Even with the battling, fighting, exhausting and character-filled win at Wolves, it looks increasingly difficult for Arsenal to stick with Liverpool right now. That is before you consider clawing back the current six-point gap and the game in hand Arne Slot's side have against Everton.

Federico Chiesa has yet to start a Premier League game for Liverpool since his transfer from Serie A side Juventus and coach Arne Slot said the Italian forward was now ready to play more minutes but faces some fierce competition.

Bournemouth earned four points from their first four Premier League games against Liverpool (W1 D1 L2), but have since earned just three from their past 11 (W1 D0 L10). The Cherries also scored more than twice as many goals in the first four (seven) than they have against the Reds in the last 11 (three).

Amara Nallo will certainly remember his senior debut for Liverpool. All four minutes of it. Liverpool was in the luxurious position of being able to play the kids in its final game of the Champions League’s revamped first stage with qualification already secure.

Being a good, young left-back with Premier League experience is not the only reason he is being connected to Liverpool. Sporting director Richard Hughes, who joined Liverpool in the summer after leaving Bournemouth, signed the defender for his former club.

Liverpool boss Matt Beard has asked for referees to protect players after as he criticised a challenge on Oliva Smith by Leicester defender CJ Bott. Earlier this month, Beard said Smith is "probably going to get hurt" if challenges against her continues to go unpunished.

Liverpool were undone by PSV in midweek and one of the scorers in that Champions League outing was Johan Bakayoko - who is now talking up his chances of playing for the Reds

During the January transfer window, Liverpool has been quiet and Manchester City has been loud, with the latter having just made an approach over a possible fourth big-money signing

Virgil van Dijk spent two years at Celtic between 2013 and 2015, and the Dutch centre-half has revealed who he believes was the best player he ever shared the pitch with in Glasgow

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