Share<\/a>Premier League result: Spurs 0-1 Chelsea<\/p>\n Joao Pedro\u2019s goal gave Chelsea victory at Spurs \u2013 but they could have won by four or five. Scott Murray is following that one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Arne Slot makes three changes<\/strong> from last Saturday\u2019s defeat at Brentford. Andy Robertson replaces the struggling Milos Kerkez at left-back; Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister come in for Curtis Jones and Florian Wirtz.<\/p>\n Just one changed to the Villa side that beat Manchester City: Evann Guessand comes in for the injured Emi Buendia.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Team news<\/p>\n Liverpool (4-2-3-1)<\/strong> Mamardashvili; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Ekitike. Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)<\/strong> Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Pau, Digne; Onana, Kamara; Guessand, Rogers, McGinn; Watkins. Referee<\/strong> Stuart Attwell.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.56 EDT<\/p>\n Arne Slot has said the Liverpool hierarchy share his views on the reasons for the team\u2019s slump<\/strong> and he will not abandon an attacking style in search of a way out. The head coach admitted that six defeats in seven games was unacceptable before Aston Villa\u2019s visit on Saturday and denied making excuses for Liverpool\u2019s worst domestic run in 72 years.<\/p>\n Slot accepted the pressure<\/a> was on before his makeshift team exited the Carabao Cup<\/a> against Crystal Palace on Wednesday. That pressure to arrest the slide, however, is not, he insisted, coming from Liverpool\u2019s owner, Fenway Sports Group, FSG\u2019s chief executive of football, Michael Edwards, or the sporting director, Richard Hughes, after a summer transfer outlay of almost \u00a3450m.<\/p>\n Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n In a dim, distant past \u2013 five and a bit weeks ago \u2013 Liverpool were top of the Premier League<\/a>, 12 points clear of 18th-placed Aston Villa. Now the two clubs are level on points, snuggled together in mid-table.<\/p>\n Villa\u2019s recovery is a reminder that things change very quickly in football; that bad patches are almost unavoidable and you just have to ride them out. Easier said than done, especially when you:<\/p>\n a) are the reigning champions The good news for Arne Slot is that there\u2019s a simple solution: if Liverpool<\/a> win tonight, the bloodlustful masses will look elsewhere. At least until the next game.<\/p>\n
Subs: Woodman, Pecsi, Gomez, Endo, Kerkez, Wirtz, Chiesa, Nyoni, Ngumoha.<\/p>\n
Subs: Bizot, Maatsen, Lindelof, Mings, Bogarde, Barkley, Sancho, Malen, Broggio.<\/p>\n![\"Andy](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Andy_Hunter.png\")
Andy Hunter<\/p>\n
b) are one of the biggest clubs in the world
c) spent eye-watering wonga in the summer and
d) exist in a culture that has gone completely mad<\/p>\n