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Liverpool head into the weekend's Premier League fixtures with a two-point lead over Manchester City and Arsenal at the top.

Victories for all last time out has furthered the belief that a three-way title race has now ensued and Liverpool face a tricky trip to Brentford next as they go in search of their first win at Thomas Frank's team in the Premier League era.

With that game being the 12.30pm kick-off, it does at least offer Jurgen Klopp's side the chance to extend their advantage to five points and heave the pressure back on to the chasing pack, with City hosting Chelsea at 5.30pm after Arsenal head to Burnley for a 3pm kick-off.

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Before the weekend's fallout, here's all the latest off-diary Reds news as Paul Gorst brings you the titbits from around Anfield in his Liverpool Notebook

Anfield Road impresses

Anyone at Anfield on Saturday couldn't have escaped the symbolism in Jurgen Klopp's celebrations. After performing his famous fist-bump celebration to the Kop after the 3-1 win over Burnley that took his team back to the summit of the Premier League, the Liverpool manager turned and added a new part to the routine.

Klopp turned 180 degrees before giving those in the Anfield Road the same theatrics and tilted to his left and did likewise for the supporters in the Main Stand. It was a tribute, of sorts, to the ongoing developments of the iconic ground.

There were just shy of 60,000 in the stadium on the day as Reds played host to their biggest-ever crowd for a league game. The saluting of both the Anfield Road and the Main Stand was a tribute to the work