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BT Sport put together a video of Christmas carolers bothering the populace with EPL chants.

What do they sing at a snowman’s birthday party? F-reeze a jolly good fellow! 

This is just one of the horrendous, yet funny jokes that the Everton football club told one another for the Christmas video below. One person who clearly was having a good time was Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian was cracking up for majority of the video, even if he didn’t understand the jokes, while teammate Ross Barkely pretty much hated being there the whole time. We’ll give Ross a pass considering he scored this screamer recently.

In this week's Premier League review, we examine Arsene Wenger's transfer market prowess, Brendan Rodger's latest cheery outlook and more.

Arsene Wenger’s Transfer Failings Are Costing Arsenal Dearly

With about five minutes of Sunday’s clash between Liverpool and Arsenal remaining, The18 started typing words such as “robust,” “hard-working,” “resolute” and “winning ugly”. Then Arsenal did what Arsenal invariably do: concede a late goal from a set-piece.

We understand that soccer is a game of passion. Fans are prone to celebrating every goal as if it were the best they’ve ever seen - and to mourning every loss as if it were a harbinger of death. With such a wide range of emotions, disagreements and fights are bound to happen. 

In preventing such brawls from occurring, it has to be said that soccer stadiums around the world are following the right protocol: keep the home and away fans seperate. It’s simple and effective. 

After a lethargic showing against arch-rival Manchester United last weekend, Brendan Rodgers’s Liverpool squad rebounded on Wednesday with a 3-1 victory over mighty Bournemouth in the quarterfinals of the Capital One Cup. Though Bournemouth currently are in first place in the Championship, the victory has done nothing to quiet the growing chorus of Scousers that want Rodgers sacked. Is this really fair given how close Liverpool came to winning the league last year?

On Monday, Newcastle United supporters had a big week ahead of them. On Wednesday they would face off against Premier League foe Tottenham for a spot in the semifinals of the Capital One Cup, and four days later they would take on rival Sunderland in what is one of the most intense rivalries in the Prem. 

Thierry Henry retired yesterday, and we put together the top moments of his career.

Following Sunday’s 3-0 defeat of old rivals Liverpool, Manchester United have strung together six wins in a row for the first time in 21 months. On the last occasion United achieved such a feat – 2012-13 – they went on to win the league, but can they do so again? Despite currently sitting 3rd and trailing Chelsea by eight points, there are three very good reasons not to discount the red half of Manchester from the title race just yet:

#1 - Van Gaal Is A Perennial Slow Starter

He’s not glamourous. His jersey is not the top seller at the Stamford Bridge gift shop. Many casual fans of the Premier League may not even know who he is. But while teammates Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa have been widely credited as the difference-makers that have Chelsea at the top of the Barclays Premier League table this season, midfielder Nemanja Matic just might be the most important member of Chelsea’s starting 11 and the one player manager Jose Mourinho cannot do without.