Liverpool 1 Swansea 0: How Garry Monk must wish he could turn the clock back three months. Swansea’s manager ended August with a victory over Manchester United that lifted his team into the Premier League’s top four. He ends November barely clinging to his job.

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI’S worst instincts were all but confirmed in Zilina last night — the Russians are to blame for his mountain hike in Andorra.