Liverpool have emerged as rumoured candidates to sign Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and incoming goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili has already given a ringing endorsement of the attacker

Arne Slot insisted there was “no debate” that the foul Lucas Bergvall committed on Kostas Tsimikas should have earned the Tottenham teenager a second yellow card minutes before he scored the winner against Liverpool.

Liverpool trail Spurs 1-0 in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg although the game was shrouded in controversy.

Liverpool suffered just its second defeat of the season as it fell to a 1-0 loss in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Tottenham, albeit in controversial circumstances.

Arne Slot spoke to the media after Liverpool lost 1-0 to Tottenham Hotspur in the Carabao Cup semifinal first-leg tie on Wednesday night