West Ham United

West Ham boss David Moyes: "We've got a really strong squad and we are pretty strong today.

"I don't know if Brentford are completely unknown, we saw them play really good football in the Championship in recent years. They missed out a couple of times but got up last year and have continued the momentum."

Alan Hutton
Former Scotland defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

I think the biggest area of concern for Tottenham is the midfield. Nuno keeps tinkering with it. He has tried to be solid like against Crystal Palace when he went with Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Harry Winks but there is no creativity there.

With midfield it is about getting that balance.

West Ham United

One of the Spurs players, think it was one of the youngsters as I couldn't recognise who they were with a mask on, turned up for the game with a massive gold chain on. Very Mr T.

Nedum Onuoha
Former Manchester City defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

I think with Spurs at the moment it is a difficult one to put your finger on when trying to figure out what the problem is there.

They have got some great players, there is a great level of expectancy and it is just whether it is gelling and the right fit.

French Ligue 1

There's a surprise result brewing in Ligue 1 where Mauricio Pochettino's PSG galacticos are behind at Rennes.

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe all started for the visitors.

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Aston Villa

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Jack who?

Aston Villa are going along nicely and could win three consecutive Premier League matches without conceding for the first time since December 2009.

Dean Smith's side have kept 18 top-flight clean sheets since the beginning of last season, which is only bettered by Manchester City's 24 and Chelsea's 22.

Leicester City

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Leicester may have won the FA Cup last season, as well as the Community Shield at the start of this term, but they have been limping along in the Premier League for a while now.

The Foxes have won only five of their past 15 league fixtures, including two of six this season, and have kept one clean sheet in 12 league games.

Crystal Palace

Tottenham Hotspur

It started off well for Tottenham this season - top at one stage - but has gone horribly wrong with three consecutive defeats including that poor showing against rivals Arsenal last weekend.

Nuno Espirito Santo's men are in danger of losing four Premier League games in a row for the first time since November 2004.

They could concede three or more goals in four consecutive top-flight fixtures for the first time since 1958.

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Tottenham make three changes from the humbling defeat at rivals Arsenal last time out in the Premier League.

In defence, Emerson Royal replaces Japhet Tanganga at right-back, while Cristian Romero comes in for Davinson Sanchez in the middle.

The other change comes in midfield and sees Oliver Skipp return and Dele Alli drop to the bench.

Harry Kane starts, fresh from his hat-trick as a substitute in the Europa Conference League against Mura.

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Emerson Royal, Reguilon, Romero, Dier, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Ndombele, Moura, Kane, Son.

Subs: Gollini, Doherty, Sanchez, Winks, Gil, Rodon, Lo Celso, Alli, Scarlett.

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Unsurprisingly, Aston Villa are unchanged from last Saturday's impressive 1-0 win at Manchester United.

Emiliano Buendía is on the bench, as is defender Axel Tuanzebe, who was unavailable against his parent club for last weekend's fixture.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Targett, Konsda, Hause, Mings, McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Ramsey, Ings, Watkins.

Subs: Steer, Buendia, Traore, Tuanzebe, Young, Nakamba, El Ghazi, Philogene-Bidace, Archer.

Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira sticks with the same XI that started Monday night's draw with Brighton.

Jeffrey Schlupp, who returned from a hamstring injury as a substitute against Brighton, is on the bench against his former club.

Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Mitchell, Milivojevic, Guehi, Ayew, Zaha, Andersen, McArthur, Edouard, Gallagher

Subs: Butland, Tomkins, Olise, Kouyate, Hughes, Schlupp, Clyne, Benteke, Kelly

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers makes six changes from the midweek Europa League defeat to Legia Warsaw.

Ryan Bertrand, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy, Kelechi Iheanacho, Hamza Choudhury and Ademola Lookman all return to the starting XI.

Jonny Evans, who missed the midweek defeat with an ongoing foot problem, isn't named in the squad.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Soyuncu, Betrand, Barnes, Tielemans, Vardy, Iheanacho, Choudhury, Vestergaard, Castagne, Lookman

Subs: Ward, Maddison, Albrighton, Perez, Amartey, Pereira, Dewsbury-Hall, Daka, Soumare

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West Ham boss David Moyes sticks with the side that began their 2-1 victory at Leeds just over a week ago.

That means right-back Vladimir Coufal starts after missing their midweek Europa League victory over Rapid Vienna with a groin injury.

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Zouma, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Bowen, Fornals, Benrahma, Antonio.

Subs: Areola, Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Vlasic, Dawson, Diop, Masuaku, Johnson, Kral

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Brentford head coach Thomas Frank makes two changes to the side that started their 3-3 draw against Liverpool in their last Premier League match.

Mathias Jorgensen and Shandon Baptiste both start as Kristoffer Ajer misses out and Frank Onyeka drops to the bench.

Brentford XI: Raya, Jorgensen, Jansson, Pinnock, Canos, Baptiste, Norgaard, Janelt, Henry, Mbeumo, Toney

Subs: Fernandez, Goode, Jensen, Forss, Wissa, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Bidstrup, Roerslev

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Chelsea lead the way after a 3-1 win over Southampton but both managers bemoaned VAR decisions in the game.

The "Siuuuu!" celebration was pulled out at Old Trafford, but not from the player you'd expect.

Andros Townsend upstaged home favourite Cristiano Ronaldo as Everton gained a point against Manchester United.

Leeds and Wolves both won and Brighton claimed a good draw against in-form Arsenal.

Burnley and Norwich played out a goalless draw at Turf Moor, leaving both sides winless so far this season.

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Nedum Onuoha
Former Manchester City defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

I think Manchester City will be a bit more cautious. Because they understand that Liverpool won't fear going long and playing a more direct pass.

If City overcommit on the press before you know it, it is three against three at the back.

Mike Hughes
Reporter, BBC Radio Merseyside Sport

When these two Premier League giants go head to head, the expectation is for a feast of football. With so much at stake, sometimes the fixture fails to deliver-but there’s every chance that today at Anfield will be a bit special.

Notwithstanding Champions League away trips in midweek for Liverpool and Manchester City, these two teams are not short on footballing poise, power and panache.

Liverpool’s early form may force the pre-season naysayers, who doubted their title credentials, to think again.

Jurgen Klopp’s men have been at their fast and frenetic best for much of the campaign so far. They have the capacity to relentlessly dismantle teams with a swagger and style that suggests the glittering prizes could well return again before too long.

Mo Salah is in fantastic goalscoring form and he’ll be seen by Pep Guardiola as the main threat, but the City manager realises there are others - and many, many of them.

Despite defeats by Tottenham and PSG, City have still produced some outstanding performances this season.

Handsome home victories might have been more eye-catching, but last week’s win at Chelsea had “title contenders” written all over it as a team known for their footballing finesse produced a defensive masterclass that rendered Chelsea’s formidable attack virtually null and void.

Whatever the result, it should prove to be a memorable match that will offer hints of what is to come.

Manchester City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says his rivalry with Liverpool counterpart Jurgen Klopp has made him a "better manager".

City are a point behind Premier League leaders Liverpool and the teams meet at Anfield this evening.

The only time City missed out on the title in the past four years is when the Reds won it in 2019-20.

"Since I arrived here - maybe not the first year - Liverpool were always there," said Guardiola.

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Liverpool

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he does not understand why some people refuse the coronavirus vaccine.

There have been concerns about the rate of vaccination in the Premier League with fewer than half of players jabbed at most clubs.

Klopp says "99%" of his players have been vaccinated and he has not had to convince anyone to do so.

The German says he was jabbed to protect not just himself but "all the people around me".

"I don't understand why that is a limitation of freedom," he said. "Because if it is, then not being allowed to drink and drive is a limitation of freedom as well - but we accept that.

"I got the vaccination because I was concerned about myself but even more so for everyone else around me.

"If I get it and suffer - my fault. If I get it and spread it around to everyone else - my fault and not their fault."

Watford

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We have our first managerial casualty of the season in the Premier League and where it has come is the biggest surprise ever.

Said no-one.

Watford, 14th in the table with seven points from seven games, have sacked manager Xisco Munoz after 10 months in charge.

"The board feels recent performances strongly indicate a negative trend at a time when team cohesion should be visibly improving," the club said.

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BBC Radio 5 Live

Build up to the four Premier League games is underway on BBC Radio 5 Live. Gigi Salmon is joined by Nedum Onuoha and Christian Fuchs before full commentary of Tottenham v Aston Villa at 14:00 BST at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Followed by full commentary of the day's big game between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield at 16:30 BST.