Arsenal were 2-0 up against Aston Villa in the second half but had to settle for a point after an impressive comeback from Unai Emery's team.

All the latest Liverpool news and transfer gossip as Arne Slot looks to strengthen his squad before the January window slams shut

The Reds are currently top of the standings on 47 points, and have a game in hand against the Gunners (43). Read more at straitstimes.com.

Arne Slot has opted to drop Andy Robertson for Saturday's trip to Brentford after the Liverpool left-back turned in a poor display in the draw at Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa came back from 2-0 down to rescue a draw against Arsenal in the Premier League. Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz scored either side of half-time to put the home side in a commanding position, but they were pegged back.

Liverpool have seen their Premier League lead reduced to four points by Arsenal and, while Reds boss Arne Slot wasn't showing any signs of being ruffled when he spoke to the media on Friday, he did highlight an aspect of his side's play he would like to see improved in the second half of the season.

Liverpool face Brentford in a huge Premier League encounter at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday. Details of the confirmed lineups will appear here when t

SAM: It is hard to criticise the Reds after a 2-0 win that included 37 shots away from home. But, despite the number of efforts, it did feel like Liverpool’s Luis Diaz experiment of playing him through the middle failed again.

Report and free match highlights as Liverpool leave it late to beat Brentford; Darwin Nunez scored twice in stoppage time after Liverpool had wasted a host of chances; win sees Reds go six points clea

Liverpool manager Arne Slot admits it is a huge advantage to have a player like Darwin Nunez sitting on the bench waiting to break games open late on.

Arne Slot will be more relieved than thrilled that Liverpool finally scored with the 36th and 37th shots, to beat Brentford in stoppage time.