Football: Salah condemns Gerrard’s Villa to defeat on Liverpool return
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – Steven Gerrard’s return to Anfield as Aston Villa manager ended in a 1-0 defeat by Liverpool with a 67th minute Mohamed Salah penalty keeping the Merseysiders a point behind Premier League leaders Manchester City. There was little fanfare for Gerrard, the Liverpool-born former captain and Champions League winner, as he took... » read more
Football: Watford inflict more misery on Man United as Chelsea, Liverpool cruise
LIVERPOOL (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is clinging to his job as Manchester United manager after a 4-1 thrashing at Watford on Saturday (Nov 20) as Chelsea cruised to victory at Leicester to stretch their Premier League lead to four points. Liverpool moved up to second by ending Arsenal’s 10-match unbeaten run with ease, winning... » read more
Football: Solskjaer offers perfect response to the doom-mongers
LONDON (REUTERS) – A week can be an awfully long time in soccer as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer showed on Saturday (Oct 30) with an impressive riposte to those who predicted his Old Trafford days were numbered. Last weekend’s humiliating 5-0 home defeat by Liverpool produced a typically hysterical response from fans and media alike, but... » read more
Football: Brentford deny Liverpool in six-goal share of the spoils
BRENTFORD, UNITED KINGDOM (AFP) – Liverpool twice blew the lead as a thrilling 3-3 draw at Brentford on Saturday (Sept 25) saw Jurgen Klopp’s men edge just one point clear at the top of the Premier League. Defeats for Chelsea and Manchester United earlier in the day propelled Liverpool to the top of the table... » read more
Football: Klopp hails Mane’s 100th Liverpool goal as ‘massive achievement’
LIVERPOOL (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp saluted Sadio Mane after the Senegal star’s 100th Liverpool goal inspired a 3-0 win against Crystal Palace that sent his side top of the Premier League on Saturday (Sept 18). Mane’s milestone strike came in his 224th appearance for the Reds, breaking Palace’s rearguard action late in the first half... » read more
Football: Salah joins 100 club as Liverpool win at Leeds in match marred by Elliott injury
LEEDS (REUTERS) – Mohamed Salah’s 100th Premier League goal helped Liverpool cruise to a 3-0 victory at 10-man Leeds United on Sunday (Sept 12) in a match that was marred by a nasty injury to teenager Harvey Elliott. After a lightning-fast start to the game, Salah became the 30th player to join the Premier League’s... » read more
Football: Liverpool held by 10-man Chelsea, Man City pile on misery for Arsenal
LONDON (AFP) – Ten-man Chelsea held on for a 1-1 draw at Liverpool after Reece James’ controversial dismissal, while Mikel Arteta urged his Arsenal flops to “look in the mirror” after a dismal 5-0 thrashing at Manchester City on Saturday (Aug 28). European champions Chelsea took the lead through Kai Havertz’s looping header from James’s... » read more
Football: Ten-man Chelsea hold out for 1-1 draw at Liverpool
LIVERPOOL (AFP) – Chelsea held out with 10 men for the entire second-half to frustrate Liverpool as the first heavyweight clash of the Premier League season between two title contenders ended 1-1 at Anfield on Saturday (Aug 28). Kai Havertz’s looping header put the visitors in front before Reece James was sent-off in first-half stoppage... » read more
Football: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp tells ‘idiot’ fans to stop homophobic chanting
LONDON (AFP) – Manager Jurgen Klopp told Liverpool fans on Thursday (Aug 19) to stop their homophobic chanting, labelling those who did during the 3-0 Premier League victory at Norwich last Saturday as “idiots”. Choruses of “Chelsea rent boy” – aimed at Billy Gilmour who is on loan at Norwich from the Champions League holders... » read more
Football: Liverpool cruise past Norwich in opener
NORWICH (REUTERS) – Liverpool eased into the new Premier League season as goals by Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah earned them a 3-0 victory at promoted Norwich City on Saturday (Aug 14). With defensive linchpin Virgil van Dijk back after nine months out with a serious knee injury, Liverpool enjoyed a relatively trouble-free... » read more
Football: Liverpool keeper Alisson signs six-year contract extension
LONDON (AFP) – Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker signed a six-year contract extension with the Premier League club on Wednesday (Aug 4). Brazil’s Alisson has established himself as one of the world’s top keepers since arriving at Anfield from Roma for £66 million in 2018. He has won the Champions League, the Premier League and the... » read more
Football: Mane double secures Champions League spot for Liverpool
LIVERPOOL (AFP) – Liverpool secured a place in next season’s Champions League by sweeping aside Crystal Palace 2-0 as 10,000 fans returned to Anfield on Sunday (May 23). Sadio Mane struck either side of half-time as the Reds registered an eighth win in their final 10 games of the season to finish third in the... » read more
Football: Silver lining to Liverpool’s traumatic season
LIVERPOOL – It was a happy ending for Liverpool, if not for Roy Hodgson. Jurgen Klopp’s side are champions no more but a traumatic season nonetheless ends with them returning to the Champions League. They and Chelsea took the Premier League’s final two spots on Monday (May 24), with Thomas Tuchel’s team limping over the... » read more
Football: Late Llorente header earns Leeds draw with Liverpool
LEEDS (REUTERS) – An 87th-minute header from defender Diego Llorente gave Leeds United a 1-1 home draw with Liverpool in the Premier League on Monday (April 19) after the home side staged a protest against the breakaway Super League prior to the kickoff. Leeds players came out for their warm-up wearing shirts emblazoned with the... » read more
Football: Real Madrid’s Vinicius at the double to rattle Liverpool
MADRID (AFP) – Vinicius Junior scored twice as Real Madrid made Liverpool pay for more defensive errors on Tuesday (April 6), a 3-1 victory putting them in sight of the Champions League semi-finals. Vinicius and Marco Asensio both profited in the first half after darting behind Liverpool’s makeshift back-line before a simple move from a... » read more
Football: Liverpool manager Klopp plays down revenge talk ahead of Real Madrid clash
LIVERPOOL (REUTERS) – Liverpool are not on a revenge mission when they visit Real Madrid’s for Tuesday’s (April 6) Champions League quarter-final first leg and will only focus on getting another step closer to a seventh European crown, manager Jurgen Klopp said. Real Madrid ran out 3-1 winners against Liverpool in their last meeting in... » read more
Football: Real Madrid can host Liverpool in Spain after flight restrictions lifted
MADRID (REUTERS) – Real Madrid’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at home to Liverpool in April will not have to be moved abroad after the Spanish government said on Tuesday (March 23) it would lift restrictions on flights from Britain at the end of this month. The restrictions began in December over concerns about a... » read more