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

The latest Liverpool transfer news and gossip amid reports that Brazilian defender Murillo is set to sign a contract extension with Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest.

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.

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.

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

Red-hot Bournemouth host Premier League leaders Liverpool on Saturday in what promises to be an absolute beauty of a game. WATCH – Bournemouth v Liverpool. Andoni Iraola's side

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 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.

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

Chris Sutton has been talking about Newcastle United. He won the Premier League when playing alongside Alan Shearer at Blackburn in the 1994/95 season. Exactly 30 years on from that, Chris Sutton declaring “..it would just be great for Newcastle United to win a trophy”, which of course is what Shearer and all other NUFC fans are dreaming of.

The biggest target elsewhere is Mathys Tel, who appeared to bid goodbye to Bayern Munich fans on teh pitch last night and is the subject of a bidding war involving Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea and, potentially Arsenal. Spurs have also been linked with Yoane Wissa, Noah Okafor, Tyler Dibling and Angel Gomes.

A contest between two of the Premier League’s scoring leaders is set when Mohamed Salah (first) and Liverpool FC take on AFC Bournemouth and Justin Kluivert (seventh) on Saturday, February