Small reminder that’s City’s £100m record signing was left on the bench, for a Champions League semi final at home, against Real Madrid. What a privilege eh… Jurgen Klopp deserves the world, and more.
Diaz now seems a remarkable deal. £37.5m upfront, £12.7m in potential add-ons arranged. Player and agency have agreed to a contract in the region of £90,000-per-week. A ruthlessly efficient first piece of business by Julian Ward; hats off.
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So, Van Dijk was offside at Everton and so the foul wasn’t even examined. But here, the striker is offside but the collision is assessed and a penalty and card awarded? Brilliant. Makes perfect sense.
#Varce
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Liverpool have lost their legs, in a race they’ve been running - & leading - for far too long. This season was expected to be a quiet transition, with a T4 spot achieved. Instead it turned into a wild title assault and an emotional uppercut of Klopp’s farewell. It’s been fun 1/2
Love it.
@Carra23
out with half of the city, belting out songs for Firmino, Klopp and the road to Madrid. As his missus replies on Instagram 😂 what a season, what an unreal season. Up the Reds.
He's put these compassionate and very genuine words to paper and doesn't once mention himself, despite the loss he's also suffered very personally. A brilliant man.
The problem with football; had Liverpool signed Stefan Bajcetic from Celta Vigo last month for £30m and his first game been a night like tonight, in the derby, a vast percent of the fanbase would be euphoric and hold an entirely different mindset for the rest of the season…
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Carvalho talks continue and will go to the wire. Fulham want a price nailed down on their terms, keen to avoid another Elliott situation. Willingness from west London is to see the deal done.
Can’t imagine the pain these two are carrying. Sadly for Jürgen he’s been unable to step out of the spotlight. Slightly easier for Alisson to, he shouldn’t play tonight. And not for several weeks if he isn’t ready. If it costs
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a top four place and CL progression, so be it.
But entirely exhausting. Several hurdles too many. Playing this style of football at this level for so long is no mean feat. It’s awful to see the season dwindle in such a manner, but it’s a sport of the finest margins. 2/2
Liverpool’s record signing totalled in at £75m. He’s also the best defender in the world.. plays every week.. and will go down as one of the greatest of all time.
Just saying.
Alexis Mac Allister wants
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deal done before he leaves for international duty at the weekend. Player chose Klopp project despite
#PSG
and
#MUFC
advances. Will become first of several arrivals at Anfield this summer and take No.10 shirt.
Everything about that final was perfectly illustrative of Klopp’s Liverpool reign. Backs to the wall against an opponent drunk on financial doping, refusing to die and seeing themselves through with belief and deeply ingrained coaching. Liverpool, cup champions.
A sad day as Sadio Mane nears the
#LFC
exit, but one that was always coming. For me it's Mane (as first major signing) and Adam Lallana (as an existing squad player to really step up) who encapsulate the early days of the Klopp reign. How far Liverpool have come.
One man exemplified the unlikely 13/14 title charge. Six years later he’s doing it again.
@JHenderson
will go down as one of
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’s greatest ever captains, and he’s had it harder than most. For
@thisisanfield
Subtle hint from Origi over on Instagram. These are the kind of banners he’d rather be seeing. Been some quite frankly mental ‘debate’ on here today. The lad scored a winner in the Champions League final.. put that image on a banner.
The beauty of another £5m clause being triggered in the Coutinho deal for Barça reaching the CL semis, only to be knocked out by Liverpool. Pure poetry.
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Fine margins in football, never know when a big injury is around the corner. Feel terrible also for Son here, he’ll be wracked with guilt. Hope to see Gomes back on a pitch soon - superb player😔
'Tell me now Liverpool will be in the semi-finals of next season’s Champions League as well and I’ll probably believe you.' How promises were kept: for
@thisisanfield
The entire city is red. Cancelled flights? You wouldn't think it. Every Madrid fan coach halted, stationary. Hardly any congregated Madrid presence in Kiev. Every bar, every square, cafe, shop, everything, Liverpool. So much desire.
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Sterling: 'My daughter is Liverpool through and through, I'd just won the league with City and she was running around the house singing the Mo Salah song...'
Last
#DeLigt
, Van Dijk pairing match for a while.
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not in for the player this summer, committed to developing Gomez & believe he has greater all-round physical capabilities.
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links welcomed by Raiola who wants biggest eventual deal.
As per
@DominicKing_DM
, certain
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players spoke to Klopp regarding the idea of signing Minamino after the Anfield Salzburg game, unaware that groundwork for a deal was already well in place.
Glad InsideAnfield captured this moment, because few other cameras did. Henderson dropped to his knees as soon as Salah's goal confirmed United's defeat. He put everything he had into that game, knowing how much it meant. Proper captain's performance.
I reflected on
@Torres
and it all got a bit deep. A player who defined an era, changed the landscape at
#LFC
and meant something different to every fan.
@thisisanfield
Just left that game, rang my dad and cried my eyes out. 26 yrs old. That’s what football is, a boiling pot of emotion. It’s not sport it’s love, it’s family bonds and moments of happiness that nothing can buy. It’s winning a sixth European cup. It’s everything
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Like any proud father, Dejan Lovren wants to put a photo online of him and his little girl. Because of abuse and previous family threats, he only feels safe to do so blurring her face out. A sad indictment of the world we live in.
BT Sport evacuating the King Power due to a fire, as Jake Humphreys confirms the Leicester owners' helicopter has crashed in the club carpark. Currently no information on who exactly was on board.
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Bit of talk on here about Klopp’s post-match fume and demeanour. Good, superb that he’s livid. He should be and they all will be. Ended a 30yr wait for the title and the hunger still triggers that fury. That’s what you want to see.
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Klopp inherited a struggling team in 2015, losing identity and limited in resources. He needed players to invest into his ways immediately, and run themselves into the ground. One man did so without question.
An ode to
@officialAL20
:
@thisisanfield
Pep’s fuming, Sterling’s lost his head and the Reds are magic. What a performance, every man wanted every ball. Special shout for the midfield, Fabinho, Henderson and Gini superb. Passion and desire all over. Nine. Points. Clear.
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So impressed by how Milner and Wijnaldum saw over £100m worth of elite midfielders coming into the squad this summer and thought, 'I'm keeping my place.' Hard work paying off.
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Adore the relief Henderson is feeling here. Any other night and a penalty hit like that goes in. Another top shift from a player desperate to perform at these finals.
#ENG
This Liverpool team are a joke, aren’t they? Entire squad was playing two games on the other side of the world last week. Returned and blasted away the league’s in-form side in their own back yard. Trent’s finest ever performance, but it still looks effortless to him.
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No Salah, no Firmino, Andy Robbo gone before the hour, yet the Reds never know when they’re done. Henderson put in a performance Stevie would have been proud of. This team embody everything Liverpool is, and always has been, about.
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There’s a really ugly precedent in Premier League football of referees failing to penalise goalkeepers for time wasting. Marriner didn’t even have it in him to hand Pope the token, and entirely pointless, 85th min+ yellow. A spineless performance.
The real World Cup final photo. None of that trophy lift in a pathetic cloak with an attention-hungry leach of a president lurking for any media opportunity.
Re: Klopp's Sky rant. Perhaps bias here but always feel for managers who are clearly fuming at full-time and have to conduct interview in a secondary language. Offers zero calming opportunities at all.
#LFCEVE
Understanding Joel Matip, tears of a Virgil and eating some Greek humble pie for Kostas.
The Premier League is back and the Reds are three points up and one away game down.
Player ratings for
@thisisanfield
Watching him at Anfield was an interesting one - sublime first touch, really close control and acute spatial awareness. Reminds me massively of Riyad Mahrez.
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turned Las Ramblas red. Still gutted, but if somebody asked me to put forward any team in Europe which could beat Barcelona 3-0 at home…I know who I’d pick: for
@thisisanfield
Reflecting on last night’s game, I think it’s one of the most impactful moments Henderson’s ever had in an
#LFC
shirt. Literally changed the game. Superb header to start the Salah counter. Brought energy, dynamism and passion. Leader.
Liverpool are only playing in the
#UCL
this season thanks in large part to Nat Phillips. He duelled Zlatan brilliantly last night, but the might of Konate shows how tough elite level football is. The Frenchman was a colossus and looks like he’s learning from every appearance.
Good work from United getting £50m Wan Bissaka over the line.
If only there was a way of picking up a full-back for £8m and see him become the world’s best inside two seasons..
It's bizarre now, but back then this was just normal. Just another 'really good' Gerrard performance. Do this in a final now, in any top European league, and every man and his dog is linked with a £150m bid. Some players can only be truly appreciated later down the line.
Detrás de cada uno de nosotros, hay una persona. Que levante la mano quien no haya fallado alguna vez. Aprender de nuestros errores nos hará más fuertes y aceptarlos más humanos.
#yotambienfallo
Shaqiri with a £12m release clause? Complete no-brainer. Hard worker, solid squad player, 26-years-old, PL proven. For financial comparison
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paid £20m for Markovic.
Up the young Reds, brave, bold and determined. That’s the ‘magic of the cup’, lads playing for their futures. Did everyone proud tonight. Another chapter added to the story of the season of all seasons. Superb.
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Hadn't seen this image until now. It's as the celebrations subside from Origi's goal. Look at Mane's face - that's a perfect capture of the exact moment of realisation, joy and relief, that he would be a Champions League winner.
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Few players are afforded second chances at the biggest moments, regardless of good they are. It’s often a cruel game. Don’t leave it belonging to someone else draped in white again,
@LFC
.
That’s embarrassing from Everton. They came, full strength, and offered nothing. Liverpool youngsters seizing the occasion, made up for Curtis Jones. Lallana offered a lot of stability, love watching Elliott play. What a football club.
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