Graeme Souness claims Liverpool are "back" after ending Man City's unbeaten run

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Darwin Nunez is finally starting to look like the man Liverpool splashed a potential £85m on in the summer.The Uruguayan's superbly-angled header was the difference maker for Jurgen Klopp's side against West Ham on Wednesday night as they closed the gap on the top four to just four points.Nunez has made a relatively slow start to life at Anfield, but he was anything but slow last night after being clocked running at 23.61mph - surpassing the previous Premier League record of 23.48mph set by Manchester City defender Kyle Walker in June 2020.READ MORE: West Ham fans rage at 'cheat' Virgil van Dijk for Jarrod Bowen's missed penaltyFor context, Usain Bolt's world record sprint speed is 27.78mph, meaning that, when running at full-pelt, Nunez boasts near Olympic-level pace.Reacting to the news on social media, a number of Liverpool fans insisted his lightning speed hadn't gone unnoticed."He really is insanely fast. Never seen a player like him.

Premier League. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was given his marching orders by referee Anthony Taylor for berating assistant referee Gery Beswick during his side's win over Manchester City on Sunday afternoon.Klopp, who was incensed that a foul had not been awarded for a challenge on Mohamed Salah, later apologised but has since been charged by the Football Association.READ MORE: Alan Shearer's daughter Hollie shares busty backseat selfie to excite Instagram followersIn the days since the incident, the idea that teams should lose a player when their manager is shown a red card has been floated by supporters and pundits.Discussing the proposal on talkSPORT, former Liverpool midfielder Murphy explained: "Some of these ideas are preposterous but that really isn't, because it impacts the game there and then.

West Ham fans accused Virgil van Dijk of cheating for his actions in the build-up to Jarrod Bowen's penalty miss. Liverpool went ahead midway through the first half when Darwin Nunez put Sunday's poor performance against Manchester City behind him by heading home Kostas Tsimikas' pinpoint cross. But the Hammers were handed a way back into the game when Joe Gomez was adjudged to have fouled Jarrod Bowen inside the box.

Liverpool superstar Mo Salah will put rivalry aside by teaming up with Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez to join beIN SPORTS' World Cup punditry team next month.The Egyptian, who netted the winner in Liverpool's crucial 1-0 win over City on Sunday, will play no part in the tournament after his country were knocked out by a Sadio Mane-led Senegal side in a penalty shootout during the final qualifying round.Mahrez's Algeria fell at the final hurdle too, freeing both players up for an unlikely TV partnership.There are few clubs likely to have as many players featuring at the World Cup as Liverpool and City, meaning that Salah and Mahrez will have plenty of opportunity to analyse their team-mates.READ MORE: Lip reader pinpoints Mohamed Salah and Pep Guardiola's private chat after final whistleThe domestic calendar will break for around a month-and-a-half in mid-November before returning just after Christmas following the conclusion of the World Cup.Salah and Mahrez aren't the only high profile Premier League stars to be missing out on the tournament, with the likes of Erling Haaland, Martin Odegaard, Luis Diaz, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Jorginho, Hakim Ziyech, Dejan Kulusevski and Andrew Robertson all failing to qualify, and several other big names absent through injury.If Salah and Mahrez swapped clubs who would have more success? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.After making a slow start to the season, Salah has burst into life in Liverpool's last two matches, netting a stunning seven-minute hat-trick against Rangers in the Champions League before following it up with a top-level performance against City at Anfield.Mahrez, meanwhile, has featured in all but two of his side's opening 10 league matches,

Liverpool’s 1-0 home victory over Manchester City was not the first match that has seen Jurgen Klopp lose his cool over a referee’s assistant. The German was charged by the FA after he was dismissed for his behaviour on touchline during the Merseysiders’ huge win over Pep Guardiola’s side.

Liverpool footballer has been jailed for eight years over his connections to a drug dealer's £6million cocaine racket.Retired Welsh midfielder Layton Maxwell made just one appearance for the Reds after coming through the club's academy, scoring against Hull City back in September 1999. As he fell down the football pyramid after leaving Liverpool, Maxwell later joined a cocaine gang, with a court hearing that he allowed them to use his home as a safehouse.There, the gang stored drugs in a £6million racket, where organised crime agents found more than 60 kilos of cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin.READ MORE: Liverpool star Diogo Jota to miss World Cup as Jurgen Klopp confirms 'sad news'Officers also discovered £2.5million in cash and weighing equipment after carrying out a raid at Maxwell's Cardiff home.

Former Rangers and Liverpool defender Jon Flanagan has announced his decision to retire aged just 29 following a spate of injury problems.

had to choose which Liverpool player to crash into before the club's Champions League final appearance in 2007.The Reds were preparing for the final against AC Milan by indulging in a go-karting session. And Crouch was presented with the difficult decision of what Reds player to potentially injure ahead of the ensuing final in Athens when his brakes gave way.The former striker had to decide who was more valuable to the Reds' pursuit of European glory out of team-mates Xabi Alonso and Dirk Kuyt before his go-kart spiralled out of control.

Manchester City have vowed to 'root out' the 'vile behaviour' that was seen and heard during their clash with Liverpool on Sunday afternoon.City fans were heard chanting in reference to both the Hillsborough and Heysel stadium disasters while at Anfield. Liverpool were quick to release a public statement to condemn the chants, while City have internally vowed to root out the behaviour.According to the Liverpool Echo, City are committed to rooting out the "vile behaviour" of those using the deaths of football fans to point-score on the terraces.

Darwin Nunez has been stumbling from calamity to calamity all season and has even managed to turn his 2022 Ballon d'Or nomination into a point of ridicule.The Liverpool striker received a grand total of zero votes to finish dead lost in the polls, but at least he wasn't alone.Manchester City's Joao Cancelo joined him at the foot of the leaderboard, as did Real Madrid's Antonio Rudiger, AC Milan's Mike Maignan, RB Leipzig's Christopher Nkunku and Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich, all of whom failed to garner a single vote.READ MORE: Karim Benzema's winning Ballon d'Or outfit inspired by rap legend Tupac say fansReal Madrid striker Karim Benzema was deservedly named Ballon d'Or winner after inspiring Los Blancos to La Liga and Champions League glory last season, pipping Bayern's Sadio Mane and Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne to top spot.Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski and Liverpool forward Mo Salah completed the top five, with City goal machine Erling Haaland settling for a 10th-place finish.Elsewhere, Spain and Barcelona prodigy Gavi won the Kopa trophy, awarded the best U21 player, while Madrid's Thibaut Courtois scooped the Yashin trophy, given to the best goalkeeper.Does Darwin Nunez have any chance of being nominated for the Ballon d'Or again next year? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.For the first time ever the Ballon d'Or was based on the results of the previous season instead of the calendar year, meaning Nunez' nomination was more than justified, despite his stuttering start to life at Anfield.The 23-year-old netted 34 goals in 41 games in all competitions for Benfica last season, promoting the Reds to bring him to Merseyside for a club-record fee in June.Nunez bagged a goal on his debut in

Allsvenskan side Djurgarden’s 32-year-old captain Magnus Eriksson failed to intimidate 19-year-old Yasin Ayari from AIK with a 'pathetic' lunge towards the youngster.During the contest in Sweden, the veteran player, when walking to collect the ball, pretended to go for the teenager. But Ayari did not flinch and the skipper ended up looking rather silly - his jolt forward not unnerving the player in the slightest.The footage has done the rounds online, with many saying the the whole ordeal made the perpetrator look worse. Indeed, many online blasted the incident.

Roy Keane and Micah Richards clashed when asked about the performance of James Milner in Manchester City's loss to Liverpool on Sunday.

Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup spot now looks secure after Diogo Jota suffered a serious calf injury in Liverpool's 1-0 win over Manchester City.The Liverpool star, 25, was stretchered from the field in the ninth minute of stoppage time, falling to the turf of his own accord, and is now a major doubt for Fernando Santos' 26-man squad for the Qatar-based tournament. Jurgen Klopp revealed the injury was "not good when quizzed by reporters after the match."We miss the next one with Diogo," said the Liverpool boss.

Premier League referee and current video assistant referee Mike Dean has promised to congratulate Anthony Taylor for his 'superb performance' at Anfield. His comments come after fans of both Liverpool and Manchester City called out the lenient refereeing style - but Gary Neville said the approach 'was really good'.

The Athletic report he is likely to walk away once his current contract expires.It's claimed Souness was "happy" to sign on for only 12 more months with a reduced, set number of appearances for this season.The 69-year-old, who is turning 70 next May, is now expected to take a step back from all his duties with Sky after the 2022/23 campaign has concluded.The former Reds and Rangers midfielder has been a regular on Sky Sports since first joining in 2006 following the conclusion of his 20-year managerial career, which had ended with a two-year stint at Newcastle United.He's also done punditry for Rangers TV and ITV during that time, as well as transitioning into radio work with talkSPORT this year.Souness has often cut a controversial figure in the football community having taken issue with the likes of ex-Manchester United star Paul Pogba and more recently Manchester City ace Jack Grealish.Grealish said last month "I don’t know what his problem is with me" after Souness highlighted his performances for Pep Guardiola's side.The pair appeared to bury the hatchet when Souness offered the olive branch of a night out with Grealish, to which he replied on Twitter: "Let’s do it!! As long as I can bring Pogba as a +1!"This is a breaking sports story and is being constantly updated with the latest news, pictures and videos. Please refresh the page regularly.You can also get email updates on the day’s biggest sports stories straight to your inbox by signing up for our sports newsletter .Get all the very best sports news, pictures, opinion and video by following Daily Star every time you see our name.

Manchester United fan Mark Golbridge has slammed Anthony Taylor for giving Jurgen Klopp a red card at Anfield. The content creator gave an unbiased opinion against his rival club Liverpool after the referee, in their 1-0 win over Manchester City, sent the German coach to the stands.

Jamie Carragher in the Sky Sports studio following Liverpool's 1-0 win over Manchester City.The panel were discussing the controversial decision to disallow Phil Foden's second half strike, after Erling Haaland was adjudged to have tugged Fabinho's shirt in the build-up, with Keane and Richards both in agreement that the call was a harsh one.The duo suggested that pressure from the Anfield crowd played in part in referee Anthony Taylor chalking the goal off after going over to the monitor following a VAR review when Carragher chimed in to bluntly point out that City boss Pep Guardiola was exerting pressure on the official too.READ MORE: Three things Jurgen Klopp got right as Liverpool hand Man City their first defeat"[The referee is] at Anfield," Keane said.

Liverpool forward Darwin Nunez was compared to YouTuber IShowSpeed after blowing a massive chance against Manchester City.Nunez has struggled to adapt to the Premier League since his £85million move from Benfica in the summer, memorably getting sent off against Crystal Palace on his Anfield debut. Following that episode against the Eagles, it's the 23-year-old's temperament that frequently gets called into question.