The most anticipated fixture this gameweek, between defending Champions Liverpool and title aspirants, played out in a rather uneventful 0-0 draw. That notwithstanding, there was drama elsewhere as several mid-table clashes unfolded across the table, giving us a better idea of who is actually in the race for European spots and who isn't. Here are all the winners and losers from the gameweek's action.

A win for the Cherries, finally. And, perhaps fittingly, it came in the very last game for the club by Antoine Semenyo, and he scored the winner as well. It was the perfect sendoff for the Ghanaian winger who has become the face of Andoni Iraola's Bournemouth team in the last two years. Bournemouth were on a rather embarrassing 11-game losing streak without a win as well before this result, so it must have come as such a relief to the fans and players alike to win a game of football after so long, finally. Whether this is a fluke or a genuine turnaround remains to be seen, but I'm sure nobody at Vitality cares too much for now.

A threadbare squad that suddenly finds itself in a race for European spots cannot afford to lose players to stupid red cards. And yet, that's exactly what happened to Everton against Wolves. Not only did the Merseysiders squander a chance to keep up with the pack of Europe chasing teams, but they also lost Michael Keane and Jack Grealish to red cards, finishing the game with 9 men. Although they'd taken the lead in the 17th minute, Wolves came back to equalise in the 69th minute, and the game ended 1-1. The result itself is not great, but I'm sure that Moyes will be doubly annoyed by the unnecessary suspensions, especially seeing as the team is already missing key players through injury and AFCON. The next three games will be tricky for David Moyes to navigate.

The push for Europe continues, as does the fairytale start Keith Andrews is having to his first managerial stint. Brentford beat Sunderland very convincingly, 3-0 at the GTech, to cement their position in 5th and keep dreams of Europe very much alive. Igor Thiago also scored twice as the Brazilian broke the record for the most goals by a Brazilian in the Premier League in a single season (with 17 games to go too). Some might say that Sunderland is missing players, and that's true, but Manchester City struggled against this Sunderland side a few weeks ago. This was a very convincing win, and the Bees sting on.

The abysmal run continues. I'll be honest with you, I like Thomas Frank. Watching his Brentford side was such a joy, and I hoped he'd be a cracking success at Tottenham. However, after 21 games, I have to admit that if I were a Spurs fan, I'd be calling for his head. His record after 21 games is 8 losses, 6 draws, and 7 wins. Only one of those wins has come in the last five games. And to add insult to injury, they lost to Bournemouth this gameweek, a Bournemouth team without a win in 11 games. That loss to Bournemouth leaves them in 14th place with 27 points, for context they are 5 points and 7 places behind Manchester United, and United are having a difficult season. For a club like Tottenham, these are unacceptable standards.

Fulham haven't lost a game since they lost arguably 3/4 of their best players to AFCON. Marco Silva's miracle-working streak continued against Chelsea as the Lilywhites scored late to secure maximum points in a difficult London Derby. Chelsea were reduced to ten men in the first half, and Fulham scored ten minutes into the second half, capitalising on their numerical advantage. But Chelsea never went away and continued pushing, eventually equalising through Liam Delap. And who else to step up and secure all three points except the man who is currently in the form of his life — Harry Wilson. I'm sure Marco Silva is looking forward to having his whole team back after AFCON, but the players on hand have kept things going smoothly in the meantime.

Sunderland also lost a raft of players to AFCON. Although they hadn't really lost any game until this gameweek's defeat to Brentford, all their games have ended in draws in that time. Draws can be deceptive, technically you're not losing games, but you're also dropping 2 points for every point you take, you need to try and win some. And that's why being thoroughly beaten 3-0 by Brentford must have come as a shock to the system, the mask of draws has come off, and it's clear that things are not so great. I'm sure things will look better once the whole team is back together post-AFCON and Regis Le Bris has a chance to regroup. However, the job of making sure the wheels don't fall off totally before that happens is now harder.

The most anticipated fixture this gameweek, between defending Champions Liverpool and title aspirants, played out in a rather uneventful 0-0 draw. That notwithstanding, there was drama elsewhere as several mid-table clashes unfolded across the table, giving us a better idea of who is actually in the race for European spots and who isn't. Here are all the winners and losers from the gameweek's action.

A win for the Cherries, finally. And, perhaps fittingly, it came in the very last game for the club by Antoine Semenyo, and he scored the winner as well. It was the perfect sendoff for the Ghanaian winger who has become the face of Andoni Iraola's Bournemouth team in the last two years. Bournemouth were on a rather embarrassing 11-game losing streak without a win as well before this result, so it must have come as such a relief to the fans and players alike to win a game of football after so long, finally. Whether this is a fluke or a genuine turnaround remains to be seen, but I'm sure nobody at Vitality cares too much for now.

A threadbare squad that suddenly finds itself in a race for European spots cannot afford to lose players to stupid red cards. And yet, that's exactly what happened to Everton against Wolves. Not only did the Merseysiders squander a chance to keep up with the pack of Europe chasing teams, but they also lost Michael Keane and Jack Grealish to red cards, finishing the game with 9 men. Although they'd taken the lead in the 17th minute, Wolves came back to equalise in the 69th minute, and the game ended 1-1. The result itself is not great, but I'm sure that Moyes will be doubly annoyed by the unnecessary suspensions, especially seeing as the team is already missing key players through injury and AFCON. The next three games will be tricky for David Moyes to navigate.

The push for Europe continues, as does the fairytale start Keith Andrews is having to his first managerial stint. Brentford beat Sunderland very convincingly, 3-0 at the GTech, to cement their position in 5th and keep dreams of Europe very much alive. Igor Thiago also scored twice as the Brazilian broke the record for the most goals by a Brazilian in the Premier League in a single season (with 17 games to go too). Some might say that Sunderland is missing players, and that's true, but Manchester City struggled against this Sunderland side a few weeks ago. This was a very convincing win, and the Bees sting on.

The abysmal run continues. I'll be honest with you, I like Thomas Frank. Watching his Brentford side was such a joy, and I hoped he'd be a cracking success at Tottenham. However, after 21 games, I have to admit that if I were a Spurs fan, I'd be calling for his head. His record after 21 games is 8 losses, 6 draws, and 7 wins. Only one of those wins has come in the last five games. And to add insult to injury, they lost to Bournemouth this gameweek, a Bournemouth team without a win in 11 games. That loss to Bournemouth leaves them in 14th place with 27 points, for context they are 5 points and 7 places behind Manchester United, and United are having a difficult season. For a club like Tottenham, these are unacceptable standards.

Fulham haven't lost a game since they lost arguably 3/4 of their best players to AFCON. Marco Silva's miracle-working streak continued against Chelsea as the Lilywhites scored late to secure maximum points in a difficult London Derby. Chelsea were reduced to ten men in the first half, and Fulham scored ten minutes into the second half, capitalising on their numerical advantage. But Chelsea never went away and continued pushing, eventually equalising through Liam Delap. And who else to step up and secure all three points except the man who is currently in the form of his life — Harry Wilson. I'm sure Marco Silva is looking forward to having his whole team back after AFCON, but the players on hand have kept things going smoothly in the meantime.

Sunderland also lost a raft of players to AFCON. Although they hadn't really lost any game until this gameweek's defeat to Brentford, all their games have ended in draws in that time. Draws can be deceptive, technically you're not losing games, but you're also dropping 2 points for every point you take, you need to try and win some. And that's why being thoroughly beaten 3-0 by Brentford must have come as a shock to the system, the mask of draws has come off, and it's clear that things are not so great. I'm sure things will look better once the whole team is back together post-AFCON and Regis Le Bris has a chance to regroup. However, the job of making sure the wheels don't fall off totally before that happens is now harder.