Liverpool are not in the Champions League draw on Jan. 31 because the Reds automatically qualified for the round of 16. Since Slot's men finished atop the league phase standings, they do not have to participate in the knockout phase playoffs, and are therefore not in the draw.

Top of the Champions League table and into the last 16 with the most money banked. This was the perfect return to Europe’s elite competition for Liverpool, setting up Arne Slot’s side for a crack at lifting the trophy for a seventh time and significantly boosting the club’s balance sheet.

Liverpool's 3-2 defeat to PSV in the final league phase game of the Champions League did not prevent them from finishing top of their group and they have pocketed a huge sum of money as a result

Manchester City face a blockbuster Champions League play-off tie against Real Madrid or Bayern Munich after scraping through the new league phase with a 3-1 victory over Club Brugge.

Arsenal remain comfortably adrift of relentless Premier League leaders Liverpool despite a 5-1 hammering of Manchester City on Sunday but midfielder Declan Rice says there is a determination to hunt them down.

Arsenal have cut Liverpool’s lead at the top of the Premier League to six points again, following a stunning 5-1 win over Manchester City on Sunday. The Gunners came into the game knowing that Arne Slot’s men had won 2-0 at Bournemouth to go nine points clear of them.

Overcoming Liverpool's advantage atop the table won't be easy, but Sunday's display shows Gunners are up for the challenge

Arsenal kept their Premier League dream alive with an emphatic 5-1 victory against Manchester City at the Emirates. Martin Odegaard fired Arsenal ahead after 104 seconds before Erling Haaland hauled City level in the 55th minute.