Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Virgil van Dijk asked referee if he had been drinking.
Before Liverpool took on Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday evening, fellow title contender Manchester City was initially due to be hosting Brentford at the Etihad. However, that fixture had to be postponed, with European champion City heading to the Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia.
On Tuesday, City brushed off Japanese side Urawa Reds in the semi-final, winning 3-0 to set up a meeting with Copa Libertadores winner Fluminense in Friday’s final. On the last two occasions when an English side had met a Brazilian club in the final of the competition (Liverpool’s clash with Flamengo in 2019 and Chelsea’s game against Palmeiras in 2022), extra-time had been required. City, however, encountered no such difficulties as it rolled to a 4-0 victory, with Julian Álvarez’s opener inside the first 40 seconds a telling glimpse of the gulf in class. Nino’s own goal doubled its advantage inside half an hour, then Phil Foden definitively settled the game in the 72nd minute before Álvarez made it four with his second goal just before the end.
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