It is worth noting that Haier has a track record of being a responsible corporate citizen, known for its employee-centric policies and practices. The company has consistently placed a high value on its workforce, viewing them as its most valuable asset. Therefore, the notion of Haier undertaking mass layoffs without proper justification goes against its established principles and corporate culture.Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has likened physician recruitment efforts among municipalities to “The Hunger Games,” a dystopian series by novelist Suzanne Collins in which the protagonists must compete for survival. The current situation in Niagara over family doctors pits town against town, with competitors offering incentives in the form of cash bonuses to lure physicians to their underserviced communities. And the competition has become fierce. Welland Mayor Frank Campion said his city has no plans of changing a physician recruitment strategy that is clearly working, despite increasing calls to eliminate competition between Niagara’s municipalities. After incentives of $100,000 each have so far brought 10 new family doctors to Welland in the past 12 months — far exceeding recruitment efforts in other parts of the region — Campion said the city’s physician recruitment initiative was recently funded for a second year in the hope of bringing 10 more doctors to the underserviced city. While other municipalities also provide incentives to physicians coming in from out of the region who agree to work in the municipality for at least five years, Welland offers top dollar. Fort Erie and Port Colborne offer incentives of $75,000 each per doctor, Niagara Falls offers $50,000, Niagara-on-the-Lake offers $25,000 and St. Catharines provides incentives of $5,000. Meanwhile, neighbouring municipalities are now offering or considering new incentives in the hope of competing with the Rose City to bring new family physicians to other communities in a region that is short roughly 100 family doctors. Lincoln council voted last week to offer $25,000 incentives to family physicians who set up practices in town for at least five years, after recently losing incoming doctors to communities that offer incentives. Thorold councillors, too, last week asked city staff to develop a report looking into strategies to recruit four family physicians to the city that may include financial incentives. Despite concerns the incentives are creating competition between Niagara’s municipalities, Campion said the city is “continuing on with our program.” Welland Mayor Frank Campion. “We approved another million dollars in funding for it this year to attempt to get 10 more doctors, getting us closer to the number that we need. It’s certainly not all the way there, but we’re hopeful we will be able to get more,” he said. Campion said the $100,000 incentives are “certainly a big part” of the city’s success, “but it isn’t the only reason we’re successful.” He said ensuring incoming physicians have a variety of locations to set up their practices, as well as an abundance of patients to draw from has helped, as well as the assistance of Niagara Region physician recruiter Jill Croteau. “Welland is a great place to set up an office. We have clientele for them and it’s a growing community and that’s attractive to physicians as well.” The city’s success, however, has also led to concerns from political representatives in other communities, calling for a more collaborative approach to physician recruitment. Niagara Falls Coun. Ruth-Ann Nieuwesteeg expressed concerns about competition and escalating incentives during a recent city council meeting. “We’ve been hearing a lot about doctor recruitment because there’s such a shortage and what we’re seeing in our region is every different municipality upping the other one, trying to get a doctor or to recruit doctors for that municipality,” she said during the Oct. 22 council meeting,” she said. Niagara Falls city Coun. Ruth-Ann Nieuwesteeg. “I’d like to put a (notice of) motion that we instruct maybe our CAO to work with the other municipalities to come up with a clever and creative collaborative approach to it instead of just, Welland does 50 or we do 75 and look at things that are a different way of attracting (physicians).” She said there are probably alternatives to increasing financial incentives. “I don’t know how that would work, but I’d like to see if we can have our CAO meet with the other CAOs and figure out, instead of competing with one another, work together and then get people to come to Niagara region,” she said. “We go between cities all the time, so whatever we can do to get the doctors here — I think it’s something that we need to look at collaboratively and creatively.” Thorold Mayor Terry Ugulini said Niagara Region is bringing lower-tier municipalities together next week for a meeting in the hope of addressing concerns about competition among municipalities offering incentives to bring doctors to their respective communities. Mayors and chief administrative officers from each of Niagara’s municipalities were invited to meet with regional family physician recruiter Croteau on Tuesday, to discuss a collaborative approach to luring family physicians to the region rather than competing against one another. Ugulini said the meeting is being held to “try and get everybody working together, because we don’t want to start working against one another.” Thorold Mayor Terry Ugulini. “I think everybody is willing to put skin in the game, it’s just getting everyone on the same page,” Ugulini said. Campion said he looks forward to attending the meeting, but it won’t change Welland’s direction. “People can make all the suggestions they want, but council approved the program and put funding to it, so that’s not going to change,” he said. “No matter what suggestions might come forward we’re committed to this program for the year and we’re not going to turn back on it.” Although Fort Erie offers incentives, Mayor Wayne Redekop said municipalities are being forced to do so because “successive provincial governments have failed to address” the shortage of family physicians across Ontario. “Municipalities will do what they have to do, and they will continue to try to make sure their residents have access to primary care, which means doctors, nurse practitioners and maybe some physician assistants,” he said. “There are a number of solutions, but it all really boils down to the provincial government.” He said the delivery of health care is a provincial responsibility, and “you can’t be putting some of these expenses and responsibilities on the backs of municipalities and the property owners. It’s not sustainable.” Fort Erie Mayor Wayne Redekop. Redekop said the province has made efforts to address the shortage, such as increasing medical school enrolment, but it “nowhere near meets the need that we have.” “I know they’ve looked at other policies to try to take the pressure off of family physicians, but they really need to be encouraging more people to go into family medicine,” he said. “They need to be providing better supports.” Redekop said the province also needs to develop a much more streamlined system to pay family physicians, because “right now there are about five separate funding models, all of which make it very confusing.” Discussing health care during a recent visit to Niagara, Stiles made “The Hunger Games” reference. “It really does create this ‘Hunger Games’ environment, which is really unfortunate,” Stiles said. “I don’t think any municipality wants to be playing that game, but they feel they have no choice.” She said it also means smaller communities without the tax base to draw large incentives from get left behind. “The saddest thing about it is there are communities that can’t afford to play that game, to get involved at all, and they’re just as deserving as anyone else,” she said. “This is what has happened as a result of both Liberal and Conservative governments failing to plan forward for what we knew was coming, which was a retirement crisis among our family physicians, an aging population with more complex needs. And here we are.” Niagara Centre MPP Jeff Burch agreed. “There are only so many doctors. All we’re doing is pushing up how much incentives are being offered, and that’s definitely not the solution. It puts a lot of pressure on municipalities that are already under a great deal of pressure,” he said. He said putting municipalities in a position where they need to offer incentives to recruit physicians is downloading a provincial responsibility. “It’s all like a downloading on municipalities that are already so overworked.” “We need to let municipalities do their work, and health care is a provincial responsibility,” he said. “Making sure there are enough doctors so all municipalities can have an adequate number of doctors has to be a priority and it has to be a provincial responsibility, not a municipal one.” Minister of health spokesperson Hannah Jensen listed several of the investments in primary health care that have been made by the provincial government since 2018, including the recent expansion of a grant for medical school students “who commit to practising family medicine when they graduate. It is estimated that the total investment will enable the connection of an additional 1.36 million people to primary care.” Campion said physician recruitment is also an economic development issue, and that falls within the city’s jurisdiction. He said the city’s initiative is being led by its economic development department, making the community more attractive to investors who are looking for communities that have the services their workers will need — including medical services. “Those are all things that attract businesses and you’re creating jobs,” Campion said. “Municipalities should be stepping up and trying to attract physicians because it’s for the betterment of their own community. That’s why we’re doing it.” St. Catharines MPP Jennie Stevens said the family physician shortage has been “a real hot topic” discussed almost daily at Queen’s Park, with estimates that as many as 2.5 million people across the province are without a family doctor. “Every question period, we’re hearing that number echo through the chambers,” she said. While calling recruitment efforts by local municipalities “great news,” Stevens said they shouldn’t be forced into that situation in the first place. She said the province should be offering the incentives to recruit physicians, not municipalities. “I think all cities should be commended for stepping up, but it’s not the municipalities’ job to be taking on the burden. It’s a provincial matter.” Jensen, however, said the government is also offering thousands of dollars in incentives to help bring family physicians to some of the most underserviced areas in Ontario. “Our government supports physician recruitment in communities across the province through programs like the Practice Ready Ontario program, the Northern Ontario Resident Streamlined Training and Reimbursement Program, and the Northern and Rural Recruitment and Retention Initiative,” Jensen said. — With files by Ray Spiteri

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Manchester City’s crisis deepened as they surrendered a three-goal lead late in the game to draw 3-3 against Feyenoord in the Champions League. Pep Guardiola’s side at least avoided the indignity of a sixth successive defeat in all competitions but alarm bells continue to ring at the Etihad Stadium after a dramatic late capitulation. A double from Erling Haaland – the first from the penalty spot – and a deflected effort from Ilkay Gundogan, all in the space of nine minutes either side of the break, looked to have ensured a return to winning ways. Yet Guardiola was left with his head in hands as Feyenoord roared back in the last 15 minutes with goals from Anis Hadj Moussa, Sergio Gimenez and David Hancko, two of them after Josko Gvardiol errors. City almost snatched a late winner when Jack Grealish hit the woodwork but there was no masking another dispiriting result. It was hardly the preparation City wanted for Sunday’s crunch trip to Liverpool, and the Feyenoord fans took great delight in rubbing that fact in. They sung the club anthem they share with Liverpool, You’ll Never Walk Alone, and chanted the name of their former manager Arne Slot, the current Reds boss. Guardiola arrived at the ground with a cut on the bridge of his nose and, once again, his side have been struck a nasty blow. Despite not being at their best, they had dominated early on against what seemed limited Dutch opposition. They threatened when a Gundogan shot was deflected wide and Haaland then went close to opening the scoring when he turned a header onto the post. Feyenoord goalkeeper Timon Wellenreuther gifted City another chance when he passed straight to Bernardo Silva but Grealish’s fierce volley struck team-mate Phil Foden. Foden forced a save from Wellenreuther but City had a moment of alarm when Igor Paixao got behind the defence only to shoot tamely at Ederson. Nathan Ake missed the target with a header but some luck finally went City’s way just before the break when Quinten Timber, brother of Arsenal’s Jurrien, was harshly adjudged to have fouled Haaland. The Norwegian rammed home the resulting spot-kick and City returned re-energised for the second period. They won a corner when a Matheus Nunes shot was turned behind and Gundogan fired the hosts’ second – albeit with aid of a deflection – with a firm volley from the edge of the box. City turned up the heat and claimed their third soon after as Gundogan released Nunes with a long ball and his low cross was turned into the net by a sliding Haaland. 44' ⚽️ Man City 1-0 Feyenoord50' ⚽️ Man City 2-0 Feyenoord53' ⚽️ Man City 3-0 Feyenoord75' ⚽️ Man City 3-1 Feyenoord82' ⚽️ Man City 3-2 Feyenoord89' ⚽️ Man City 3-3 Feyenoord 🤯🤯🤯 #UCL — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 26, 2024 It seemed City were heading for a morale-lifting victory but a couple of Gvardiol errors changed the script. The Croatian, who had a torrid time in Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing by Tottenham, first horribly misplaced a backpass and allowed Moussa to nip in and round Ederson. Ordinarily that 75th-minute reply would have been a mere consolation and City would close out the game, but Gvardiol had another moment to forget eight minutes from time. Again he gave the ball away and Feyenoord pounced. The ball was lofted into the box and Jordan Lotomba fired a shot that glanced the post and deflected across goal, where Gimenez chested in. Ederson then blundered as he raced out of his area and was beaten by Paixao, who crossed for Hancko to head into an empty net. Amid some moments of unrest in the crowd, when objects were thrown, City tried to rally in stoppage time. Grealish had an effort deflected onto the bar but the hosts had to settle for a draw.

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The 26-year-old man charged in last week’s killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO appeared in a Pennsylvania courtroom Tuesday, where he was denied bail and his lawyer said he'd fight extradition to New York City, where the attack happened. Luigi Nicholas Mangione was arrested Monday in the Dec. 4 attack on Brian Thompson after police say a worker at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, alerted them to a customer who resembled the suspected gunman. When arrested, Mangione had on him a gun that investigators believe was used in the attack and writings expressing anger at corporate America, police said. As Mangione was led into the Hollidaysburg courthouse Tuesday, he struggled with officers and shouted something that was partly unintelligible but referred to an “insult to the intelligence of the American people.” He left hours later without saying anything and was driven away. Mangione is being held on Pennsylvania charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. Manhattan prosecutors have charged him with five counts, including murder, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a forged instrument. What's the latest? Wearing an orange jumpsuit, Mangione mostly stared straight ahead during the hearing, occasionally consulting papers, rocking in his chair, or looking back at the gallery. At one point, he began to speak to respond to the court discussion but was quieted by his lawyer. Judge David Consiglio denied bail to Mangione, whose attorney, Thomas Dickey, told the court that his client did not agree to extradition and wants a hearing on the matter. Blair County (Pennsylvania) District Attorney Peter Weeks said that although Mangione will create “extra hoops” for law enforcement to jump through by fighting extradition, it won’t be a substantial barrier to sending him to New York. What evidence has been gathered? In addition to a three-page, handwritten document that suggests he harbored “ill will toward corporate America,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Monday that Mangione also had a ghost gun, a type of weapon that can be assembled at home and is difficult to trace. Officers questioned Mangione, who was acting suspiciously and carrying multiple fraudulent IDs, as well as a U.S. passport, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Officers also found a sound suppressor, or silencer, “consistent with the weapon used in the murder,” she said. He had clothing and a mask similar to those worn by the shooter and a fraudulent New Jersey ID matching one the suspect used to check into a New York City hostel before the shooting, the commissioner said. What do we know about Mangione? Mangione, who comes from a prominent Maryland family, was valedictorian of his elite Baltimore prep school and had degrees from one of the nation’s top private universities. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania. Mangione's grandfather Nick Mangione, who died in 2008, was a successful real estate developer. One of his best-known projects was Turf Valley Resort, a sprawling luxury retreat and conference center outside Baltimore that he purchased in 1978. One of Luigi Mangione’s cousins is Republican Maryland state legislator Nino Mangione, a spokesman for the lawmaker’s office confirmed. From January to June 2022, Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Honolulu. Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for owner and founder R.J. Martin, said that Martin had learned that Mangione had severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life. Friends in Hawaii widely considered Mangione a “great guy,” and pictures on his social media accounts show a fit and smiling young man on beaches and at parties. Mangione likely was motivated by his anger at what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, according to a law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Associated Press. He wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and that the profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of the suspect’s handwritten notes and social media posts. The shooting and a quick escape Police said the person who killed Thompson left a hostel on Manhattan's Upper West Side at 5:41 a.m. last Wednesday. Eleven minutes later, he was seen on surveillance video walking back and forth in front of the New York Hilton Midtown, wearing a distinctive backpack. At 6:44 a.m., he shot Thompson at a side entrance to the hotel, fled on foot, then climbed aboard a bicycle and within four minutes had entered Central Park, according to police. Another security camera recorded the gunman leaving the park near the American Museum of Natural History at 6:56 a.m. still on the bicycle but without the backpack, police said. After getting in a taxi, he headed north to a bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge, arriving at around 7:30 a.m. From there, the trail of video evidence runs cold. Police have not located video of the suspect exiting the building, leading them to believe he likely took a bus out of town. Police said they are still investigating the path the suspect took to Pennsylvania. “This just happened this morning," Kenny said. "We’ll be working, backtracking his steps from New York to Altoona, Pennsylvania,” Kenny said. Associated Press reporters Jamie Stengle, Lea Skene, Matt O'Brien, Sean Murphy and Cedar Attanasio contributed to this report. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. The business news you need Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly.

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The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% to top the all-time high it set a couple weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 123 points, or 0.3%, to its own record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite gained 0.6% as Microsoft and Big Tech led the way. Stock markets abroad mostly fell after President-elect Trump said he plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China once he takes office. But the movements were mostly modest. Stock indexes were down 0.1% in Shanghai and nearly flat in Hong Kong, while Canada’s main index edged down by less than 0.1%. Trump has often praised the use of tariffs , but investors are weighing whether his latest threat will actually become policy or is just an opening point for negotiations. For now, the market seems to be taking it more as the latter. The consequences otherwise for markets and the global economy could be painful. Unless the United States can prepare alternatives for the autos, energy products and other goods that come from Mexico, Canada and China, such tariffs would raise the price of imported items all at once and make households poorer, according to Carl Weinberg and Rubeela Farooqi, economists at High Frequency Economics. They would also hurt profit margins for U.S. companies, while raising the threat of retaliatory tariffs by other countries. And unlike tariffs in Trump’s first term, his latest proposal would affect products across the board. General Motors sank 9%, and Ford Motor fell 2.6% because both import automobiles from Mexico. Constellation Brands, which sells Modelo and other Mexican beer brands in the United States, dropped 3.3%. The value of the Mexican peso fell 1.8% against the U.S. dollar. Beyond the pain such tariffs would cause U.S. households and businesses, they could also push the Federal Reserve to slow or even halt its cuts to interest rates. The Fed had just begun easing its main interest rate from a two-decade high a couple months ago to offer support for the job market . While lower interest rates can boost the economy, they can also offer more fuel for inflation. “Many” officials at the Fed’s last meeting earlier this month said they should lower rates gradually, according to minutes of the meeting released Tuesday afternoon. The talk about tariffs overshadowed another mixed set of profit reports from U.S. retailers that answered few questions about how much more shoppers can keep spending. They’ll need to stay resilient after helping the economy avoid a recession, despite the high interest rates imposed by the Fed to get inflation under control. A report on Tuesday from the Conference Board said confidence among U.S. consumers improved in November, but not by as much as economists expected. Kohl’s tumbled 17% after its results for the latest quarter fell short of analysts’ expectations. CEO Tom Kingsbury said sales remain soft for apparel and footwear. A day earlier, Kingsbury said he plans to step down as CEO in January. Ashley Buchanan, CEO of Michaels and a retail veteran, will replace him. Best Buy fell 4.9% after likewise falling short of analysts’ expectations. Dick’s Sporting Goods topped forecasts for the latest quarter thanks to a strong back-to-school season, but its stock lost an early gain to fall 1.4%. Still, more stocks rose in the S&P 500 than fell. J.M. Smucker had one of the biggest gains and climbed 5.7% after topping analysts’ expectations for the latest quarter. CEO Mark Smucker credited strength for its Uncrustables, Meow Mix, Café Bustelo and Jif brands. Big Tech stocks also helped prop up U.S. indexes. Gains of 3.2% for Amazon and 2.2% for Microsoft were the two strongest forces lifting the S&P 500. All told, the S&P 500 rose 34.26 points to 6,021.63. The Dow gained 123.74 to 44,860.31, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 119.46 to 19,174.30. In the bond market, Treasury yields held relatively steady following their big drop from a day before driven by relief following Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary. The yield on the 10-year Treasury inched up to 4.29% from 4.28% late Monday, but it’s still well below the 4.41% level where it ended last week. In the crypto market, bitcoin continued to pull back after topping $99,000 for the first time late last week. It’s since dipped back toward $91,000, according to CoinDesk. It’s a sharp turnaround from the bonanza that initially took over the crypto market following Trump’s election. That boom had also appeared to have spilled into some corners of the stock market. Strategists at Barclays Capital pointed to stocks of unprofitable companies, along with other areas that can be caught up in bursts of optimism by smaller-pocketed “retail” investors. 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LONG BEACH — Coaches and players from the Newbury Park and Simi Valley football teams were seated at tables next to each other at the CIF Southern Section football championship luncheon on Monday afternoon. It’s the second straight year that the two programs are representing Ventura County and are the two schools from the Daily News coverage area to reach a CIF-SS championship game. “It’s a very competitive county,” Simi Valley coach Jim Benkert said. “We’ve got a lot of good teams out there, whether they’re public or private and in our specific (Marmonte League), there’s three publics and three privates in the league. “You’ve got to step up to be successful and that’s what we’ve had to do. We’ve had to elevate to get to where we are.” There are three Marmonte League teams competing for championships — Simi Valley, Pacifica and St. Bonaventure. Oaks Christian was almost the fourth team but lost to Murrieta Valley in overtime in the semifinals. Newbury Park was the undefeated Conejo Coast League champion. The Pioneers (21-1) will try for their second consecutive CIF-SS championship on Saturday against Edison at Huntington Beach High after winning in Division 6 last season. Newbury Park (13-0) fell to Orange Vista in the Division 5 title game last year and will play in the Division 2 finals against Murrieta Valley. “That’s what was in the back of my head when we were all lifting this offseason: Get back to the championship and win it all,” Newbury Park senior lineman Joel Gonzalez said. “It’s something that I’ve been thinking about since that loss to Orange Vista.” Head coach Joe Smigiel took over at Newbury Park in 2021 and Benkert took the helm at Simi Valley in 2018 and both coaches have turned their respective programs around while rallying the support of the community. Smigiel is an alumnus of Newbury Park and many players have had family members before them play a sport at the school. Senior defensive end Michael Guzman’s dad wrestled for the Panthers and his grandfather played sports in Ventura County. He also has a younger brother on the JV team, which has served as the scout team for varsity throughout the playoff run. It’s the first time the two brothers have been able to play against each other. “In Ventura County, we got a lot of skill out here,” Newbury Park senior corner Drew Cofield said. “We have a lot of talent and a lot of players that go unnoticed and are under-recruited.” Gonzalez gets recognized as a Newbury Park football player even when he’s working part-time at an ice cream shop. Simi Valley senior Seth Knight is recognized in public, too. “We’re not just playing for ourselves,” Knight said. “We’re playing for our community and it brings us all together. I have people come up to me and talk to me about the game, just congratulations on winning. It brings our community together and strengthens us.” There’s some crossover between the two football programs, even though they haven’t played each other since 2015. Related Articles Some players have been in the same youth football programs as each other and Benkert coached against Newbury Park when he was a coach at Westlake and Smigiel was playing for the Panthers. Ventura County football continues to build and thrive on the connections formed by teams like Newbury Park and Simi Valley. “It’s the dog in the players,” Guzman said. “There’s a lot of connection and roots and love for the game here. That’s what drives us.”The private equity industry plays a crucial role in the financial market, providing alternative investment opportunities for institutional and individual investors looking for higher returns and diversification. With their in-depth research, strategic investments, and risk management skills, private equity funds have been able to outperform traditional asset classes over the long term.1Fuel and Toncoin Capture Market Attention as TRON Investors Seek Stability

City are now six games without a victory but appeared to be cruising towards three points before being stunned by the Eredivisie side, who hit them with goals from Anis Hadj Moussa, Santiago Gimenez and David Hancko to fight back from 3-0 down. Two goals from Erling Haaland, one of them a penalty, and one from Ilkay Gundogan had the 2023 European champions three up after 53 minutes as they sought the win that would help to get their ailing season back on track. After the team collapsed in the closing stages, Ake called on his team-mates to show their mettle if their campaign is not to wither away. Speaking to Amazon Prime, he was asked whether he believed the the team’s problem is a mental one. “Maybe it is,” he said. “It is difficult to say. Obviously we have not been in this situation many times but this is where we have to show our character. “When everything seems to go against us and everyone is writing us off, we have to stay strong mentally, believe in ourselves and stick together. “Every season there is a period when they write us off. We have to make sure we stay strong as a team and staff and make sure we get out of it.” The draw leaves City with work to do if they are to secure one of the eight automatic spots in the last 16 of this season’s Champions League. They are currently 15th in the table, two points outside of the top eight, and will need positive results in their next two games against Juventus and Paris St Germain to keep their hopes alive. They then face Club Brugge in their final league match on January 29. The result at least ended a run of five straight defeats in all competitions ahead of Sunday’s Premier League showdown with leaders Liverpool at Anfield. “When you are three goals up it feels like a defeat when you give up three goals at home,” said Ake. “It is tough now, a tough night, but the only thing we can do is look forward to the next one. Liverpool is a big game and it is another challenge to overcome. “(We were) 3-0 up and we played quite well and were under control, but then it all changed. “You just have to stay strong mentally. At 3-1 they then push on but I think we need to go for it a bit earlier so we could keep the pressure on them, but we stayed playing at the back and maybe invited more pressure on us. “Then when you concede the second one there is even more pressure and then we have to stay stronger mentally.”Meet Doug the beaver, the Secwépemc watershed recovery engineer