Southampton 1 - Tottenham 1: Mauricio Pochettino admits Tottenham’s players were hit by a virus last week but insisted that was no excuse for their sloppy display against Southampton. 

Mauricio Pellegrino insists his Southampton squad are ready to roll up their sleeves and fight their way clear of relegation.

Stoke left with a difficult decision

What more can you say about Harry Kane?

Nathan Redmond followed his feisty face-off with Pep Guardiola by helping Southampton rescue a much-needed point against south coast rivals Bournemouth.

Pep Guardiola has hailed the determination and dependability of David Silva.

Mauricio Pellegrino believes attack will be the best form of defence when he takes his misfiring Southampton to Liverpool in search of a morale-boosting victory.

Mauricio Pellegrino has admitted he will always be grateful to Rafael Benitez, but has vowed to get one over his former manager on Sunday.

Jose Mourinho has been as impressed by Anthony Martial’s attitude as the Manchester United forward’s upturn in performances.

Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino is considering thrusting Virgil van Dijk into his starting line-up in an attempt to shackle free-scoring Manchester United tomorrow.

Stoke manager Mark Hughes will not stand in Jonathan Walters’ way after accepting he wants to join the Irish contingent at Burnley.

Shane Long intends to make up for lost time and "hit the ground running" under new Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino next season.

Crystal Palace are expected to announce Frank de Boer as their new manager on Monday afternoon.

Mauricio Pellegrino has been appointed as the new Southampton manager on a three-year deal.

Amid all the mind games and wars of words and controvassy and flashpoints we are treated to year in, year out in the Premier League, there is something unique and intriguing about this particular enmity.

Aston Villa v Chelsea: Jose Mourinho was again making cryptic criticisms, but it wasn’t difficult to figure out his mood.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has dismissed Jose Mourinho's claims there is "campaign" against Chelsea.

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Mauricio Pellegrino has been sacked as coach of Valencia, the club have confirmed on their Twitter feed.

Celtic 0 Central Coast Mariners 1

In the afterglow of a thrilling comeback at City, swigging beer between lectures, you might think even I could not be troubled by dark clouds on the horizon.

Dietmar Hamann is expected to agree a move to Manchester City, paving the way for Joey Barton to move from Eastlands.

A Tunis Air passenger plane went down in the sea today off the Sicilian coast on a flight from Bari, Italy, to Tunisia, the Palermo airport tower said.

Argentina defender Mauricio Pellegrino has been released by Liverpool after being told he would not get a new contract.

Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 1

Liverpool will rest skipper Steven Gerrard for the final home game of the Barclays Premiership season against Aston Villa to give him plenty of time to recover from a slight thigh muscle strain in time for the Champions League final on May 25.

Champions League finalists Liverpool will have midfielder Xabi Alonso back in their squad for Sunday’s trip to face Arsenal, the Spanish international having been suspended for the dramatic victory over Chelsea in midweek.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez made five changes from the team which drew in the Champions League at Chelsea for this Anfield clash against a side also fighting for European qualification.

Robbie Keane gets a rare start for Tottenham today as they bid to halt Liverpool's Champions League push. See all today's teams below.

Rafael Benitez expects Steven Gerrard to return to lead the Liverpool side in their Premiership home clash with Tottenham.

Teams ahead of this afternoon's Premiership action.

Fernando Morientes is expected to return up front for Liverpool’s Barclays Premiership clash at Manchester City tomorrow with Milan Baros suspended.

Rafael Benitez’s problems continued to mount as goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek returned from his two World Cup qualifiers for Poland in midweek nursing a hamstring problem.

Mauricio Pellegrino held his place in the heart of Liverpool’s defence for the Merseyside derby with Everton.

Sami Hyypia has recovered from the stomach bug that restricted him to the substitutes’ bench on Wednesday when Liverpool drew with Blackburn and should return to the starting line-up against Everton on Sunday.

Liverpool 0 Blackburn 0

Teams for tonight's Premiership games.

Fernando Morientes will return to Liverpool’s starting line-up for the crucial visit of FA Cup semi-finalists Blackburn to Anfield.

Teams for this afternoon's Premiership action.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has to overcome another lengthy injury list before deciding on his side to play at Newcastle in the Barclays Premiership tomorrow.

Birmingham manager Steve Bruce made three changes from the side beaten at Manchester United for the visit of Rafael Benitez’s side.

Liverpool will be without Spanish midfielder Luis Garcia for the trip to Birmingham as he serves a one-match suspension for collecting five bookings.

Teams for this afternoon's 3pm kick-offs.