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The Exploding Heads review the weekend in the Premier League, from Arsenal beating Man United to a win for Liverpool and three-armed Jurgen Klopp.

Liverpool moved back within a point of Manchester City thanks in part to a two-goal effort from Sadio Mane, but Burnley made them work for it.

Steve Nicol examines what is behind Mohamed Salah’s recent struggles and what he and Jurgen Klopp can do to sort the issues out.

Liverpool moved back within a point of Manchester City thanks in part to a two-goal effort from Sadio Mane, but Burnley made them work for it.
Liverpool remain committed to Loris Karius’ two-season loan deal with Besiktas, sources have told ESPN FC, but remain in constant contact with the goalkeeper amid claims by the Turkish club’s coach Senol Gunes that ”something is wrong” with the 25-year-old.
The former Mainz goalkeeper was loaned out by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp at the start of the season following the £65 million signing of Brazil No. 1 Alisson from Roma.
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Relive every goal from the weekend in the Premier League including Liverpool’s offensive outburst, Riyad Mahrez’s winner and more.

Shaka Hislop predicts the gap between Liverpool and Manchester City will be smaller this year, but the Reds will remain second best.

Mohamed Salah scored his 51st goal to open the scoring before Sadio Mane’s brace and Xherdan Shaqiri’s effort compiled further misery on Cardiff City’s start to life in the Premier League.

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Besiktas are happy with on-loan goalkeeper Loris Karius and are not looking to send him back to Liverpool, sources have told ESPN FC.
Turkish sports outlet Fotomac reported that Besiktas have been unimpressed by Karius and are keen to cut his two-year loan deal short in January — adding that they would request Divock Origi in exchange, on the same agreement with an option to buy.
This claim came on the back of reports from the same outlet that Karius would be dropped for the Europa League…

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Besiktas’ Loris Karius insists he wants to move on from the errors he made due to concussion suffered in the Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid with Liverpool.

Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp said he was happy for goalkeeper Loris Karius after he completed his loan move to Besiktas and hopes he can be successful in Turkey.

Steve Nicol remains impressed with Liverpool’s defensive composure, in a victory where the attack wasn’t firing on all cylinders.
Loris Karius says he had to convince Jurgen Klopp to let him join Besiktas as the Liverpool manager was keen on keeping him at Anfield for the season.
Karius was unveiled as a Besiktas player on Wednesday, having joined the Turkish side on a two-year loan deal that could become permanent if certain performance criteria are met.
He had lost his place as Liverpool’s No. 1 following the arrival of Alisson, with the German keen on securing game time after his nightmare performance in the Champions League…

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