Virgil van Dijk and Wayne Rooney came face-to-face in a tense live interview just days after a dispute about the Man United legend's criticism of Liverpool. Rooney had taken umbrage with Van Dijk and Mohamed Salah's way of leading the team during their recent slump in form and said their mannerisms were a 'big concern'. The Liverpool skipper then hit back after steering his side to Saturday night's 2-0 win over Aston Villa‚ calling the criticism 'lazy'.

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The Three Lions will play one of their three group stage matches on the road‚ and the homes of Tottenham Hotspur‚ Everton‚ Aston Villa‚ City or Newcastle United were in the running. However‚ it is understood that the Etihad has been given the nod.

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Jamie Carragher has warned Arne Slot that he had a 'mind-boggling' problem in his attack that he has to fix in order to reverse Liverpool's uneven fortunes this season. The Reds won their first Premier League match in five outings against Aston Villa on Saturday evening in a vital confidence boost amid a tricky patch of form. The English champions have now leapt up to third in the table after wallowing lower down the standings‚ but have had to couple good news with bad after Slot revealed on Monday afternoon that Alexander Isak is not yet fit enough to face Real Madrid in Champions League action on Tuesday.

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That was some howler from Emi Martinez to give Liverpool the advantage at Anfield and it's not the first time the Aston Villa goalkeeper has looked out of sorts this season. But if the World Cup winner has been unsettled recently then maybe it's not that hard to understand it.

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Liverpool put their horror run behind them by beating Aston Villa and sent a statement to the rest of the league that they are far from done in their pursuit of glory this season. Merseyside man LEWIS STEELE was at a chilly Anfield to test the temperature of the Reds - and here are the big talking points.

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DOMINIC KING AT ANFIELD: Don't get them angry. Surely they should have known that? All Unai Emery would have wanted was for his players to turn Anfield into a doctor's waiting room‚ filled with silence and tension‚ but instead they poked the bear. The game that Liverpool dared not lose became the game they gleefully won‚ fuelled by the energy of a crowd that used a combination of intense pressing‚ curious refereeing decisions and needless time-wasting to restore its equilibrium. Villa walked wide-eyed into a trap and paid the price. Here was an exorcism of Wednesday's League Cup elimination against Crystal Palace‚ when Slot's team selection had put him under the microscope. Back at near full strength‚ Liverpool moved back up to third‚ nearly at full throttle‚ thanks to goals from Mo Salah and Ryan Gravenberch.

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Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score‚ team news and updates as Liverpool welcome Aston Villa to Anfield in the Premier League‚ with Lewis Steele and Dominic King reporting from the ground.

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