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This week’s winners & losers

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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

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