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  1. Goodbye for nowpublished at 11:00 GMT

    That's your lot from Arne Slot.

    We're going to pause this live text for a couple of hours and will return at 1pm, when we will hear from Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior before his side host Burnley on Saturday.

    In the meantime, here's a recap of where the morning has taken us as we analysed where Arsenal's draw at Wolves leaves the title race, and heard from Liverpool boss Arne Slot:

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    Get Involved - 'Definitely not optimistic about Liverpool'published at 10:58 GMT

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    Liverpool fan - definitely not optimistic. Slot doesn't play a style that suits the players he has, including the players bought last summer. Bought by Hughes & Edwards! Over to them.

    Donna, NE England

    No more optimistic, not sustained performances to suggest any improvement.

    Craig, Exeter

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  3. 'Hope my players immediately address abuse'published at 10:57 GMT

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    More from Liverpool boss Arne Slot, on what advice he'd give to his players if they suffer racist abuse:

    "Immediately address it, and I would hope the referee who is in charge acts in the same way. And those protocols need to be followed.

    "As it's under investigation, I cannot say too much about that situation [in Real Madrid's Champions League match at Benfica], but in general, as I said, we can never do too much."

  4. 'We need to make sure racist abuse never happens'published at 10:55 GMT

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    Some final words to bring you from Liverpool boss Arne Slot, who was asked about whether he believes enough is being done to combat racism in football following the incident of alleged racist abuse towards Vinicius Junior this week:

    "In general, you can never do enough, you can always do more. We should always try to do more to make sure this never happens again. And that's what I mean in general.

    "I think we have to try as a football world, football community, to do more than society does - that's maybe not so difficult by the way. And I think protocol has been followed during the games, so that's the first step. I think the football world reacted as you expect it to react, and I'm trying to do the same now."

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    Get Involved - 'Liverpool will get Champions League football'published at 10:52 GMT

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    Not a Liverpool fan, but they're getting Champions League. They're simply too good not to, and their style of football is incredibly entertaining. Genuinely think it's a detriment to the competition if they aren't involved. Especially if Isak, Ekitike and Wirtz are firing next season.

    Harry, Manchester

  6. 'More difficult facing new Forest boss Pereira'published at 10:48 GMT

    Nottingham Forest v Liverpool (Sun, 14:00 GMT)

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    Liverpool boss Arne Slot has the added challenge of trying to work out how newly appointed Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira will set up his side on Sunday. On that, Slot said:

    "That makes it a little more difficult because we only have tonight [when Forest play in the Europa League] to see if this manager changes personnel, changes tactics.

    "The good thing is there is still one game to be played before we play them and we know him because he worked last season in the Premier League as well, but you adapt to the players you have. Although managers prefer playing styles, you take into account which players you have as well.

    "Let's see. It has been a difficult game for us in the beginning of the season [when Liverpool lost 3-0 at home]. Although the first half hour was very, very good from us. Chance after chance, and then we conceded a set-piece and the game went the complete opposite way. We know what we can expect when we play Forest because I've played them three times already."

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    Get Involved - 'Slot doesn't take accountability when he loses'published at 10:45 GMT

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    What I don't like about Slot is how, whenever he loses, there's no accountability. He always moans at the opposition because they didn't play the way he wanted. I find it insulting.

    Chris, Liverpool

  8. 'We've improved compared to a few months ago'published at 10:42 GMT

    Nottingham Forest v Liverpool (Sun, 14:00 GMT)

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    Arne Slot, Manager of Liverpool, gives a thumbs upImage source, Getty Images

    Liverpool boss Arne Slot was also asked about last night's Premier League match and whether Wolves' draw with Arsenal showed how hard it is to beat sides at the bottom of the league:

    "We didn't need yesterday to know how difficult it is to win a Premier League game. We've experienced it this season already a lot of times, and all the teams experienced it.

    "That's what makes the Premier League nicer this season and last season, that it's much more competitive than three, four, five, six years ago.

    "We've improved compared to three or four months ago, but I think I would even, as weird as it may sound, include the Bournemouth game because apart from the goals we conceded, we had total control, were dominant, created a lot of chances. And the same could be said about the second half against [Manchester] City."

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    Get Involved - 'Nobody knows how these teams will play against Liverpool'published at 10:39 GMT

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    None of us know how these teams are going to play against Liverpool. Two have new managers. West Ham are fighting for their lives, and Wolves showed anything can happen last night.

    Alec, Wales

  10. Postpublished at 10:37 GMT

    Are you feeling more optimistic at the moment, Liverpool fans?

    In a season during which your club endured its worst run since 1953 - suffering nine defeats in 12 matches back in November - do you feel as though your side are back on an upward trajectory?

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  11. 'Sometimes opponents don't want an entertaining game'published at 10:32 GMT

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    Liverpool boss Arne Slot was asked whether his side have become more entertaining as the season has progressed, following criticism only a few months ago:

    "I didn't agree with you if you put it that way, but the teams we faced weren't as entertaining as the teams we've recently maybe faced, so it will never be about us. Every game is entertaining, yes or no. That is at least my take.

    "We always try to press, we always try to bring the ball out of the back. We always want to entertain. We don't always achieve in that, and if we don't, sometimes it's about us because we don't execute things well enough, but it's mainly because the teams we are facing don't want an entertaining game, which is completely fair. I'm not debating that, I would probably do the same if I had to face Liverpool.

    "For a large part of the season, when we lost or drew games, we did not deserve at all to draw or lose that game. The amount of times that we've created so many chances, more than enough to score one, two, three goals, has been a lot."

  12. Postpublished at 10:23 GMT

    Nottingham Forest v Liverpool (Sun, 14:00 GMT)

    Liverpool have won four of their past five matches across all competitions, scoring 14 goals in those victories.

    Their only defeat came against Manchester City, whom they led until the dramatic closing stages.

    Now, as they seek to end an inconsistent campaign with a strong finish to clinch a Champions League place, they take on four of the bottom five teams in their next four matches with Nottingham Forest, West Ham, Wolves and Tottenham to come.

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  13. 'We will hopefully see the best of Isak when he returns'published at 10:17 GMT

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    Here's a bit more from Liverpool boss Arne Slot on Alexander Isak's recovery following the news that the Sweden striker has begun stepping up his rehabilitation from injury:

    "It's nice for him to go on the pitch and it's nice for us to see him there. There's still enough work to be done but you do know, as a player, you arrive in the final stages of your rehab. When you're in the gym and not on the pitch, that's not the nicest part.

    "Next step is doing ball with the work, which every player likes most, and then into the group. Then it takes a while before you're ready to play."

    On whether Slot expects to see the best of Isak when he returns: "That gives us a different player to what we have now. But we are also expecting a different player at the end of the season than we had in the first part, which makes complete sense because I've said it a hundred times that I think we have to give him time.

    "If a player has been out for four or five months only in individual training, we cannot expect that he's up to speed straight away, so unfortunately for him and for us we haven't used the best Alex yet but this club and our fans will see the best Alex hopefully this season but for sure in the upcoming years.

    "Let's not put a timescale on it, but it's clear that he will be available if everything goes as planned this season."

  14. Team news - updates on Frimpong, Isak & Endopublished at 10:08 GMT

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    Jeremie Frimpong of Liverpool reactsImage source, Getty Images

    Liverpool boss Arne Slot, on the latest team news:

    "Jeremie [Frimpong] will not be involved this weekend yet. We hope he will be involved next week if things go as planned.

    "Wataru [Endo] will be out for a long time. We don't know exactly how long, but long.

    "And Alex [Isak] has been on the pitch now - not with his football shoes - with his running shoes for the first time this week, so that will still take a while before he is ready to play for us again."

  15. Postpublished at 10:05 GMT

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    First up, to team news matters.

    Arne Slot has provided positive updates on Jeremie Frimpong and Alexander Isak - but Wataru Endo is set for a lengthy period on the sidelines.

  16. Over to Slot...published at 10:00 GMT

    Nottingham Forest v Liverpool (Sun, 14:00 GMT)

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    Right, time for us to turn our attentions to Liverpool now.

    Arne Slot has been speaking before taking the reigning champions to Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

    Liverpool are sixth and within three points of the top four with 12 games to go.

    And the Reds play three of the bottom four clubs next as they look to get themselves into those Champions League positions.

  17. 'We need to fix issues immediately' - Sakapublished at 09:59 GMT

    Wolves 2-2 Arsenal

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    Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka, speaking to Sky Sports on whether the dressing room is flat after the game: "Yeah, it's very flat. Very disappointed with the result and especially with the way we played in the second half. Far from the standards we've set this season.

    "It's time for us to reflect on the last few performances and fix the issues immediately, so we can get back to winning games, go on a run and build momentum because we've lost that a bit right now.

    "I just think we have to get back to our level. Do the basics right, and we've got more than enough quality in this team to win games, especially in the games where we've been dropping points in recently. We need to fix that, and that's all our focus is right now."

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    Get Involved - 'Arteta is incapable of winning a title'published at 09:57 GMT

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    I've stated since day one of his tenure that Arteta is incapable of winning a Premier League title. You can't win a title playing the boring, over-cautious football we've witnessed lately. He's more concerned about not losing a game than winning it.

    Shaun, Kidderminster

  19. 'Nowhere near our standards' - Artetapublished at 09:55 GMT

    Wolves 2-2 Arsenal

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    Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, BBC Match of the Day: "Incredibly disappointed that we gave two points away. I think we need to fault ourselves and give credit to Wolves. But what we done in the second half was nowhere near our standards that we have to play in order to win a game in the Premier League.

    "There are certain things, certain basics that today we are very far from our level, and when you don't perform, you can get punished, and we got punished, and we have to accept the hits because that can happen when you are on top.

    "Certain basics we have to do, we did them so poorly one after the other. And then you have no dominance, no control in the game."

    On what he has to do to not let this season slip away: "Staying very close to them and reminding them how good they are."

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    Get Involved - 'Trust the process'published at 09:51 GMT

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    Us Gooners have been told to trust the process... Now it's time for Arteta to trust the players... Winning by following a process for 90 mins over 11 games is impossible... Let the players be themselves, and we'll keep City at bay.

    Chris, Derby