So off we go again. It’s our year; take 30…

This would always have been the hardest column I’ve ever had to write.

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp believes his team can put their 3-0 Champions League defeat to Barcelona out of mind and focus on winning tonight’s crucial Premier League trip to Newcastle.

We’re going to need a catchphrase. How about “We go again”? Okay, okay — no need to bite my head off.

Where were we? Three weeks without a column, due to Klopp’s disregard for the cup and TV’s disregard for supporters, the landscape has barely changed.

Daniel Storey picks out the five biggest questions emerging after Liverpool's first loss of the season to champions Man City.

Is the world about to end?

For an idea of how Jose Mourinho got it so wrong at Old Trafford and what Manchester United now need to get right, a good place to begin is with the first press conference the last manager he’d lose to held, writes Kieran Shannon.

It’s complicated. We should be happy but there’s a palpable dread about how this ends because of others. Well, one other…

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has again voiced his opposition to the Nations League, arguing there is no room for it in the calendar.

Joint top after the last month’s games, without ever hitting top gear? Straw clutch, number one.

Graft and grit the keys to Manchester United improvement

We’ve bought four players, folks. Four, and one of them will usually be a sub.

That hurt more than I thought it would.

Arsenal survived a major scare to secure their spot in the last 16 of the Europa League despite suffering an embarrassing 2-1 home defeat to Ostersund.

Arsenal survived a major scare to secure their spot in the last 16 of the Europa League despite suffering an embarrassing 2-1 home defeat to Östersund.

Ostersund 0 Arsenal 3: Arsene Wenger praised his Arsenal side for the way they performed in unfamiliar surroundings as they left Ostersund with one foot in the last 16 of the Europa League.

“Ha ha, see you’re down to a fab three now”…is that so?

Diego Costa last night made a goalscoring return to Atletico Madrid with a second-half strike in their comfortable 4-0 Copa de Rey win at Lleida.

No drama, then? Goals, clean sheet, calm and poise? Not sure quite how to respond, frankly.

When Jurgen tells the band to play, they’re always guaranteed to raise a smile.

The tweet from a reporter read “Klopp angry with crowd impatience”. Here we go, I thought.

Liverpool have not commented on reports they have agreed a club record fee to sign long-term target Naby Keita from Red Bull Leipzig next summer.

Liverpool have reportedly agreed a deal with RB Leipzig to sign Naby Keita.

Cork City continue to edge towards the Airtricity League Premier Division title but they had to work hard before finally seeing off a battling relegation-threatened Finn Harps at Finn Park last night.

They could make a film about Liverpool optimism; Gone In 60 Days.

RB Leipzig owner Dietrich Mateschitz has revealed his club have turned down a €75m offer for Liverpool target Naby Keita.

Liverpool's pursuit of RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita has been dealt a blow after the Bundesliga side effectively warned off the Reds.

What the papers say and what's being rumoured online.

Dennis Dinneen’s pictures of people in Muskerry are at last being regarded as an invaluable archive, writes Marjorie Brennan

Roma 0 Manchester city 2

Champions League Group E

Celtic 1 Salzburg 3

Malian voters are choosing their next president who will try to lead the country out of crisis after separatist rebels and Islamic extremists unleashed months of chaos.

Mali secured the first victory in this year’s Africa Cup of Nations with an uninspiring 1-0 win over Niger in Port Elizabeth.

New Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova is still coming to terms with life without Pep Guardiola but is warming to the reality of leading the Catalans this season.

The junta that seized power in a coup in Mali last month announced that it had released 22 people whose arrests earlier this week had prompted international criticism.

The hosts managed to shut out Messi and give themselves hope for the return

Ivory Coast set up a final showdown with Zambia after Gervinho’s solo goal saw them past Mali in Libreville last night.

JOHN MENSAH scored, then saw red as 10-man Ghana held on to beat Botswana in their African Nations Cup Group D opener.

A TEENAGE girl who alleges that she was abused by Fr Ronat said he claimed the Holy Spirit was descending upon her as he touched her body.

CESC FABREGAS scored a brilliant volley to keep Barcelona’s non-stop victory parade going with a UEFA Super Cup triumph over Porto last night.