Dominic King
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Racing Correspondent, Daily Mail. Views my own. Cover photo: @Andy_Hooper_DM Also ➡️ https://t.co/PJ33szvfHt
Here, there or up in the air
Joined September 2009
✨ The man who made football look easy is doing the same with management. ✍🏻 Two days at @bayer04_en in the domain of Xabi Alonso
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Fourth official’s reaction in this little montage is unusual, no?.
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A mural for a set piece coach. Let’s say that again: a mural for a set piece coach. Oh my.
🎥 A NEW Nicolas Jover mural has been painted outside The Emirates ahead of tonight’s Champions League clash vs AS Monaco. 🎨🖼️. 🎶 Set piece again, ole ole! 🎶⛳️
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So after asking footballers to take a pay cut and being told that New Zealand’s govt are taking 20% pay cuts, Matt Hancock is asked by @piersmorgan if he will take a pay cut. “I will work even harder,” he replies. In other words, a big “no.”.Clearly, do as I say not as I do.
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Footnote to the game. Liverpool’s starting line-up cost £43.95m. Everton’s cost £221.06m.
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And now you all know how!.
😎 ¡Ni Infantino se resistió al Saltbae!. 🥩 El presidente de la FIFA no desaprovechó la oportunidad de disfrutar de los manjares de @nurs_ett🤏. (Vía | IG | nurs_et)
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Good on Frank Lampard for actually giving proper answers. Furious doesn't accurately describe his feelings; he's put Chris Kavanagh firmly in the line of fire. "I don't want an apology from the Premier League, it means nothing. At best it's incompetence. At worst? I don't know".
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Some mentality, Takumi Minamino: top Liverpool scorer in Carabao Cup, doesn’t play in final. Top scorer in FA Cup, doesn’t make the bench. Swallows his disappointment and pops up with a goal and night’s work like this 🔴.
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Liverpool will open contract talks with Divock Origi in the summer; he’s entering the final 12 months of his deal but Jurgen Klopp is impressed by his attitude and fitness. Origi could have left in January but chose to take his chance and stay. Decision has been vindicated 🔴.
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There will be some young fans who watched this game tonight and think what Liverpool have done here, and over this season, is normal. It isn't. Nine unanswered goals against Manchester United, no matter how poor they are, has never happened before. Extraordinary times.
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Paolo Maldini has just spent the last 20 minutes on the side of the pitch, looking around the stadium, talking to Stefano Poli then Jurgen Klopp. A group of stewards saw him and clapped, he smiled and waved back. He's 53 now, still looks like he could play. Il Grande Capitano 🔴.
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You can have goals, you have skill and flair but there will forever be room in Anfield for the kind of moment that has just seen Connor Bradley run 40 yards to flatten Kylian Mbappe and win a tackle to light a spark.
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Jurgen Klopp just asked Virgil van Dijk: "Is Robbo ok?".Van Dijk gives thumbs up, says: "It's fine, it's a scratch.".Klopp beats his chest and roars: "Yes, Robbo!".No wonder. Robertson, once again, barely put a foot out of place. Argument to say he's in best ever form.
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If you are looking for the moment Liverpool hauled themselves back off from the edge, look no further than the introduction of Andy Robertson. Don’t ever take for granted what a magnificent player he has been on the Klopp years.
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Let this be said now with absolutely clarity: there is no blame to be put on fans here, none whatsoever. French police have used pepper spray for no reason - and I know this because I’ve felt the effects with some colleagues. How these people are being treated is a disgrace.
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Liverpool have enquired about Ismail Sarr and discussed his situation. No bid had been made but he is being seriously considered as a back up option for the front three. Watford would want £36m+ 🔴.
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@FabrizioRomano Give credit to the lads who actually went to Southampton and spoke to Mo, Fabrizio. It’s the least you could do.
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Liverpool want to sign Darwin Nunez and are prepared to smash their transfer record to get him. Nunez keen on Liverpool, Man United and Atletico Madrid also interested in him. 🔴.
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Joe Gomez and Virgil Van Dijk’s record since being restored as a partnership in the PL on December 14. 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0. Raul Jiminez the only player to score against Liverpool in the last 990 PL minutes ⚽️ 🔴.
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The clean up began at 6am. They’ll still be there at noon, getting broken glass out of the lawn by the monument. It stinks of stale ale & other stuff. Shame on the helmets who acted that way to leave a place of history & beauty in a state. It’s not celebrating. It’s being a dick
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Some venom in Diogo Jota's celebrations with the penalty (you might not get to see one of the camera angles before the watershed) but no question his intensity was transformative for Liverpool. An absolutely outstanding signing.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham getting ready for training; wherever one is, the other hasn’t been far away since England arrived in Doha
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This banner is online. It has been posted not far from where Rafa Benitez lives with his wife and his daughters. It’s sinister, it’s reprehensible and the people responsible for it should be ashamed. They are a disgrace.
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Frank Lampard is devastated about what's happened today and the way things have turned out. The affinity he'd built up was genuine, his pride in being Everton manager was apparent. He's never complained, never made excuses. If only some players could say the same.
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Seamus Coleman went to sit with Heung-min Son after the game; Coleman spent some time with him, assured him there was no blame attached. He’s a class act, is Everton’s captain 🔵
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Another of those moments to take the breath away. The £77 proposed tickets was grim; the failure to stand up & not give Richard Scudamore a £250k ‘gift’ was pathetic. This is the worst. £42m profit announced 5 weeks ago. They deserve every ounce of criticism that comes their way.
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Keep your poisonous views out of the business of our city. We don’t turn our backs on those who need help and we don’t begrudge enjoyment to anyone that has been through hardships. We do, however, begrudge bigots. Take your wretched agenda somewhere else.
First it was a taxi service into Dover. Then it was free coaches and Four Star Hotels. Now it’s guided tours of Anfield Stadium for illegal migrants. When will this madness end?
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All the big players will get their mentions this evening (not least the majestic Virgil van Dijk) but do not for a second overlook Joe Gomez. He’s a quiet lad, he’d prefer to stay out of the headlines but when he plays that way, he can’t help but take the spotlight. Brilliant.
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It would have been a travesty if Jordan Henderson had to fill the role of fall guy. He stepped up, he’ll step up again. That’s how he is. One day, maybe, he’ll get widespread recognition for what a good player he is on so many levels.
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Jordan Henderson last to leave the field to a thunderous ovation, clutching the MOM award. Rightly so. His form for the past 12 months has been absolutely outstanding. Immense again today.
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Whoever at Manchester City felt Jurgen Klopp talking about football finance was a trigger for chanting about disasters should say it publicly rather than engage in Machiavellian briefings. The last 36 hours have been a disgrace (comment).
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Eat Out to Help Out; get together at Christmas, no testing at borders, dodging questions; never giving straight answers but, yes, PL footballers are again the root of all evil and the threat to National health. Don’t fall for this government’s attempts to create a diversion.
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Don’t ever take for granted the kind of performance Andy Robertson has put in there today. Every week he’s the same, ready to fight for his life and win his battle. Never put a foot out of place.
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Are Liverpool playing at their best at the minute? No. Are there issues for the manager to address and put right? Absolutely. Could they do with a signing? Yes. But the lack of patience is unbelievable. It’s the Premier League, not a PlayStation. You don’t win every match 5-0.
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A genuine question: what is the difference between what Raphael Varane does there and what Wataru Endo did at Wembley? Both in an offside position to start, both essentially used as blockers. Or is that not right?.
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So people are taking things well, then. Liverpool have won the Champions League, Super Cup, Club World Cup & Premier League in last 13 months but can’t get 102 points & a deal for Thiago Alcantara isn’t lined up. It was much better when they were losing at home to Northampton.
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That's a ridiculous decision. It should be a penalty to Everton and why Paul Tierney hasn't been asked to go to check his monitor is mystifying. If they say below the t-shirt line is handball, then that was handball by Rodri, plain and simple.
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This will be the sixth time Jordan Henderson has lifted a trophy for Liverpool; only Emlyn Hughes and Graeme Souness (7) have done more. This, without question, is a golden era for Liverpool, as good anything that has gone before 🔴.
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10 points is an absolute disgrace. Everton are fully justified in launching an appeal and it has felt all the way through that there has been an ambition to make an example of the club. If 10 points is a baseline, what happens if the club facing 115 charges is deemed guilty?.
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A mistake by Rhys Williams will get highlighted but to blame him is unfair. He’s a young lad who would never have imagined being in this position. The people who run Liverpool knew in November how the manager needed a central defender. Until it’s addressed, there’ll be more bumps.
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Ibrahima Konate has made a quietly impressive start to life as a Liverpool player. This isn't going overboard, it's simply to say every time he's played, he's looked unflappable, makes important challenges and reads the game well. He'll start many more games in the future.
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Whether Liverpool win the league or not, Virgil Van Dijk could easily win PFA Player of the Year. Man-of-the-Match for what must be the 10th time this season.
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Philippe Coutinho was the star of the final CL group game 12 months ago. He went for £146m and with the fee, LFC bought Alisson and Virgil van Dijk. The business has made them a better team.
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Mohamed Salah is now in the top 12 of Liverpool’s all-time top scorers, that’s 123 he is on now. He’s been here less than 4 seasons. Let it be said again: you are watching an all time club great.
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There are suggestions, from accounts that are presumably looking for likes and retweets, that Liverpool offered Kostas Tsimikas to be part of the Arthur Melo deal. This is a story put together by someone with a vivid and colourful imagination. It's simply not true.
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Liverpool are pressing on with contract talks with Diogo Jota and believe they will tie him down to a long-term deal. He’ll back training soon (within 2 weeks) but his importance in squad is huge. Talks with his advisors been progressing for some time 🔴.
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Ibrahima Konate has just handed his shirt to a little lad behind the goal and it's probably the only thing he's given up all day. He'd never have been in a game so frantic but never put a foot wrong.
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Jurgen Klopp wrapped Andy Robertson in a bear hug shortly after the final whistle, to show his gratitude. Liverpool didn’t warrant 3 points but Robertson’s efforts, more than any other, ensured they got them. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ibrahima Konate also excellent 🔴.
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It's hard to find new ways to talk about Virgil van Dijk but the last few games have shown a) there isn't a better central defender in the Premier League and b) his importance to Liverpool. He's playing with another 3 gears in reserve, almost making tests such as this easy.
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Thiago Alcantara has had a very good, very intelligent game. Every week there is an increase in the quality from him and he looks more comfortable dealing with the physical aspects.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold has been absolutely majestic. Quite a sight watching the defender who can’t defend never miss a beat with his defending then move into midfield and run things.
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Liverpool have only conceded one goal in 810 Premier League minutes (at Wolves, Jan 23). You can talk about them being ruthless scorers but the meanness of this defence has carried them further and further clear.
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Wataru Endo, once again, with effective and high-class consistency. Others will get headlines in this game but for a team to flourish you need men such as Endo.
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Mohamed Salah is within 14 goals of equalling Billy Liddell. If ever a sentence shows what he’s achieved and how his talent is generational, there it is. Let it be said again: Liverpool’s priority isn’t getting new faces in this week. It’s keeping the ones they’ve got.
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Watching MotD2. A small footnote but if Kevin De Bruyne makes the pass Jordan Henderson did for the fifth goal, it gets replayed all week. And on Naby Keita, the criticism he got on Tuesday in Madrid must be balanced by praise for what he did today 🔴.
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There’s a reason Alisson Becker is the best goalkeeper in the world.
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It needs stressing again. Curtis Jones is a young footballer with limitless potential. If he keeps progressing and keeps learning, he's going to be in Liverpool's team for a very long time. Outstanding performance.
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A little snapshot of the ovation Kostas Tsimikas has just received after a performance with which he can be extremely satisfied.
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Neco Williams has played three matches at Anfield this season. There is a very strong argument to say he has been Man of the Match on every occasion.
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They've just made a 10-minute segment arguing that Trent Alexander-Arnold should have given a penalty away when every replay showed he got the ball? There were some odd decisions this evening but that wasn't one of them.
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Nat Phillips and Ozan Kabak: headed it when it has needed to headed; cleared it when it needed to be cleared. Simple passes, no risk football. Also really benefited from Fabinho provided protection. This might be Nat Phillips best performance of the season 🔴.
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James Milner played a significant role behind the scenes. Gave a pep talk to the players, trained with them and asked Neil Critchley whether he could be in the dressing room. “He is totally respectful and professional,” says Critchley. “He was giving words of advice” 🔴.
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Liverpool are in talks with Preston to sign Ben Davies from Preston for £2m and deal looks increasingly set to happen. It's likely that Sepp van der Berg will go to Deepdale on loan, also.
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Just a reminder for the last time Liverpool were in the Bernabeu. Tuesday, Nov 4, 2014. Mignolet: Manquillo, Skrtel Kolo Toure, Moreno: Can, Lucas, Allen: Markovic, Borini, Lallana.
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30 goals for the season for Mo Salah, 21 in the Premier League. Yet he’s not been mentioned for being in the team of the year and some won’t even consider him. Funny the way football is viewed these days.
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Klopp just asked about his quotes from two years ago about not wanting to spend £100m: 'That's the problem,' he says with a smile. 'Everyone remembers whatever bullshit you say! I could not imagine the way the market has gone. Our ownership believes in the project'.
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Diogo Jota is now a Liverpool player. They have completed a £41m deal with Wolves; Jota has signed a 5-year contract. Ki-Jana Hoever will move to Wolves for a fee that could eventually be worth £13.5m. He chose them over Juventus & Atletico Madrid 🔴.
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The Jockey Club have just announced that the opening day of the 2021 Grand National Festival will be renamed “Liverpool’s NHS Day”; 10,000 tickets will be donated to NHS staff and volunteers, who are currently working against the Coronavirus crisis.
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A word on Roy Hodgson, too. It could be easy, after what happened 10 years ago, to be bitter but he is a gentleman has never spoken about Liverpool with anything other than respect in time since.'It's a question of how many points they win it by; I can only congratulate them'.
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We are now watching a game that punishes accidents and rules out goals for toe nails and arm pits. The red cards for Bednarek and David Luiz are pathetic. People are going to stop watching football. It’s gone, hasn’t it?.
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Liverpool are interested in Takumi Minamino from Red Bull Salzburg. He could potentially be an addition in January, as he has a £7.25m release clause.
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Alisson Becker has passed his medical and is effectively a Liverpool player. An official announcement could be made tonight but may run into tomorrow. He will then carry on his holiday in Italy.
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Football changes, players come and go. But what Steve McMahon did for this goal should be replayed to future generations forever: you don’t give up on a lost cause. Plain and simple. 37 years ago but, effectively, timeless.
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin is getting a three-game ban for a tackle that wasn’t excessive force, never raised an eyebrow in real time and never had a flicker of complaint from anyone on the opposing side. We may as well give up now. Pathetic.
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Away from transfer window, important news for Joe Gomez. He is the New England Under-21 captain, he found out today at St George's Park 🦁.
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They are a disgrace. All of them. It would be fantastic, too, if the Premier League and Sky Sports or BT made a stand next month and didn’t show Manchester United v Liverpool’s game on TV next month. Neither of them deserve the audience. The other four involved are a disgrace too.
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The clips will be on here later, surely, of @GNev2’s analysis of Trent Alexander-Arnold. If you never saw it live, watch it in detail. It’s what analysis should be. It’s not a devastating criticism, it’s pointers from a man who knows the position inside out.
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Come the end of the season, Alisson Becker will have been responsible for 10-12 points of @LFC’s total. The fuss around him in the opening weeks was for a reason. He and Ederson are playing different games to other goalkeepers.
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Liverpool are prepared to offer Pedro Chirivella a contract extension to reward the further progress he has made. His deal is up at the end of the season but club are aware he may want regular football elsewhere.
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Should not go unnoticed how good, once again, Virgil van Dijk was in this performance. On a day when plenty of others were off the pace, he never put a foot out of place. He's back to his best, without question.
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Where do you start?.1. Gini Wijnaldum playing like a man-possessed. 2. Jordan Henderson walking off the pitch at the end singing "Allez, Allez, Allez".3. Virgil van Dijk's 89th minute clearance. 4. Alisson Becker, Sadio Mane, Joel Matip and Trent Alexander-Arnold. Mind-blowing 🔴.
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The end is almost here for Sadio Mane. When you discuss signings made during the Klopp era, none have been more important. The £31m to Southampton couldn’t have been wasted. It was actually a bargain. Dazzled in first game, became one of the world’s best. A legend, plain & simple.
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It was a collective decision from Liverpool’s players to publish the messages before; they had held discussions earlier this afternoon and talks had been going on between the group through most of the day. The players and the management should not be bracketed with the owners.
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Liverpool now on the brink of completing Darwin Nunez transfer. Breakthrough has been made in structure of the deal (initial £64m) and he could even start the process of his medical tomorrow.
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Jurgen Klopp celebrated a 93rd minute tackle from Harvey Elliott more than he did his goal. That was the performance he wanted to see, a base to build from. Ibo Konate, Joe Gomez, Stefan Bajcetic were relentless. Thiago Alcantara provided the guile.
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This is no criticism, just an observation of how football has changed so dramatically. In the not so distant past, teams on 42 & 41 points on Jan 2, with 2 defeats in 19 games, would be lauded as champions in waiting. Now it’s being seen as below par. Madness ⚽️.
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Jordan Henderson, the driving force behind Liverpool’s title charge. The captain may just emerge as the main threat to Kevin De Bruyne for the PFA Player of the Year award (comment)
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It’s so miserable and tiring, in December 2024, to listen to people peddling tired agendas about the City of Liverpool being “not the best area” - whoever was responsible for telling that to Stefan Ortega should have a look at themselves. It’s a snide comment, plain and simple.
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In the moments when you criticise Naby Keita, it's only right to acknowledge when he plays well and tonight has been one of his best nights for Liverpool. That assist may well have just paved the way for the tie to be won. Superb finish from Luis Diaz too.
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Football has changed, of course, and eras are different but for Mohamed Salah to score as many goals in 3 and a bit years, to draw level with Ian St John (10 years at Liverpool) in the scoring list is remarkable. Be under no illusion Salah will go down as an all-time great 🔴.
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Virgil van Dijk out with the squad and available to train. Full squad bar Wijnaldum.
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Long, long time since a Liverpool central defender has played with such authority. Virgil Van Dijk was head and shoulders above tonight.
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Danny Ward to Leicester confirmed. Liverpool will receive £12.5m plus 20 per cent of any future sale 🔴.
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Liverpool are interested in Diogo Jota from Wolves, as a back up option for the front three. He is an alternative to Ismail Sarr at Watford 🔴.
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Update on Arthur: Liverpool made the approach after midnight, triggered by the impact of Jordan Henderson’s injury (scan in next 24 hours). Arthur feels fit enough to play immediately at Everton if needed; València and Wolves had looked at him. Talks concluding in Turin now.
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One little footnote to this game. On that performance, Joe Gomez doesn’t just go to the World Cup: he stars against Iran. An absolutely exceptional display 🔴.
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Luis Suarez scored 82 goals in 133 games for Liverpool. Mohamed Salah has 84 in 126. Don’t get immune to Salah’s numbers. you might be looking at the best Liverpool striker of the Premier League era (verdict)
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Liverpool getting closer to securing a deal for Darwin Nunez; Julian Ward is in Lisbon for more negotiations. Once the structure of the deal and fee is agreed, things should progress quickly 🔴.
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A remarkable statistic this, unearthed while looking at James Maddison's goal involvements for 2022 (he's scored 13, assisted 9) - Jack Grealish, in 20 PL games over the calendar year, has 2 goals and 1 assist. He's created fewer goals than Alisson Becker.
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So there is story about Everton's players feeling that Carlo Ancelotti "is limiting the impact of certain individuals" and that some of the squad had a go back at Duncan Ferguson on Sunday evening after the capitulation at Anfield. These players, to put it mildly, have a cheek.
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Latest example of @MattHancock’s incompetence. He’s just referred to Marcus Rashford as “Daniel Rashford” on Sky News. Everything Rashford has done and the Health Secretary doesn’t even have the decency to get his name right. Joke.
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