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The Controversy Around Mo Salah: Liverpool Expresses Outrage Over Unfair Treatment Unfair Treatment in the Spotlight Liverpool, the stalwarts of English football, have articulated their growing discontent at the ‘unfair treatment’ of the prodigious forward Mohamed 'Mo' Salah by referees. The spark was ignited following comments made by manager Jurgen Klopp concerning referee Paul Tierney after a sizzling 4-3 triumph against Tottenham Hotspurs in April. A tumultuous sequence of events unravelled, culminating in Liverpool conveying their grievances to the FA. …

The Punishment on Jurgen Klopp Unveiled The long-anticipated verdict has landed, bringing with it the clarity that Liverpool's mastermind, Jurgen Klopp. The German manager has been anxiously awaiting his fate for the better part of three weeks following a heated confrontation with the officiating team, namely referee Paul Tierney, after a tense encounter against Tottenham. Thursday finally brought an end to the suspense. Klopp's fiery post-match comments have seen him issued with a two-match touchline ban and a hefty fine …

Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. For the past week, in footballing circles, talk has centred around whether or not the 2019/20 campaign would be finished. Common sense would suggest a season not yet underway couldn’t take precedence over one that is very near completion. But there’s not much common sense in football.  Rival fans, desperate to ensure Liverpool aren’t crowned champions, have latched onto the idea that this season should be expunged from the history …

So, a month and a half after Bobby Firmino was shoved into the stands by Mason Holgate, swore at him in response, and was accused of being racist by the young English defender, the FA has eventually decided that Firmino did not racially abuse Holgate. This, of course, is great news for Liverpool and Firmino – who released a wonderfully classy statement immediately after. It is not, however, great news for football in general. The FA is an absolute farce. …

After a gap of ten days to bask in the glory of a perfect Champions League in Porto, Liverpool are back in action in the Premier League, welcoming West Ham United to Anfield on Saturday. The Reds won the reverse fixture 4-1 at the London Stadium with a Mo Salah brace either side of goals from Joel Matip and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain giving the Reds three points. West Ham will be buoyed by their home win against Watford last time but …

It's fair to say that every supporter of every club feels like their beloved team has been robbed by refereeing decisions this season. I can certainly say that about every single Liverpool supporter. Football is the most popular sport in the world and yet it is the only major sport to not have some form of video review. The governing bodies of the game decided to catch up with the rest of the world and viola - VAR. The VAR …

On 7th June, 2017, Liverpool Football Club issued the following short statement:

Liverpool Football Club would like to put on record our regret over recent media speculation regarding Southampton Football Club and player transfers between the two clubs. We apologise to the owner, board of directors and fans of Southampton for any misunderstanding regarding Virgil van Dijk. We respect Southampton's position and can confirm we have ended any interest in the player.

Read it carefully…it talks of regret …

I want you to prepare yourself, dear reader, because it's time for Simon Mignolet to speak and, following his recent chicken kebab revelations, literally anything could happen here. Although it probably won't, because Simon is a very nice chap and, if we're honest, a little, well, dull. His take on the set-back at Sunderland is predictably by-the-numbers. "We wanted to win, unfortunately that didn’t happen, although we had the chances to do so,” Mignolet told Liverpoolfc.com. “It’s tough to take, …