Premier League news: De Zerbi tells Spurs ‘only losers cry’; Carrick savours Liverpool clash

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We have Pedro Porro, we have Udogie, we have Micky van de Ven, we have [Rodrigo] Bentancur, we have Palhinha, we have [Conor] Gallagher.“I have heard: ‘It is impossible, we are crying and we are relegated.’ But no. Before we lose the game we have to play, we have to fight.

I think there are some other players that haven’t scored the amount of goals that I think they are able to, or they have shown in the past they are able to, and that will go back to normal in a certain moment and the sooner the better.”Wirtz would come into that category with seven goals and 10 assists – none of which have come against Premier League opposition currently occupying European places – representing a lower-than-expected return for a £116m player hailed as a generational talent when he arrived from Bayer Leverkusen.“For me the development Florian has made throughout his Liverpool career, which has only been 10 months, is so clear and obvious,” added Slot. It’s a one-off, they’ve got some terrific players, they’re a good team, they won the league last year, and we respect that.The ‘emotion’ of Manchester United v Liverpool means the fixture is always a ‘special game’, believes Michael Carrick.

“Because if they play at lunchtime, and I watch the game, maybe I won’t have a good lunch. [I will have] indigestion. “I don’t think I have to sell that in all honesty, it’s one of the biggest clubs in the world, with a great history of winning,” he said.