EPL Preview: Liverpool's conundrum and the questions for FPL managers

Premier League weekend preview: Liverpool's slump vs Arsenal lead, Fulham-Wolves relegation scrap, Forest-Man Utd clash, City-Bournemouth thriller.

Antoine Semenyo and Erling Haaland both blanked uncharacteristically last weekend, affecting millions of managers who captained them, they face each other this weekend, will they return good numbers? (Photo credit: GOAL)

We’re back again with questions for teams in the Premier League. The elephant in the room this time is not Manchester United. Is it time for us to start worrying about Liverpool?

We go straight into the questions for the weekend, and we start with the champions. Liverpool has lost four straight games in the league, which took them from being five points clear of Arsenal to being seven points off the Gunners. Is it time to press the panic button?

Liverpool added a League Cup exit to their recent woes as they went 3-0 down at home to Crystal Palace; you could argue that the Reds fielded a lot of youngsters, but their performance didn’t reflect their stature as champions. With Villa coming up next, could this be the fixture that significantly impacts their chances in the title race?

Straight to another fixture between two struggling teams, Fulham will be home to Wolves, with the latter going into their tenth league game of the season without picking a win in any of the previous nine, while Fulham has lost their last four league games.

Both were in cup action in midweek, with Fulham needing penalties to overcome Wycombe while Wolves left it too late against Chelsea. On the evidence of their last respective displays, you might expect so much from Wolves, but both of them need wins. Who will get one here?

Step forward, Nottingham Forest. What will happen this weekend against Manchester United? The Red Devils have won three games on the bounce for the first time in over a year; they’re in a good place and should be the favourite for this one. However, does Sean Dyche have anything up his sleeve?

With United seemingly getting their groove under Ruben Amorim, are they now a good value for their investment? Are the days of glory finally on the horizon? Will Evangelos Marinakis start shopping for another manager after this game? Remember that United fan? Will he start preparing for a haircut?

Finally, the final game of the weekend is the one at the Etihad, between Manchester City and high-flying Bournemouth. What version of Manchester City will show up? The Cherries are doing so well; can they throw City off the title race?

Andoni Iraola is pushing his side so high, and with City losing their last league game at Villa, we expect this to be a high-energy game of transitions and end-to-end madness. Erling Haaland blanked last weekend; will he be back on the scoresheet? Antoine Semenyo did too; will he hand returns to his backers?