We've been recapping a BUSY weekend in the Premier League and bringing you the latest from the managers who faced the media this afternoon.

Here's a reminder of today's top stories:

• 'Maybe I deserve to be sacked' - Guardiola on Liverpool chants
• Van Nistelrooy 'proud' to manage Leicester
• Fiorentina's Bove 'awake and alert' after on-pitch collapse

Don't forget it's the FA Cup third-round draw from 19:00 GMT and you can watch it live on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.

Thanks for joining us!

Only two non-league clubs have made it to the third round this year.

Dagenham & Redbridge triumphed against League Two's AFC Wimbledon, while Tamworth claimed a penalty-shootout win against League One side Burton Albion.

The Daggers are ball number 50, meanwhile Tamworth are number 53.

You can find all the draw details, including all the ball numbers here.

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The FA Cup third-round draw takes place from 19:00 GMT tonight, live on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.

At this stage the Premier League and Championship sides enter.

The third round will be played over the weekend that includes Saturday, 11 January.

After every round of Premier League matches this season, BBC football pundit Troy Deeney will give you his team and manager of the week.

Here are this week's choices. Do you agree? Use the thumbs up and thumbs down to let us know.

Read Deeney's piece in full here

That's all from Phil McNulty today.

Thanks to everyone who sent in a question.

Sam: The Spurs memes were out there before the Fulham home game and sure enough the inconsistency of this season struck again. How long do Spurs give Ange to settle things? I'm all for supporting him over the next three or four transfer windows. How have Spurs progressed compared to Ange's previous projects?

Afternoon, Sam. I think Ange flagged it up himself. He always wins something in his second season, so now it is up to him.

I do think Spurs have progressed under Postecoglou and are so entertaining to watch, but inconsistency is their Achilles heel.

I actually think they missed an opportunity to finish in the top four last season, pipped by Aston Villa.

They have another opportunity now and a piece of silverware would not go amiss – although plenty of Spurs managers have tried and failed before Postecoglou.

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Martin: Cole Palmer, Liam Delap and Taylor Harwood-Bellis were sold by Manchester City for a combined total of around £75m. Ironically, this is a similar figure to the fee City paid for Gvardiol, who was warming the City bench yesterday. Are some of City's recent transfer dealings the root cause, directly and indirectly, of the club's newfound mortality?

Hello, Martin. I certainly do think a flawed transfer strategy is a component of Manchester City’s current struggles.

This brilliantly successful squad has been allowed to grow too old together, although of the players you mention, I would suggest only Cole Palmer would be in the first team had everyone been fit.

City have suffered some injuries defensively that have hit that particular area hard – but there were no complaints when Taylor Harwood-Bellis was sold, even though he has since played for England.

Liam Delap has done well at Ipswich Town but, again, I'm not sure he would be a serious challenger to Erling Haaland.

I do think selling Palmer was a mistake, as was selling Julian Alvarez without replacing him. Incomings have been indifferent as well, with Kalvin Phillips and Matheus Nunes prime examples of deals that have not worked.

So yes, I do think transfer dealings have played their part into leading City to where they currently are.

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Joe: Hi Phil, is there any update on the takeover at Everton? It's unfortunately clear that Sean Dyche has run his course. His ideas are falling on deaf ears, but as you've previously said, who would even have the power to sack him right now? A bit concerned that we've heard nothing more since the initial announcement.

Hi, Joe. I would not get too concerned. All suggestions are that the takeover is advancing without any complications.

There is one problem in that the club is currently operating in a vacuum without anyone is a position to make any significant decisions, a difficulty with the team so poor and looking increasingly in need of some urgent action.

Whether this involves a change of manager remains to be seen but it is clear everything has gone very stale, including the team.

Results and performances are poor, goals are becoming non-existent and discontent among the fans is growing, which is all perfectly understandably.

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Wolves defender Nelson Semedo said it is “unacceptable” to concede three penalties in one match after their game against Bournemouth on Saturday.

Three of the Cherries' goals in their 4-2 win over Wolves were from penalties.

Speaking to the club's website, external he said: "There were some mistakes that we cannot do. Three penalties in a game is unacceptable for us, and we will work hard to be better.”

Semedo was booked following the first penalty and he will miss their game against Everton on Wednesday.

Adam: With Liverpool almost certainly set to win the title now, would it be right for Arsenal fans like myself to see this as a poor reflection on our club and the consequence of having few experienced players, a rookie manager and an uncaring owner who tolerates second place (or even fourth)?

No, it wouldn’t be right, Adam. And I would not rule out Arsenal just yet. Of course it’s a tough ask with Liverpool nine points clear. They are very obviously favourites but it is still only early December.

I would hardly call Mikel Arteta a rookie manager and the owner has been prepared to spend big in recent seasons, especially £105m on Declan Rice.

I do think not signing a proven goalscorer may be one to regret further down the line this season, but Arsenal are looking right back to their best now and they certainly won’t be giving up on the title after only 13 games.

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Tom: Hi Phil, I was at the Brighton-Southampton game on Friday night and even as a Saints fan, I was OK with the decision to disallow the Cameron Archer goal because it was the on-field decision. What I'm not OK with is the length of time it took for VAR to come to the same conclusion. Why bother drawing the line for Archer? The fans inside the ground had to wait four minutes (and it felt longer) without any information about what was going on. The VAR experience for everyone inside the stadium is absolutely appalling and needs addressing urgently. Why are IFAB so against making the conversation between the referee and VAR available for everyone live?

Hello, Tom. I almost feel like asking you not to get me started on this.

First of all, as I explained to Paul in an earlier question, I thought it was the completely wrong decision in my opinion and it took more than four minutes to reach it.

It is an old hobby horse of mine about how fans are kept totally in the dark and communication is poor when all this is going on.

It is just not good enough. Another moan of mine is that we now seem to be looking for ways to disallow goals and this, to me, was a classic example. I should stress other opinions are available.

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot said that he expects to be without defenders Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate for "a few weeks".

He added that Kostas Tsimikas is likely to be absent for their next couple of games.

Slot said: "They [Bradley and Konate] will both be out for a few weeks.

"I have said many times before, it's always difficult to judge how many weeks this exactly is because you can think in the beginning it'll be like this and then the end stage of an injury process can always differ a bit.

"They will not be in the team this week, for sure, both of them – and actually I don't think Kostas will be with us in the upcoming week as well."

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Ricky: Hi Phil, just curious to know your thoughts on FSG as an ownership group? I’m a Liverpool fan and I was under the impression that having not spent too much in the transfer window this summer that FSG had set those funds aside to give Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil Van Dijk and Mo Salah new and improved contracts but this is not proving to be the case. I appreciate the club are operating sustainably, but I feel there have been times we’ve lacked real ambition in the transfer market in previous seasons when the Premier League title could have been ours if we got the targets we could have got previously.

Hi Ricky, overall I think FSG have been good and successful owners for Liverpool, despite mis-steps like the Super League and the £77 ticket pricing, which caused such protests.

I’m not sure it was ever said that a lack of transfer activity in the summer meant that money was being set aside for contracts for Salah, Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold, although they face some really big decisions there.

FSG’s policy has been to not throw big money and lengthy contracts at players aged over 30 so they face a test now with Van Dijk and Salah in that category and looking as good and as fit as ever.

My view is they need to depart from any perceived fixed strategy, although the “give them whatever they want” school of thought does not appear to deal in financial realism.

I do feel they need to find common ground and get deals done – although let’s not forget we do not know what Salah or Van Dijk are asking for in terms of finance and length of contract.

They will certainly face criticism if those deals are not done but we are dealing with businessmen and a business here as well. Again, I would not say there has been a lack of ambition as they agreed a £110m for Moises Caicedo when he was at Brighton, only for the player to decide against the move because he wanted to join Chelsea. The same goes for a £52.5m deal for Martin Zubimendi in the summer.

You cannot force players to join you, but they certainly seem to know how to select a manager if Arne Slot’s start is anything to go by.

Paul, Southampton: Hi Phil, because Saints aren't one of the big teams, I am not seeing anything about the shocking "offside" decision that VAR made on Friday night, why did they get it so wrong?

Hi Paul. I obviously can’t say whether it was a “big team/smaller team” decision but my opinion was that it was the wrong decision and I had a lot of sympathy with Southampton manager Russell Martin.

The officials will argue they got that one right but I just didn’t see it that way.

I cannot have it that Adam Armstrong was having any impact on what Bart Verbruggen was doing there and Cameron Archer’s strike should have stood.

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Liz, South Africa: Hi Phil. Does Manchester City have a good academy? What players have or are coming through to the frirst team? Liverpool, amongst other top clubs, make superb use of their academy players to keep the team fresh.

Hi Liz. Yes, Manchester City do have a good academy but you have to remember the high standard required to make the leap into their first team.

We can name Phil Foden, Rico Lewis, Cole Palmer, James McAtee, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Romeo Lavia, Tommy Doyle, Liam Delap among many others who have come through the City academy.

We have also seen Nico O’Reilly and Jahmai Simpson-Pusey play this season. Some have obviously gone elsewhere – notably Cole Palmer and that now looks like a mistake given his brilliance at Chelsea – but they are definitely producing players.

Some have obviously gone elsewhere – notably Palmer and that now looks like a mistake given his brilliance at Chelsea – but they are definitely producing players.

Liverpool have also produced outstanding youngsters but we all know they have to have that bit extra to make it into the first team on a regular basis in clubs of that stature and quality.

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Right, it has been a busy day - starting with reaction to Liverpool's statement win at home to Manchester City and Sunday's victories for Chelsea and Manchester United, before a run of Premier League news conferences, including a first for new Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy.

In the midst of all that, BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty has been answering your questions.

We will return to his answers now, before bringing you up to speed on how you can watch tonight's FA Cup third-round draw.

Anon: Hi Phil, how do you think Ruud van Nistelrooy will do at Leicester? And objectively, do you think he's tactically smart or has his playing career and being a continental coach influenced people's perceptions?

I find it a strange appointment and a real gamble, given his lack of Premier League experience and the fact he is walking into a struggling club.

This is not to say it is the wrong appointment, of course, as he is clearly charismatic, very ambitious and willing to take on this difficult job.

Tactically, we will wait to see, but he is clearly his own man and might just have picked up plenty of knowledge from the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson during his playing career.

My own view is that if David Moyes had shown the slightest interest in that job he would would have a really good choice.

I hope Van Nistelrooy does well, but there is certainly an element of the unknown for all involved.

Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter

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Ruud Van Nistelrooy arrived a few minutes later for his first press conference as Leicester manager.

The 48-year-old can be forgiven, though, as he quickly adjusts to life at the Foxes. He only met the squad on Sunday and has had just two days to prepare for Tuesday's Premier League visit of West Ham so his time is precious.

Van Nistelrooy shook journalists' hands and introduced himself, waving at those with cameras at the back of the room and joking he will try to remember everyone's names.

He spoke clearly and calmly, poking fun at himself as he links up with Jamie Vardy who broke his Premier League record of scoring in consecutive games in 2015.

Leicester are a point above the bottom three and have signs of fractures at the club so need a cool and composed head to lead them away from danger.

Van Nistelrooy has played under some of the best managers in the world, including Sir Alex Ferguson and Fabio Capello, and he now gets to put that experience into practice in his first full-time Premier League job.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

Struggling Manchester City have seven nominations to make the FIFPRO team of the year for 2024.

The only club with more players in contention is Real Madrid, who have eight, including striker Kylian Mbappe, who joined the club from PSG in the summer.

Goalkeeper Ederson, defenders Ruben Dias and Kyle Walker, Ballon D'Or winner Rodri, fellow midfielders Kevin de Bruyne, Phil Foden and striker Erling Haaland have all be named.

Cole Palmer is listed as a Manchester City and Chelsea player but his move to London came in 2023.

The only two players chosen out of the 26 listed who play outside Europe are Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, from Inter Miami and Al Nassr respectively.

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk and Arsenal’s William Saliba are also named but there is no place for Mo Salah.

Global players’ union FIFPRO say over 21,000 men’s players from 70 counties have voted.

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo on Manchester City: "Let's not forget they [Man City] are the champions. Their team has quality players and a quality manager, it's tough.

"We are aware how tough it is going to be, I always say all the games are tough playing against City.

"We look at their quality and the things we have to do, we will have to do so many things right to achieve a good performance and a good result.

"We have to be switched on in defence and be a threat."

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