ANFIELD, LIVERPOOL // Crisis? What crisis? After a recent run of six defeats in seven games, Liverpool is, for now at least, back on track, and the Reds made sure Real Madrid and Trent Alexander-Arnold knew it.

Florian Wirtz has come under fire for his slow start at Liverpool, but both Arne Slot and Xabi Alonso agreed the midfielder simply needs “some time to adjust” to a new team and a new league.

Arne Slot has changed his assessment of Liverpool's squad after he bizarrely claimed that it lacked depth despite the Reds spending more than any English club in the Premier League in the last transfer window.

Yet standing on the sidelines, soaked and with a blank expression, Slot waited patiently for the final whistle before applauding the small percentage of home supporters who had stuck around until the end. He knows they’re still with him, but their patience is starting to run thin.

Real Madrid and Liverpool are two of the giants in European football, and they come to blows again on November 4. The game takes place at Anfield and sees the r

Arne Slot won't care much how Saturday's win happened for Liverpool vs Aston Villa at Anfield on account of what it means: the end of a four-match losing streak in the Premier League.

Liverpool signed both Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike for a combined £204million this summer but Arne Slot hasn't found a way of successfully fitting them into the same line-up

Liverpool manager Arne Slot speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "The margins are small every single game - today after five minutes they hit the post - we didn't concede a set piece, which was helpful,