Barcelona's spectacular fightback against Benfica on Tuesday meant Liverpool would have to wait another week to be confirmed winner of the league phase of the new look Champions League. But manager Arne Slot was full of praise for referee Danny Makkelie playing so much stoppage time in the 5-4 win for Barcelona.

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The Liverpool boss can see his side finish top of the new-look Champions League group stage if they win against Lille on Tuesday night and Barcelona drop points against Benfica - but Arne Slot insists

Liverpool boss Arne Slot is not convinced that finishing top of the Champions League's inaugural league phase standings will prove to be an advantage after securing progress to the last 16 on Tuesday.

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Liverpool are still top of the league phase but Barcelona are just three points behind. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Liverpool defeated 10-man Lille 2-1 at Anfield in the Champions League on Tuesday night and have now confirmed a top-eight finish in the league phase - an autom

Arne Slot reserved special praise for the ‘special’ Mohamed Salah after his record-breaking display in Liverpool ’s 2-1 Champions League win over Lille. Salah opened the scoring for the Reds at Anfield before Lille were reduced to 10 men with Aïssa Mandi shown a second yellow card after the break.

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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot believes it is "too early" to describe his team at the best in the world, despite being labelled as such by Brentford boss Thomas Frank.