Jurgen Klopp

Liverpool’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain loved being back in action at St Mary’s

Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was delighted to make his first Premier League start in 14 months against Southampton on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp selected Oxlade-Chamberlain as part of his midfield trio, alongside Gini Wijnaldum and James Milner. This was after The Reds had endured a tough week of travelling to and from Turkey as well as the...

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...

Southampton 1-2 Liverpool – Player Ratings as Reds scrap to St. Mary’s win

Given the circumstances, Liverpool came away from a potential banana-skin at St. Mary's with a superb three points, after beating Southampton 2-1, thanks to goals from Sadio Mané and Roberto Firmino. The Reds were dominated for large periods of the first half, but went into the break with Mané's stunning curler putting them in front....

Fabinho’s influence on the Liverpool midfield

Despite being European champions, Liverpool have a squad full of divisive players. Some are undervalued and some are simply misunderstood. There are a number who tick both boxes and one such player is Fabinho.  The Brazilian doesn’t score goals. He doesn’t assist them either. He doesn’t play 70-yard crossfield passes that are shown on the...

Predicting Liverpool’s lineup for Southampton clash on Saturday

Liverpool are back in action again on Saturday when they travel to play Southampton at St Mary's in the Premier League. Jurgen Klopp's men went through 120 minutes of football on Wednesday night in Istanbul so if they can manage to take all three points from Saturday's game it will be job very well done...

On the all-too-hasty dismissal of Liverpool’s title chances

In light of certain media coverage, we have to set out some important facts. Expected title rivals Liverpool and Manchester City both won their first game of the season - convincingly. There are another 37 matches still to be played. That's stating the obvious, but the obvious seems to have slipped the mind of the...

Southampton v Liverpool Preview – Tough trip for Reds after Istanbul exploits

THE DETAILS Venue – St Mary's, Southampton Referee – Andre Marriner Date & Time – Saturday, August 17th @ 15:00 Current Odds – Southampton 11/2, Draw 15/4, Liverpool 4/9 Any win will do on Saturday. It's only the second gameweek of the Premier League season and already it feels like the pressure is on thanks to the style in which Manchester...

Adrian Adequate As Alisson Absent

After what felt like an interminable wait, Liverpool today gave an update on the Alisson Becker's injury status. The Brazilian keeper was substituted in the 38th minute of the Reds' 4-1 victory over Norwich City at Anfield on Friday night with what was speculated to be a calf injury. Speculation was rife that the former holder...

Virgil van Dijk delights in Liverpool’s UEFA Super Cup victory

Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk hopes that The Reds can continue the habit of winning silverware after they added another European trophy to the Champions League title they won in June. Jurgen Klopp's side overcame Chelsea in a penalty shootout victory in the heat in Turkey after a thrilling 2-2 draw with Frank Lampard's side. Sadio Mané...

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...