LALLANA STILL PREM PRIZE IN TOP FLIGHT
P W 15 Brighton ................. 25 6 16Bournemouth ........ 25 7 17 Aston Villa .............. 25 7 18WestHam ............... 25 6 19 Watford .................. 25 5 20 Norwich ................ 25 4
D 8 5 4 6 8 6
L F 11 30 13 25 14 32 13 30 12 23 15 24
A GD 37 -7 38 -13 47 -15 43 -13 39 -16 47 -23
BRIGHTON – matches against bottom 6 rivals (2) Watford (h) Feb 22: Sheff Utd (a)
Feb 29: C Palace (h)
Mar 7: Wolves (a)
Mar 14: Arsenal (h)
March 22: Leicester (a) April 4: Man Utd (h)
April 11: Norwich (a) April 18: Liverpool (h) April 25: Man City (h) May 2: Southampton (a) Newcastle (h) May 17: Burnley (a)
PTS 26 26 25 24 23 18
– matches against bottom 6 rivals (0) Sunday: Sheff Utd (a) Burnley (a)
Feb 29: Chelsea (h)
Mar 7: Liverpool (a) Mar 14: C Palace (h)
Mar 21: Wolves (a) April 4: Newcastle (h) Man Utd (a) April 18: Spurs (h)
April 25: Leicester (h) May 2: Man City (a) Southampton (h) May 17: Everton (a)
NIGEL PEARSON is refusing to panic or complain as his Watford side get sucked back into the relegation quicksand. Back-to-back defeats against Aston Villa and Everton – both to late goals – have dragged Pearson’s side back into the bottom three.
To add insult to injury, Yerry Mina’s first goal for Everton should probably have been
ASTON VILLA – matches against bottom 6 rivals (1) Feb 16: Spurs (h)
Feb 22: Southampton (a) Mar 9: Leicester (a)
Mar 14: Chelsea (h) Mar 21: Newcastle (a) Wolves (h) April 11: Liverpool (a) April 18: Man Utd (h) April 25: C Palace (h) Everton (a) May 9: Arsenal (h)
May 17: West Ham (a) TBC: Sheff Utd (h)
– matches against bottom 6 rivals (3) Sunday: Man City (a)
Feb 24: Liverpool (a) Feb 29: Southampton (h) Arsenal (a)
Mar 15: Wolves (h)
Mar 20: Spurs (a) April 4: Chelsea (h)
April 11: Newcastle (a) April 18: Burnley (h) Norwich (a) May 2: Watford (h)
May 9: Man Utd (a) May 17: A Villa (h) ruled out for handball by VAR official Jon Moss.
But Pearson (left), preparing for a pivotal relegation battle at Brighton tomorrow, said: “For a team who are where we are in the table, I think we have been pretty solid. “Sometimes you have to deal with games where late goals are a killer. It’s not nice but, to be fair, VAR is getting more decisions right than wrong. I don’t see any point in complaints.”
– matches against bottom 6 rivals (3) Tomorrow: Brighton (a) Man Utd (a) Feb 29: Liverpool (h)
Mar 7: C Palace (a) Mar 14: Leicester (h)
Mar 21: Burnley (a) April 4: Southampton (h) Chelsea (a) April 18: Norwich (h) April 25: Newcastle (h) May 2: West Ham (a) Man City (h) May 17: Arsenal (a)
– matches against bottom 6 rivals (3) Feb 15: Liverpool (h)
Feb 23: Wolves (a)
Feb 28: Leicester (h)
Mar 7: Sheff Utd (a) Mar 14: Southampton (h) Everton (h) April 4: Arsenal (a)
April 11: Brighton (h) April 18: Watford (a) West Ham (h) May 2: Chelsea (a)
May 9: Burnley (h) May 17: Man City (a)
ADAM LALLANA is being tracked by four Premier League clubs.
The Liverpool midfielder (below) is out of contract at the end of the season and Arsenal, Leicester, Tottenham and West Ham are monitoring him. Lallana is likely to exit Anfield despite a strong relationship with boss Jurgen Klopp and playing a part in Reds’ record-breaking season. But he is also keen for first-team action which has alerted top European clubs. Lallana can talk to non-English clubs now but cannot discuss terms with another Prem outfit until June.