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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on his cup experiences as a manager of Feyenoord: "When I was at Feyenoord I said I was always unlucky with the draws, we had the most difficult one that we could get in that draw and that means you play the same team in the same league. So I don't remember playing against a lower league club in my managerial career, but I was only a manager there for three or four years."

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Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe on the magic of FA Cup: "It's still the FA Cup and it's not changed at all in my mind.

"The FA Cup was the competition that attracted me to football itself when I was growing up. The knockout competition and the drama it gave was one of the things that hooked me very early to the game.

"The name, the FA Cup, it doesn't change. There's still magic to it."

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Here is a final line from Liverpool boss Arne Slot from what he described as "a very long answer" on a perceived dip in his side's performances in this week's matches: "The Tottenham game, if the referee had given the red card [to goalscorer Lucas Bergvall] then we would have kept a clean sheet over there. Maybe [we would have been] able to score against them and then everybody would have said 'a difficult away game, with a clean sheet, they totally controlled and dominated the game, again a good performance of Liverpool'.

"Now because we conceded the goal, it's about us being sloppy and these kinds of things. It's up to me to see if there is really so much of a difference between us playing Leicester City, Ipswich, Crystal Palace away. I think we are still the same team, in terms of performance."

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Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe on Alexander Isak, who was forced off in the second half of their 2-0 win against Arsenal in Tuesday's EFL Cup semi-final first leg: "We think he's pretty good. He is seeing his physio at the moment. I've given him a couple of days rest, but he is in a good place and will report back tomorrow [when] I will have a good look at him.

"It doesn't look like a serious injury - not from the initial assessments. But fingers crossed.

"We would've probably involved him in this game in some way, but with what has happened, he'd be given this game to rest and get himself right for the future schedule that we have."

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More from Liverpool boss Arne Slot on this week's dip in results when compared to previous matches: "If you look back at all the other games, even Leicester City away we were 2-1 up, 10 minutes to play. I've said many times we in a lot of games we won, maybe with the only exception could be Chelsea, but all the other ones we've deserved to win but never by a big margin, it was always very tight.

"What can we improve? Increasing the margin, because otherwise you'll always depend on a bit of luck or a bit of being unlucky as well or certain decisions made by the referee.

"We must make sure that we don't depend on those moments any more and that's the next step we want to make if we want to not depend on luck or bad luck. Because of the results, people judge you on performance. It's not many times if a team has a draw or a loss that people say they played really well."

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on comparisons between this week's Premier League draw at home to Manchester United and defeat at Tottenham in the EFL Cup with previous performances: "I don't see that many differences compared to many other games we've played. The only difference is that we've played these two games after winning 6-3 at Tottenham and 5-0 at West Ham. So, after those two games, everybody thought we know they were good but they're that good, we probably didn't know.

"If you compare to those standards then I do agree that the games against United and the last game against Tottenham were of lower standards compared to those two."

Newcastle United

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe on goalkeeper Martin Dubravka, who has been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia's Al-Shabab during the January window: "Nothing's changed. I've got no updates to give you really. It's been business as usual with Martin, as far as I am concerned. He's still here and very much part of what we are trying to do and he's been playing really well.

"Martin's been in a difficult situation, like any player who's coming to the end of contract in the summer. There's always that feeling of doubt. He will naturally want some conclusion to his future - whether it's a new contract with us or whatever is the outcome.

"I've been really pleased with him and he has more than played his part in our recent fixtures. Against Arsenal, I thought he was really, really good and I hope we can reach some sort of an agreement with him."

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Right, we have a bit more to bring you from Arne Slot's news conference, but Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has also been speaking in the build-up to his side's FA Cup third-round tie at home to Bromley on Sunday...

Liverpool

The focus on Trent Alexander-Arnold's performances for Liverpool are not wholly linked to his contract talks and rumours linking him with a potential free transfer to Real Madrid when his current deal runs out in the summer.

The England full-back's role on the right of the Liverpool defence has come under scrutiny because of the number of touches and chances opponents have been getting this season when attacking down that side.

Liverpool’s opponents are having 44% of their touches in the left-third in the attacking areas (which would be Liverpool’s right-hand side), which is the highest ratio in the Premier League.

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Here is Liverpool boss Arne Slot on Trent Alexander-Arnold, who is under scrutiny following reports linking him with a move to Real Madrid: "I do see a certain pattern in the goals we concede, but I don't see the pattern if it is about Trent. Not at all.

"Trent has had one difficult game for us [in Sunday's 2-2 draw with Manchester United at Anfield] and maybe a few that were OK to good.

"Mainly he has had great games when he played for us this season.

"I know there is a lot of focus on him at the moment, but I would also like to highlight the focus on how well he did when he came on in the last half hour [against Tottenham on Wednesday] and how our fans reacted to him, that is what pleased me even more during that game."

Accrington Stanley

Liverpool's FA Cup opponents Accrington Stanley has been the butt of a dairy-themed joke for three decades, thanks to an advertisement aired in the 1980s.

In the advert a young boy tells his friend that if he does not drink milk, Ian Rush, the former Liverpool star, says he will only be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley.

His friend replies "Accrington Stanley - who are they?"

The boy responds in a broad Scouse accent "exactly".

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on what he knows about the relationship between Liverpool and Accrington: "Not that much because I've only been here for half a year, but I do know about the milk advert.

"Immediately after the game [was drawn] there was a clip of a player that was so happy that he was going to play at Anfield. So these kinds of things I know.

"I know people from this area also play for that club. There's quite a lot actually that I already know and, of course, I know a lot about the team. Today I will know even more because we are going to dive into it more today."

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Back to Liverpool boss Arne Slot, who has defended the performances of Trent Alexander-Arnold - one of the players to be linked with a move away from Anfield.

The England full-back was criticised for his performance in Sunday's 2-2 draw at home to Manchester United in the Premier League and did not start Wednesday's defeat at Tottenham in the EFL Cup.

Slot says he has seen some patterns in the goals his Liverpool side have conceded this season, but added that none of them have involved Alexander-Arnold.

More to follow.

Dan Roan
BBC sports editor

David Moyes is in talks with Everton over a potential return to Goodison Park after the sacking of Sean Dyche.

While a deal is not yet done, and Moyes is not the only candidate, BBC Sport has been told the Scot is the front-runner by a well-placed source.

Negotiations over a contract are set to continue on Friday.

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on team news: "Every game is an opportunity for them to have a chance to play and this one as well. Dom [Dominik Szoboszlai] trained with the under-21s yesterday. Jarell [Quansah] like I said, he was a bit ill last week, as a result of that I had to take him off the game but I am expecting him to be available for tomorrow.

"Yes, we know we can use these players in every single game and also in the one that we have on Saturday "

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on being linked to players in the January transfer window: "It's January and I think I said it after the West Ham game, don't disappoint me. Please come up with all these clubs and players that are of interest from us or that aren't playing a lot for us going somewhere else. That's what's happening now - 99 out of 100 times in the window it's been clear that almost all of these stories weren't true. So what can I comment about it? That's the rumours, keep going for it. But no comments from my side."

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Right, Liverpool boss Arne Slot kicked off his FA Cup news conference by fielding a weighty question on all of the transfer speculation circulating around the club.

He said that "99 out of 100 times at the end of the window it is clear that almost all of these stories weren't true".

The Dutchman cut down that line of questioning with a definite "no comment" and a knowing smile.

More to follow.

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We will continue with the Everton chat after the first of this morning's FA Cup news conferences.

We have Liverpool boss Arne Slot coming up on his side's third-round tie at home to Accrington Stanley.

The Dutchman will be closely followed by Eddie Howe on Newcastle's game against Bromley...