Mikel Arteta ‘bottled it’, Fulham star kept silenced Mohamed Salah and fear for Gary O’Neil

One other batch of Premier League madness featuring leisurely winners, a crimson card and title escape drama turned into on present on Saturday.

5 matches up and down the nation produced a total of 14 targets, with the demanding festive schedule now successfully underway.

Arsenal did no longer overtake Chelsea as they drew 0-0 with Everton and ten-man Liverpool had been held to a 2-2 draw at dwelling to Fulham.

Newcastle United thrashed Leicester Metropolis 4-0 while Ipswich Town won their 2d sport of the season with a stoppage-time winner at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The night kick-off turned into arguably the ideal of the lot as Nottingham Forest came from in the wait on of and beat Aston Villa 2-1.

With grand outcomes taking place at each and every the pinnacle and bottom of the desk, talkSPORT duo Jamie O’Hara and Jason Cundy original their winners and losers from Saturday’s matches on the GameDay Phone-In…

News Winners

Antonee Robinson

Robinson turned into unquestionably likely the most stars in a Fulham aspect that took the lead on two instances in opposition to Liverpool at Anfield.

The left-wait on turned into tasked with a fight in opposition to unquestionably likely the most ideal gamers to this level this season in Mohamed Salah and emerged as the victor.

Cundy said: “Antonee Robinson, left-back for Fulham. He’s an up and downer with quality…

“He had two assists today time, but his all-round performance up in opposition to arguably, I suggest potentially, the ideal correct-hand sided participant in the Premier League for many a yr, if no longer the very, very easiest.”

He added: “I’m talking in regards to the very easiest correct now, Salah, kept him very soundless. I know they lunge down to 10 men, Liverpool, made it that unheard of trickier, but rob nothing away from his performance, I thought he turned into the ideal participant on the pitch.”

Jacob Murphy and Eddie Howe

Newcastle returned to St. James’ Park in desperate need of three functions following a winless lunge of four matches in the Premier League.

The Magpies excelled in opposition to Leicester with their absolute top ranking of the season, with Murphy their first and fourth targets of the afternoon.

“Jacob Murphy gets two targets,” Cundy said, before heaping praise on the Newcastle boss. “Eddie Howe, his post-match presser there, he turned into talking about performances, how they must be moderately extra indulge in that.

“Been a bit frustrating this season for Newcastle but they dispatched a side like Leicester where you should be doing that.

“That doesn’t always happen indulge in that in soccer, but four flattered Leicester, I suggest [Alexander] Isak missed a gigantic one v one incidentally, it turned into a miserable attain by his standards.

“It could have been five, could have been six, could have been more, but well done Newcastle, they’re in that clutch in behind the top four at the moment.”

Jack Taylor

Ipswich have taken a grand step in the direction of mountaineering out of the Premier League relegation zone with a treasured obtain away at Wolves.

A Matt Doherty possess-goal save them forward in the foremost half before an unmarked header from Taylor in stoppage-time sealed the deal.

Cundy explained: “Finally, Jack Taylor. Late, late, late, late goal which secures Ipswich [the win], massive.

“Your complete Tractor Boys heading wait on down to Suffolk correct now will likely be… Or no longer it is miles a form of video games, you understand, that’s the reason you prepare soccer, leisurely winners indulge in that.”

“Or no longer it is miles a free header, or no longer it is miles a miserable defensively conceded goal,” he added. “Scheme finish nothing away from Taylor. He is there, correct site, correct time, successfully completed Ipswich.”

News Losers

Andy Robertson and Tony Harrington

Liverpool went down to ten men after just 16 minutes against Fulham after Robertson was dismissed for his tackle on Wilson.

He was adjudged to have denied a goalscoring opportunity, but Cundy believes referee Harrington is also worthy of being a loser this week.

“He is in there, but [put] Tony Harrington in there mate as successfully, the ref, mate,” he said.

“So Robertson’s out?” asked O’Hara, and Cundy replied: “I build no longer be taught about that mate. I would per chance additionally indulge in to hear a conversation in a soundless, sad room between the pair of them. Andy Robertson’s long previous in there because…

“He got himself in a right mess by the way, it’s a poor tackle from him. Positionally, he’s given the referee a decision to make. [Harry] Wilson does well… I don’t think it’s a red card.

“Whenever you happen to provide the ref a resolution to make, they infrequently make decisions you build no longer desire them to make so he’s in but half in, him and Harrington can fragment it.”

Gary O’Neil

Wolves boss O’Neil has come under increasing pressure of late as his side have won only twice all season.

Defeat at home to Ipswich leaves them four points adrift of safety and talkSPORT’s GameDay Phone-In hosts have expressed concern over his position as head coach.

“Oh Gaz, Gaz. That’s a terrifying result for them, even 1-1 would had been big, a resolution will deserve to be made very quickly about that.

“Look, Gary’s been in football all his life, he knows the story, he’s not stupid, he knows what position he’s in, I fear for the safety of him moving forward because they look like they’re doomed at the moment.”

O’Hara said: “I think it might be time just to make a change, and it ain’t because he’s a bad manager…

“I indulge in he’s a just actual younger supervisor,” Cundy then insisted. “I indulge in he’ll lunge on to be just actual. I indulge in we’ll note him in the Premier League for many future years wait on.”

Mikel Arteta

Arsenal had to settle for a sixth league draw of the season as they were unable to find a way past the struggling Everton at home.

Place of residing piece targets have worked wonders for them of leisurely but did no longer make a recurrence on Saturday, with unquestionably one of Arteta’s substitutions being puzzled.

“Bought to transfer in there, bottled it!” former Tottenham man O’Hara shouted.

“Other folks are talking about taking off Rice and [Odegaard], Odegaard’s the one,” said Cundy.

“I obtain Rice, Jorginho comes on, Jorginho’s a varied type of midfielder than Rice, I obtain that, he’s moderately extra inventive than Rice.

“The Odegaard thing, the only thing I can think about with Odegaard is that he’s come back from injury about the last month. He’s played a lot of football, he’s been brilliant for them, really, really good, but when you need a goal, you want your top dog.

“Unless there is a knock, until we’re doing him a disservice, until there is a niggle, which it did no longer seem like the plot he came off, I thought that turned into a genuinely abnormal resolution.”

There’s aloof loads extra motion to contrivance wait on this weekend, collectively with the derby between Manchester Metropolis and Manchester United on Sunday.

Brighton host Crystal Palace before Chelsea face Brentford and Southampton are at dwelling to Tottenham, with Bournemouth vs West Ham coming on Monday night, dwell on talkSPORT.