Paul Gorst
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The Liverpool ECHO’s LFC correspondent. Hip hop lover, sit-com fan. https://t.co/8gYQpODshq ✍️ https://t.co/xt8THQ6KMz 🎙️ https://t.co/j1jZ38XnBK
Liverpool, England
Joined June 2011
And just like that, the wait was over. A generation of dreams have become reality. From doubters to believers to record-breaking, history-making achievers. What an incredible ride Jurgen Klopp has taken Liverpool FC on. My verdict from Anfield ⬇️.
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Loved in Dortmund, wanted by Man Utd, unused with England. Someone, somewhere, is making an error of judgement over £100m Jadon Sancho.
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One of these was deemed a high boot and worthy of a sending off. The other was apparently not even a foul. Making it up as they go along on a week by week, game by game, minute by minute basis. 🤷🏻♂️
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Liverpool played the Carabao Cup final with 11 first-team players out and then Gravenberch went off injured during the game. Endo left Wembley in a cast. I don’t ever remember this being wheeled out then 🤷🏻♂️.
"The timing of this injury crisis is far from ideal" 😬. How will Manchester City's injury challenges affect their upcoming fixtures? 🤔
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Klopp: "I was not overly happy with the atmosphere behind me. I wondered what they wanted. We need Anfield on Saturday. We need Anfield on their toes without me being in an argument with their coach or whatever. If you're not in the right shape, give your ticket to someone else.".
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Are Man City guilty of one player losing his footing in one specific game? No. 115 allegations of financial impropriety over nine seasons? Quite possibly.
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Klopp: "Firmino was outstanding. Mo gets a lot of attention, rightly so. Bobby for people with football knowledge, people will write books about how he interprets the false 9. We don't say he invented it but it looks like at times. It was insane.".
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Delighted to be able to officially say I’ve been appointed as @JamesPearceLFC’s successor as the Liverpool ECHO’s LFC correspondent. Big shoes to fill. I’m simply aiming to make sure it’s not as disastrous a replacement as when Aquilani took over from Alonso.
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Liverpool are looking to do a deal with Fulham to sign Fabio Carvalho before the end of the transfer window. Full story to come on @LivEchoLFC.
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Liverpool are looking to hijack Spurs move for Porto’s Luis Diaz. Initial fee thought to be around £37m.
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Difficult to have sympathy for any perceived wrongings for managers now after their chance to make a collective stance to improve officiating went begging after Spurs v Liverpool. Bleating about subjective calls just doesn’t cut it now.
"I just don't understand what happened" 🤯. Burnley manager Vincent Kompany left confused after a dramatic late VAR decision meant his team were beaten 2-1 against Bournemouth 👀🧐
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Thiago Alcantara, Joel Matip and Sadio Mane all trained at Melwood today ahead of Saturday's Merseyside derby at Everton.
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“That overhead against Watford, fella…”.
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Definitely my mistake knowing how the man himself is but the last thing I expected when Klopp announced an Instagram account was for it to be run personally by him, with the sort of content your dad would upload once he’d been shown how it works.
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Klopp: "Thiago ripped his shorts! I thought it was something else (like injury). He's fine.".
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Liverpool’s offer to Fulham for Fabio Carvalho is £5m and they’re happy to loan him back for the rest of the Championship season. No contact with any representative over personal terms at the moment.
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To suggest Liverpool are after some sort of replay of Saturday is massively disingenuous. Statement is a club simply not accepting ‘soz lads’ as a way of moving on from an egregious error. If it helps bring about some genuine improvements, should it not be welcomed? 14 apologies.
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Klopp on Kelleher: "I don't know when I saw him the first time but he was boy and now he is a man today. His development is top class. Alisson Becker is the best keeper in the world me. But if I am 100% honest, Kelleher is the best No.2 in the world for how we play.".
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Liverpool's @ChampionsLeague squad has been confirmed. No place for Harry Wilson but Xherdan Shaqiri makes the cut.
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Klopp: "He played 90% of the time. He was a No10, winger at Newcastle then he comes here and controls the midfield. Boro, Cardiff, Barcelona, so many big goals, top performances. Looks like the time is over. No-one can take our memories from us. We'll share them forever.".
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“Next season starts now” then does it?. I make that Liverpool three points clear then.
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Klopp on Firmino goal: "Pete Krawietz and the analysts are responsible for this goal. We worked on it. All credit to Pete and his boys.".
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Klopp on Fabinho: "It was my hope [to keep him at No.6] for the season. Now we think about solutions for Wolves. Best in the world in the No.6 position, it is clear. He is so important for us.".
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Doolan: "I can't speak highly enough of Arne, a world-class manager, world-class team. He invited me in for a drink and he didn't have to. I coached Trent, not sure he remembers, so I walked across and he came over saying he remembers. Such a wonderful, humble guy. A top player.".
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Klopp: "The special thing is you should not forget Sadio Mane scored 100 without a penalty. A special number. He will be proud of that. He is a world-class player. Incredible. A big day for him, 100%.".
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Klopp on Jota goal: "He will never forget it and I won't either.".
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Klopp: “The PL makes steps every year. It’s not about the top teams, the improvement of the league can be seen In positions below. Brighton, Villa, Arsenal, Wolves…it’s just the league is so strong, Really tough and exciting. For sure the best league I’ve had here so far.”.
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Klopp: "This will not harm Rhian. If anyone is to blame, it is me. But I wanted him in the position because he is a real finisher and confident. Today, not. That happens in football and life.".
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Deciding you can no longer pursue your primary, world-class transfer target because you need two, three or four others who aren’t as good is the very definition of woeful squad management. A huge summer ahead and fans have every right to question it.
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain training with the rest of his Liverpool team-mates this afternoon. Tomorrow will come too soon for him but likely to be back in contention for Fulham on Sunday.
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Plenty of booming optimism from my Uber driver, George, this morning. “Trent will be fresh, Robbo will be fresh, Virgil too. I think we’ll do it today man.” Ends the journey with a hearty “up the Reds!”. He’s earned that tip.
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Carragher: “These two (City and Liverpool) are the two best teams in Europe. Two of the greatest teams we’ve ever seen in the Premier League.”. Neville: “Liverpool are dangerous. Their front five are so dangerous.”.
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Mohamed Salah has been named the Fans' Footballer of the Year for a second successive year after nearly 140,000 votes.
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Jurgen Klopp to BT Sport: “In my understanding, I will be here for the next three years.”.
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Klopp asked about Forest's unhappiness with stoppage for Konate head injury: "It happened exactly the same in the first half, just the other way around [for Dominguez].".
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Klopp: “Is it right I read we only get 20,000 tickets [for CL final], Real get 20 and it’s 75,000 seats? Where are these 35,000 [going]?! I think Paris is a place you can go without a ticket and enjoy yourself. Whoever follows us, I say thank you very much, you made it special.”.
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Klopp: "If you asked me 12 days ago if it was possible to win all four, I would've said no. This win is up there, we only have 63 because we won others but today it was Villa-like [2019]. When Robbo and Mane scored.".
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Klopp: "I didn't expect us to win Carabao Cup, FA Cup final, one point off top in PL and CL semi, but I knew we'd be better (this season). There were a lot of moments I thought we wouldn't make CL last season and I hoped we'd avoid Europa Conference.".
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Klopp on Minamino: "We want to use him and the way we play we needed midfielders, offensively. Taki can play there, played good there, sharp in training. He played a top game today, nice finish. He's in a good moment and we want to use that. The smile is all over his face.".
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Klopp: "For all the performances Mo has had for us this was one of the best ones. Long may it continue.".
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Thiago: “we don’t have time to think about the game there (in Spain). I enjoy every period of my career like Barca and Bayern but I am enjoying it a lot here.”.
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Liverpool have confirmed the signing of Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig.
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Just seen Graham Potter described Mo Salah as “not world class, out-of-this-world class”. Lovely line, that.
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Klopp: "I will not be available as a potential coach for Germany. I have three years left at Liverpool don't I? It's simple. You sign a contract and you stick to that contract. I stuck to contracts at both Mainz, Dortmund.".
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Klopp on the anthem: "Today is a big day for England, I respect that a lot. Everyone who wants to celebrate it, celebrate it but we have freedom for free speech. It was clear this would happen. It's allowed. That's fine.".
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Klopp: "If Keita stays fit then everything is fine. Being a player like Naby and winning these balls, as the coach, I couldn't be happier. I am really grateful for seeing things like this.".
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Klopp on Konate: "We all saw the potential he has. Game understanding is all there. He's a young boy who is skilled. The PL teaches you harsh lessons. Today was a good example, Edouard, Zaha, Ayew, proper strikers. Konate did well.".
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The grandson of Bill Shankly has reached out to the ECHO to call for the removal of his grandad’s iconic statue outside of Anfield. “I'm appalled and embarrassed,” he says.
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Klopp on being a leader: "Biggest skill needed? Listening. I don't know anyone who makes decisions without listening. People across the world are making decisions without listening, especially politicians.".
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Klopp on Salah: "Mo is Mo. When the competition starts he goes into the next gear. He's a really competitive guy.".
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Liverpool earned 97, 99 and 92 points between 2019 and 2022. Just the one league title.
We could literally go in 2024: . Played 18.Won 16 .Drawn 1.Lost 1. And not win the league. That isn’t normal, you’re asking us to be perfect all because of City.
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Jurgen Klopp will become the first-ever honorary ambassador of Liverpool's official charity, the LFC Foundation. Klopp: "The LFC Foundation does an incredible job in the community, both in the Liverpool City Region and beyond. I am really proud to continue my work with them."
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Klopp on Diaz: "A massive impact but I don't like this because the next story is Diogo Jota was the problem,. Not true. We had 11 problems in the first half but we needed fresh legs. I wanted Mo and Sadio high and wide but not in open play situations. We were not ourselves.".
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Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk have both taken part in Liverpool's training session at the AXA Centre today.
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Klopp: "Honestly we don't chase City, we try to win our games. Thing is now, we have the cup final, City plays. who? I don't know exactly but they will probably win. We don't have to count these things, we just have to win our games.".
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Klopp: "Taki has the perfect mindset for us. He has big ambitions and he wants to play more often. Everyone needs time. All the [signings] needed time except for maybe Virgil. All good with him.".
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I might be in the minority but find it refreshing there’s no sugarcoating here. No Champions League football is a major blow for a club who’ve been in three finals in five years.
I’m totally devastated. There’s absolutely no excuse for this. We had everything we needed to make it to next year’s Champions League and we failed. We are Liverpool and qualifying to the competition is the bare minimum. I am sorry but it’s too soon for an uplifting or optimistic
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Klopp: "Mo and Sadio didn't score but were outstanding. Ali did really well and of course he is a big part for us. In three weeks he's out it's like we had 15 games. I really was happy, it was his decision.".
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Klopp on Konate: "Ibou said to me 'if I do another sprint, it could be set'. Should be fine but we don't know, Joe Gomez is fine, played a lot, rotation. So let's see with Ibou.".
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Virgil van Dijk said after Arsenal visited Anfield that Ibrahima Konate is better than he was at 24 and has all the tools to be one of the world's best centre-backs. More displays like yesterday will set him on that path. Stepped up superbly since Joel Matip's injury.
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Klopp: "When people like Clattenburg speak now, it says much more about them than it does about me. I have no skills for playing mind games, that is my problem.".
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Liverpool are looking to extend the contract of Jurgen Klopp at Anfield. Agent Marc Kosicke and FSG president Mike Gordon were both at last night’s game.
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Nothing but a threat this. Pretty low.
EXCLUSIVE: Man City launch unprecedented legal action against Premier League. Has sparked civil war among clubs with hearing due to start on June 10. City describing PL financial rules as ‘tyranny of the majority’. Full story here on @TimesSport.
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#LFC interested in signing Diogo Jota from Wolves. Ismaila Sarr also being looked at, but Wolves man top of the list at it stands. More to come soon on @LivEchoLFC.
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Might be a sign I'm getting old(er), but anyone else thoroughly uninterested in the whole Mbappe saga?.
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Van Dijk: “This season with the [offside] rule, you keep playing on and then the linesman puts the flag up and it looks like we are conceding chances. That rule has to get out of the way.”.
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Klopp: "I am sick of the treatment for Sadio Mane. Maybe someone can explain to me why he doesn't get free-kicks. He is not a diver, I know him better than anyone. He is not!".
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October: “They’re doing the best they can and we all obviously make mistakes.”. January: “I don't know what to say to my players. It's ridiculous. What are we doing, seriously? It’s a joke!”.
"It's bizarre." 🙄. Burnley boss Vincent Kompany was bemused by the decision to award Luton a controversial late equaliser at Turf Moor. #BBCFootball #BURLUT
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Klopp on Firmino: "I just hope he never doubts himself. So much talk about it. He scores goals and they are important ones for us. It doesn't matter who scores them. How we get there is about passing, crossing, finishing, but also making runs people don't see. Really happy.".
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Steven Gerrard: "My job is to win games for Aston Villa. In terms of Liverpool, the season is over 38 games so if you want the headlines that says 'Steven Gerrard says he's going to stop Liverpool' I'm not going there for you unfortunately.".
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An awful lot to dislike about modern football but the disproportionately ‘angry’ fans doing these performative watch-alongs are right up there. Who actually watches these?!.
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Liverpool have arrived in Dubai ahead of their Dubai Super Cup friendlies with Lyon and AC Milan. The Reds have taken a 33-man contingent.
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I don’t have a lot of sympathy for referees generally but this obsession of trying to frame them at the centre of every single game is beyond tedious now. There was nothing I saw in City’s game that was hugely contentious. Giving managers and players an easy excuse every week.
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Barcelona spent the best part of £400m on Grizemann, Dembele and Coutinho. One was left on the bench, one hasn’t played in nine months and the other has just scored the other team’s eighth #BarcaBayern.
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Klopp on Trent's defending: "Absolutely I don't understand [defensive criticism]. If he couldn't defend he wouldn't play. He has improved in all departments but he is still so young he can improve. His defending is not a problem.".
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Klopp: "Four games in 11 days, come on. With our squad situation, it is tough anyway but it is super tough. We can't just come here and play them out the stadium. An unbelievable effort, we had to fight through it.".
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The celebrification of referees needs to stop. We shouldn’t know who any of these fellas are.
Tomorrow on Stick to Football we have legendary referee and Chief Refereeing Officer of the PGMOL, Howard Webb! ⚽️
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Virgil van Dijk on his injury comeback to the Mail on Sunday: “I felt a little bit taken for granted at times (after his return), like people were acting as if nothing had happened and everything was normal.”.
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Liverpool’s need for a top-class defensive midfielder is as great as their need for an elite goalkeeper in the summer of 2018. They have to get it right ASAP. Possibly some frank face-to-face talks this week for John Henry and Jurgen Klopp.
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Klopp: "In the moment [at full time], I got a little carried away. I really love how the whole stadium responded tonight. I couldn't be more thankful for the support tonight.".
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Joel Matip rejoined Liverpool training yesterday. Could be involved tomorrow.
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Liverpool have been granted special dispensation by the Premier League to have the players' families and some staff attend Wednesday night's game against Chelsea. Full story ⬇️.
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Jurgen Klopp on Luis Diaz: “I have always been a believer in only signing players in January if you would want to sign them in the summer, and that’s very much the case with Luis. “He is an outstanding player and someone we’ve been tracking for a very long time.”.
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Klopp: "We still have to write a couple of more chapters for this team.".
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Klopp: "If Sadio doesn't score two goals then Fabinho is a proper contender for Man of the Match. A proper performance.".
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Klopp: "250 goals for Salah, Mane and Firmino is exceptional! Imagine where I would be without them!".
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Steven Gerrard making a strong case for Jude Bellingham to join Liverpool here on BT Sport. “All he needs to do is give me a date in the diary when he’s free and I’ll fly to Dortmund to talk about [a move].”.
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Well deserved PFA Young Player of the Year award for Trent Alexander-Arnold. Thirteen assists from right-back in the Premier League’s best defence. An absolute credit to the city of Liverpool.
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Klopp: "Curtis played a good game. He had some problems with his stomach before the game. Doctor told me to keep an eye on him. I told him after the game whatever [the problem] was, keep it!".
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Cody Gakpo’s days as a centre forward at Liverpool should probably be done with now. Looks so much more at ease off the left when he plays for Holland.
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Sounds like a trainload of Liverpool fans only made it as far as Tamworth this morning due to a problem with the trains. Good of the decision makers to schedule a(nother) 12.30KO 230 miles away. Only the fans who might struggle, isn’t it?.
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Klopp: "People like Martin Samuel think they can write and damn us to hell. That's not right. Gary Neville has no right to speak about our anthem. Our owners made a decision, that's just one part of the club. They should calm down a little bit, it's only the first day.".
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