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Back Darwin Nunez to hold his head high at Anfield this afternoon.
Liverpool welcome a Manchester United side (4.30pm) whose faces were tripping them in midweek after a truly miserable Euro exit.
A new low in a season inching towards a spiral of self-destruction.
High-profile speculation – daft or not – that Bruno Fernandes might have got himself booked against Bournemouth so he’d dodge today, says it all about the dismal public image of United’s esprit de corps.
Rats in a sack would be given a more generous benefit of the doubt than Old Trafford’s best players.
Barely 12 months ago Cristiano Ronaldo was picked as the rotten apple. Now it’s Marcus Rashford or Bruno, scorers of 44 goals last season. At the current rate, the whole squad will only get 43 Prem goals this time.
Nunez’s wastefulness in front of goal is a matter of high-profile fact, not speculation.
But he gets buoyed up by the spirit of the Kop collective, and scored two headed goals in the 7-0 defeat of United here last season.
Nunez ‘scores a header’ is fun against this make-do defence at 17/2 (Bet365).
Brighton’s Joao Pedro had “the best moments of my life” on Thursday night.
Unfettered joy is not something I normally associate with the Europa League group stage, or Thursdays in general. Fun-wise, Thursdays have been mid-table at best so far. So has the Seagulls’ defence.
Brighton head to Arsenal today (2pm). Punt Bukayo Saka ‘score or assist’ at a fair 5/6 (Paddy) and Declan Rice to ‘score from outside box’ at 20/1 (Bet365).
Ollie Watkins is bob-on at 11/10 (Paddy) to ’score or assist’ for Aston Villa at Brentford (2pm). At the other end of the price range, big Bee Ethan Pinnock is right at 22/1 (Bet365) ‘scores a header’.
West Ham against Wolves (2pm) looks hard to forecast, but James Ward-Prowse should get plenty of dead-ball opportunities. Punt him ‘score or assist’ at 6/4 (Paddy).
Over in Spain, Jude Bellingham is must-bet stuff at 6/5 (Fred) ‘anytime scorer’ when Real Madrid welcome leaky Villarreal (8pm)
Last week: Winners at 3/1 and 9/4
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