Red-hot Bournemouth host Premier League leaders Liverpool on Saturday in what promises to be an absolute beauty of a game.

Chris Wood says Martin Skrtel and Virgil van Dijk are the two toughest defenders he's ever faced in his career.

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Nevertheless, Wood has still named Van Dijk as his toughest ever opponent in a new interview with Optus Sport. As it turns out, though, the New Zealander also hold a slightly surprise former Liverpool centre-back in equally high regard.

Nuno Espirito Santo reflects on Nottingham Forests heavy defeat to Bournemouth, highlighting the challenges of maintaining a top-four position in the Premier League.

Arsenal was second after winning at Wolverhampton 1-0, but third-placed Nottingham Forest was stunned by Bournemouth 5-0 on the south coast. Fourth-placed Newcastle came back from a goal down to beat Southampton 3-1, with Alexander Isak scoring twice.

Bournemouth will try to close the gap between itself and Nottingham Forest in a showdown at the top of the table in Matchweek 23.

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Liverpool cruised to a 4-1 win over Ipswich Town while Arsenal overcame the loss of defender Myles Lewis-Skelly to a harsh straight red card to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0.

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Bournemouth said, "Yeah, Nottingham Forest are a nice story this season, but so are we," as they did what they wanted in a 5-0 victory on Saturday.