"He reminds me in a lot of ways, in terms of his profile and how he goes about it, of a player I played with – Fernando Torres." Despite the strong play of deputy Kostas Tsimikas, left-back is still a point of weakness in the Liverpool back line ...

Unai Emery says Aston Villa were denied a “clear penalty” in the team’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool. Villa had two penalty appeals waved away by referee David Coote with Emery insisting Pau Torres’ shirt was tugged by defender Conor Bradley in the second half.

Aston Villa were going pretty well for a while back there too, until letting in a last-gasp equaliser at home to Bournemouth, since when they’ve lost three on the bounce, albeit in three different competitions.