The Premier League Asia trophy will provide Liverpool with a “good base” for the season, says Simon Mignolet.
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Christmas and New Year sees teams lined up to play four matches over 10 days between December 23 and January 1 – Arsenal against Chelsea on New Year’s Day looks the pick of the festive matches.
Manchester United, Crystal Palace and Newcastle are the only three teams to start and finish at home and have a Boxing Day clash in front of their own fans.
The bids for domestic TV rights for Premier League games – beyond the 2017/2018 season – are set to take place at the end of the year.
It is expected that half of the 380 Premier League games will be shown with some parties keen on having 200 broadcast.
He will hope for more chances with parent club Newcastle, who will of course play in the Premier League next season. This time they face Jurgen Klopp’s game in the third week, at Anfield, which should give an early indicator of whether they’ve made progress over the summer.
“Many years ago I was the last manager to take them up and we drew Arsenal at home on the first day and we got stuffed 4-0”, The Mirror quotes Mullery as saying. Their first home game against a major side is on November 18 when Tottenham visit the Emirates.
Arsene Wenger’s side will form part of a testing double header for Liverpool, who will face Manchester City in their first game of September.
Supporters are likely to oppose the change as travelling to games will become harder compared to the current 3 pm kick-offs but the league’s growing global popularity is expected to provide incentive to showcase more matches.
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Tottenham’s visit has always been West Ham’s “Cup Final” – according to Spurs fans, at least – and the Hammers’ jubilant derailment of Spurs’ title bids in the last two seasons has added more spice to this rivalry.
