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Five of Liverpool’s Champions League winners make the UEFA.com Fans’ Team of the Year for 2019

Liverpool's Champions League-winning squad has had five of its star players voted onto the UEFA.com Fans' Team of the Year for 2019. The Reds players making the UEFA team are Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson and Sadio Mané - of course, Mané has also recently been crowned the CAF 2019 African...

Liverpool ‘keeper insists he had no doubts Firmino would finish off Flamengo

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker says he had full faith in Bobby Firmino's ability to win the game when he was put through on goal in extra-time against Flamengo. Alisson was speaking to the club's official site Liverpoolfc.com after The Reds had claimed their first-ever Club World Cup title against Flamengo in Qatar. Liverpool's stopper claimed he...

Liverpool’s seven Ballon d’Or contenders

The 30-man Ballon d'Or shortlist was announced on Monday and it contains no less than seven Liverpool players following The Reds' Champions League success in June. Jurgen Klopp's side beat Spurs 2-1 in Madrid to win the club's sixth European Cup and the victory helped raise the profiles of many of the team's stars. The seven...

Alisson on his road to recovery and eagerness to return to action

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker knows he is now mere weeks away from returning to first-team action for Jurgen Klopp's Reds. Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com, Alisson discussed his recovery and how close he is to returning to full training. “I’m on a good way, I think we are nearly there. “I can go outside to the pitch to do...

Burnley v Liverpool Preview – Turf Moor trip will be tough encounter

THE DETAILS Venue – Turf Moor, Burnley Referee – Chris Kavanagh Date & Time – Saturday, August 31st @ 17:30 Current Odds – Burnley 8/1, Draw 4/1, Liverpool 1/3 It's back to business for Jurgen Klopp's mighty Reds this Saturday evening when Liverpool attempt to take all three points from a tricky visit to Burnley. FORM Burnley Form Burnley have a 1-1-1 record from...

Klopp Creating Liverpool Siege Mentality

Jurgen Klopp reneged on entering into the transfer market this summer to reinforce his first team. Despite links to several players, including Nicolas Pepe and Bruno Fernandes, the German elected to keep his powder dry and not add ready-made first-team options to his squad. Legitimate arguments were made that the European Champions needed to add depth...

The confusing rhetoric around Liverpool’s stature

So the new Premier League season is almost a week old already and, if I'm being honest, I've got my first moan to have out with the world. To say that things got off to a perfect start for Liverpool would be a little bit of a stretch - as losing Alisson Becker to a...

Pre Season Selections Give Hints To Pecking Order

Liverpool continued their lacklustre pre-season with a 3-0 defeat to Napoli at the home of Scottish Rugby, Murrayfield, yesterday. The performance, as had been the case in the previous three games on the summer tour of the United States -- against Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla and Sporting CP -- was poor, as the Reds looked disjointed...

Why taking Coutinho back makes a lot of sense

It's the transfer rumour that just won't go away. The will he, won't he. The shall we, shan't we. Does the heart rule the head or is it the other way around. The summer saga (for want of a better word) for Liverpool fans this summer is whether their fallen hero, Philippe Coutinho, will make...

Andy Lonergan joins Reds in USA as emergency backup goalkeeper

Former Preston North End and Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Andy Lonergan will join Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool squad on their trip of the USA. Lonergan, currently a free agent, was drafted in due to Liverpool's current lack of fit goalkeepers. First-choice goalkeeper Alisson Becker is still enjoying his summer break after winning the Copa America with Brazil. Simon Mignolet...