Liverpool’s Federico Chiesa faces an uncertain future at Anfield, with TeamTalk reporting that a January exit remains a “definitely possible” scenario. Despite his public commitment to the club, Arne Slot’s selection choices have raised questions about where the Italian winger fits into the current project.

Manchester City is back to winning ways. Manchester United is back to square one. City utterly dominated the 197th Manchester derby, winning 3-0 on another humbling day for United coach Ruben Amorim.

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I decided Liverpool were my favourite team following in my older brother Andrew’s footsteps at the age of eight, but went to my first game and started really understanding it all around 11 when Liverpool played Blackburn in the FA Cup just down the road from where I grew up in Chorley.

Soccer fans from the region, not just Kansas City, are expected in the P&L for watch parties Saturday and Sunday.