Premier League - as it happened: Chelsea held at Liverpool, Arsenal suffer defeat by Watford

Re-live all the action from Tuesday's Premier League games

Wijnaldum celebrates after equalising for Liverpool (Reuters)

Chelsea travel to Anfield on Tuesday night to face Liverpool knowing that if they come away with three points, they will be 13 points ahead of Jurgen Klopp’s side.

The Reds have only won once in January – an FA Cup third-round replay against Plymouth – and know that tonight’s game is a last-chance saloon in terms of the title race.

Elsewhere, Arsenal welcome Watford to the Emirates in a 7.45pm kick off, while Tottenham travel to struggling Sunderland.

The north London rivals both know the importance of three points this evening - if Chelsea lose at Anfield, the gap will be cut to only five points.

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Tuesday night’s Premier League fixtures (all 7.45pm kick offs unless stated):

Arsenal vs Watford

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace

Burnley vs Leicester

Middlesbrough vs West Brom

Sunderland vs Tottenham

Swansea vs Southampton

Liverpool vs Chelsea (8pm)

Wednesday night’s Premier League fixtures:

West Ham United vs Manchester City (7.45pm)

Manchester United vs Hull City (8pm)

Stoke City vs Everton (8pm)

[31 January 2017 18:10 · Jack Austin]

Hello and welcome to The Independent’s live blog for all seven of Tuesday night’s Premier League games.

Arsenal are in action at home to Watford, with Tottenham travelling to Sunderland in the 7.45pm kick offs.

However, the big one kicks off at 8pm as Chelsea head to Anfield knowing that a victory will surely end Liverpool’s title challenge.

Join us for all the build-up and action!

[31 January 2017 18:26 · Sam Dymond]

Away from the pantomime of transfer deadline day, there are seven matches in the Premier League. Here's the full rundown:

Arsenal v Watford – 7.45pm

Bournemouth v Crystal Palace – 7.45pm

Burnley v Leicester – 7.45pm

Middlesbrough v West Brom – 7.45pm

Sunderland v Tottenham – 7.45pm

Swansea City v Southampton – 7.45pm    

Liverpool v Chelsea – 8pm

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Let's take in the team news from around the grounds...

Arsenal v Watford – 7.45pm

Arsenal: Cech, Gabriel, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Iwobi, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud.

Subs: Ospina, Gibbs, Bellerin, Maitland-Niles, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Perez, Walcott

Watford: Gomes, Cathcart, Kaboul, Prodl, Britos, Behrami, Janmaat, Cleverley, Capoue, Niang, Deeney

Subs: Arlauskis, Mariappa, Mason, Watson, Doucoure, Success, Okaka

Referee: Andre Marriner

Bournemouth v Crystal Palace – 7.45pm

Bournemouth: Boruc, A. Smith, Francis, Cook, B. Smith, Stanislas, Surman, Wilshere, Fraser, King, Afobe

Subs: Allsop, Mings, Gosling, Arter, Pugh, Ibe, Wilson

Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, Tomkins, Delaney, Van Aanholt, Cabaye, McArthur, Puncheon, Zaha,

Benteke

Subs: Speroni, Fryers, Ledley, Flamini, Townsend, Campbell, Remy

Referee: Jonathan Moss

Burnley v Leicester – 7.45pm

Burnley: Heaton, Lowton, Keane, Mee, Ward, Boy, Barton, Hendrick, Defour, Barnes, Gray

Subs: Robinson, Flanagam Vokes, Gudmundsson, Darikwa, Tarkowski, Arfield

Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs, Albrighton, Ndidi, Drinkwater, Gray, Mahrez, Vardy

Subs: Zieler, Chilwell, Musa, King, Okazaki, Mendy, Benalouane

Referee: Mike Dean

Middlesbrough v West Brom – 7.45pm

Middlesbrough: Valdes, Barragan, Gibson, Bernardo, Fabio, Clayton, De Roon, Forshaw, Stuani, Traore, Negredo

Subs: Konstantopoulos, Ayala, Leadbitter, Downing, Fischer, Bamford, Gestede

West Brom: Foster, Nyom, Dawson, McAuley, Brunt, Yacob, Fletcher, Chadli, Morrison, Phillips, Rondon

Subs: Myhill, Olsson, Robson-Kanu, Livermore, McClean, Leko, Field

Referee:Stuart Atwell

Sunderland v Tottenham – 7.45pm

Sunderland: Mannone, Jones, Manquillo, O’Shea, Kone, Denayer, Ndong, Larsson, Rodwell, Borini, Defoe

Subs: Mika, Love, Lescott, Pienaar, Januzaj, Gooch, Honeyman

Tottenham: Vorm, Walker, Alderweireld, Dier, Rose, Dembele, Wanyama, Alli, Eriksen, Son, Kane

Subs: Lopez, Carter-Vickers, Davies, Wimmer, Sissoko, Winks, Janssen

Referee: Lee Mason

Swansea City v Southampton – 7.45pm    

Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Carroll, Fer, Cork, Routledge, Sigurdsson, Llorente

Subs: Nordfeldt, Rangel, Amat, Ki, Narsingh, Dyer, Borja

Southampton: Forster, Cedric, Stephens, Yoshida, Bertrand, Romeu, Clasie, Davis, Tadic, Redmond, Long

Subs: Taylor, Gardos, Reed, Boufal, Hojbjerg, McQueen, Sims

Referee: Roger East

[31 January 2017 19:05 · Sam Dymond]

And at Anfield...

Liverpool v Chelsea – 8pm

Liverpool: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Matip, Milner, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Can, Lallana, Coutinho, Firmino

Subs: Karius, Klavan, Moreno, Lucas, Mane, Origi, Sturridge

Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill, Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso, Willian, Costa, Hazard

Subs: Begovic, Terry, Zouma, Chalobah, Fabregas, Pedro, Batshuayi

Referee: Mark Clattenburg

[31 January 2017 19:10 · Sam Dymond]

With Sadio Mane only on the bench for Liverpool tonight, it might be time for Jurgen Klopp to park the bus.

[31 January 2017 19:24 · Sam Dymond]

Kick-off time is rapidly approaching so let's check out some key statistics courtesy of OptaJoe...

[31 January 2017 19:34 · Sam Dymond]

I suppose when you're team's bottom of the league, destined for another relegation battle and have just signed Joleon Lescott, you need to find something - anything - to cheer yourself up...