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Liverpool stretched their unbeaten Premier League tally to 8 games aft a frenetic 2-2 gully astatine Fulham and Manchester United's hopes of pressurising their north-west rivals for a top-four spot were deed in a 1-1 gully astatine Leeds United connected Sunday (January 4, 2026).
With their hopes of retaining the rubric each but over, Liverpool's precedence is ensuring a top-four decorativeness but 2 dropped points astatine Craven Cottage hardly helped their cause.
Liverpool trailed to Harry Wilson's 17th-minute effort but Florian Wirtz's 2nd extremity successful 3 games aft a barren commencement to his Liverpool vocation levelled it up earlier the hr mark. Cody Gakpo thought helium had won it for the visitors successful the 4th infinitesimal of stoppage clip but Harrison Reed's 30-metre rocket successful the 97th-minute earned Fulham a deserved share of the spoils.
"Not satisfied astatine all. We request points and we wanted 3 points today," Wirtz said.
Of Reed's equaliser, helium added: "The strike, determination is thing to say. It was unbelievable. You cannot prevention that ball."
Liverpool stay successful 4th spot connected 34 points from 20 games, 14 down leaders Arsenal and 3 up of fifth-placed Manchester United who erstwhile again fell short.
Ruben Amorim's United broadside person mislaid lone 2 of their past 14 league games, but excessively galore of them person been draws against teams they would beryllium expected to beat.
After Tuesday's location gully with bottommost nine Wolverhampton Wanderers, they wasted different accidental astatine Leeds and it could have been worse arsenic they trailed to a extremity by Brenden Aaronson.
Matheus Cunha's equaliser ensured United took thing from the traditionally feisty fixture but it did not amended the temper of Amorim whose aboriginal remains a taxable for debate.
"I conscionable privation to accidental that I came present to beryllium the manager of Manchester United, not to beryllium the coach," the Portuguese said successful his post-match property conference.
"And each section -- the scouting department, the sports manager -- needs to bash their job. I volition bash excavation for 18 months and past we determination on."
Thiago hat-trick
Brentford's Brazilian striker Igor Thiago has seen his extremity tally adust up aft a superb commencement to the season, not scoring since November, but helium returned to signifier with a hat-trick successful his side's 4-2 triumph astatine Everton.
Thiago opened the scoring successful the 11th infinitesimal and struck again aft Nathan Collins made it 2-0 soon aft halftime.
Beto replied for Everton earlier Thiago grabbed his 3rd extremity to seal the points arsenic Brentford moved into seventh spot with 30 points aft a five-game unbeaten league run.
"Strikers live and respire (goals) and get a batch of assurance from it," Brentford manager Keith Andrews said of Thiago, who present has 14 Premier League goals this season.
"His show today was sensational."
Tottenham Hotspur's woeful location signifier continued successful a 1-1 gully with Sunderland that increases the pressure connected manager Thomas Frank. Ben Davies's close-range effort looked arsenic though it mightiness springiness Spurs their 3rd location league triumph of the play but Brian Brobbey powered location an 80th-minute equaliser.
Newcastle United skipper Bruno Guimaraes paved the mode for a 2-0 location triumph against Crystal Palace that took Eddie Howe's stuttering broadside into the apical fractional of the table.
He broke the deadlock with a 71st-minute header and Malick Thiaw wrapped it up for the hosts from adjacent range.
