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Wednesday 09 May 2018 20:20 BST
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Kevin De Bruyne is a better all-round footballer than Mohamed Salah and could play for any club in the world, according to Brighton boss Chris Hughton. “For me, De Bruyne’s the more complete player and I think it's taken an exceptional season from Salah to win the awards ahead of De Bruyne,” said Hughton.

De Bruyne has been instrumental in Manchester City’s impressive Premier League title success but was beaten to both the PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year awards by Liverpool's prolific top scorer Salah.

Albion face the in-form duo in a daunting end to the season, with Wednesday's visit to the Etihad Stadium followed by a trip to Anfield on Sunday.

And, while Hughton has great admiration for both men, he thinks Belgium international De Bruyne just has the edge. Follow live coverage of the match below.

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Good evening and welcome to our Premier League live blog!

We'll be covering each of the four games this evening, so check back around an hour before kick-off as we bring you team news, build-up and live minute-by-minute coverage.

Not sure how to while away the hours until then? Why not try reading this, the latest piece from our Chief Football Writer Miguel Delaney:

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Evening all. Four Premier League games this evening, with Chelsea-Huddersfield and Leicester-Arsenal kicking off at 7.45pm and Manchester City-Brighton and Tottenham-Newcastle 8.00pm starts.

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Here is the Arsenal team for tonight, with Dinos Mavropanos making his third Premier League appearance at the back:

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Opponents Leicester include young midfielder Hamza Choudhury:

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Chelsea's win over Liverpool at the weekend keeps them in the race for the top-four but they know they likely can't afford to slip up. Here is their team:

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David Wagner knows that a point tonight ensures Huddersfield are safe. He has made three changes to his starting lineup: 

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Yaya Toure captains Manchester City in his final home game for the club. He is alongside Ilkay Gundogan and Fernandinho in midfield with Kevin De Bruyne on the bench:

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Brighton will be hoping to reproduce the performance that saw them best Manchester United last Friday. Chris Hughton brings Leonardo Ulloa in to lead the line:

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It is three changes from Mauricio Pochettino. The Argentine has opted for a back-four tonight, with Ben Davies, Moussa Sissoko and Son Heung-Min brought in to the starting lineup: 

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DeAndre Yedlin appeared just once for Spurs in his spell with the London club. He starts at right-back for Newcastle. Matt Ritchie also replaces Jacob Murphy: 

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