Author: Soccerhuz
The club’s manager, Rob Edwards, has now commented too, saying: “A statement has gone out from the football club and I want to apologise as well.” It’s worth noting that Edwards isn’t in any way at fault. He added: “We don’t condone that, of course, and there’s an investigation going on at the moment.” Meanwhile, an internal investigation is ongoing at Luton and the FA has been in contact with Bedfordshire Police to “seek observations” and “further details.” Unfortunately, these incidents are commonplace when Liverpool play and can be heard at nearly every match, with varying numbers taking part. Luton‘s response was…
The Reds could only draw 1-1 at Luton last weekend, followed by a 3-2 defeat away to Toulouse, and improvements are clearly required in their latest Premier League outing. Some fans were getting nervous when we had only had one win in two-and-a-half months, but the truth is, we lost not one but TWO massive players for us; Ivan Toney and Rico Henry with a season-long knee injury. Any team will struggle if you lose players so integral to the way that they play, but we have managed to adapt. The players who have stepped in, even though they may not be Toney and…
Roberto Firmino has revealed the truth behind Mohamed Salah taking his No.11 shirt at Liverpool in 2017. It was long assumed that Firmino’s selflessness allowed Salah to claim his number following the Egyptian winger’s £36.9million transfer from Roma six years ago. Firmino had been Liverpool’s No.11 since joining the Reds during Brendan Rodgers ‘ final few months as manager in the summer of 2015, quickly becoming a fan favourite once Jurgen Klopp had taken over. But Salah ended up sporting the iconic number from the beginning of the 2017-18 season, a campaign which sparked the club’s greatest period of success since their mid-1980s heyday. After leaving Liverpool this past summer to join Saudi…
After snatching a late draw against newcomers Luton last weekend, a much-changed side slipped to their first Europa League defeat at Toulouse in midweek. Liverpool have failed to win only five of 17 matches this season and they have a 100 per cent record in eight at Anfield in all competitions but Klopp knows they have to avoid unnecessary hiccups like those of the last few days. “Things are going in the right direction but we are not there yet. We are not as stable as I wish but that’s normal as well,” he said. “Generally we are in a positive situation and it…
Liverpool will be hopeful that Virgil van Dijk can recover from illness in time for their clash against Brentford after he missed their Europa League defeat .The Reds captain remained on Merseyside for their trip to Toulouse on Thursday as their 100 per cent record in Europe was broken in a 3-2 defeat. Questions over their away form, which has seen them fail to win four out of their last clashes outside of L4, will be put on hold with Thomas Frank’s side in town. They will be looking to continue their unbeaten start at Anfield this season after recent wins over Everton and Nottingham Forest as…
“It was well deserved to lose because they won pretty much all the decisive challenges, battles,” Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said after his side fell 3-2 to a Toulouse side that sits one point above the relegation places in Ligue 1. “We have too many situations where we should have won the ball but we didn’t.” If this was the Reds’ biggest issue in Thursday’s night defeat — their first of the season in the Europa League — then it follows that midfielder Wataru Endō was among those most culpable. Endō failed to win any of the five ground duels…
Liverpool doesn’t quite have a midfield crisis on its hands against Brentford, but it certainly has a conundrum. With Alexis Mac Allister suspended due to an accumulation of yellow cards, Jürgen Klopp’s go-to man in the number six role is unavailable, and a couple of other candidates are missing too. Injury looks set to keep Curtis Jones out, while Ryan Gravenberch is also a doubt. The former has been used as a number six at Liverpool in the past, while Klopp has previously said that the latter has the qualities to play there. Despite losing up to three options, the most obvious alternative is…
Wataru Endo faced criticism for his performance against Toulouse, but Jurgen Klopp insists the midfielder will “definitely start games in the Premier League.” With Alexis Mac Allister suspended for the visit of Brentford on Sunday, the expectation is that Endo will come in as deep-lying midfielder. That set up Thursday’s clash with Toulouse as an opportunity to impress and build rhythm, but the Japan captain struggled and, having already been booked, was brought off at half-time. Mac Allister will miss the game either way, but this has now thrown Endo’s chances of starting into question. But speaking in a pre-Brentford press conference recorded before the 3-2 Europa League defeat,…
History-making hat-trick Ange Postecoglou has been named Premier League Manager of the Month for the month of October. It completes a hat-trick of gongs for the Tottenham head coach, who was MOTM in August and September too. It’s the first time any manager in history has won the award for the first three months of a Premier League season. The Australian was given the gong after guiding Spurs to three wins from their three league matches in October. Tricky situation David Moyes says managers outside of the Premier League’s big guns don’t want speak out about VAR controversies, because they…
Luis Diaz will return to Colombia later this month following the release of his father, Luis Manuel Diaz, who spent almost two weeks kidnapped by the ELN. There were emotional scenes on Thursday as Diaz Sr. was reunited with his family, including wife Cilenis Marulanda, after 13 days in captivity. Absent was his son and namesake, who instead remained in the UK throughout the ordeal as he was advised it was not safe to return to Colombia. Diaz started in Liverpool’s 3-2 defeat to Toulouse, the first time he had done so since both his parents were kidnapped by terrorist group…