A round-up of Saturday's fifth round action in the FA Cup
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Tuesday.
Manchester City thrashed West Ham United 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday to claim their first back-to-back wins since October.
Liverpool moved to 76 points from 32 games with title rivals Manchester City on 74 points from one game fewer, with Pep Guardiola's side hosting Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad on Wednesday.
His mother Elisabeth had passed away last month.
Liverpool held their nerve to win an astonishing penalty shoot-out 11-10 and edge out Chelsea in the English League Cup final on Sunday after a rip-roaring contest had somehow ended 0-0 after extra time at Wembley.
'It was a great atmosphere, I am so pleased for all of the people who have had harder times with us this season'
Darwin Nunez came off the bench to score twice as Liverpool snatched a sensational 2-1 Premier League win at Newcastle United on Sunday.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
Liverpool frustrated as they were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at Brighton on Saturday
City's current streak, which leaves the champions seventh in the standings and 12 points off leaders Liverpool, coincides with Haaland scoring just twice
Real Madrid and Liverpool will be among teams fighting for the last places in the knockout stage of the Champions League this week when the final group matches decide who goes through. Seven clubs will join nine who have already secured passage to the 16-team knockout stage of the competition while eight third-placed teams will carry on in the UEFA Cup after the winter break.
Roberto Firmino scored twice as Liverpool boosted their hopes of Champions League football next season
Bayern expect a top performance against Manchester United, says Tuchel
Inspirational manager Juergen Klopp has rekindled the Anfield flame though and delivered the club's 19th top-flight title, one behind arch-rivals United's record of 20, after finishing runners-up to City in a thrilling race last season.
Liverpool's 30-year wait for their 19th English top-flight crown ended on Thursday when Manchester City lost at Chelsea and thousands of fans turned up at Anfield to celebrate.
Realistically, the Foxes, who beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final last Saturday, need to win and hope one of their rivals slip up.
Images from Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has become the second player from the English Premier League champions to test positive for COVID-19 this week.
Liverpool's Slot not nervous ahead of Anfield debut
Premier League champions Liverpool maintained their 100 per cent start to the season with a 3-1 win against Arsenal at Anfield on Monday leaving them level on nine points with pacesetters Everton and Leicester City.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Seven different managers have tried and failed to recapture Liverpool's long-lost domestic glory before Klopp arrived at Anfield in 2015 to -- in his own words -- turn the Merseyside club from "doubters into believers".
Antoine Griezmann and Samuel Lino scored in each half to give Atletico Madrid a 2-0 win over Lazio on Wednesday that secured them top spot in Champions League Group E, the first time since 2016 that they had reached the knockouts as group winners.
Chelsea confirmed on its website that they had parted company with the German coach
Manchester City squandered a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Liverpool strolled to a 2-0 victory over Brentford, while Newcastle drew 1-1 at Bournemouth.
Villarreal's Adrian Lopez produced a stinging sucker punch in stoppage time to leave Liverpool reeling and move the Spaniards closer to a maiden European final after their Europa League last four first leg clash finished 1-0 on Thursday.
Liverpool, five-times European champions and last season's Champions League runners-up, eased past the Bavarians and into the quarter-finals with two goals from Sadio Mane and one from Virgil van Dijk after a goalless first leg at Anfield.
Some lament the FA Cup having lost much of its romance in recent years, in the face of obsession with the Premier League, but this tie had it in bucket loads.
Images from the Champions League football matches played on Wednesday night.
Images from Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
Liverpool fans went into a tizzy and the COVID-19 pandemic no deterrent, they thronged the streets in numbers, celebrating with flares, placards. Here's a look at how fans are celebrating...
A summary of Sunday's action in the Premier League.
IMAGES from football matches played across Europe on Wednesday.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
'The moment we found a goal it changed everything'
Arsenal squeezed past Liverpool 5-4 on penalties to advance to the League Cup quarter-finals on Thursday after a goalless 90 minutes.
After five years away, Champions League drama returned to Anfield like a long lost friend on Tuesday as Liverpool beat debutants Ludogorets of Bulgaria 2-1 with Steven Gerrard scoring a last-gasp penalty.
For all their improvement under Klopp, European champions Liverpool have not won at Old Trafford under the German
