Burnley V Manchester City: Premier League – Live

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Hello world! There are only 2 Premier League games tonight, but still it could beryllium a pivotal time successful nan season. Arsenal person been apical of nan array since they hit West Ham 2-0 connected 4 October*, afloat 201 days agone by my count, and coming they will beryllium knocked disconnected their perch if Manchester City triumph astatine Burnley.

How apt is that? Well, successful City’s past 5 visits to Turf Moor successful each competitions they person travel retired connected apical each time, and by an aggregate scoreline of 14-1. No wonderment Pep Guardiola says he is “more relaxed than ever”, declaring that nerves are, like, so past season.

“Nervous was past season,” he said. See, I told you that’s what he said. “Pressure was past season. I could bring, arsenic a manager, nan squad not successful nan Champions League. Now, I’m much relaxed than ever, moreover earlier Arsenal. The emotion is that we person done a really, really bully season. Now is nan infinitesimal to bask much than ever.”

A City triumph would besides seal Burnley’s relegation, Scott Parker’s broadside having won only 1 convention crippled since October, since erstwhile they person taken a miserable 10 points from 24 games.

In a worrying infinitesimal Parker revealed yesterday he has “sacrificed my family” to amended Burnley’s chances of success. The Lancashire Constabulary are yet to get involved, though, and it’s being wide assumed that he has not literally sacrificed them. He conscionable intends he has worked rather hard. Having said that, if immoderate members of his family are reference this could they please get successful touch, it would beryllium hugely reassuring to perceive from them.

“Since I’ve travel here, I’ve put a Burnley garment connected and I’ve done perfectly everything successful my power,” Parker said. “I dedicate everything. I sacrifice my family. I sacrifice a young 10-year-old who moves up and changes school. In fact, astatine times it’s astir apt unhealthy really difficult I work. I activity for conscionable 1 origin and that’s for this nine to effort and beryllium successful.”

Burnley’s Scott Parker: a literal facepalm. Photograph: Paul Currie/AFP/Getty Images

And yet, he appears to beryllium unpopular pinch nan club’s fans. “I played shot for 20 years and I’ve been relegated 2 aliases 3 times,” he added. “I’ve had mediocre performances but 1 point location never, ever was, was a instrumentality guidelines that didn’t appreciate, didn’t perfectly believe [me] successful position of nan measurement I played. That’s conscionable who I americium and it kills maine that for times this year, that’s not been nan lawsuit pinch nan fans.”

* On nan time Arsenal went apical Spurs were third, having mislaid only 1 of their first 7 games. *crying pinch laughter emoji"*