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[Brentford](https://www.theguardian.com/football/brentford), is chatting to the Amazon Prime team. In Qatar he was superb, the best centre forward in the tournament in ma opinion, but all anyone will remember is the shocking moment when he launched his second penalty over the bar. Both were the subject of unwelcome headlines during the World Cup: Toney for allegedly having 262 flutters too many, Kane for missing a late penalty in England’s quarter-final defeat to France. In fact, these teams finished part one of the 2022-23 season with memorable victories: Brentford won 2-1 at Manchester City, and Spurs thrice came from behind to beat Leeds 4-3. Harry Kane and Ivan Perisic are among the World Cup players who start for Spurs. Maybe the 2022 is the best - but I think 1966 is in there, along with 1954 if you like.” You can have a good tournament – he played really well – but at the same time he missed an important penalty. It’s important now to move on and focus on Tottenham. This is a really good opportunity for Spurs. No depression for Harry Kane, he has already left that penalty miss in the past.” “Faded rugby lines never help, but has the feel of a ground that’s been cut with a pair of scissors.” Forster made a smart reaction save but Janelt gobbled up the rebound from six yards.

The winter break for the Qatar World Cup offered a unique opportunity for some managers to spend a little bit of extra time on the training ground with their ...

Unai Emery will be hoping to continue his dream start to life as Aston Villa boss when he takes on Liverpool in the Premier League. [Southampton](/topic/southampton). The Foxes will be hoping that James Maddison passes a late fitness test after an ongoing knee problem. Eddie Howe’s side have three times as many points as they had at this stage last season and are targeting a top four finish for the first time since 2003. The Toffees currently sit 17th in the table and are under pressure to find form after a disappointing 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth before the international break. [Wolves](/topic/wolves) for the first time in the Premier League. Both sides are currently level on points in the Premier League with 19 points although Crystal Palace have played one less game than Fulham. [penalty miss in the World Cup quarter-final against France](/sport/football/world-cup/who-is-out-world-cup-2022-qatar-3935438). [Brentford](/topic/brentford) take on Tottenham at the Gtech Community Stadium. Top flight players travelling back from Qatar will have a quick turnaround with Premier League action resuming just eight days after the World Cup final. Here is your guide to the return of the [Premier League](/topic/premier-league). Advertisement

The league's resumption presents 'unprecedented' challenges to clubs following the winter World Cup. Bukayo Saka and Kevin De Bruyne will make a swift ...

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I had to look it up (behind Pop and Klopp obvs) and it's Brentford's splendid Dane Mr Thomas Frank. He's signed a deal until 2027.

"Football gives us the possibility to play in the sport we have a lot of passion (for). "For sure the first period you are sad but then you know that you have to move on. But with a penalty I lost a World Cup against Brazil and I think you live this moment and you are really disappointed. "At the same time, you know football is this. Here is Ian Winrow to set the scene for this one. Club captain Hugo Lloris is rested but Tottingham have a more-than-able deputy in Fraser Forster. “The warmth, support and kindness every time I meet a Bees fan has been amazing. He had a good tournament at the World Cup, he missed an important penalty but that's football. "We will need to be at our best today, a 9/10 or more to get something. From me Alan Tyers and the rest of the Telegraph Sport team, hope you had a happy/tolerable Christmas and perhaps you, like us, are excited to have the Premier League back on a busy Boxing Day of live sport. We need to get into the League quickly. Robyn Cowen and Matt Upson doing the comms for Amazon Prime Video.

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Ivan Toney leads the line for Brentford giving him a chance to show what England might have missed in the tournament. It seems a looong, loooong time ago now but Brentford won at Man City last time out in the Premier League. At just a shade over odds-on, Tottenham are favoured to win here with Brentford around 5/2.

The striker has been charged with 262 alleged breaches of betting rules by the Football Association. Toney, who missed out on a place in England's World Cup ...

'We are talking about a real specialist of the penalty.' We then got the friendlies in so I think we are in a good place.' The teams are in... 'We will try to be high pressing when we can, very good with the low block, the counters and set pieces are big. and Harry Kane starts for Spurs! As expected, the hosts started well here. The hosts have the lead thanks to Vitaly Janelt. A sloppy pass off the pitch left Lenglet wrong-footed. The midfielder arrives at the back-post to poke home for his side after Jensen's initial shot was saved. Click below to read more... Tottenham are now finding luck through their right-side combination of Dejan Kulusevski and Matt Doherty. Perisic's resulting set piece is cleared by the hosts.

Tottenham Hotspur will face Brentford, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace in their next Premier League fixtures.

[challenging for the UEFA Champions League places](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/table) in the Premier League table this season, have the better team, and we believe that the North London club will eventually end up as the winners of this London derby. Harry Kane is in form at the moment in club football, and the England international striker could bang in a goal or two against Villa. After all, Brentford are the home side, and manager Thomas Frank will be determined to put on a show for the fans in their own stadium.

The English Premier League comes out of cold storage on Boxing Day after being in hibernation since early November.

These games are also live on Amazon Prime Video. On Tuesday, Chelsea take on Bournemouth at 5.30pm before Manchester United host Nottingham Forest at 8pm. However, EPL fans will get a feast of football over the coming days as the league returns.

Follow all the action as the Premier League returns after the World Cup with seven matches, starting with Brentford hosting Spurs.

We had a lot of possession in the first half but then we were more effective. On replacing the injured Gabriel Jesus: "There's pressure any time you play for Arsenal Football Club. On his goal: "I turned a couple of times in the first half and got clipped. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, speaking to Amazon Prime: "We showed a lot of composure and quality. We see it every day in training and that will give him confidence." "With the signings we have made, the quality is there. "We scored at the perfect time and the crowd was incredible, also in the moment we conceded the goal. On the penalty for West Ham's goal: "It was a single action, we didn't defend the direct play well enough and then the referee made the decision from there. Arsenal have a good side, good players but Manchester City are waiting out there. We defended well and in the end the goals we conceded were incredibly disappointing. I thought we gave Arsenal too much in the first half. "They're a really good side but I wanted us to challenge them better.

BRENTFORD 2-2 TOTTENHAM: Vitaly Janelt and Ivan Toney had put Brentford in full control, but Antonio Conte's men claimed a remarkable draw thanks to goals ...

It was a milestone he celebrated in style, with a dominant performance up-front for the Bees. He stayed alert in the box to Those woes looked like they would continue at Brentford, with the striker failing to have an impact in the first-half Long balls in particular proved to be a problem as they struggled to deal with Ivan Toney's partnership with Bryan Mbeumo. But he came alive after the break, having a big shout for a penalty turned down three minutes before Toney's goal. While they were second best before the break, Brentford could not deal with them in the second-half. At the heart of their issues has been a dire defensive record, with those problems rearing their ugly head again on Boxing Day. That was easy for Brentford to deal with, ensuring they kept up the pressure. Spurs started with a back three of Ivan Toney added a second after the break, by capitalising on poor defending to tap-in after a corner. It was the third time Spurs have fought back from going at least a goal down in their last four Premier League games. But the manner of their fightback will certainly please boss Antonio Conte, who will have launched a furious hairdryer at half-time.

Football clockwatch: Join Simon Burnton for the latest from around the grounds on a busy Boxing Day.

“Our guide walked in to say hello, a strongly built guy of average height, and my father’s face transformed - Dave Hickson. You could watch football forever and never see a clearer penalty. And that’s how to take a penalty. A chance for Leicester, after Dewsbury-Hall plays in Daka. Martin Logan emails to point out that another goal description has gone missing and Newcastle are in fact two up, Almiron having scored a very fine seventh-minute second. There have been eight first-half goals in its four 3pm kick-offs, and no other team in the Football League has more than one except struggling Burton Albion in League One, who look to be on their way to a first league win since 22 October being as they are 3-0 up against Lincoln City. A third for Fulham! Newcastle somehow fail to score a fourth! Traore is released on the right and his cross deflects to Ait-Nouri, who smacks it in! Another red card for James Tomkins – making his first Premier League start since Boxing Day last year in absence of the suspended Marc Guehi – and further goals from Fulham’s captain Tim Ream and Mitrovic, with his tenth of the campaign, swept Marco Silva’s side to a deserved victory that leaves them level on points with Liverpool. On this evidence, Newcastle should relish hosting these opponents again in a fortnight in the Carabao Cup quarter-final. Discontent was building among the home crowd inside Goodison Park even before the Wolves substitute Rayan Aït-Nouri gave Julen Lopetegui the perfect start to his reign and heightened the pressure on Frank Lampard with a 95th-minute winner against Everton.

Leicester midfielder James Maddison was not fit for the Boxing Day clash with Newcastle. Maddison is still carrying the knee issue which hampered him during ...

Newcastle United move up to second in the Premier League table courtesy of a 3-0 victory over Leicester City at the King Power Stadium. Leicester are 13th on 17 points. [Chris Wood](/topic/chris-wood) blasted the spot-kick into the middle of the net.

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You can read our guide to the One good way to find out if you’ll be offered one is to attempt to checkout an item and see if you get a prompt. Aston Villa look to be on an upward trajectory again having removed Steve Gerrard from the manager’s seat, following an uninspired 12-months in charge. It’s the penultimate game of the day. The Premier League is back after a six-week break for the World Cup. It’ll be interesting to see whether the club’s second pre-season will have helped Jurgen Klopp’s side rediscover some form and defensive solidarity.

For Liverpool it needs to be a fast start, after they spent Christmas sixth in the table and 15 points off the pace set by Arsenal. Jurgen Klopp's side were ...

Ollie Watkins halved the deficit in the second-half and Villa pushed for an equaliser, but Liverpool held firm. “Trent played an unbelievable ball to me for the first goal and then I managed to find Mo. [Premier League](/topic/premier-league) action as they beat Aston Villa 3-1 in an entertaining Boxing Day encounter.

Newcastle United visit Leicester City in a bid to continue their fine start to the season, with a win at the King Power Stadium enough to life them to ...

[After Cristiano Ronaldo's acrimonious exit, a six-week hiatus, an injury blow to Gabriel Jesus - oh, and Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup - the Premier League returns on Boxing Day with plenty at stake for all 20 teams... Trying to shield the ball he somehow turns the ball into his own net. Earlier in the half. Southampton came out looking in quite good shape to pull a goal back, but Solly March has just cut inside from the flank before blasting home from 30 yards. The Brazilian had got the better of Soumare to connect with the ball. James Tomkins has barely touched Aleksandar Mitrovic, yet the forwards goes down holding his face and it leads to a second booking and a dismissal. This victory was a sixth on the spin and an eighth from nine in the league. Guimaraes then made 60 yards to play a wall pass for Almiron, who darted between Faes and Soumare - the most hapless of double acts - and rolled effortlessly beyond Danny Ward. Palace curiously are still playing for a win and naturally with nine men leave gaps to exploit. It was a slumber in which the midfielder would remain. The ball was long gone by the time his wild swipe connected with the Brazilian's ankle. They have not so much managed to bottle their pre-World Cup magic, they have returned with a barrel load.

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He laid it off to van Dijk, who hooked a left-footed snapshot that deflected off Konsa (I think) and into the net. Digne curls a deep cross that finds McGinn unmarked at the far post, but the ball bounces awkwardly and he can’t decide whether to go at it with his head or his left foot. He rides the bounce well but then hits a first-time shot straight at Olsen. McGinn sweeps a long pass out to Digne on the left and hares towards the area. Alexander-Arnold curls a devastating free-kick from the right that bounces up towards the unmarked Nunez, eight yards out. “It’s clear that the other five in Liverpool’s front six (with Robertson and Alexander-Arnold backing them up) are in tune,” says Andy Flintoff, “but Nunez, despite all his energy, is’t quite there yet. Eventually he hits an off-balance shot that is blocked by the legs of Olsen, with the ball then ricocheting off Douglas Luiz and just wide. His cross was palmed away by Olsen to Bajcetic, who calmly dinked the ball over Olsen and rattled it through the legs of Mings on the line. oh never mind, the live pictures are back now, just in time to see Alisson make a comfortable save from Digne. “It was the season after that he really took flight and flourished. Douglas Luiz, 30 yards from goal in the inside-right channel, curled a beautiful cross to the far post, where Watkins pulled away from Matip and strained his neck muscles to plant an excellent header back across Alisson. The relentless Nunez did superbly to chase his own heavy first touch and keep the ball in play near the byline.

After missing the World Cup Mo Salah returns to action as the teams face-off at Villa Park.

Liverpool are looking to win three top-flight fixtures in a row for the first time this season. Both teams will be hoping to hit the ground running for the back half of the season with Villa eyeing up a place in the top 10 and Liverpool hunting down a Champions League spot. The Villa forward shoots and forces a low stop out of Alisson Becker. Meanwhile, Liverpool will be hoping to build some consistency after a fluctuating first half of the season. Below, we look at what we want to happen, more so than what we think will happen... They both have 53 but Robertson could go ahead of the former Everton man this evening. Our writers look ahead to the rest of the season, as Boxing Day ushers in a strange new sequence in the Premier League campaign Darwin Nunez arrives but lets the ball run through towards Mo Salah. But what next? A strange new sequence in the Premier League season will begin on Boxing Day, as the top flight returns after a month-long pause. Liverpool lose the ball over on their left wing and it gets squirted over to Emiliano Buendia in the middle of the Reds’ final third. Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool