Premier League updates and more news from further afieldLive scoreboard! Keep up with all the day’s games and goalsAnd feel free to email rob.smyth@theguardian.com 1.47pm GMT In the early game, Declan Rice has made it West Ham 1-0 Arsenal. Scott Murray has the latest. Related: West Ham United v Arsenal: Premier League – live! 1.44pm GMT Some pre-team-news reading Related: Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend Related: Players would question my sanity if I criticised them, says Jürgen Klopp Related: Can Franck Ribéry not have his gold-leaf steak and eat it? | Barney Ronay Related: Leeds apologise after Derby spy row and remind Marcelo Bielsa of 'integrity' 1.06pm GMT Hello. It’s the question every football fan has been asking for the last few months. Can Liverpool, after all this time, finally get their hands on it? One way or another, we’ll find out today. Yes, if Liverpool fail to beat Brighton, they will become the new owners of the Premier League Crisis Baton™. Our not entirely mature culture dictates that, at all times, at least one Premier League club must be in crisis. At the moment Huddersfield hold the baton of doom, but if Liverpool fail to win today – on the back of a despicable run of two straight defeats in all competitions – they will be the ones under scrutiny. To hell with nuance; to hell with the fact they played well at Manchester City, that the Wolves defeat meant very little, and that a draw or defeat at a Brighton side who are very good at home would not exacty represent the second coming of Devon Loch. Continue readingreadfullarticle
