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Slot defends Wirtz after slow start to Liverpool career

Liverpool are one of the favourites to win the Champions League this season and will aim to get their campaign off to a winning start as they host Atletico Madrid.

Arne Slot’s team have won all four of their Premier League matches this term but they have been reliant on late goals with Sunday’s victory over Burnley coming in the 95th minute.

In comparison, Atletico have won just one of their four LaLiga matches this season and Diego Simeone will be hoping to spring a surprise at Anfield tonight. Follow all the team news, build-up and latest updates with our live blog below:

Arne Slot slams ‘pundits that favour other clubs’ in defence of Liverpool’s £450m summer spending spree

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot launched an impassioned defence of the club's unprecedented summer transfer activity after taking a swipe at criticism from "pundits that favour other clubs".

The deadline-day capture of Alexander Isak for a British record £125million took their spending to £450m on eight players, all aged 25 or under and viewed as an investment in the club's long-term future.

That headline figure has understandably attracted a lot of scrutiny but Slot was keen to point out it was not reckless spending as they recouped over £250m in sales, having spent just £10m the previous summer.

"There is so much focus on our new signings, especially from pundits that favour some other clubs in the country that cannot stop talking about £450m. I repeat, £450m, £450m! But they forget about (nearly) £300m that we have sold for," said Slot.