This week’s winners & losers
LUKE SHAW
A goal and another stellar display in the Manchester derby continues his renaissance. England’s first-choice left-back at Euro 2020?
NEIL WARNOCK
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks and at 72 the Middlesbrough boss must still be football’s sorest loser. It can’t be the referee’s fault every week, Neil.
ANDRE AYEW
The ice-cool Swansea striker kept his nerve to convert back-to-back stoppagetime penalties and clinch two wins.
NEWCASTLE INSIDER
Evens with the bookies to be relegated, the last thing they need is a mole in the club reportedly leaking their secrets.
SATURDAY, 3PM, SKY SPORTS
Palace produced their best performance of the season at the Hawthorns when braces for Wilfried Zaha and Christian Benteke helped them to a 5-1 win. Sam Allardyce shocked everyone by walking out on Palace two days after keeping them up in 2017, the last of his managerial great escapes. His record of no relegations during his career as a boss is under its greatest threat yet but he has made Albion difficult to beat, with one loss and two goals conceded in their last five games. 76 WEST BROM SHOTS ON TARGET THIS SEASON, THE FEWEST IN THE DIVISION
EVERTON V BURNLEY
SATURDAY, 5.30PM, SKY SPORTS Burnley manager Sean Dyche may have had the better of the decisions in last weekend’s draw with Arsenal but that has not silenced his one-man crusade to beat the cheats. He said: ‘They should monitor the volume and see how loud people scream and see if they get a freekick for it.’ Everton saw a three-game winning run ended at Chelsea but perhaps more importantly have lost Abdoulaye
Doucoure to injury.
93 TOP-FLIGHT PENALTIES THIS TERM BUT JUST ONE OF THEM FOR BURNLEY
FULHAM V MAN CITY
SATURDAY, 8PM, BT SPORT
City didn’t have to dwell on losing their 21-game winning streak to Manchester United for too long, with boss Pep Guardiola taking off Riyad Mahrez and Kevin de Bruyne after they had each scored twice in the 5-2 win over Southampton to leave them hungry for more. They are unlikely to find Fulham playing quite so much to their strengths, with Scott Parker’s side no longer relegation favourites after their 1-0 win at Liverpool. GOALS CONCEDED BY FULHAM IN THEIR LAST SEVEN LEAGUE GAMES