Conor McManus says “the confidence of the group is high” as B take on Bournemouth Under-21s in the Premier League Cup on Tuesday. The game will be played at Wimborne Town Football Club

For the Premier League, a competitive season with high-flying underdogs is very much a double-edged sword. They’re caught in a cleft stick.

Justin Kluivert (£5.5m) scored his second hat-trick of the season this week, registering a massive 22-point haul. He has been great value and now has 10 goals and three assists for the season. He is also Bournemouth’s first-choice penalty taker and, at his price, should be easy to acquire.

Speaking to Gary Lineker for Football Focus, Frank said: "I'm very, very happy at Brentford - in many ways it's the perfect football club. You can still be ambitious. It'd be difficult to win the Premier League, but we can still build the club and have the chance to win something - a cup maybe.

Chelsea, Bournemouth, Man, West Ham and Fulham all did their bit on a simply ludicrous evening of Premier League football on Tuesday.

Liverpool have moved six points clear of second-placed Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table following a remarkable 2-0 win at Brentford on Saturday af

I mean, what it has done is give Bournemouth some much-needed respite. They have been getting battered. Brentford are playing with a certain swagger about them tonight... like if Austin Powers was ...

Darwin Nunez was still trotting on to the pitch having been introduced midway through the second half when he was serenaded by chants from the home crowd that suggested the Uruguayan was, in polite terms, an inferior version of former Liverpool striker Andy Carroll.

What a win for Bournemouth. Newcastle came into this game on a nine-match winning run but have been completely taken apart by the Cherries with Justin Kluivert getting a hat-trick. A remarkable day for Andoni Iraloa's men.

Brentford 0-2 Liverpool, Leicester City 0-2 Fulham, West Ham 0-2 Crystal Palace Nunez scores late double as Liverpool extend lead at top FT: Newcastle 1-4 Bournemouth - Kluivert hits three as ...

Manchester City's upturn came undone as Brentford hit back to draw 2-2 on Tuesday, while Chelsea were also held by the same scoreline at home by Bournemouth. But Bournemouth hit back despite losing both their strikers Evanilson and Enes Unal to long-term injuries.