Big money awaits Liverpool this week as Champions League rewards are broken down

<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdZG1ecF0HfZ8NOaY_XZJUABUEKH8G0k_BIjZVURIKZZ0ylroXAjD8YtAzBC4X8ajuxX6XMcluUcU0ga4QDTBtQG67_SQnzKlaILebjum0BSl7CTOWPQS3BxRIXF72Ufh_dY_i5XZVoVO/s927/0_Brighton-Hove-Albion-v-Liverpool-Premier-League.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="615" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdZG1ecF0HfZ8NOaY_XZJUABUEKH8G0k_BIjZVURIKZZ0ylroXAjD8YtAzBC4X8ajuxX6XMcluUcU0ga4QDTBtQG67_SQnzKlaILebjum0BSl7CTOWPQS3BxRIXF72Ufh_dY_i5XZVoVO/s320/0_Brighton-Hove-Albion-v-Liverpool-Premier-League.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Liverpool can bank themselves £11million on Tuesday if they beat Ajax and reach the Champions League knockout stages.</span></h2><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Despite a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Atalanta on Wednesday, the Reds remain on the brink of reaching the last 16 of the competition and require just a point at Anfield to get the job done with a game to spare.</span></p><div class="outbrain mid-article-widget outbrain-slot-container" data-config="{"injectionEnabled":true,"componentType":"outbrain","injectionConditions":[{"condition":"stopONAdvertorialContent"}],"slotType":"outbrain","referenceNode":".article-body > p:nth-of-type(2)","widgetOptions":{"ids":["AR_2"],"template":"DailyStar"},"hideOnSensitiveArticle":true,"relativePos":"after","additionalClass":"mid-article-widget","name":"outbrainMidArticleSlot","placement":"Mid-Article","type":"outbrainMidArticleSlot"}" data-outbrain-placeholder="" data-response-start="4394.334999960847" data-type="outbrain" id="outbrainMidArticleSlot" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; margin: 0px 0px 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-browser="chrome" data-dynload="" data-idx="0" data-ob-mark="true" data-ob-template="DailyStar" data-os="win32" data-src="https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-champions-league-money-ajax-23084934" data-widget-id="AR_2" id="outbrain_widget_0" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ob-widget ob-one-column-layout CR_6" data-dynamic-truncate="true" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Each club participating in the group stages received £13.5m and for each win achieved they pick up another £2.4m while a draw brings in £812,000.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By qualifying for the knockout stages Liverpool will earn £8.6m and payment will continue to increase with quarter-finalists winning £9.5m, semi-finalists taking home £10.8m and £13.5m for reaching the final at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has once again voiced his unhappiness with the decision to scrap the five substitutes rule, insisting he only wants to protect players from injury.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"Look, if it would be about me then I would have never mentioned it, but it’s about the players and each moment when it would happen, it would be good for the players," he said after Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Brighton.</span></p><figure class="in-article-image" data-init="true" data-mod="image" data-observed="false" itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); border: 0px; color: #141414; margin: 0px 0px 18px; min-height: 1px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 800px;"><div class="outer" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="mod-image" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Jurgen Klopp has once again questioned the intense pile-up of fixtures for Liverpool" content="https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/incoming/article23078540.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_GettyImages-1287893971.jpg" height="282" src="https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/incoming/article23078540.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_GettyImages-1287893971.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 800px;" width="350" /></span></div></div><figcaption class="publication-theme-indicator" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; clear: both; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.07px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="caption" itemprop="description" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jurgen Klopp has once again questioned the intense pile-up of fixtures for Liverpool</span> <span class="credit" itemprop="author" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Image: Getty Images)</span></span></figcaption></figure><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"Brighton lost two players with muscle injuries and they play one game a week. The most difficult time is coming up now. For Sheffield United as well, by the way. We will see.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"I can explain it one last time: in this period we are now in, five subs is not for tactical changes. And if ever one coach has the luck to use it for tactical changes, that would be the exception. Today we made an early sub at half-time, then we made a second sub and then we thought really if we are brave and [will] make the third sub.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"If you are not brave, you have to wait with the third sub until the 90th minute pretty much because until then when they show up five more minutes, for example, you can say, ‘OK, if we change now then probably nothing will happen, or we are only three or four minutes with 10 men.’</span></p>

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Premier League: Liverpool frustrated by VAR as Brighton snatch late equaliser, Manchester City batter Burnley

<p> <img alt="Premier League: Liverpool frustrated by VAR as Brighton snatch late equaliser, Manchester City batter Burnley" class="fp-reveal" height="227" src="https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Brighton-Liverpool-EPL-AP-640.jpg?impolicy=website&width=640&height=363" style="animation: 1s ease-out 0s 1 normal none running progressiveReveal; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: top; width: 640px; will-change: transform, opacity;" title="Premier League: Liverpool frustrated by VAR as Brighton snatch late equaliser, Manchester City batter Burnley" width="500" /></p><div class="article-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px;">Pascal Gross scored from the penalty spot to equalise for Brighton against Liverpool. AP</p></div><ul class="bullets-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></ul><div class="inner-copy article-full-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Playfair Display", sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Brighton:</span> Brighton: Jurgen Klopp launched into a furious tirade about Liverpool's fixture schedule after Pascal Gross's controversial late penalty rescued a dramatic 1-1 draw for Brighton at the Amex Stadium on Saturday.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Klopp's side took the lead through Diogo Jota's second half strike after Brighton's Neal Maupay had missed a penalty in the first half.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">But Liverpool were stunned in stoppage time when Andrew Robertson's challenge on Danny Welbeck was ruled a penalty after Stuart Attwell used VAR to overturn his initial decision.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Gross converted from the spot, leaving Klopp sarcastically applauding the officials at the end of a disappointing week for Liverpool after their shock Champions League defeat at home to Atalanta.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson claimed Welbeck told him it wasn't a penalty, but Klopp would not take the bait when asked if he disagreed with the decision.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">"You try to create again, on my cost, a headline, because that's how it is. If I say now it was not... the ref whistled it," Klopp said in a fractious exchange with a BT Sport interviewer.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">"Don't look like this, you try, always, all the time. Today I say it was a penalty, you are not happy with that answer, so keep your answers to yourself."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Liverpool went back to the top of the table as a result of their draw, but the champions are just one point ahead of previous leaders Tottenham.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Tottenham would regain pole position if they avoid defeat at Chelsea on Sunday, while the Blues will go top if they win the London derby.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">It was one of those days for Liverpool, who also saw goals correctly disallowed by VAR for offside against Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">There was more bad news for injury-ravaged Liverpool as James Milner was forced off in the second half.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Milner's injury provoked Klopp's rant during his post-match interview as he repeated his recent complaints about Liverpool featuring in the early Saturday match after playing in the Champions League just three days earlier.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Klopp rant</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Asked if Milner had a hamstring problem, Klopp took aim at television schedulers and Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder, who has criticised his counterpart over his desire to allow five substitutions instead of the current three.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">"Yeah, congratulations. You work for them yeah? Hamstring, surprise, and Brighton had injuries but ask Chris Wilder how we can avoid that," Klopp said.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">"I don't know how often I have to say it, you picked the 1230, not you personally, but you did it, us on 1230, between now and December and New Year, one more Wednesday.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">"I've not had a go at the broadcaster, I just say how it is. After Wednesday, Saturday 12.30 is really dangerous for the players.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">"When we had a talk between managers, a week ago, it was 55, if not 60 (per cent) for five subs. Since then nothing happened.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">"Chris Wilder or whoever says constantly that I am selfish. I think all the things that shows is that he's selfish.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">"I was in a similar situation when I worked at Mainz and it was all about staying in the league, but they (Sheffield United) have three subs and one point if I am right."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">It was a tough day for Klopp, who saw Aaron Connolly tripped by Neco Williams in the 20th minute.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Maupay stepped up to take the spot-kick, but his side-foot effort went wide despite Alisson Becker diving the wrong way.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">In the 60th minute, Robertson found Salah and his pass teed up Jota to drill into the bottom corner from the edge of the area.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Liverpool were seconds away from three points when Robertson went to clear in his own area as Welbeck closed in.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Robertson's foot made contact with Welbeck, but there were few appeals from Brighton before Attwell awarded a contentious penalty after consulting the pitchside monitor.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">With Maupay off the pitch, Gross took this one and fired down the middle to salvage an unexpected point.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Manchester City find their groove</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Manchester City found their shooting boots as Riyad Mahrez scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 thrashing of Burnley to bounce back to winning ways in the Premier League.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Pep Guardiola's men had scored just seven goals in their previous seven league games to slip to 14th in the table before kick-off.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">But for the fourth straight visit to the Etihad, Burnley conceded five times as City eased to within six points of league leaders Liverpool with a game in hand.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Mahrez was one of four changes Guardiola made from a 1-0 win at Olympiakos in midweek that booked City's place in the last 16 of the Champions League, and took the most of his chance to start with Raheem Sterling left on the bench.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">The Algerian opened the floodgates on six minutes as he swept home Kevin De Bruyne's pass.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Mahrez then outwitted a sleeping Burnley defence as he latched onto Kyle Walker's throw-in before dancing round three challenges and firing on off the far post.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">De Bruyne was handed a rare rest in midweek and the Belgian was back to his best with another assist for Benjamin Mendy to score his first City goal over three years since arriving from Monaco.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">The French left-back produced an exquisite finish by cushioning De Bruyne's cross back across Bailey Peacock-Farrell, who had a Premier League debut to forget in the absence of England international Nick Pope.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">After City's struggles to score goals in recent weeks, the hosts made sure to cash in after the break rather than saving their energies for a hectic upcoming schedule.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Ferran Torres has been prolific in the Champions League since his signing from Valencia, but the Spanish international finally opened his Premier League account with a smart finish from Gabriel Jesus's lay-off.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Torres was then replaced by Phil Foden and with his first touch Foden was the provider for Mahrez to complete his hat-trick in uncharacteristic fashion with a bullet header at the back post.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">VAR came to Peacock-Farrell's rescue after he turned the ball into his own net after a fine save to deny Jesus, with the goal ruled out for offside against the Brazilian striker, before De Bruyne smashed against the post late on.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">However, five goals were enough for Guardiola's men to send out the message they are not out of a wide-open title race, especially with a favourable run of fixtures to come as Fulham, West Brom and Newcastle will also visit the Etihad before Boxing Day.</p></div>

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<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnQwEQa5oQ7-uups-JelqEVK0wM2mlGJxsJaa04BfQY4TQasgYMWo0pP75_K4SEp6htyOGXWwGm9knxBKUOV0tlfqHI8rspYYGDzCbJjRa7xekBe5o2oDm9dA349H54omjVRLfnXWXJ6M/s300/download+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnQwEQa5oQ7-uups-JelqEVK0wM2mlGJxsJaa04BfQY4TQasgYMWo0pP75_K4SEp6htyOGXWwGm9knxBKUOV0tlfqHI8rspYYGDzCbJjRa7xekBe5o2oDm9dA349H54omjVRLfnXWXJ6M/s0/download+%25283%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="backface-visibility: hidden; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 34.56px; margin: 10px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 668.688px;"><br /></h2><h2 style="backface-visibility: hidden; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 34.56px; margin: 10px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 668.688px;">Watch Liverpool vs Midtjylland live streaming match and Goal highlights</h2><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.6method.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/status_me_status_IMG-20201027-WA0016.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #0077ee; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Watch Liverpool vs Midtjylland" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9011" height="518" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" src="http://www.6method.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/status_me_status_IMG-20201027-WA0016.jpg" srcset="https://www.6method.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/status_me_status_IMG-20201027-WA0016.jpg 1000w, https://www.6method.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/status_me_status_IMG-20201027-WA0016-300x155.jpg 300w, https://www.6method.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/status_me_status_IMG-20201027-WA0016-768x398.jpg 768w" style="backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; display: block; font-size: 18.4px; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="350" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Welcome to Night champions league clash here at Liverpool home pack. Watch Liverpool vs Midtjylland live match and latest goal highlights here.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Liverpool XI</strong>: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Gomez, Robertson; Milner, Henderson, Shaqiri; Minamino, Origi, Diogo Jota.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Midtjylland XI:</strong> Andersen; Andersson, Sviatchenko, Scholz, Paulinho; Onyeka, Cajuste; Dreyer, Sisto, Mabil; Kaba.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1* –</strong> FC Midtjylland kick-off the champions league and the game is underway.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5* – Ball possession</strong>: Liverpool: 27%, FC Midtjylland: 73%.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">15* –</strong> Joseph Gomez from Liverpool tries to head the ball to a team mate, but it’s intercepted by an opponent player.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">20* –</strong> After a tactical foul, Alexander Scholz sees no other way than stopping the counter and receives a yellow card.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">27* –</strong> Takumi Minamino from Liverpool had a bad first touch and fails to benefit from his team mates cross.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">28* –</strong> Fabinho is down injured and receives medical attention on the field.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">30* – Ball possession:</strong> Liverpool: 62%, FC Midtjylland: 38%.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">37*</strong> – Liverpool is having a good opportunity to score.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">39*</strong> – Oh no. From a promising position Diogo Jota from Liverpool miskicks completely. Opportunity wasted.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">43* –</strong> Liverpool take a throw-in at the right side of the pitch in their own half of the field.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">45″*</strong> – It’s over! The referee blows for half time.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">50*</strong> – Diogo Jota from Liverpool takes the ball forward trying to make something happen…</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">51* –</strong> Liverpool is trying to create something here.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 29.44px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAEqv7h-48tMCyOxsNA" style="border: 0px; color: #0077ee; font-size: 18.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Watch Goal Highlights Here</a></strong></p>

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<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJT8_o56nVQRmnX4fg8j08D03Aa_uDxwLpBwRhGUpIX1Hohkl67x9YUtp4jHvcckGFO-7PPiR7w776nMxlJ3mCY6qasv20T_NvITlbCWP1rx_e9qtmddXm28pGQmkdX5YIGXITP7BiXk/s810/liverpool-arsenal-280920ze.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJT8_o56nVQRmnX4fg8j08D03Aa_uDxwLpBwRhGUpIX1Hohkl67x9YUtp4jHvcckGFO-7PPiR7w776nMxlJ3mCY6qasv20T_NvITlbCWP1rx_e9qtmddXm28pGQmkdX5YIGXITP7BiXk/s320/liverpool-arsenal-280920ze.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">Diogo Jota came off the bench to score on his debut as Liverpool recovered from a goal down to beat Arsenal 3-1 at Anfield.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">French striker Alexandre Lacazette opened the scoring against the run of play after an error from Robertson.</span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">But the champions responded with Mane’s tap-in and Robertson redeemed himself with a neat finish before the break.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">Jota struck late on to ensure Liverpool took home all three points and maintained their perfect start to their title defence.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">Liverpool received a huge boost when goalkeeper Alisson Becker was passed fit to start in goal, but Thiago Alcantara missed out on the 18-man squad due to a lack of sharpness.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">David Luiz and Kieran Tierney returned to the Arsenal backline, while Mohamed Elneny came in for Dani Ceballos.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">Having gone 60 league games and three-and-a-half years unbeaten at Anfield, it seemed like Mikel Arteta’s side could provide a stern test to their invincible run. After all, they had won both of their opening matches in contrasting styles, pointing to a new aura to this Arsenal team.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">But as we have often seen from the Premier League champions, their ability to press and hound players into making mistakes is unrivalled and Arsenal faced a difficult opening quarter of an hour stranded on the edge of their own box.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">The first real chance of the game arrived on 12 minutes when Trent Alexander-Arnold’s deep cross found Virgil van Dijk at the far post and his header was cleared by David Luiz.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">Klopp’s side continued to build their attacks again and again, with Alexander-Arnold’s drilled effort taking a wicked deflection off Hector Bellerin only to bounce back off the crossbar.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">With Liverpool enjoying almost total domination, it felt like only a matter of time before the opener would arrive. But to Arsenal’s delight, it came against the run of play.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">Worked out from their own corner flag, Arsenal found a way past Liverpool’s high press and Ainsley Maitland-Niles tried to pick out Willian at the far post, but Robertson got in the way. The Scot botched his clearance, however, and there was Lacazette to scuff his volley past Alisson.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">It seemed impossible to think Liverpool wouldn’t get a chance to level having been on top and as it often goes at Anfield, the lead lasted just a few minutes. Mohamed Salah got the beating of Kieran Tierney down the right, fired at Bernd Leno and the German stopper’s save landed at the feet of Mane, who couldn’t miss from a yard out.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">The instant response revitalised the hosts and no sooner had Arsenal regrouped, Andy Robertson took advantage of some slack marking from Hector Bellerin to dink over Leno to turn the game on its head.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">After spending such a long period of the game on the back foot, Arsenal would have been grateful for still bei</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; font-size: large; text-align: -webkit-center;">ng in the game at 2-1 and Arteta sent his side out with a more positive mentality.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; font-size: large; text-align: -webkit-center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">Around the hour mark, a flurry of a chances arrived. First, Van Dijk hit one from range and then Lacazette, springing the offside trap, couldn’t find a way past Alisson Becker.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">With his side showing encouraging signs since the break, Arteta sent on Nicolas Pepe and Dani Ceballos in search of a leveller, and Ceballos nearly made an instant impact, again sending Lacazette through on goal but the Frenchman inexplicably couldn’t beat Alisson.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overlock; text-align: -webkit-center;">Diogo Jota made a late cameo for his Liverpool debut and almost marked the occasion with a goal, only to strike into the side netting. 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