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SALAH SETS FOR LIVERPOOL RETURN AFTER TESTING NEGATIVE TO CORONA VIRUS.

Mohamed Salah could return for Liverpool when they host Atalanta on Wednesday after returning a negative result from a COVID-19 test.

The Reds were without their 10-goal top scorer for the 3-0 win over Leicester on Sunday after he tested positive for the illness three times during the recent international break in Egypt.

Salah was forced to sit out the African Cup of Nations qualifying double-header with Togo after the diagnosis earlier this month.

After initially testing positive on Friday November 13, Salah was tested upon his return to the United Kingdom on Friday when he and Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny flew back to London from Hurghada International Airport.

That test has now come back negative, freeing up Salah to return to training under Premier League protocols that say a 10-day isolation period is needed after the first positive test.

Egypt’s health ministry have confirmed that Salah’s latest test was negative, theoretically enabling him to return to the fold with Jurgen Klopp’s side in midweek.

“Salah’s latest test returned a negative result,” health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed told local media.

He has received a week-long treatment in accordance with the Egyptian protocol until he fully recovered.”

With the Reds hosting Atalanta in the Champions League on Wednesday, the forward may be available for selection once again.

Manager Jurgen Klopp confirmed Salah’s return in his post-Leicester press conference.

He said: “Is Mo negative? That is what I have heard.

“Yes, it is a negative today. I think from now on he is pretty normal with all the testings.

“We have tomorrow the UEFA testing for the Champions League and he can now train with us tomorrow.

“I don’t know about the second test the day after [for the Premier League], but there could be a Premier League test already again.

“He has two tests in the next two days so yes he will be tested like all of us.”

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LIVERPOOL 3-0 LEICESTER: JOTA SETS CLUB RECORD AS REDS BEAT THE FOXES AT ANFIELD.

Diogo Jota became the first player to score in his first four top-flight home matches for Liverpool as the champions earned an impressive 3-0 win over Leicester City.

They went ahead in the 21st minute when Leicester defender Jonny Evans headed a James Milner corner into his own net.

Jota headed the second from Andrew Robertson’s perfect left-wing cross four minutes before half-time.

Roberto Firmino hit the post twice in the second half, the latter of which came before he had his rebounded effort cleared off the line.

But the Brazilian striker’s persistence was rewarded as he made it 3-0 with a towering header from another Milner corner.

The win takes Liverpool’s unbeaten Premier League run at Anfield to 64 matches, a club record in the top flight.

They move up to second place on 20 points, behind Tottenham Hotspur on goal difference.

Leicester drop to fourth position on 18 points.

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SHEFFIELD UTD 0-1 WESTHAM: HALLER STRIKE HELP HAMMERS EDGE THE BLADES AT HOME.

Sebastien Haller’s second-half strike earned West Ham United a second victory in succession as they beat Sheffield United 1-0 at Bramall Lane.

West Ham came close to scoring 28 minutes in through Vladimir Coufal before Tomas Soucek prodded wide from close range six minutes later.

At the other end Oli McBurnie forced Lukasz Fabianski into a fingertip save and David McGoldrick headed the resulting corner against a post.

The visitors eventually broke the deadlock 11 minutes into the second half, Haller firing into the top-right corner from the edge of the penalty area.

Declan Rice almost extended their lead but his header hit the crossbar, before McBurnie hit the frame of the goal with a powerful effort on the breakaway.

West Ham held on for the win that moves them up to eighth place on 14 points.

Sheffield United remain bottom with one point.

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LEEDS UTD 0-0 ARSENAL: LENO DENIES LEEDS VICTORY AS THE WHITES FORCED TO A BARREN DRAW.

Leeds United hit the woodwork three times and came up against an inspired display from goalkeeper Bernd Leno as 10-man Arsenal held them to a goalless draw at Elland Road.

Leno twice denied Patrick Bamford in the first half, before saving from Stuart Dallas and substitute Ian Poveda-Ocampo after the break.

Arsenal’s task became harder when Nicolas Pepe was sent off in the 51st minute for an altercation with Ezgjan Alioski, after referee Anthony Taylor reviewed the incident on the pitchside monitor.

Rodrigo then curled a shot against the bar, before, in the closing stages, Bamford headed against a post and Raphinha slammed a shot against the upright.

Arsenal substitute Bukayo Saka nearly snatched an unlikely win for the visitors late on, only to be denied by Illan Meslier.

The point takes Arsenal up to 11th position on 13 points, two more than 14th-placed Leeds.

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FULHAM 2-3 EVERTON: CALVERT LEWIN BRACE HELP TOFFEES BACK TO WINNING WAYS AT CRAVEN COTTAGE.

Two goals by the Premier League’s leading scorer Dominic Calvert-Lewin helped Everton overcome Fulham 3-2 at Craven Cottage.

The visitors were ahead after just 41 seconds, Richarlison making an instant impact on his return from suspension as he crossed for Calvert-Lewin to tap in the fastest goal of the season so far.

Bobby De Cordova-Reid drew Fulham level on 15 minutes following a neat exchange with Tom Cairney.

But Lucas Digne then assisted two further first-half goals for the visitors. The Frenchman squared the ball for Calvert-Lewin’s second of the match and 10th of the season, before crossing for Abdoulaye Doucoure to head in his first Everton goal.

Ivan Cavaleiro miskicked a penalty over the crossbar for Fulham’s third successive failed spot-kick this season, before substitute Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s deflected effort pulled a goal back on 70 minutes.

Everton held on to end a run of three straight losses and move up to sixth place.

Fulham stay 17th with four points from nine matches.

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MAN UTD 1-0 WESTBROM: FERNANDES’ RETAKEN PENALTY EARNS FIRST HOME WIN FOR THE DEVILS.

Bruno Fernandes’ second-half penalty proved the difference as Manchester United earned a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion.

Man Utd started the match well but West Brom goalkeeper Sam Johnstone twice produced fine saves to deny Anthony Martial.

A minute after the break, West Brom were awarded a penalty following a foul on Conor Gallagher by Fernandes. However, referee David Coote overturned his decision after reviewing the pitchside monitor.

At the other end, a penalty for handball by Darnell Furlong was converted at the second attempt by Fernandes on 56 minutes.

The Portuguese’s spot-kick was initially saved, but the VAR adjudged Johnstone came off his line too early and the retaken penalty was scored.

A first home victory of the season moves Man Utd up to ninth on 13 points. West Brom stay 18th on three points.

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HAALAND BEATS ANSU, SANCHO, DAVIES TO WIN GOLDEN BOY AWARD.

Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland has been named the winner of the 2020 Golden Boy award.

Haaland beat off competition from Barcelona forward Ansu Fati, who was runner-up, to win the award. Bayern Munich’s Alphonso Davies came third while Haaland’s Dortmund teammate Jadon Sancho took the fourth spot. Rennes’ Eduardo Camavinga came in fifth place.

Juventus’ Dejan Kulusevski, Manchester City’s Phil Foden, FC Salzburg’s Dominik Szoboszlai, Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka and Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr. completed the top 10.

A stellar list of 40 names had been released in October and included Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood and United States international Sergino Dest after an impressive breakthrough campaign at Ajax before his move to Barcelona.

The award, handed out by Italian newspaper Tuttosport, honours the best young player in Europe for the calendar year.

Past winners include Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney and Kylian Mbappe, with Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix having claimed the award last year. Haaland is the first Scandinavian player to win it.

Haaland joined Dortmund from FC Salzburg in January after a stunning start to the season in which he scored 28 goals in 22 matches. He scored eight times as the Austrian side crashed out of the Champions League in the group stage.

He scored a hat trick on his Champions League debut as well as goals in each of his first five outings and became the competition’s highest-scoring teenager in a single season.

The 20-year-old continued his incredible form with another treble on his Dortmund bow, which helped Lucien Favre’s side come from 3-1 down to beat Augsburg 5-3.

Haaland finished the last campaign with 29 goals in all competitions and was sixth in the race for the European Golden Shoe — level with Messi. He has 11 goals in 11 games for Dortmund in all competitions so far this season.

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TOTTENHAM 2-0 MANCITY: SON, LO CELSO COMBINE TO SEND SPURS TOP OF THE TABLE.

Son Heung-min struck his league-leading ninth goal as Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester City 2-0 to go top of the Premier League.

The South Korean put Spurs ahead in the fifth minute, racing on to Tanguy Ndombele’s lofted pass to fire beneath Ederson.

Aymeric Laporte thought he had levelled for City on 27 minutes but referee Mike Dean overturned the Frenchman’s goal after a review for handball by Gabriel Jesus in the build-up.

City pushed for an equaliser after half-time but Spurs doubled their advantage in the 65th minute through substitute Giovani Lo Celso.

Put through by Harry Kane, the Argentinian fired under the onrushing Ederson just 35 seconds after coming on.

A fourth successive victory sends Jose Mourinho’s side two points above Chelsea, whom they face next. Man City are 10th with 12 points.

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NEWCASTLE 0-2 CHELSEA: ABRAHAM STRIKE TO GIVE BLUES CONVINCING WIN AT ST. JAMES’S PARK.

Tammy Abraham’s second-half goal helped move Chelsea to the top of the table in a 2-0 win at Newcastle United.

Chelsea went in front on 10 minutes as Mason Mount’s cross was turned into his own net by Federico Fernandez under pressure from Ben Chilwell.

The visiting team had a great chance to double their lead on the half-hour but Timo Werner shot wide when through on goal.

Chelsea sealed a third consecutive win in the league on 65 minutes when Werner beat three players before teeing up Abraham to score.

Sean Longstaff’s shot that struck the bar was the closest Newcastle came to a goal.

Chelsea are seven matches unbeaten and go above Leicester City on goal difference.

Newcastle remain on 11 points in 13th.

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ASTON VILLA STUMBLE TO 1-2 LOSS TO BRIGHTON AT VILLA PARK.

Solly March’s brilliant second-half goal earned 10-man Brighton & Hove Albion a first win at Villa Park in an enthralling match.

Brighton took the lead against the run of play on 12 minutes with Danny Welbeck’s first goal for the club.

Welbeck collected Adam Lallana’s pass and sprinted clear before dinking the ball over Emiliano Martinez.

Villa equalised two minutes after half-time when a free-kick from Bertrand Traore, an early substitute for Ross Barkley, was converted by Ezri Konsa.

Brighton regained their lead on 56 minutes through March’s superb first-time strike.

In late drama, Tariq Lamptey was sent off for a second booking before Villa were awarded a penalty for a foul on Trezeguet by March.

But referee Michael Oliver overturned his decision after a review.

Villa stay sixth with 15 points. A second win of the season puts Brighton on nine points in 16th.