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Liverpool End Away Jinx But Klopp Didn’t Enjoy Win In Genk

Liverpool End Away Jinx But Klopp Didn’t Enjoy Win In Genk

October 24, 2019 9:43 am

Liverpool produced a devastating attacking display to beat Racing Genk 4-1 in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday but manager Juergen Klopp said he had not enjoyed it.

Two goals, the second a beauty, by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, playing in his first game in the competition for 18 months, and silky strikes from Sadio Mane and Mo Salah gave the scoreline a convincing enough look.

Yet there were moments of unease for the European champions as they won away in the group phase for the first time in two years.

Genk was unfortunate to have a Mbwana Samatta effort ruled out …

Oxlade-Chamberlain On Target Twice As Liverpool Beat Genk

Oxlade-Chamberlain On Target Twice As Liverpool Beat Genk

October 23, 2019 6:22 pm

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made the most of a rare start by scoring twice while Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah also netted as holders Liverpool eased to a 4-1 win over Genk in their Champions League clash in Belgium on Wednesday.

The England international, who missed almost all of last season due to injury, opened the scoring in the second minute at the Luminus Arena and scored the visitors’ second — a sumptuous finish also from outside the box — just before the hour mark.

Mane and Salah then set up each other for late goals to wrap up the victory before …

Mohamed Salah Back In Liverpool Line-Up For Genk Tie

Mohamed Salah Back In Liverpool Line-Up For Genk Tie

October 23, 2019 3:25 pm
Mohamed Salah returns to the Liverpool line-up for Wednesday’s Champions League clash with Genk in Belgium after missing the weekend draw with Manchester United due to injury.The Egyptian sat out the Premier League match at Old Trafford, which finished 1-1, because of an ankle problem.

He teams up with Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino in the Liverpool attack in Genk, but Jurgen Klopp’s side is missing key players elsewhere.

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With Trent Alexander-Arnold ill, captain James Milner fills in at right-back, while Dejan Lovren plays alongside Virgil van Dijk in central
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Matip Signs New Liverpool Contract

Matip Signs New Liverpool Contract

October 19, 2019 3:45 pm
Liverpool defender Joel Matip signed a long-term contract extension with the Premier League leaders on Friday.Matip’s existing deal was due to expire at the end of this season, but the former Cameroon international has now committed his future to Jurgen Klopp’s side.

Liverpool didn’t reveal the length of Matip’s new contract, but media reports said the center-back would now be tied to Anfield until 2024.

“It’s a great feeling to be a longer part of the club. When you are inside, then you really get a feeling for how big the club is,” Matip told Liverpool’s website.

“We have a

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Can Man Utd Dent Liverpool Unbeaten Premier League Start?

Can Man Utd Dent Liverpool Unbeaten Premier League Start?

October 19, 2019 2:06 am

Two of England’s most successful clubs will tomorrow go head-to-head in the Premier League as Manchester United take on Liverpool. The Reds will be hoping to extend their eight-point lead at the top of the table while also looking to increase the widening chasm between themselves and United. However, the Devils will be hoping to dent Jurgen Klopp’s unblemished start

History beckons for Liverpool at the home of their greatest rivals on Sunday when they face Manchester United at Old Trafford looking for a record-equalling 18th consecutive top-flight win.

A whopping 15 points already separate the sides after just

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Paul Pogba Ruled Out Of United’s Clash With Liverpool

Paul Pogba Ruled Out Of United’s Clash With Liverpool

October 16, 2019 3:50 pm

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted midfield star Paul Pogba will miss Sunday’s Premier League clash with bitter rivals Liverpool while goalkeeper David De Gea is also a major injury doubt.

French World Cup winner Pogba, 26, has failed to recover from an ankle problem while De Gea was forced off in Spain’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Sweden on Tuesday.

“Paul had an injury, he came back, he worked really hard. He played a couple of games, maybe played through the pain barrier,” Solskjaer told Sky Sports.

“He had a scan after the Arsenal game and maybe needed …

Liverpool Beats Leicester 2 -1 To Maintain Their Record

Liverpool Beats Leicester 2 -1 To Maintain Their Record

October 6, 2019 2:14 am

James Milner scored a 95th-minute penalty to keep up the winning pace already initiated by Liverpool in extraordinary fashion with a 2-1 win over Leicester.

Milner stepped up to send Kasper Schmeichel the wrong way from the spot after Sadio Mane was fouled in the Leicester area by Marc Albrighton. The victory extended Liverpool’s winning run to 17 Premier League games.

The hosts had not been firing on all cylinders all afternoon and owed a lot to Milner’s brilliant assist to hold a half-time lead, with the veteran’s wonderful 50-yard ball outside of Jonny Evans reaching Mane, who then …

Klopp Expects Warm Welcome For Rodgers On Liverpool Return

Klopp Expects Warm Welcome For Rodgers On Return

October 4, 2019 11:06 am

Jurgen Klopp believes Brendan Rodgers will receive a warm welcome on his first return to Anfield as an opposition manager but is warning that Leicester will ensure it is “not a friendly game”.

Almost four years to the day since being sacked by Liverpool, the Northern Irishman will bring his high-flying Foxes to Merseyside for a top-of-the-table encounter.

“The reception will be good, from my side and from the supporters I think as well, but still it is not a friendly game and that’s what we want to make sure,” the Liverpool boss said at his pre-match conference on …

Liverpool fan dies after Barcelona phenomenal defeat

May 8, 2019 10:27 am

Liverpool have lost one of their fans after he collapsed following the team’s 4 nil defeat of Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals second-leg match at Anfield on Tuesday.

Hebert Danso Atiko, a Ghanaian, was found lying on the floor unconscious following a jubilation session for the fourth goal at a pub in Eastern Ghana.

An eyewitness said Atiko was rushed to the Akwatia St. Dominics Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead after other soccer fans at the pub tried but failed to revive him.

Hebert was a final year Engineering student at Akwatia Technical School and was writing …

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