Usually, Sunday games occur at 2pm and 4.30pm as part of Sky Sports’ ‘Super Sundays’ coverage. Tottenham vs Southampton will be on TNT Sports, which is another reason it ended up in the 7pm slot on Sunday — Sky will be showing the 2pm and 4.30pm matches, so the Spurs match could not clash.

Arsenal also dropped points on Saturday when they drew 0-0 with Everton and victory against Brentford would also see Chelsea move four points clear of the Gunners. Maresca continues to insist his side are not title challengers but another win would leave them in a great position going into the busy festive period.