points clear then and still we are so it tells you how well we are doing but also how well they are doing."

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Here are the thoughts of Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou after Sunday's 1-0 win at home to Manchester United:

"It was important - the win - today. It was a really important game for us to get our league form into some sort of opportunity to improve.

"The win was great, I thought we played decent at times. We started the game really well. We had to do all facets of the game today. We had to defend a little bit.

"Pleased for all the new players coming in. That's important for us. They had been out for quite a while. It's not easy just to come back in but I thought they all contributed."

Click on the play icon above to listen to more from Postecoglou's post-match interview with BBC's Match of the Day.

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BBC Sport's chief football news reporter at the Etihad Stadium

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Omar Marmoush introduced himself as Manchester City's own 'Egyptian king' with a superb 14-minute hat-trick against Newcastle to send Pep Guardiola's side fourth in the Premier League.

Marmoush, who joined City for £59m from Eintracht Frankfurt last month, clearly has a long way to go before he can get close to the authentic Liverpool version - but broke his scoring duck in style after four matches without a goal.

Just 13 minutes and 54 seconds separated the forward's opener - taking advantage of Kieran Trippier's failure to read a long ball from City goalkeeper Ederson - and his third when he swept home first time from 10 yards.

In between, Marmoush applied a neat finish to Ilkay Gundogan's defence-splitting pass into the penalty area. This was the fourth-quickest Premier League hat-trick by a City player - Sergio Aguero netted the fastest with a nine-minute treble in 2015.

After Marmoush's first-half fireworks, substitute James McAtee scored City's fourth in the 84th minute following a flick-on from stand-in skipper Erling Haaland.

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Following an injury crisis that saw Manchester United without 12 first-team players for Sunday's defeat at Tottenham, United boss Ruben Amorim was forced to turn to the club's academy.

Of the nine members of his bench, eight were teenagers and centre-back Victor Lindelof, 30, was the only one to make a senior appearance prior to kick-off.

Danish forward Chido Obi, 17, was the only substitute made by Amorim in second half stoppage time.

Manchester United's bench at Tottenham:

• Elyh Harrison (17)
• Victor Lindelof (30)
• Ayden Heaven (18)
• Harry Amass (17)
• Sekou Kone (19)
• Tyler Fredricson (19)
• Chido Obi (17)
• Jack Fletcher (17)
• Jack Moorhouse (19)

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