Manchester City

Here are Manchester City's remaining Premier League games before the international break. They've also got two Champions League matches and a League Cup tie against Tottenham.

The next target for Pep Guardiola and his team will no doubt be extending that unbeaten Premier League run to the break.

• Sat 26 Oct: Southampton (H)
• Sat 2 Nov: Bournemouth (A)
• Sat 9 Nov: Brighton (A)

Wolves boss Gary O'Neil praises his side's "excellent" performance despite their 2-1 loss to Manchester City.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says they are not used to "winning so late" after their narrow 2-1 victory against Wolves.

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The VAR reviewed the offside decision on John Stones' winner, and then recommended referee Chris Kavanagh check the pitch-side monitor.

Replays showed Bernardo Silva ducking and not in Jose Sa's line of sight, so Kavanagh awarded the goal.

"Stones' goal was disallowed on-field due to Bernardo Silva being in an offside position and in the goalkeeper's line of vision," the Premier League's match centre posted on X.

"The VAR deemed Bernardo Silva wasn't in the line of vision and had no impact on the goalkeeper and recommended an on-field review. The referee overturned his original decision and a goal was awarded."

The offside law states: "The attacking player is penalised for preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the goalkeeper's line of vision."

Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter

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John Stones' dramatic stoppage-time winner kept Manchester City in touch with Premier League leaders Liverpool as the champions beat battling Wolves.

The defender's header - in the fifth minute of injury time - was given when referee Chris Kavanagh awarded the goal on review, to the hosts' fury, after it was initially ruled out for offside.

Josko Gvardiol had earlier cancelled out Jorgen Strand Larsen's opener for Wolves, who remain winless this season and are bottom of the Premier League.

Click here to read the full report.

Sunday's win for Liverpool against Chelsea at Anfield threw up plenty of possible questions you might want to ask BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty.

Here is a reminder that you can pose those questions using the contact details above and Phil will be on hand from around 09:30 BST this morning to answer them.

While we are on the subject of talking points, shall we assess the fallout from Manchester City's controversial win at Wolves?

While Curtis Jones and his Liverpool team-mates enjoyed a great result at Anfield, Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca was full of praise for his own players, who may have left with no points but underlined their newfound guile with a gutsy display that saw them applauded off the pitch by their own fans at the full-time whistle.

"We don't like to drop points, we don't like to lose a game, but if you have to choose a way then this is probably the way," said Maresca, before adding, "I think the performance was fantastic."

Click the play icon to listen to his full interview with BBC's Match of the Day.

If you missed this, during the week Curtis Jones announced the birth of his daughter Giselle Delilah Jones.

If you want a wholesome image to brighten your morning, click on this link to a post on X from @RisingBallers_, external to see the new dad with babe in arms next to a pic of Jones dedicating his goal against Chelsea to young Giselle...

What a week it has been for Curtis Jones, to score a winning goal at Anfield a few days after becoming a dad.

It is the sort of thing he will have dreamed about the night before the game, and he did his new daughter proud with his whole performance against Chelsea, because it really was that complete.

Liverpool's entire midfield played well in Sunday’s 2-1 win but Jones was the star of the show and I am really pleased for him. He is a local lad who has had a few injury problems and has had to be patient to get his chance.

Read Danny Murphy's full column here.

Asmir Begovic
Everton goalkeeper on BBC's Football Daily podcast

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In my opinion, Curtis Jones is someone that has developed really well into a key player for Liverpool and what is better for that whole squad is that they have options now.

Look what they had coming off the bench - Luis Diaz, [Alexis] Mac Allister, [Darwin] Nunez, Joe Gomez - that's the sign of a pretty strong squad and the fact that Curtis Jones is currently playing over those sort of players shows the growth and development in him and shows his quality.

The fact he was able to contribute with a goal, play an important part in this team in such a big win is a massive step for him.

He's doing really well, another homegrown player - Liverpool have produced quite a few of them and they just keep coming through so as a club they deserve a lot of credit and most of all him [Jones] because he has put in the work and has developed into a really key player for a very good Liverpool side.

You can listen to the full Football Daily podcast here.

One concern about Liverpool, pointed to by manager Arne Slot, is whether their squad can cope with the twin challenges of domestic and European football.

Well, Everton goalkeeper Asmir Begovic believes there were signs on Sunday that they have the necessary strength in depth...

The Daily Telegraph

So Nigel Reo-Coker described Liverpool's victory over Chelsea as a statement win that showed they are "in for this Premier League title".

He is not the only one making that assertion.

The Telegraph picked up on the fact that Micah Richards told Sky Sport he felt Liverpool "could go all the way".

"Liverpool are challengers now," said Richards. "Chelsea were exceptional at times but I think Liverpool in the way they can see out a game and adapt with the slower build-up and the way they feed off the crowd's energy, I feel they have the chance to go all the way this year."

For his part, Arne Slot tried to quell the excitement with a reminder that his side should only be judged as contenders once they have shown they can juggle a Premier League challenge with upcoming Champions League games.

We shall see...

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Nigel Reo-Coker
Former West Ham midfielder on the Football Daily podcast

It's very encouraging (for Liverpool). It was a great game of football, both teams were going at it, it was end-to-end and if you want to go deep into the tactical analysis, both managers were great.

I think for me it was a bigger test for Liverpool to see how far Liverpool have come and they passed it with flying colours - they look solid as a team.

Liverpool have made a statement with this win. They have got a difficult period coming up with games but in terms of the Premier League, that was a statement win to show that they are in for this Premier League title.

You can listen to the full Football Daily podcast here.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot accepted that Sunday's Premier League win at home to Liverpool was more a case of substance than style, but praised his side's work rate in their battling display against a Chelsea side reborn under new manager Enzo Maresca.

"Many other games were hard but this might have been the hardest maybe because of the amount of quality players they have and the structure they have," Slot told BBC's Match of the Day.

"We had to fight really hard to get this one over the line. We defended so strong through the whole team. There was incredible work-rate."

The Dutchman added: "The better the teams you face the more you need to fight. In the Premier League there are so many good teams, so if you want to win at least you need to fight and then hopefully the individuals can make the difference.

"We showed up. That was the most important thing."

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

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Liverpool are a more ordered side under Arne Slot, more measured than the all-out 'heavy metal' football of his illustrious predecessor Jurgen Klopp who swept up silverware before leaving Anfield at the end of last season.

What has not changed is the success, with what has been regarded as a good start tempered by cautious messaging about the standard of opposition beaten - now rebadged as an excellent one after victory over an improving Chelsea side.

This win was workmanlike, but another three points is what mattered, especially as Manchester City applied pressure after the theatre and controversy of their last-gasp win at Wolves.

• Click here to read Phil McNulty's full assessment of Slot and Liverpool's performance against Chelsea.

The Daily Mail

There is also plenty of praise for Liverpool's Curtis Jones in today's national newspapers.

The Mail highlights the fact that the 23-year-old England midfielder was not only celebrating a job well done for the league leaders, but also becoming a father...

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Click on the play icon above to watch former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez's assessment on Match of the Day 2 of the "fantastic job" England midfielder Curtis Jones did for Arne Slot's team in Sunday's win at home to Chelsea.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

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Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League with victory over Chelsea at Anfield as manager Arne Slot's outstanding start continued.

The Dutchman is the first Liverpool boss to win 10 of his first 11 games, this latest triumph sending them a point clear of Manchester City following their dramatic stoppage-time victory at Wolves earlier.

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead from the spot after 29 minutes following Levi Colwill’s foul on Curtis Jones, though a second penalty awarded on the stroke of half-time for Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez's block on the same player was overturned by the video assistant referee (VAR) after initially being awarded by referee John Brooks.

Chelsea took advantage of that VAR reprieve to equalise three minutes after the break, Nicolas Jackson racing clear to score, the goal awarded after being ruled out for offside.

Liverpool took only three minutes to restore their lead, Jones stealing in at the far post to steer Salah's cross past a hesitant Sanchez in front of a joyous Kop.

It mean Slot's only loss since succeeding Jurgen Klopp was to Nottingham Forest at Anfield in September, while this was Chelsea's first league defeat under new manager Enzo Maresca since the opening-weekend home reverse against Manchester City.

Read Phil McNulty's full report here.

Right, let's dive a little deeper into the analysis of Sunday's games, starting with Liverpool's tough test at home to Chelsea...