Wolves

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Wolves forward Hwang Hee-chan is back in contention after picking up a calf strain last week, manager Rob Edwards has confirmed.

There are no other injury concerns for Wolves before they face Liverpool tomorrow.

Brentford

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Brentford have issued an update on seven first-team players before their game against Bournemouth tomorrow.

Aaron Hickey, who sustained a hamstring injury last month, is only expected to return after March's international break.

Reiss Nelson, who missed the weekend's win at Burnley with a calf problem, is expected to return to full training in the coming days.

Goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher, who missed the win due to the birth of his child, is expected to be in the squad on Tuesday.

Vitaly Janelt (metatarsal injury) has started rehabilitation but is set for some time out.

Josh Dasilva has returned to training with the first-team squad and could be available again before the end of the season.

Antoni Milambo and Fabio Carvalho are still recovering after their ACL reconstruction surgeries last year.

Brentford

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Brentford boss Keith Andrews reflects on their 4-3 win over Burnley on Saturday: "First half was exceptional. We had full control of the game, I don't think it's unfair to say we could have been five goals up. For the game to materialise the way it did, to concede just before half time with an own goal, and then first 15 minutes of the second half. We struggled to deal with what they threw at us, there was a lot of controversy not just with the score line, obviously VAR.

"Where I'm at with it now is we found a way to win the game but we must learn from it. Momentum is huge in the game isn't it? It's huge. You look at our first goal, it was a set piece and then a corner, then another and we scored from it. Then in the second half the momentum was going against us so it's finding ways of stopping that.

"Whether that's someone taking care with the pass, playing for territory, just learning how to do deal with that, and how we can stay calm when the chaos comes. It was an invaluable learning experience for us all and the best thing about it was we won the game."

Liverpool

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on his side playing Wolves twice in the space of three days: "It isn't unusual that we play three games in seven days for us. It's probably the fourth or fifth time this season that we've had to do this. Does it bring a challenge? Maybe it does a little bit for the second game because then you know what to expect even better.

"But I do like that when it comes to the Champions League because the first time you play each other things are a bit new, and then the second time you can prepare your team even better.

"In this case, we know each other so well that I don't see much difference between playing each other twice in three days or having a longer period in-between."

Liverpool

Liverpool boss Arne Slot on being fifth in the Premier League table: "We're well-placed now, but two weeks ago nobody would've asked me that question. Things can change really fast depending on who you play and who the other teams are.

"We're really close to a few other teams, so things can change every single matchday. We just focus on our next game and on ourselves, like all the other teams do. We know that every game has been difficult for us throughout this season, and that's what we expect in the upcoming 10 fixtures as well."

He added: "We aren't in a position to lose focus, nobody is at this point in time. Everybody is fighting for something and we have to fight really hard in the league to get what we want out of it, which is to qualify for the Champions League."

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on the importance of having right-back Jeremie Frimpong fully back before the end of the season: "I don't think the only position we've struggled in is the right full-back position, we've struggled in more positions than that, but I do understand the right full-back position is the one that stands out the most.

"Having Jeremie [Frimpong] back is really nice, but the importance of having him fully fit does go through my mind when I see we have three matches in seven days. I know the importance of every single game and it is a challenge.

"But I prefer managing his minutes over seeing him with the medical staff doing his recovery."

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot provided update on Milos Kerkez and Dominik Szoboszlai: "I don't think there's any news. They are fit. They are both in a good place. They both played 90 minutes in the last game. They are ready to go again."

Premier League

As always, we'll be bringing you all of the top lines from the managers ahead of those tasty midweek fixtures.

Here's a full list of this afternoon's news conferences:

• 13:00 Wolves - Rob Edwards
• 13:30 Bournemouth - Andoni Iraola
• 13:30 Chelsea - Liam Rosenior
• 13:30 Everton - David Moyes
• 13:30 Sunderland - Regis Le Bris
• 13:30 West Ham - Nuno Espirito Santo
• 14:00 Burnley - Scott Parker
• 14:00 Nottingham Forest - Vitor Pereira
• 14:15 Leeds United - Daniel Farke

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot and Brentford boss Keith Andrews have already sat down to speak to the media, so we'll bring you some of their quotes shortly.

Premier League

Let's take a step away from our set-piece debate for a little bit and turn our attention to this week's midweek Premier League fixtures.

All 20 teams will play on either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday this week due to some teams being involved in the FA Cup fifth-round action this weekend.

The fixtures just keep coming and coming at the minute...

Dale Johnson
Football issues correspondent

Grappling in the box may seem to be getting more prevalent, but the International Football Association Board (Ifab) don't seem to be too bothered.

The Ifab board met on Saturday morning to discuss issues and law changes. Scottish FA chief executive Ian Maxwell was asked if the it had come up.

"I'm not sure it's necessarily getting worse.," Maxwell told a news conference.

"Whether there's been a change in that type of behaviour during matches, those things happen over the course of a season.

"But it wasn't something that we specifically talked about."

And it looks like plenty of you are in agreement...

Not only are corners accounting for plenty of goals this season, but the way to defend them has also been under scrutiny.

In both boxes on Sunday, it was chaos.

Journalist Henry Winter posted on X, external to say "the grappling at corners has become a joke...It happens to Arsenal, too, of course...the six-yard box has become a mosh-pit."

But what's also been clear is a lack of punishment for grappling incidents in the box, leading to calls and questions about a change in the laws of the game.

As we mentioned earlier, there was a VAR check for a challenge on Joao Pedro who was brought down in one of those moments, but it was judged no penalty.

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Former Man City midfielder on Sky Sports

Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure on Sky Sports: "I feel a bit disappointed [watching Arsenal vs Chelsea].

"We want to see fluid games; passing, attacking, scoring chances… We see three set piece goals. Winning was obviously really important for Arsenal but, as a fan, I want to see more."

Gary Neville
Former Manchester United defender on Sky Sports

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville on Sky Sports: "For Arsenal set pieces, those corners are a saviour aren't they.

"They're a saviour on one hand because they are so good at them. They've mastered the art of set piece delivery."

Speaking of the rise in set-piece goals, Opta has done some digging for us to illustrate just how many are being scored in the Premier League right now...

What we will say is: Arne Slot isn't wrong - there are a lot finding the back of the net.

In the 2025-26 season so far, there has been 783 goals scored with 215 of those goals coming from non-penalty set-piece situations.

It's the second high percentage in Premier League history, with the 2009-10 campaign featuring 28.5% of goals from set-pieces.

It seems you're loving this debate around Premier League football losing its 'beautiful' side due to a reliance on set-pieces, so shall we do a little poll?

Thumbs up if you think it is dulling the game, thumbs down if you think a tactic is a tactic!