Joe Bernstein

JOE BERNSTEIN: Arriving early at Everton's training ground, Sean Dyche's first port of call is usually the gym before his time is swallowed up by meetings, training and analysis.

JOE BERNSTEIN: Amorim has tried hard to lift the mood at Old Trafford this week after five defeats in six matches left United stranded in the bottom half of the Premier League table.

JOE BERNSTEIN: New Blues supremo Dan Friedkin is understood to be considering Dyche's future after Saturday's defeat at Bournemouth extended Everton's winless run to five games.

JOE BERNSTEIN: No father and son have played against each other in 154 years of the world's most famous knockout competition but that is set to change when Everton host Peterborough.

These are very strange times on the blue half of Merseyside and it'll need more than the abrupt dismissal Sean Dyche to convince the diehards everything is going to be alright.

You can relinquish fact-checking responsibilities but can you ever be neutral again?

JOE BERNSTEIN: When big clubs draw a so-called 'minnow' in the third round of the FA Cup, it's often the cue for managers to rotate their squad, rest their stars and give opportunities to youngsters

JOE BERNSTEIN AT ANFIELD: Trent Alexander-Arnold scored the pick of the goals as Liverpool cruised into the fourth round of the FA Cup after a 4-0 win over Accrington Stanley.

JOE BERNSTEIN: Liverpool boss Arne Slot has praised Trent Alexander-Arnold for changing his Anfield fortunes with an outstanding goal in Saturday's 4-0 FA Cup win.

Ruben Amorim has described Kobbie Mainoo as not the 'finished product' as the 19-year-old's future at Manchester United remains uncertain.