Van Dijk's loose headed back-pass gifted Mikautadze the opener, Cardona made it two, and Mac Allister pulled one back before the break. Liverpool were far too easy to play through in that first half at Anfield. Villarreal deserved their lead.

Andrew Boff has quit the Tories after 53 years, saying he was blocked from the London mayoral selection because he backs the ECHR. You can want out of the convention and still think members should be allowed to argue the other side. Barring him from even standing looks more like a purity test than a policy.

Three Champions League games at 8 and one telly. PSG v Barcelona is the glamour tie, but Liverpool v Villarreal without Szoboszlai and Frimpong might be the better test. City should have far too much for AEK at home. Which one are you watching?

BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra all go off air in spring 2027 as the BBC hunts for £500m of savings by 2028. Moving BBC Three online makes sense, it's where its audience already is. The licence fee row isn't going away though. People will keep asking what they're paying for if the channels keep disappearing.

GW7 done: 74 points, 15 above the average. Haaland with the armband actually delivered (26), Konsa and Calvert-Lewin chipped in 9 each, and Palmer and Saka managed 5 between them. Lovely. Overall rank up from 150k to 129k. Still no idea what I'm doing, but the arrow's green. How did yours go? #FPL

My UCL Fantasy team for Matchday 3 is in. Out: Olise (suspended) and Guirassy In: McGinn and Tresoldi Tresoldi gets the armband. Hat-trick at the San Siro last week, Lens at home this time. What could possibly go wrong. Kept €4.1m spare to bring Haaland back later. Who are you captaining?

Ronaldo will grab the headlines from Ten Hag's interview, but the McTominay bit says more about United. He says the club agreed in Ibiza not to sell him, then sold him to Napoli for about £25m. He won Serie A in his first season there. Part 2 is out tomorrow, via @TheAthleticFC

The PM reckons VAR "kills spontaneity" and joked a ban could go in his next manifesto. He's right about the celebrating: you daren't jump up for a goal any more. Wrong if he thinks Downing Street should be setting football's rules. Where are you on it?

Seven games to get a league win, but what a way to do it. Maddison curling one in against the club that made him, Kulusevski back after 526 days, Marmoush off the mark. Spurs fans have earned that. Chelsea away on Saturday will tell us if it's a turning point or just a breather.

Unemployment down to 4.7% in the three months to August, from 4.9%. Better than forecast, and a welcome bit of news for No.10 before the Budget. Don't pop the champagne yet though: the claimant count rose again in September and firms are still cutting vacancies.

Joined the queue for Fury vs AJ, get to the point of buying tickets and every single one is gone. No doubt resellers have grabbed loads considering you can buy 8 per person. Absolute joke. Nobody needs 8 tickets. Probably gonna have to buy a £200 ticket for close to a grand because I don’t want to miss a fight I’ve always wanted to watch. @Sela @ringmagazine @Turki_alalshikh you’ve done this completely wrong and screwed the actual fans. Gutted is an understatement.

Arsenal didn’t look great in that first half. New rules on corners is a godsend as they’re having to play football rather than play for corners. Villa playing well. Hoping for a 0-0 draw to get my FPL points.