Premier League football, Saturday afternoon, 2016. Go!

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The Newcastle team run out at the Emirates wearing t-shirts dedicated to former goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek.

Srnicek died at the age of 47 this week, nine days after suffering cardiac arrest in his native Czech Republic.

Both sets of players are wearing black armbands and there is a minute's applause too.

TV presenter James Corden has made the trip over from the US to watch his beloved West Ham beat Liverpool. Looks like it's the last game for him this season...

Liverpool

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp to BBC Sport: "I'm really angry today because we could have got so much more because everybody could see in the moments we play football what could happen. Today, we deserved to lose. 

"We always had the ball, we could have made much more chances but we didn't. We have to again accept that we didn't play like we should."

Chris Sutton
Former Chelsea & Norwich striker on Final Score

"I think a lot of the Van Gaal stuff has been media driven, but eventually they have to start winning games, and they won’t get a better chance than today. Van Gaal hasn’t lost the players. But the problem is that he’s spent £250m, and people expect more. But they're only nine points behind Arsenal. A couple of wins and they’re back in the top four. They’re not out of it."  

A group of Charlton's fans have been protesting against club owner Roland Duchatelet outside The Valley ahead of this afternoon's Championship game at home to Nottingham Forest.

Fans are upset at the way Duchatelet has run Charlton since taking control in January 2014. They feel that key players have been sold without proper replacements being brought in, and are also unhappy that he has sacked four managers during his tenure.

Charlton are next to bottom of the Championship, with only two wins in 20 matches.

Barcelona scored a record 180 goals in 2015, winning five trophies. But how will they do this year? They get their 2016 under way with a Catalan derby against Espanyol at 15:00 GMT.

Lionel Messi, Neymar and La Liga’s top scorer Luis Suarez start, with live text commentary of that game here. 

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You wouldn't think that we'd need sprinklers at the moment but the system has just kicked in at Leicester, absolutely soaking a poor lad waving a flag. 

Drowned rat. Get inside and get dry!

West Ham striker Andy Carroll, who scored in his side's 2-0 win over Liverpool, says: "Each game you want to win and score goals, it doesn't matter if it is against a side you have played for. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves, we just want to keep winning games."

Hammers team-mate James Collins adds: "We're playing with confidence, we have been pretty solid and are not conceding too many goals.

"We disappointed ourselves with how we played in the Europa League earlier this season. But this is a club that is looking that way and if we keep playing like this we won't be far off."

Stuart Pearce
BBC Radio 5 live at Upton Park

"A fantastic result for West Ham. West Ham's bad run was because of the injuries they had, and they did suffer. You look at Carroll and Payet and them being fit gives the club a big lift.

"Fifth in the table is fantastic for West Ham."

Massive match at the bottom of League Two as rock bottom Yeovil Town, two points from safety, can leapfrog 22nd-placed York with a win. Yeovil have confirmed the appointment of Darren Way following six games in charge as interim boss.

Elsewhere, leaders Plymouth visit seventh-placed Carlisle United. Northampton and Oxford, who start the day in automatics promotion spots, host Barnet and visit Notts County respectively.

Liverpool labour as Christian Benteke bears the weight of criticism, but the Hammers are high as a kite as they go FIFTH!

An interesting hypothesis. Should Liverpool have gone for Ranieri instead of Klopp?

Curbs is available...

Garth Crooks
Former Spurs striker on Final Score

"Christian Benteke is getting a lot of criticism, but I don’t think people realise how difficult it is to play up front on your own. If you’re playing up front, you expect the team to create chances for the strikers."

Chris Sutton
Former Chelsea & Norwich striker on Final Score

“West Ham have played well. They’ve sat in and played well on the counter-attack, but Liverpool have looked a bit toothless.”

Final Score

As we edge towards the 15:00 GMT kick-offs you can now join the Final Score gang at the top of the page.

Jason Mohammad, Garth Crooks and Chris Sutton form a dream front three. 

Arsenal, Leicester or Manchester City could all end the afternoon top of the table in what promises to be another intriguing Premier League session.

At the bottom, there's no hope of Aston Villa climbing off the deck but they could pull Sunderland closer to them. 

Alex Song has got better boots than you.

Or me.

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