Premier League Matchday 22 preview: Liverpool face off against Harry Kane-less Spurs

After a flurry of games in festive period, Premier League sides were finally afforded some time to recover from fixture pile-up. This weekend, Premier League sides return to action. Chelsea will look to arrest ir disappointing form at home when Burnley make trip to Stamford Bridge this weekend. However, Tottenham vs Liverpool is arguably most eye-catching game of Premier League Matchday 22. 

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Premier League fixtures: Aston Villa host Manchester City, Crystal Palace host Arsenal

A tweet after Manchester derby earlier this week read: "De Bruyne t only turned desperate Phil Jones, but rifled through his pockets, deleted his Netflix watchlist and changed  default langu on his phone to Mandarin". Such was Kevin De Bruyne's impact in Manchester City's 3-1 win over rivals Manchester United that Twitter was left in awe of Belgian. Pep Guardiola will hope that De Bruyne continues that rich vein of form when Manchester City make trip to Villa Park on Sunday. 

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal travel to Selhurst Park to face Roy Hodgson's Crystal Palace. Arsenal have been impressive under Mikel Arteta in ir four games under former Manchester City assistant coach. A win over Crystal Palace could see Arsenal leapfrog Crystal Palace in table. Hector Bellerin is being assessed ahead of game, while Kieran Tierney and Rob Holding miss out through injuries. Mikel Arteta waxed lyrical about Palace's talisman Wilfried Zaha in his pre-match press conference. However, with a short of full-backs, Mikel Arteta will have to come up with a plan to keep Zaha at bay with help of Ainsley Maitland-Niles, who could continue at right-back for Gunners. 

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Premier League fixtures: Tottenham vs Liverpool

Arguably biggest game of weekend will see Harry Kane miss out on Liverpool's visit to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Tottenham confirmed that Kane will need surgery in order to repair a ruptured tendon in his left hamstring, which could mean that England international could be out for close to three months. Meanwhile, Liverpool will look to tch up ir 20th win in Premier League this weekend. With Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain impressing against Everton in FA Cup and Takumi Minami available for selection, Jurgen Klopp will have a wealth of attacking options to choose from. Tottenham manr Jose Mourinho, on or hand, will have to do without services of Ben Davies, Moussa Sissoko, Danny Rose and Hugo Lloris, in addition to Harry Kane's injury. 

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Elsewhere, Manchester United will host rwich City at Old Trafford this weekend. rwich have tasted some success against 'Big Six' in Premier League this season, registering a victory against Manchester City, while also holding Arsenal, Leicester and Tottenham to a draw. With Manchester United still licking ir wounds from 0-2 defeat at Emirates, rwich City could catch Manchester United unawares, considering Harry Maguire is likely to miss Premier League fixture. Elsewhere, second-placed Leicester City host Southampton at King Power Stadium. last time se sides met, Brendan Rodgers' men put nine past a hapless Southampton. 

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