The Cherries welcome Liverpool to the Vitality Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 1. The match is sure to be a massive stress test for Bournemouth.

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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.

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.

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Even when Forest faced Liverpool in their previous game, there was a belief Forest could win, and there was a sense of disappointment in the dressing room and among the hierarchy when they were held to a draw by Arne Slot’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 will try to close the gap between itself and Nottingham Forest in a showdown at the top of the table in Matchweek 23.

BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on Squid guitarist Anton Pearson with his predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures.

Manchester City left it late in their Champions League League Phase campaign but secured passage to the play-off round in the second half vs Club Brugge.