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Liverpool halted their domestic losing skid at five with an opportunistic 2-0 win over Aston Villa at Anfield on Saturday, returning to third on the Premier League table.
Liverpool ended a four-game losing streak in the Premier League as Mohamed Salah scored his 250th goal for the club in a 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday.Liverpool boss Arne Slot's decision to make wholesale changes for Wednesday's 3-0 League Cup exit to Crystal Palace only piled even more pressure on his returning stars to get back to winning ways after six defeats in seven games in all competitions.
Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock has said the latest defeat "keeps the pressure on" Slot and means "so many more questions will be asked of him", while ex-Reds midfielder Dietmar Hamann said of the Dutchman: "Results have to improve otherwise the air will become thinner for him."
Real Madrid beat fierce rivals Barcelona 2-1 in a rip-roaring Clasico at the Bernabeu today. Kylian Mbappe fired home after a brilliant Jude Bellingham assist to put the hosts ahead. Fermin Lopez equalised before Bellingham tapped in and Wojciech Szczesny saved Mbappe’s penalty.