Slot: “Without Chiesa we lacked Salah’s replacement. He and Elliott are returning”

Liverpool will face Sandro Tonali’s Newcastle tonight Arne Slotin the conference, updated everyone on the conditions of Federico Chiesaclose to returning to the pitch: “He had a difficult start to the season and without him we don’t have a real replacement for Salah. The good thing is that both he and Harvey Elliott are coming back. Let’s hope Salah stays fit and continues to produce these numbers; naturally there is a bit of risk of injury, after all he is a human being too.”

Parting words from the Egyptian: “If he answered like that he probably knows more than us about the 115 charges against Manchester City and the fact that perhaps they won’t be in the Premier League next season, although I hope that there will be. The boring answer is always the same, no update on Salah’s contract situation.”

The complete program
Tuesday 3 December
Ipswich 0-1 Crystal Palace
Leicester – West Ham 3-1

Wednesday 4 December
Everton – Wolverhampton
Manchester City – Nottingham Forest
Newcastle – Liverpool
Southampton – Chelsea
Arsenal – Manchester United
Aston Villa – Brentford

Thursday 5 December
Fulham – Brighton
Bournemouth – Tottenham

The ranking
Liverpool 34
Arsenal 25
Chelsea 25
Brighton 23
Manchester City 23
Nottingham Forest 22
Tottenham 20
Brentford 20
Manchester United 19
Fulham 18
Newcastle 19
Aston Villa 19
Bournemouth 18
West Ham 15*
Leicester 13*
Crystal Palace 12*
Everton 11
Wolves 9
Ipswich 9*
Southampton 5

*one more race