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All the best moments from Tuesday night’s games as the Premier League’s top four all took to the field

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Our football writers run the rule over the possible ins and outs for the final day of the January transfer window

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What they wanted Cover up front and at left-back. The squad’s reliance on Robin van Persie is well documented and neither of his deputies, Park Chu-young and Marouane Chamakh,, who is away at the Africa Cup of Nations, has so far shown himself to be capable. Due to injuries, Arsene Wenger has not named a recognised full-back in his starting line-up since 6 December.

What they got Thierry Henry on loan from the NY Red Bulls until 16 February, with an option for him to stay until 26 February, which the Red Bulls hold. It has been emotional to see Henry back in the shirt and the first of his three substitute appearances to date saw him score the winner against Leeds in the FA Cup

D-Day moves? Anyone hoping for a big-name buy, and that includes many of the players, should be braced for disappointment. David Hytner

Ins Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls, loan); Thomas Eisfeld (B

• Dalglish, Moyes and Benítez among mourners
• 46-year-old died on New Year’s Day after cancer battle

Former team-mates and current professionals were among the mourners who attended the funeral of Gary Ablett on Tuesday.

The 46-year-old – the only player to win the FA Cup with both Liverpool and Everton – died on New Year’s Day after a 16-month battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

The current Liverpool and Everton managers, Kenny Dalglish and David Moyes, were present at the city’s Anglican Cathedral along with many of Ablett’s team-mates – including John Barnes, Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson, Duncan Ferguson, Matt Jackson and David Unsworth – and other contemporaries from the 1980s and early 1990s.

The likes of Everton players Phil Neville and Tim Cahill were joined by the club’s former managers Joe Royle and Howard Kendall and also the former Liverpool boss Rafael Benítez.

Roy Keane, who briefly worked alongside Ablett at Ipswich Town just before his illness was diagnosed, was also present along with the England Under-21 manager, Stuart Pearce.

The coffin of Ablett was carried into church to You’ll Never Walk Alone and left to Everton’s anthem Z-Cars.

He leaves behind a wife, Jacqueline, and five children.

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