West Ham's Lucas Paquetá has said his red card against Liverpool was a reflection of the "ridiculous" two years he's "had to endure."

Liverpool are set to table a £52.5m (60m euros) bid for Real Madrid's France midfielder Eduardo Camavinga, 23. (Caughtoffside) Everton will not entertain any offers for Senegal winger Iliman Ndiaye, 25, and have no intention of selling him to city rivals Liverpool. (Teamtalk)

Liverpool were under the cosh against the 10-man Hammers, but Gakpo’s clinical finish in stoppage time ensured there was no late resurgence from the hosts, as the defending champions finally returned to winning ways to ease the pressure on their manager.

Liverpool had lost three in a row in all competitions, all by three or more goals, before Sunday's 2-0 win at over West Ham.

The Dutch boss has been under immense pressure after overseeing nine defeats from Liverpool’s last 12 games, the club’s worst run of form in 72 years. Slot batted away suggestions that his job was under threat despite shifting the blame away from his players to take full responsibility for this ruinous sequence of results.

Already 11 points behind Arsenal, only 12 matches into the season, any hopes of retaining the Premier League title are all but gone, and while there have been highs, such as defeating Real Madrid 1-0 in the Champions League, without a repeatable system, there's no way that they'll be able to win this competition either.

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The report underscores Madrid’s interest in Guéhi, who is described as a potentially “stabilising presence” in a backline which could be subjected to plenty of upheaval this summer. The increasingly injury-prone duo of Antonio Rüdiger and David Alaba are both out of contract in June and may very well be quietly ushered out of the back door.