Paper Review: Ferdinand urges Man Utd change, Liverpool boss in bust-up, Man City priority

THE SUN: Rio Ferdinand has urged Louis van Gaal to ditch his rigid regime.

The former Manchester United defender reckons Van Gaal's methods are preventing his side from turning on the style.

DAILY MAIL: Jurgen Klopp had a touchline bust-up with Tony Pulis as Liverpool rescued a late point against West Brom.

The Reds boss was furious following Craig Gardner's heavy challenge on Dejan Lovren.

DAILY STAR: Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini insists the Premier League title takes priority over the Champions League.

DAILY EXPRESS: Ayoze Perez lifted Newcastle out of the Premier League relegation zone with a late winner at Tottenham.

Eric Dier headed Spurs ahead but Aleksandar Mitrovic levelled after the break before Perez struck.

DAILY MIRROR: Jaap Stam has told Fulham he wants to take over at Craven Cottage.

The ex-Holland international has just completed his UEFA licence and fancies being the Championship side's head coach.

THE SUN: The Premier League needs more British bosses, according to Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.

He said: "In this moment the number of foreign coaches in the Premier League, even in the Championship, is too big compared with the number of English or British managers."

DAILY MIRROR: Aaron Ramsey ran the show as Arsenal moved to the top of the table.

Ramsey added the Gunners' second against Aston Villa after Olivier Giroud opened the scoring from the spot.

Liverpool news and transfer rumours: Reds target Stefan Kiessling 'hints at Bayer Leverkusen departure'

PLUS: Alexandre Pato is keen on a Premier League switch AND Jurgen Klopp hails the amazing atmosphere at Anfield after the draw with West Brom.

Here are all the latest Reds stories from today's Daily Mirror and other news outlets...

Kiessling swoop?

Stefan Kiessling, a reported target of Liverpool, has hinted he may have played his last game for Bayer Leverkusen.

The 31-year-old is being kept out of the team by Javier Hernandez, which could leave the door open for the Reds to swoop in January.

"I’ve got to be honest and say we’ll have to see," Kiessling told Sky Sport Deutschland.

In-form: Javier Hernandez is keeping Kiessling out of Leverkusen's team

"I want to be playing a bit of football at the end of my career and that is why I’ve got to give things good thought.

"I’ll speak to the bosses and see what the best solution is."

Pato interest

Alexandre Pato has stoked up talk of a potential move to Liverpool by admitting he wants to play in the Premier League.

He revealed he has spoken to Brazil teammates and current Reds stars Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino about playing in England.

"One day I would like to come to England because I think the championship [the Premier League] is the No1 in the world," Pato told the Telegraph.

Incoming? Alexandre Pato could be on his way to Anfield

“I don’t think the physical part of English football would be a problem. When you get the ball, you need to be ready. The defenders here are very tough. I like that.

"I have spoken to Willian, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho and David Luiz before. I think Brazilian players can play here."

Klopp snubs Pulis

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp refused to shake hands with Tony Pulis at the end of his side's match with West Brom and admitted they had exchanged words during the game, writes Tyrone Marshall.

The Reds drew 2-2 with West Brom at Anfield in a bad-tempered encounter, which saw Dejan Lovren stretchered off with a knee injury following a tackle from Craig Gardner.

Klopp reacted angrily to the challenge from the Baggies midfielder, but afterwards absolved him of responsibility.

Fuming: Klopp and Pulis didn't shake hands at full-time

But the German didn't shake hands with his opposite number and said he needed time to cool down.

“I don’t have the biggest talent to remember things like this," Klopp said.

"I only talk about football. I wanted to go to my team. Do with this [story] what you want. We had some words in the game and sometimes it takes more than a few seconds to cool down. Usually I shake hands. It was not a friendly game.”

Klopp hails Anfield atmosphere in West Brom draw

Jurgen Klopp said the atmosphere inside Anfield during Liverpool's 2-2 draw with West Brom 'felt like an explosion'.

The Reds boss had called for a 'special atmosphere' before the game and the Kop responded as they raised the roof to try and inspire their side, writes Tyrone Marshall.

“Yesterday we spoke about the special atmosphere, and it was a special atmosphere," he said.

Salute: Klopp and Liverpool's players paid tribute to the supporters

“It felt like three points, I know it's only one. This moment it was like an explosion. It was the best atmosphere since I've been here, I really enjoyed it.

“At the end I just wanted to say thank you, I don't know if this is normal in England or things like this.

“But together with the team it was great. It was absolutely great."

Lovren injury

Dejan Lovren was stretchered off in Liverpool's 2-2 draw with West Brom after a tackle by Craig Gardner that left blood pouring from his knee, writes Tyrone Marshall.

The 26-year-old received treatment on the pitch before being taken off on a stretcher after the incident which happened around 15 minutes from the end of the game at Anfield, with West Brom leading 2-1 at the time.

Crocked: Lovren picked up a nasty looking knee injury

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was furious with Gardner's tackle on the Croatia defender, but referee Craig Pawson took no action against the Albion midfielder.

Lovren was left in a crumpled heap on the floor after the tackle, with blood coming from what looked like a deep cut to the knee.

He only recently regained his place in Klopp's starting XI thanks to an injury to Mamadou Sakho.

Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp on Tony Pulis West Brom snub

Jurgen Klopp has revealed why he refused to shake hands with Tony Pulis after his Liverpool side drew 2-2 with West Brom at Anfield on Sunday.

Klopp's side needed a deflected Divock Origi goal deep into injury time to rescue a point and the German said it had not been a "friendly game" in the Premier League.

"I don't have the biggest talent to remember things like this," Klopp said.

"I only talk about football. I wanted to go to my team."

Klopp and Pulis had clashed angrily during the game, which was marred by a bad injury suffered by Dejan Lovren following a heavy challenge from Craig Gardner.

"We had some words in the game and sometimes it takes more than a few seconds to cool down," Klopp said.

"Usually I shake hands. It was not a friendly game."

The Liverpool manager did acknowledge the tackle that hurt Lovren was a fair challenge.

"It was like this the whole game, on the edge of everything. But he played the ball," he said.

"If he didn't play the ball, we don't have to talk about this. We hope the injury is not too serious.

"We have to wait for the scan. I spoke to [Lovren] and he said it felt not too bad."

Klopp plays down Pulis bust-up after Lovren injury

   

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he must wait to discover the extent of Dejan Lovren’s injury after attempting to play down a touchline row with West Bromwich Albion counterpart Tony Pulis.

A bad-tempered 2-2 draw at Anfield was overshadowed by an injury to central defender Lovren, who was carried off on a stretcher after being caught by Albion midfielder Craig Gardner.

Both Klopp and Pulis said afterwards that Gardner got the ball, with the injury caused by the midfielder’s follow through.

There were heated exchanges between the two managers on the touchline after that, with Pulis disappearing down the tunnel at full-time without shaking the hand of Klopp, who then became embroiled in an argument with Albion assistant head coach David Kemp.

Origi, Sturridge fire Liverpool into last four

On Lovren’s injury, Klopp said: “We don’t know too much. It is a cut, everybody can see. We hope it is not too serious. We have to wait for the scan, see if it is swollen or not. I spoke to him, it felt not too bad.

“He (Gardner) played the ball, a millisecond before he hit Dejan. It was like the whole game, on the edge of everything. But he played the ball. If he didn’t play the ball, we don’t have to talk about this.”

Klopp insisted there was no controversy about the lack of a handshake with Pulis at the end of the match.

He added: “I wanted to go to my team. Do with this what you want. We had some words during the game.

Liverpool’s Sturridge sidelined with hamstring strain

“Sometimes it takes more than a few seconds to cool down. If you want to make a big story of this, please. Usually I shake hands. I did not today, because it was not a friendly game. But I wish him all the best.”

Klopp was clearly emotional at the end of the match, responding to Divock Origi’s 96th-minute equaliser by punching the air and urging the home fans to encourage the team towards victory.

At full-time, he gathered his players together to salute the Kop.

He said: “It was the best atmosphere in my time in England, absolutely great and I wanted to say thank you.”

Jordan Henderson gave Liverpool the lead before Albion scored twice from corners, with Craig Dawson turning in a loose ball after goalkeeper Simon Mignolet’s error, and Jonas Olsson flicking in at the near post from a Chris Brunt delivery.

Klopp added: “I don’t know how many of our goals (conceded) are from set-pieces, it’s something like 98 per cent.

“I said to Simon at half time, if somebody says it was your fault, it is not true, it is my fault. I want a keeper who comes out and tries for everything.”

Pulis defended Gardner over the challenge on Lovren.

“The two worst tackles in the game were James Milner’s challenge on Gardner and Martin Skrtel’s challenge on Salomon Rondon. Gardner has played the ball.”

Pulis was unconcerned about the touchline confrontations with Klopp, though.

“He is animated,” the Albion boss said. “I have been animated all my life on the bench. I have no problems with that. We have come here, tried to be resilient.

“I don’t think there was a booking during the game. The big disappointment was they got that goal.”

Liverpool's Dejan Lovren set for scan on knee injury

Dejan Lovren is expected to have a scan on Monday evening after sustaining a knee injury in Liverpool's 2-2 draw with West Brom.

The defender was stretchered off in the second half at Anfield following a tackle from Craig Gardner and required oxygen and a leg brace.

Doctors have to wait until the bruising has gone down before performing the scan but could have updates on the severity of the injury on Tuesday morning.

Liverpool's Dejan Lovren and West Bromwich Albion's Jose Salomon Rondon (left) battle for possession

After the game, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said: "It's a hard situation, he hit him full, but we hope it's not too serious. It's a cut, and blue at this moment. We hope it's not too serious."

Gardner caught the Liverpool defender high up his shin but West Brom boss Tony Pulis felt the midfielder played the ball in the challenge, and highlighted two other tackles on his own players that he felt merited closer scrutiny.

"There's two challenges we are very disappointed with, the James Milner challenge on Gardner, where it looks a very poor challenge, and then Martin Skrtel's challenge on Salomon Rondon," Pulis said.

"That's completely over the ball, so I'd look at those two. I think Gardner's challenge, he actually plays the ball. The other two, they don't play the ball."