scored with virtually the last kick of the game against west ham, to leapfrog them into the premier legaue's four. marcus rashford scored the winner with less than 30 seconds left of injury time. it did go to a var check for a possible offside from edison cavani in the build up, but the goal was given. harsh on west ham who were organised in a game of little chances. they drop to 5th. but it's back to back wins for the first time under ralf ragnick. the atmosphere was amazing. quite rightly the plates are celebrating. they knew how important this win was. in the end, those are the best kinds of lands, when the other team —— in the end, those are the best kinds of wins, when the other team has no time any more to come back. but obviously we are extremely happy about the performance defensively about the level of physicality that we showed today, bearing in mind that we only played three days ago at branford. there was no winning start to the post rafa benitez era at everton. they were beaten 1—0 by aston villa, as duncan ferguson's second reign as interim manager began. emi buendia scored the

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phillippe coutinho is back in the premier legaue. season, and there's an option to buy too. coutinhojoined barca in a one hundred and £a2 million move from liverpool in 2018. but he struggled to make the same impact in spain however, he's re—uniting with villa boss steven gerrard, who was his captain at liverpool. and somebody else back in the premier league is keiran trippier who's now been confirmed as newcastle's first signing since their new owners took over. the england full—back has joined from atletico madrid. he's played for boss eddie howe before at burnley and joins for £12 million. newcastle fans will be hoping he's the first of many to come and help their fight for survival in the premier league. after a year of waiting, the africa cup of nations is nearly here. the tournament kicks off on sunday, with a host of the world's best players heading to cameroon. the tournament itself was delayed by 12 months because of the pandemic, and organisers have faced criticism over it's timing. here's our reporter peter okwoche who's o

two other games in the premier legaue today after leicester verses norwich was postponed.al palace in the late game. liverpool go to chelsea tomorrow but manager jurgen klopp won't be with them. he's returned a suspected positive test for covid—19 and will miss the game. yesterday klopp said three players had tested positive for covid—19. a liverpool statement said there has been no further cases among the playing squad but three backroom staff have also returned suspected positive tests. assistant pep lijnders will take charge for the visit to stamford bridge. james wade is through to the semi—finals of the pdc world darts championship. the numberfour seed enjoyed a whitewash victory over mervyn king at london's alexandra palace. he'll face the winner of tonight's quarter final between defending champion gerwyn price and michael smith. twice former champion gary anderson is also through after beating luke humphries 5—2. he'll face second seed peter wright or callan rydz in the semi finals. emma raducanu was among the sports starts who received a new year's honour, but she

now, phillippe coutinho is back in the premier legaue.elder hasjoined aston villa from barcelona, on loan until the end of the season, and there's an option to buy too. coutinhojoined barcelona in a £142 million move from liverpool in 2018. he was brilliant at anfield but struggled to make the same impact in spain. however, he's re—uniting with villa boss steven gerrard, who was his captain at liverpool. and newcastle have been busy too. they've confirmed their first signing since their new owners took over. england full—back kieran trippier has joined from atletico madrid. he's played for boss eddie howe before at burnley and joins for £12 million. but newcastle fans will be hoping he's the first of many to come and help the club battle against relegation from the premier league. it's a player i know really well from our time early together. i know he will bring a huge amount on and off the pitch, his leadership quality, winning mentality, he is driven to succeed and i think all his experiences he has accumulated in the game will help us

two other games in the premier legaue today after leicester verses norwich was postponed.e late game. staying with football and everton have signed the ukraine defender vitaliy mykolenko from dynamo kiev. he joins on a four—year deal, for a fee believed to be up to £17 million. he's played 21 times for his country, including their run to the quarterfinals of last year's european championship. mykolenko, who's 22, said he'd always dreamed of playing in the premier league. he's rafael benitez�*s sixth signing for everton, who are 15th in the table. newcastle united have made a bid to sign england right—back kieran trippier from atletico madrid. trippier, who was part of the england side that reached the final of euro 2020 last summer, helped atletico win la liga last season. newcastle are one off the bottom of the premier league. chelsea's stamford bridge will be the venue for an historic occasion tomorrow — their match against liverpool will be the first in england to have legal standing areas since a ban was introduced in 1994, following the taylor report into the hillsbro

scored with virtually the last kick of the game against west ham, to leapfrog them into the premier legaue's left of injury time. it did go to a var check for a possible offside from edinson cavani in the build up, but the goal was given. harsh on west ham who were organised in a game of little chances. they drop to 5th. but it's back to back wins for the first time under ralf ragnick. the atmosphere was amazing. quite rightly the plates are celebrating. they knew how important this win was. in the end, those are the best kinds of wins, when the other team has no time any more to come back. but obviously we are extremely happy about the performance defensively about the level of physicality that we showed today, bearing in mind that we only played three days ago at branford. the players played 94 minutes, 95, so you _ the players played 94 minutes, 95, so you can — the players played 94 minutes, 95, so you can make mistakes, but at that time — so you can make mistakes, but at that time it — so you can make mistakes, but at that time it is so important. a draw would _ that time it is so impor

phillippe coutinho is back in the premier legaue.e's an option to buy, too. coutinhojoined barca in a £142 million move from liverpool in 2018. but he struggled to make the same impact in spain. however, he's reuniting with villa boss steven gerrard, who was his captain at liverpool. and somebody else back in the premier league is keiran trippier, who's now been confirmed as newcastle's first signing since their new owners took over. the england full—back has joined from atletico madrid. he's played for boss eddie howe before at burnley and joins for £12 million. but newcastle fans will be hoping he's the first of many to come and can help the club battle against relegation from the premier league. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. more reaction there from the fourth test in the ashes series in sydney and sarah has more in sports day. we will talk more about novak djokovic. we are due some sort of court decision on monday. shaimaa khalil reports from melbourne. this is the

phillippe coutinho is back in the premier legaue.t signing since their new owners took over. the england full—back has joined from atletico madrid. he�*s played for boss eddie howe before at burnley and joins for £12 million. newcastle fans will be hoping he�*s the first of many to come and help their fight for survival in the premier league. after a year of waiting, the africa cup of nations is nearly here. the tournament kicks off on sunday, with a host of the world�*s best players heading to cameroon. the tournament itself was delayed by 12 months because of the pandemic, and organisers have faced criticism over it�*s timing. here�*s our reporter peter okwoche who�*s out in the cameroon capital yaounde. 2a teams in all, 52 games in six venues across five different towns. who are the favourites? everybody will point to senegal with the likes of sergio armani and edward mendi, was or may be egypt with mo salah. who knows? the right of the defending champions algeria that you�*ve always got the door courses cameroon who are hosed and

phillippe coutinho is back in the premier legaue.nhojoined barcelona in a £142 million move from liverpool in 2018. he was brilliant at anfield but struggled to make the same impact in spain, however he's reuniting with villa boss steven gerrard, who was his captain at liverpool. and newcastle have been busy too. they've confirmed their first signing since their new owners took over. england full—back kieran trippier has joined from atletico madrid. he's played for boss eddie howe before at burnley and joins for £12 million. but newcastle fans will be hoping he's the first of many to come and help the club battle against relegation from the premier league. that's all the sport for now. let's return to our top story and the rising level of staff absences at hospital trusts across the country fuelled by coronavirus. in the midlands, the latest figures from nhs england show more than 4200 staff were absent due to covid on the 2nd ofjanuary, up week—on—week from around 2400 — that's a 77% rise. giles latcham has been to russells hall hos

now, phillippe coutinho is back in the premier legaue.n option to buy, too. coutinhojoined barcelona in a £142 million move from liverpool in 2018. he was brilliant at anfield, but struggled to make the same impact in spain, however he's reuniting with villa boss steven gerrard, who was his captain at liverpool. and newcastle have been busy, too. they've confirmed their first signing since their new owners took over. england full—back kieran tripper has joined from atletico madrid. he's played for boss eddie howe before at burnley and joins for £12 million. but newcastle fans will be hoping he's the first of many to come and help the club battle against relegation from the premier league. he's a player i know really well from our time early together. i know he will bring a huge amount on and off the pitch, his leadership quality, winning mentality, he is driven to succeed and i think all his experiences he has accumulated in the game will help us in our current position. on the pitch i think he is an outstanding technical player who will