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Jürgen Klopp pays tribute to the late Diego Maradona
Jürgen Klopp had plenty on his mind following Liverpool's 2-0 defeat at home to Atalanta in the Champions League on Wednesday night. Yet, The Reds boss still took time in his post-match press conference to share his thoughts on one the passing of one of the greatest football players of all time.
Diego Maradona passed away in Argentina yesterday at the all-too-young age of 60.
Klopp spoke of Maradona's battles on and off the pitch and just what the Argentine …
Replacing Gini Wijnaldum: Youri Tielemans
Liverpool will need to bring in a midfielder when the season ends. Gini Wijnaldum’s future is still up in the air, Jordan Henderson has picked up a few knocks recently and isn’t getting any younger. Naby Keita can’t go ten games without an injury and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has similar bad luck. Thiago, due to Covid and an injury sustained against Everton, has yet to make a real impact. Fabinho is being used at centre-back to cover for the injured Virgil …
Maturing Curtis Jones comes of age at Liverpool
Liverpool's 3-0 victory over Leicester was another sign that the Reds are again the team to beat in the Premier League this season.
Regardless of how highly you rate Brendan Rodgers and his Foxes side, they turned up to Anfield as a genuine threat to Liverpool's long unbeaten home run, especially with Jurgen Klopp tackling an injury crisis.
The champions were imperious from the minute the game kicked off to the moment Chris Kavanagh blew the final whistle, however, with …
Lethargic Liverpool Look Lame As Atalanta Win
Liverpool fell to a 2-0 defeat to Atalanta at Anfield in the Champions League.
Goals from Josip Ilicic and Robin Gosens sealed a deserved win for the Italians in a drab affair, marshalled by a referee, Carlos del Cerro from Spain, who was lax when it came to punishing overly physical play.
The Reds, meanwhile, who made a host for changes to their team from the comfortable victory over Leicester City were abject throughout. All the personnel alterations lead to …
Klopp's squad update in pre-match press conference
Jürgen Klopp gave the latest squad update in his pre-match press conference as time winds down towards kick-off between Liverpool and Atalanta.
The Reds beat their Serie A visitors 5-0 in Italy earlier this month on a night when Diogo Jota was the star man, bagging a hat-trick for himself. Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané scored Liverpool's two other goals on the night.
A win at Anfield tonight would secure passage to the Champions League knockout stages for Klopp's side …
Tactical Breakdown: Liverpool 3-0 Leicester
With injuries aplenty following the international break and a deluge of fixtures awaiting Jürgen Klopp's red men, an acceptable result seemed more important than a strong performance.
With Salah, Alexander-Arnold and Thiago all unavailable, the champions were without their three best creative players, leaving the creative burden upon a midfield and forward line that has had little time to develop the sort of relationships required to pick apart a defence. Likewise, Leicester was without Ndidi - their most important midfield …
Replacing Gini Wijnaldum: Denis Zakaria
Liverpool will need to bring in a midfielder when the season ends. Gini Wijnaldum’s future is still up in the air, Jordan Henderson has picked up a few knocks recently and isn’t getting any younger. Naby Keita can’t go ten games without an injury and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has similar bad luck. Thiago, due to Covid and an injury sustained against Everton, has yet to make a real impact. Fabinho is being used at centre-back to cover for the injured Virgil …
Liverpool vs Atalanta preview, betting odds and tips
Liverpool get back to Champions League action when they welcome Atalanta to Anfield tonight and victory would book their place in the knockout phase of the competition.
The Reds put-in a stunning display to thrash Atalanta 5-0 at the Stadio di Bergamo earlier this month so they'll be looking for a repeat performance on home soil to wrap-up Group D with two games to spare.
Liverpool head into game-week 4 sitting top of the group with a maximum 9 points …
"It's just unbelievable" - Liverpool star delights in new Anfield record for Reds
Liverpool's Fabinho is delighted to be a "part of history" at the club after helping The Reds to create a new longest unbeaten league record at Anfield.
The Reds' Brazil international midfielder has proved to be one of Jürgen Klopp's most important players at the club since his arrival from Monaco in 2018. He was allowed significant time to bed in and learn the Liverpool system but, following his introduction to the first team, Fabinho has never looked back.
This …
Liverpool vs Atalanta Preview - Serie A side take to Anfield turf for the first time
THE DETAILS
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Referee - Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Date & Time - Wednesday, November 25th 2020 @ 20:00
Current Odds - Liverpool 8/13, Draw 7/2, Atalanta 15/4
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This group of Liverpool players just keep surprising us, don't they? With so many first-team regulars out injured, Jürgen Klopp has had to call on the squad's fringe players more than any of us would have anticipated. However, with the hectic schedule imposed on players over the coming …