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  • Manchester Utd legend Rio Ferdinand tips Liverpool to win quadruple

    Manchester Utd legend Rio Ferdinand tips Liverpool to win quadruple

    Former England and Manchester United defender, Rio Ferdinand has tipped Liverpool to finish out very strong in all competitions this season.

    Ferdinand urged Jurgen Klopp’s side to add the Champions League, FA Cup, Premier League to their Carabao Cup trophy this season and become the greatest team in history.

    According to him, it would be a record if Liverpool strive to win the quadruple and become the first premier league team ever to do so in history.

    Rio Ferdinand specifically believes that there are four key reasons why Jurgen Klopp’s current Liverpool side are the very best he has ever seen.

    The Reds have edge closer to achieving the historic quadruple this season after defeating Villareal 2-0 in the first leg of their UEFA champions League semi-final encounter.

     

  • Liverpool zoom into FA cup final

    Liverpool zoom into FA cup final

    Liverpool football club on Saturday zoomed into FA cup Semi-Final after defeating Manchester City 3-2 to progress in the competition.

    Liverpool defender, Ibrahim Konate scored a header in the 7th minute before a 15th minute error from the Manchester city second choice goalie Steffen caused the second. Mane caught up with the keeper in the process of clearing the ball and slid the ball into the net.

    Mane’s 36th minute volley gave Liverpool the third and ensured Liverpool ended the first half with a 3-0 lead.

    Manchester city forward Jack Grealish pulled one back early on in the second half before they got the second at the death to put scores at 3-2.

    Meanwhile Man city had a couple of chances to equalize in additional time but all their efforts proved abortive.

    Against the run of play, Roberto Firminio had a glorious opportunity to add to Liverpool’s tally when City was caught on the counter but couldn’t put the ball at the back of the net.

    Liverpool await the winner of Chelsea and Cyrstal Palace in the second semi-final clash on Sunday to keep a date at Wembley on the 14th of May,2022.

  • Liverpool edge closer to UCL semi-final after defeating Benfica

    Liverpool edge closer to UCL semi-final after defeating Benfica

    Liverpool FC of England have edged closer to featuring in the semi-final of the UEFA champions League after defeating Benfica football club of Portugal 1-3 at the Estadio da Luz ‘
    French defender Ibrahim Konate scored his first goal for Liverpool when he headed from from a corner in the 17th minute before Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz completed the rout to put the scoreline at 3-1 beyond the reach of Benfica FC
    The Merseysiders are heading into a crucial period in their quest for an unprecedented quadruple and will now be confident of reaching the last four of Europe’s elite competition after a dominant display secured a first-leg advantage.
    Liverpool will now switch focus to Sunday’s huge top of the table Premier League clash at Manchester City. Benfica host relegation-threatened Belenenses in the Primeira Liga on Saturday.

    Meanwhile, another UEFA champions League game on the night involving EPL side Manchester City and Atletico Madrid was almost ending in a barren draw, until Phil Foden came on as a substitute and produced the moment of magic to unlock Atletico with a perfect pass through the legs of Reinildo for De Bruyne to slot past goalkeeper Jan Oblak.

    It was the decisive moment in the tightest of games but City manager Pep Guardiola’s wild celebration illustrated just how much it means to take a lead, even if slender, to Madrid for the second leg on 13 April.

    Another EPL clubside Chelsea football club will take on Spanish giant Real Madrid in another fiesty encounter tonight at the Stamford Bridge.

  • Guardiola concedes defeat, says title race is over

    Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola conceded the Premier League title race is over after the reigning champions lost 3-2 at Wolves on Friday.

    City are third in the Premier League, 14 points behind leaders Liverpool and a point below Leicester City.

    Asked if the title race is over, Guardiola told BBC “The advantage is too big, yes.”

    City have lost five Premier League games this season, one more than in the whole of the 2018-19 campaign.

    They have also played a game more than Liverpool, who have dropped only two points this season, are on a run – stretching back to March – of 26 wins from 27 league games and are two matches away from going a full year unbeaten in the top flight.

    “It’s unrealistic to think about Liverpool, we think about Leicester,” Guardiola added. “We have the chance to recover second place. I know the quality of my team but that’s the situation.”

    Winger Bernardo Silva added: “It is a really bad situation for us. A frustrating first half of the season. Nobody expected us to be this far away from Liverpool at this halfway point.

    “We have to continue now. We know that winning the title is very complicated. I wouldn’t say impossible but very difficult.”

  • Liverpool recover to beat Newcastle United, maintain perfect EPL start

    Liverpool recover to beat Newcastle United, maintain perfect EPL start

    Liverpool came from behind to earn a 3-1 home win over Newcastle United thanks to Sadio Mane’s first-half double and a late goal from Mo Salah on Saturday.

    The win helped the Reds maintain their 100 per cent start to the season and winning their 14th consecutive Premier League match.

    Anfield was stunned into silence in glorious sunshine on Merseyside as Newcastle’s Jetro Willems sent a thunderous strike into the top corner to give the visitors a shock seventh-minute lead.

    The crowd were getting anxious as league leaders Liverpool were wasteful in possession, but the pressure never relented as Andrew Robertson set up Mane, who brilliantly equalised in the 28th minute.

    Liverpool had won each of their previous four home league games in which they conceded first.

    And 12 minutes later they had turned another match on its head as Roberto Firmino’s trickery set up Mane to give the hosts the lead at the second attempt.

    Mane’s second strike meant Liverpool had scored two or more goals in 14 consecutive league games, equalling the Premier League record set by Manchester City in 2011.
    Egyptian forward Salah added a third goal in the second half.

    There was no coming back for Newcastle as Liverpool strolled to their fifth straight win this term to move five points clear of second-placed Manchester City.

    City visit newly-promoted Norwich City later on Saturday.

  • Liverpool, without Coutinho, out to halt Man City march

    The form table suggests Liverpool have realistic hopes of disrupting Manchester City’s waltz towards the Premier League title when they meet on Sunday, although they must quickly learn how to cope without Philippe Coutinho.

    The Brazilian playmaker completed a 142 million-pound ($192 million) move to Barcelona on Monday, meaning Juergen Klopp’s “fab four” up front is now just a three.

    Unbeaten City are 15 points clear at the top of the table, having scored more goals than anybody with 64, but fourth-placed Liverpool come second on that count with 50.

    Klopp’s side are unbeaten in 17 games in all competitions since they were thrashed 4-1 by Tottenham on Oct. 22.

    Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah is set to return from injury and he and Sadio Mane are likely to play either side of striker Roberto Firmino.

    Although Coutinho will no longer be able to provide the trio with ammunition, they still have the speed and guile to trouble Pep Guardiola’s side at the back.

    Former Liverpool midfielder Jason McAteer believes the Reds can get at City’s defense.

    “We know Manchester City’s quality, we know that they’re running away with (the league) at the minute, but I think, on their day, Liverpool can match anybody,” McAteer told the Liverpool website.

    “They’re so good going forward. You’ve got to be (wary) of the attacking prowess that they’ve got, but there are areas of weakness.

    “If you can get in between the lines and at the two centre-halves, which I feel we can, then there are chances and goals there.”

    City, however, will look to repeat their dominant 5-0 victory over Liverpool at the Etihad in September, although they will be without injured striker Gabriel Jesus, who scored a brace that day.

    This time they will have Virgil van Dijk in their way with the Liverpool defender set to make his Premier League debut after his move from Southampton.

    Van Dijk enjoyed a dramatic debut for his new team in the FA Cup, scoring late on against Everton to earn Liverpool a derby victory.

    City’s Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne said his team would just focus on their own performance.

    “We go there to win the game, “he said.

    “They will have a very strong team and they want to be there for the Champions League (places).

    “We just try to do the things that we do well and then we will see what happens.”

    Second-placed Manchester United host Stoke City on Monday, the visitors currently without a coach after sacking Mark Hughes following their FA Cup defeat by League Two Coventry City.

    Coach Eddie Niedzwiecki is in temporary charge of the team for the trip to Old Trafford, with Jose Mourinho’s side anxious to keep ahead of the chasing pack behind Manchester City.

    The Portuguese has been embroiled in a war of words with Chelsea coach Antonio Conte, whose side host Leicester City on Saturday, when a victory would see them provisionally move above United into second.

    Tottenham host Everton on Saturday and Arsenal travel to Bournemouth on Sunday.

    Crystal Palace face Burnley, Huddersfield meet West Ham United and Newcastle United entertain Swansea City in other weekend matches.

  • Liverpool fly Senegalese striker, Mane back from AFCON on private jet

    Liverpool FC have arranged for a private jet to fly Senegalese striker Sadio Mane back from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Gabon.

    This is to give him a chance of facing English Premier League leaders Chelsea FC at Anfield on Tuesday.

    Mane is available again after Senegal lost 4-5 on penalty kicks to Cameroon in the quarter-finals on Saturday.

    The 24-year-old former Southampton player missed the crucial penalty kick for Senegal with scores at 4-4 and Cameroon yet to take their final kick.

    Liverpool have won only one game since he left for international duty after a 2-2 draw at Sunderland on Jan. 2.

    They were knocked out of the EFL Cup by Mane’s former club on Wednesday, then eliminated from the FA Cup by Championship side Wolves on Saturday.

    The Reds will check on Mane’s fitness before making any decision on his involvement in Tuesday’s game against Chelsea, who are 10 points ahead of them.

  • Liverpool plans Ox bid

    Liverpool will make a bid for Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain when the transfer window opens, Sky sources understand.

    The England international joined Arsenal from Southampton in August 2011 but has struggled to hold down a first-team place due to form and injuries.

    However, the 23-year-old made an encouraging start to this season, scoring six goals in 23 appearances before another injury setback.

    The player’s current contract expires at the end of next season but he could be on the move earlier than that, with Liverpool understood to be preparing an offer when the window opens on January 1.

    Oxlade-Chamberlain was a guest on Goals on Sunday in October and revealed he is at the stage of his career where he may need to move away from the Emirates in order to play more.

    He has not completed 90 minutes for Arsenal this season as he has competed with players such as Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez for attacking midfield roles.

    Liverpool, who declined to comment on interest in Oxlade-Chamberlain, have also been linked with a move for Spartak Moscow’s Netherlands international winger Quincy Promes.