Rich: Morning Phil, I’m noticing more often, the Liverpool game yesterday an example, that sides are going against a strong press and tending to sit and wait a lot more. Is this a worry for managers that like to play out from the back, draw sides in and counter-attack, like Manchester City. We’ve seen in a few games recently that they struggle when having to break teams down that set up shop in this way. Do these teams need a plan B?

Phil: Hi, Rich. I think Liverpool are going to be interesting viewing this season because they are adopting a more measured, composed approach themselves, rather than the thrilling full-tilt approach under Jurgen Klopp.

The wins may be narrow, but they are still wins, and yesterday was a big test against a Chelsea side I think will be challenging for the top four.

Liverpool have the players to adopt a “plan B” without a doubt and I’m sure Arne Slot can be adaptable – and with players of the calibre of Mohamed Salah there is every chance “plan A” will work eventually.

Liverpool have such attacking quality that sitting back against them is a dangerous game as they have players, such as Salah, capable of producing that one moment of class to win a game.

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Right, Phil McNulty is in the building, in a virtual sense at least!

BBC Sport's chief football writer is now on hand to answer your footballing questions, and we will be publishing his responses in this page throughout the morning.

Phil was at Anfield on Sunday to watch Liverpool's win at home to Chelsea, so feel free to ask him about that, while there were also plenty of talking points following Manchester City's win at Wolves.

And let's not forget Arsenal's defeat at Bournemouth and the Gunners' latest red card.

Send in your questions now using the contact details above.

Thanks...

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That 2-1 victory over Wolves made it 31 Premier League matches unbeaten for Pep Guardiola's side - a new club record.

Their last defeat in the top flight came against Aston Villa in December 2023.

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Former Manchester City and Aston Villa defender Micah Richards said on Sky Sports: "I would like to see a goal be given for this because I don't think there's too much contact.

"But the fact of the matter is that he [Silva] is still in the keeper's way so it has affected the play in my opinion. You want consistency as sometimes you see these given and sometimes not.

"There's a slight nudge that puts the keeper off balance so he's not set, so I can understand why Wolves will feel aggrieved at this particular moment."

Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge, also speaking to Sky Sports: "Bernardo has played it perfectly because he's timed it. As the header has gone into the back of the net, he's off the keeper. It's like, 'I've done my job but I've not impacted it'.

"For me, I do believe he has affected the keeper slightly. It's the timing of the header."

Wolves manager Gary O'Neil referenced a very similar Wolves goal ruled out last season in a 2-1 defeat to West Ham.

Max Kilman headed home from a corner on that occasion, but it was disallowed after Tawanda Chirewa was deemed to have impeded Hammers keeper Lukasz Fabianski.

The Premier League match centre released these images of the two incidents:

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The Premier League's match centre posted on X about Sunday's goal:

"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."

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."

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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.