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It was a weekend to remember for Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp, who ended it at the summit of the Premier League.
The Reds weren't at their fluent best but they got the job done against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday, with late goals from Mohamed Salah and Harvey Elliott sealing a 2-1 win. And with Arsenal dropping points against Aston Villa later in the day, the Reds are now a point clear at the top of the league ahead of this week's round of fixtures.
Klopp and co lock horns with arch-rivals Manchester United on Sunday and will fancy their chances of inflicting even more misery on their beleaguered manager, Erik ten Hag. As we build up to that match, Mirror Football rounds up all the latest news from Anfield...
Klopp's furious row
Veteran midfielder James Milner has explained how he left Jurgen Klopp furious during a half-time team-talk during his time at Liverpool.
The 37-year-old joined Brighton as a free agent in the summer after a hugely successful eight-year spell at Anfield where he won both the Premier League and the Champions League.
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Milner insisted that he enjoyed a thoroughly good relationship with Klopp during his time on Merseyside - but that didn't stop the pair from rubbing each other the wrong way occasionally.
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Grealish shows his true colours
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Jack Grealish has paid tribute to Liverpool and some of the Premier League's other top teams (Sky Sports)Jack Grealish has paid tribute to Liverpool and the other "very good teams" at the top of the Premier League after Manchester City were knocked off their perch.
The champions halted a four-match winless run with a 2-1 victory over Luton Town on Kenilworth Road on Sunday but are four points behind Liverpool after previously dropping points against the Reds, Chelsea and Aston Villa.
But Grealish played down any talk of a crisis at the Etihad and instead showered the league's other top teams with praise in the aftermath of Sunday's match.
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Ibrahimovic lands investor role
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has landed a new role after retiring from football in the summer (RAI)Legendary Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has landed his first role since hanging up his boots for good - and it's with Liverpool's investors, RedBird Capital Partners.
Ibrahimovic, 41, called time on his career with AC Milan back in the summer but will continue working with the Italian giants in his new role.
RedBird, an American investment group, acquired the Italian giants in a €1.2billion (£1bn) deal around 18 months ago. They also have stakes in Fenway Sports Group - the company who own Liverpool - and the Alpine Formula 1 team.
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