Chelsea were last night linked with a shock move for veteran Stoke City striker Peter Crouch after an ankle injury to Andy Carroll ruled out a January switch to Stamford Bridge for the West Ham target man.

Leicester boss Claude Puel admits today’s clash with Huddersfield is “crucial” for his Foxes as they look to end their winless run, writes Phil Medlicott

Jose Mourinho believes Manchester United have been “really punished” by the fixture scheduling this Christmas.

Leicester 1 Manchester City 1 (Manchester City win 4-3 on penalties AET): Claudio Bravo was Manchester City’s penalty hero as they kept their hopes of a dream quadruple alive to beat Leicester and reach the Carabao Cup semi finals.

Pep Guardiola says he cannot be afraid to upset Manchester City’s players with his selection choices as they chase multiple trophies.

Leicester continue to impress under Claude Puel and the Foxes moved into the top 10 in the Premier League with a 2-1 home win against Tottenham.

Mauricio Pochettino has lauded Erik Lamela as one of the first Tottenham players to adopt his methods after the winger declared himself ready to return to competitive action.

David Moyes has leapt to the defence of Andy Carroll, insisting the West Ham striker is more sinned against than sinner.

Manchester City maintained their magnificent start to the season against Leicester but the win at the King Power Stadium came at a cost with an injury that could keep John Stones out for six weeks.

Claude Puel was last night confirmed as Leicester’s new first-team manager.

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.

New Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has dismissed the pressure over his €34million price tag, despite becoming the world’s third most expensive keeper in history and the most expensive in British football.

Chris Hatherall ranks the clubs ahead of the final day of the Premier League season.

Southampton 0 Manchester United 0: Jose Mourinho indicated David De Gea has played his last match of the season for Manchester United after the Spanish goalkeeper missed last night’s draw at Southampton.

Liverpool vice-captain James Milner apologised to his team-mates after his penalty miss cost the side victory against Southampton.

Bournemouth defender Adam Smith insists his side will take on high-flying Liverpool on Wednesday in confident mood after extending their unbeaten run in the Premier League to four games.

Mauricio Pochettino had insisted before this game he was convinced his side could cope with the extended absence of Harry Kane.

Manchester United 3 Southampton 2: THERE was a time, believe it or not, when Zlatan Ibrahimovic was described as over-rated. The strutting martial arts enthusiast was labelled a flat-track bully who flattered to deceive on the big stage.

Sunderland boss David Moyes was left to rue a controversial opening goal after seeing Southampton romp to a 4-0 Premier League victory at the Stadium of Light.

Arsene Wenger has been given a four-match touchline ban for remonstrating with officials in Arsenal’s 2-1 Premier League win over Burnley.

As the row over the scheduling of Premier League fixtures over Christmas grows, health experts are warning that players are being put at increased risk of injury by a desire to pack more and more games into the festive period.

Arsenal 0 Southampton 2: Arsene Wenger’s EFL Cup gamble backfired in spectacular fashion last night as he made 10 changes to an Arsenal side that was comfortably beaten by Southampton, who made it through to the League Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1987.

Shane Long hopes to inspire Southampton's bid to reach the Europa League knockout stages after leaving his newborn son for Thursday's visit to Sparta Prague.

Jurgen Klopp was satisfied by the performance of his much-travelled Liverpool side as they were held to a goalless stalemate at Southampton.

Southampton 0 Chelsea 2: It is after matches like this that you wonder just quite what happened to Eden Hazard last season.

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill was handed un unwanted headache last night after Shane Long was forced off injured in Southampton’s 1-0 Europa League defeat to Inter.

Southampton manager Claude Puel has instructed his players to stay calm as they aim to take advantage of the turmoil surrounding Inter Milan at San Siro tonight (8.05pm).

Southampton secured a valuable point in their bid to progress to the Europa League's knockout stages with a 0-0 draw as Hapoel Be'er Sheva continued their extraordinary undefeated record at the Turner Stadium.

Southampton made a winning start to their Europa League campaign and gave Claude Puel his first win as manager with a convincing 3-0 defeat of Sparta Prague last night.

Arsene Wenger was happy to take his players' word that the award of Arsenal's late penalty against Southampton was correct.

Southampton have challenged Claude Puel to beat last season’s record sixth place Premier League finish, after confirming the Frenchman as their new manager on a three-year deal.

Arsenal have announced the signing of Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina from Nice on a long-term contract.