The Fiver | Ronnie Whelan can’t save them now

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There hasn’t been this much talk about Liverpool’s bottle since they kept winning the Milk Cup during the early 80s. But Ronnie Whelan can’t save them now. Last weekend saw victories for The Son Heung-min Team at Wembley – now there’s a player you can’t do without – and Manchester City, who defeated Mattéo Guendouzi and a queue of 10 people waiting for a bus, daydreaming, whistling, checking their text messages, rolling a fag, absent-mindedly fiddling with the change in their pockets while scratching the back of their trousers, etc. It won’t be long before Arsenal Fan TV is worth watching again, will it? Anyway, those results have heaped the pressure on Jürgen Klopp’s side at the top of the Premier League, and Ronnie Whelan can’t save them now.

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