Archive November 2, 2025

Liverpool fans haven’t had much to chant about at Anfield in a while, but manager Arne Slot believed the supporters had a significant impact on helping them rediscover their form.

With the six defeats in seven games coming from the Dutchman, the reigning champions won 2-0 at home against Aston Villa thanks to goals from Ryan Gravenberch and Mohamed Salah.

With the victory, Anfield’s fans were relieved that their team had broken their four-game losing streak in the Premier League, lifting them to third place.

The real indicator of where Slot’s side will stand will be on Tuesday when Real Madrid travel to Anfield in the Champions League, and then again next Sunday when the Reds travel to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. “Champions, champions,” the fans chanted.

The Kop were chanting and singing praise to the 47-year-old, who had won the club’s first Premier League title in his first season, even when the game was goalless.

It has a lot of meaning, Slot said. “It happened at 0-0,” the club, the team, and I say, not when you are leading or when you are at the top of the table.

The players’ and I’re supported by what makes this club unique, according to the saying. When things are challenging, they remember that you were a part of something special and they support you.

Both Slot and Virgil van Dijk wrote in the matchday program that their respective teams’ performances and outcomes were insufficient.

Arsenal are seven points clear of Liverpool, who have not conceded a goal since the end of September, so they are already having a difficult time keeping up their title.

However, there is no denying that this result, which gave rise to one of the club’s most important roles in the final stretch of the season, has significantly improved the atmosphere at Anfield.

Salah will not have scored any goals for the Reds before scoring the one just before half-time when Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez slotted the ball into the unguarded net.

If you score 250 goals for one club, Slot remarked, “It’s almost unbelievable.” It will be unbelievable even if you score 250 goals overall.

He performed very well, they said. He not only performed his offensive duties, but he also very well assisted the team defensively. It was a special moment for him to score 250 goals for Liverpool, and I enjoyed his performance tonight.

Salah spent eight years at Anfield after earning a £34 million move from Roma in 2017, winning the Premier League twice, the Champions League once, the FA Cup, the League Cup, the Uefa Super Cup, and the Fifa Club World Cup.

Slot will be enthralled by Salah’s consistently cutting in from the right flank to attack the Villa defense, despite the four-time Premier League Golden Boot winner’s only four goals this season.

At left-back, Lucas Digne struggled, and Salah needs to be in somewhere near his best form if Liverpool are to have any hope of success this year.

In an interview with TNT Sports, Salah acknowledged that he had struggled to maintain his position and that it was crucial for him to win the match. We’ve lost the Premier League and Champions League several times. I’m pleased that we are now back on track and that it’s a big step in the direction of some crucial games.

We have a few new players, some of whom are excellent players, but they need some time to adjust because it’s a very difficult season for them. Some players also went missing. Although it takes time to get to know each other’s games, everything will work out.

Van Dijk, who was instrumental in Liverpool’s defense as they kept their first clean sheet since their 1-0 victory over Burnley on September 14, says the players must ignore outside criticism.

He told TNT Sports, “We have to deal with that as a team because there is a lot of noise that you have no control over,” as he noted.

You handle it, though, because some of the takes are absurd. Some players may experience outside noise, but we remain composed.

Everyone has their own opinions on a lot of different platforms, and they are aware of this. We must concentrate on the hard work we are doing instead of doing that.

“We did some negative things last season, but everything was full of rainbows and sunshine.” It seems like we’re currently engaged in a relegation fight, as it currently is.

Premier League record holder Alan Shearer felt that the Liverpool display was a step in the right direction, but more work was still required.

He continued, “It wasn’t perfect, but it was a lot better.” They simply needed to win. They deserved to win, without a doubt. They must regain their faith and confidence, which will make a huge difference.

With this Liverpool team, things went back to what we’ve been used to. This will, hoped to be, the start of their resurrected form.

The jubilant Liverpool supporters chanted one song toward the end of the match, “don’t worry, about a thing, because every little thing is going to be alright.”

With a points victory over Zach Parker in Manchester, British light-heavyweight Joshua Buatsi made a strong but underwhelming start to life under new promoters Queensberry.

The Olympic bronze medalist appeared to have won the majority of the way through a tight 10-round battle at the Co-op Live Arena based on his workrate and punch output.

However, Parker had his moments, landing some poignant single shots in a fight where too much holding led to a deterioration of the fighting.

The third game ended in a draw of 95-95 with two judges scoring it 96-94 to Buatsi.

What do champions do when they don’t give their best performances? They win, Buatsi said in the ring after being booed by the crowd.

Following his epic battle with Callum Smith in February, the Londoner regained his winning ways to earn his 20th career victory.

Parker, 31, was given the decision, according to some ringside observers, but he lost his 28-fight career to his Derbyshire rival.

In a previous post, promoter Frank Warren had suggested that Buatsi might face the Saudi Arabian champion David Benavidez and fellow Briton Anthony Yarde in the WBC world title fight on November 22.

Through promotional disputes and protracted inactivity, Buatsi’s career has recently stalled.

He was once predicted to be the future of British boxing, but he now finds himself trying to fulfill that initial promise with new promotional support.

In his first few rounds, he began cautiously, with neither fighter willing to overcommit.

Parker, who had only lost once in a super-middleweight match against John Ryder in 2022 after breaking his hand in a midfight, was only making his second light-heavyweight appearance.

By the halfway point, Parker had made it competitive, making Buatsi’s work behind a tight guard to edge the cleaner rounds awkward.

Parker slipped several times during clinches, demonstrating the crowd’s patience as the crowd grew more patient.

Parker came out on top, but Parker had trouble scoring in many of Parker’s rounds. Although Carl Frampton, the former world champion who was commentating on Dazn, gave Buatsi just one round, it was particularly wide in Parker’s favor.

In a fantastic all-Manchester fight for the title of European light-heavyweight, Lyndon Arthur defeated Bradley Rea by split decision in the co-main event.

Before the fight, the arena rang as 10 bells rang in honor of Manchester’s own Ricky Hatton, who passed away in September at the age of 46.

Since Hatton’s death, the city has hosted its first significant televised fight night. The silence faded as the final chime sounded before the roar of “there’s only one Ricky Hatton.”

The emotion was matched by the ropes’ action. In the second round, Arthur was floored by a left hook that was flush on his chin, and he struggled to stand on the eighth count.

However, Arthur’s red shorts from Manchester United soon showed up. Rea, who was wearing rival City blue, was marked up early and had developed severe swelling under his eye as a result of the pair’s vicious knocks.

Rea, 27, landed power punches, but Arthur, 34, fought back with stinging uppercuts because the intensity didn’t often drop after 12 rounds.

Willie Mullins, the Grand National-winning trainer, won the Breeders’ Cup Turf with a stunning late run, setting a course record.

The 20-1 chance won one of Flat racing’s biggest races under Dylan Browne McMonagle, with more than £2 million going to the winner at Del Mar in California. The 20-1 chance spent the majority of his early career jumping over hurdles.

Ethical Diamond, the Ebor Handicap winner in August, came out on top against second-placed El Cordobes and Rebel’s Romance, with Minnie Hauk out of the mix.

It marks the most recent milestone in Mullins’ remarkable career, which he better known as a jump racing trainer, who won the National in April with Nick Rockett.

With my son Patrick aboard, this might be closer to winning the Grand National. Mullins, 69, said, “I couldn’t believe it.

McMonagle, 22, the newly crowned Irish champion, described the training as “unbelievable.” There isn’t much bigger than this.

The Breeders’ Cup Classic, the meeting’s feature race, was won by Forever Young for the first time by Forever Young.

The third-placed Saudi Cup winner, trained by Yoshito Yahagi and trained by Ryusei Sakai, defeated Sierra Leone and Fierceness in the end this time.

This is similar to the Japanese winning the football World Cup, Yahagi said.

The victory for Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick was attributed to Notable Speech, which marked his fourth Breeders’ Cup Mile success in five years.

Frankie Dettori, a retiring jockey who placed third on Khaadem in the Turf Sprint, had no fairytale ending.

Dettori announced on Wednesday that his final ride in the United States would be at Del Mar in California, before a farewell trip to South America.

The British jump racing season accelerated earlier on Saturday when Djelo defeated Pic D’Orhy and trainer Venetia Williams and jockey Charlie Deutsch won the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby.

Willie Mullins, the Grand National-winning trainer, won the Breeders’ Cup Turf with a stunning late run, setting a course record.

The 20-1 chance won one of Flat racing’s biggest races under Dylan Browne McMonagle, with more than £2 million going to the winner at Del Mar in California. The 20-1 chance spent the majority of his early career jumping over hurdles.

Ethical Diamond, the Ebor Handicap winner in August, came out on top against second-placed El Cordobes and Rebel’s Romance, with Minnie Hauk out of the mix.

It marks the most recent milestone in Mullins’ remarkable career, which he better known as a jump racing trainer, who won the National in April with Nick Rockett.

With my son Patrick aboard, this might be closer to winning the Grand National. Mullins, 69, said, “I couldn’t believe it.

McMonagle, 22, the newly crowned Irish champion, described the training as “unbelievable.” There isn’t much bigger than this.

The Breeders’ Cup Classic, the meeting’s feature race, was won by Forever Young for the first time by Forever Young.

The third-placed Saudi Cup winner, trained by Yoshito Yahagi and trained by Ryusei Sakai, defeated Sierra Leone and Fierceness in the end this time.

This is similar to the Japanese winning the football World Cup, Yahagi said.

The victory for Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick was attributed to Notable Speech, which marked his fourth Breeders’ Cup Mile success in five years.

Frankie Dettori, a retiring jockey who placed third on Khaadem in the Turf Sprint, had no fairytale ending.

Dettori announced on Wednesday that his final ride in the United States would be at Del Mar in California, before a farewell trip to South America.

The British jump racing season accelerated earlier on Saturday when Djelo defeated Pic D’Orhy and trainer Venetia Williams and jockey Charlie Deutsch won the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby.

Ethical Diamond came with a stunning late run to win the Breeders’ Cup Turf in a course record for Grand National-winning trainer Willie Mullins.

The 20-1 chance, who spent most of his early career jumping over hurdles, surged down the outside under Dylan Browne McMonagle to claim one of Flat racing’s biggest races, with more than £2m going to the winner at Del Mar in California.

Ethical Diamond, winner of the Ebor Handicap at York in August, triumphed from runner-up Rebel’s Romance and third-placed El Cordobes, with favourite Minnie Hauk unplaced.

It is the latest landmark in the remarkable career of Mullins, better known as a jump racing trainer who won the National with Nick Rockett in April.

“This might come second best to winning the Grand National with my son Patrick on board. I couldn’t believe it,” said Mullins, 69.

Newly crowned Irish champion jockey McMonagle, 22, said: “It’s an unbelievable training performance. It doesn’t get much bigger than this.”

Forever Young gave Japan a first victory in the meeting’s feature race, the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

The Saudi Cup victor, ridden by Ryusei Sakai for trainer Yoshito Yahagi, was third last year but held off the 2024 winner Sierra Leone and Fierceness to score this time.

“In horse racing, this is like the Japanese team winning the football World Cup,” said Yahagi.

Notable Speech gave Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick their fourth Breeders’ Cup Mile win in five years.

There was no fairytale ending for retiring jockey Frankie Dettori, whose best finish was third on Khaadem in the Turf Sprint.

Dettori announced on Wednesday that the fixture at Del Mar in California would mark his last rides in the United States, before a farewell stint in South America.

Earlier on Saturday, the British jump racing season moved up a gear as Djelo edged out Pic D’Orhy to win the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby for trainer Venetia Williams and jockey Charlie Deutsch.