Liverpool

"It doesn't sound like a fantastic idea in the first moment," says Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp in his pre-match news conference when asked about the introduction of blue cards. "But actually, I can't remember when the last fantastic idea came from these guys - if they ever had one."

Klopp then adds: "Ifab... nope. I'm 56... nah."

More of the German to come...

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino on Romeo Lavia: "Won't be back before League Cup final. He is still not training with the team, he is still recovering. Impossible to be available before Carabao Cup final. The fitness situation is he is still not on the pitch."

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino on Roy Hodgson: "Nothing to say about Roy, he is my friend. I admire him, he’s an unbelievable coach. He is working really well. There's always the pressure when you lose one or two games in a row. There's no doubt he will be successful with Palace, hopefully after our game. You say two names who are very good players but they have other good players."

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino on Enzo Fernandez and Conor Gallagher's goals: "It was only a matter of time. Conor and Enzo are so good, really good players. They have great commitment with the team and club. They deserve to feel this way, to feel happy, and show it playing football. These two guys work so hard to perform."

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Chelsea

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino on whether their Villa result can lead to consistency: "Yes, I think before also we had some good performance and after we are not consistent enough. Maybe it can be the starting point for us to be consistent and have more often this type of performance.

"Always, we believe that is the momentum, the time to be consistent. I think the players deserve it because they have been working really hard from the beginning of season. This type of result showed the talent, quality we have in our squad."

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino on blue cards: "Difficult to express how I feel about the blue card. Difficult to explain, at the moment we don't have much information about that. I don't know, I think that will create more debate, be more complicated for the referees, players and fans.

"At the moment it's not a good idea but we'll see what happens after it has an opportunity to see how it works. My first feeling is that it is so complicated because there are so many question marks."

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino on his side's 3-1 FA Cup win against Aston Villa: "The difference is the amount of noise was so big and the performance was really good. We feel really good because we realised we need to compete in different ways.

"We need to feel we can perform in this way. I think it was a good opportunity, good game to try and be consistent now in the next game."

On whether the team who beat Villa is his best XI now: "It's difficult to say with all the circumstances we have from the beginning. I think it's difficult to say that’s the starting XI in my mind.

"Little by little we are recovering players, they need time to reach the level we expect from them. The way we train, and the players behave the attitude we are showing, we are improving."

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino on team news: "[Benoit] Badiashile we need to asses, wait for the scan. Maybe Levi Colwill we need to wait until Sunday to see if it's possible for him to be available. [Trevor] Chalobah is doing well, training with the team. After that, nothing to update at the moment."

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolves manager Gary O'Neil on VAR, after a report this week that there have been 20 incorrect decisions this season: "In stadium experience is an interesting one because we are used to just dealing with the officials.

"But at West Brom in the cup game it was nice knowing a goal was a goal, and you wouldn't get three or four minutes of checks. It is one that needs looking at. I like VAR, but it needs to be better."

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolves manager Gary O'Neil on defender Toti Gomes, who signed a new five-and-a-half-year contract this week: "When I first came in he was intially out the side but was desperate to make an impact, he trained in a way which made you pay attention. He really paid attention to details like body shape.

"I knew the contract stuff was going on, but when I saw it yesterday I gave him a big smile because he's worked hard and deserved it."

On the return of Hwang Hee-chan from Asian Cup duty with South Korea: "My first thought was disappointment for him, as I really wanted him to win the Asian Cup.

"But getting him back earlier gives us a fantastic option from the bench this weekend."

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Brentford

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Brentford have won just one of their last 10 games across all competitions and are looking to break their disappointing run of form against Gary O'Neil's Wolves on Saturday.

"I like to win football matches, I'm very aware that the stats on paper are not great," said Brentford boss Thomas Frank on Thursday.

"We look into our performances and especially the last three have been very positive. We beat Nottingham [Forest] and lost to two of the best teams in the world; Tottenham and Manchester. We did a lot of things right and we need to look into that but we also need to look into what we can do better.

"Defending has been a big focus since I took over five years ago and we were a free floating Championship side.

"We are conceding too many goals in my opinion. We need to look into what we can do to avoiding conceding goals. We are going in the right direction."

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Manchester United

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Unai Emery is getting ready to settle in for a chat about all things Aston Villa but over at Manchester United, Erik ten Hag gave his thoughts on losing defender Lisandro Martinez, who will be out until April at the earliest after suffering knee ligament damage during the win against West Ham last weekend.

"It is a setback of course," said Ten Hag.

"Licha was returning and you see his contribution to the team when he is playing, apart from the technical skills also the mentality.

"It is a big setback for Licha, he is very disappointed but he is a fighter.

"He will be back, stronger back and will play by the end of the season.

"As a a squad we have to replace him and we have players who can play there and will play there."

Sheffield United

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Will Chris Wilder and Sheffield United be thrown a giant rope in the hopes of hauling themselves out of the relegation snake pit?

The Blades are sitting rock bottom of the table with 10 points and no league wins since a 1-0 victory against Brentford on 9 December.

"People do look at the table, we’ve tried not to, we've tried to focus on the next game, which is on Saturday against an in-form team that are doing fabulously well," said Wilder.

"So the narrative will be how well they are doing as a promoted side and how poor we are. We understand that and we've got to accept it."

Crystal Palace

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Roy Hodgson and Mauricio Pochettino are preparing their sides for a Monday night fixture but one player who won't feature for the home side is Michael Olise.

Hodgson confirmed on Thursday winger Olise has suffered a "serious" hamstring injury that will be "devastating" for all involved.

The Palace boss has been criticised by fans after Olise was sent on at half-time in the 4-1 defeat by Brighton on Saturday, only to limp off after 56 minutes.

Palace were 3-0 down when the 22-year-old was introduced and he had also been forced off during their previous game.

"So many things went wrong that could have gone right," said Hodgson. "But we don't have hindsight and that's the problem.

"It's devastating for him, for the club, for everybody really,

"I don't think he was carrying an injury, I think it was more fatigue.

"It's not easy when you've got a player like Olise on the bench to turn around and say 'just sit there'."

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Burnley

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How is Vincent Kompany's side shaping up for the game against league leaders Liverpool?

Burnley could welcome back defenders Hannes Delcroix and Charlie Taylor.

Jordan Beyer is likely to remain sidelined by a thigh issue and wingers Nathan Redmond and Luca Koleosho are long-term absentees.

Burnley came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Fulham at Turf Moor last weekend, but can Kompany lead his side to a rare victory on Merseyside and boost their hopes of Premier League survival?

"It's football, things happen in the game," said Kompany.

"You go to Anfield, you’ve got to do everything right. You’ve got to have a few things going your way as well.

"The biggest thing we can control is what we have to do on the day and that’s how we prepare for the game."

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