During this set of fixtures, Darwin Nunez rebooted his navigation software to lift Liverpool past Brentford, Arsenal gave up a late two-goal lead over Aston Villa to lose ground, Nottingham Forest continued to thrill, Manchester City romped back into the top four and the bottom three all lost (again).
This Premier League season has been hard to predict for several reasons, not least of which includes Nottingham Forest's surge to the top and Manchester City's skid down the table. Few things are as surprising as Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur's inability to escape the bottom half of the table,
First choice goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario underwent surgery on a broken ankle sustained in the 4-0 win over Manchester City in November. His return date remains unclear. Summer signing Wilson Odobert has managed only six appearances for Spurs since joining from Burnley after undergoing surgery on a hamstring injury back in November.
There have been plenty of well-established Premier League sides who have gone down within a few short years of their peaks
Man Utd have followed up positive performances against Liverpool and Arsenal with unconvincing displays against Southampton and Brighton.
Manchester United's season lurched further into turmoil Sunday after a 3-1 loss to Brighton in the Premier League. Goals from Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter at Old Trafford consigned United to a 10th defeat in the league.
Ange Postecoglou needs new player to save the season - Tottenham can't just wait for injured players to return
Defending champion Manchester United advanced from the third round by beating Arsenal 5-3 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw.
Tottenham are wasting no time in the January transfer window as they continue to be linked with some of Europe’s brightest young talents. Recent rumours suggest interest in Manchester United's Alejandro Garnacho and Barcelona’s Ansu Fati,
Arsenal went behind early but turned the game on its head just before half time to beat historic rivals Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 and reclaim second place on the Premier League table.
Tottenham are interested in signing Bournemouth's Milos Kerkez but Manchester United are favourites to sign the defender.