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Good afternoon
Hello and welcome to Telegraph Sport's Premier League Clockwatch. There are three games kicking off at 2pm, with Chelsea v Liverpool to follow at 4.30pm. The most important is probably at the Amex Stadium, where Brighton host Newcastle. Both teams are still fighting for a place in Europe next season, Brighton in the Europa Conference, Newcastle in the Champions League.
Brentford, who meet Manchester United at the Gtech Stadium, are also in the fight for a Conference League place. Man Utd can't quality for Europe through the Premier League but have one foot in the Europa League final after their stirring 3-0 win in Bilbao on Thursday.
Even with such a comfortable lead, Ruben Amorim – who has made no attempt to hide the fact the Europa League is his priority – is likely to make a number of changes today.
'We know that we have always a responsibility but in this moment we have to take a risk [with team selection]. There are some positions that we don't have more players. For example, Nous Mazraoui cannot play. He is at the limit to get an injury.
'We have always a responsibility to perform. We have always a responsibility of the result. But in this moment we have to be clear: our focus is more on saving players and trying to be competitive. It's not a good thing to say but we need to understand the context.'
There is every chance of an all-English final after Spurs' 3-1 win over Bodo/Glimt in the other Europa League semi-final. Ange Postecoglou's side are at West Ham today; they will drop to 17th in the table if they lose.
