By: Joshua Odametey Both sides famously contested the 2012 edition where Chelsea cruised to a 2-1 victory. A win will make either Thomas Tuchel or Jurgen Norbert Klopp the first German manager to annex the world’s oldest football competition a brainchild of Charles William Alcock. Bernard Carl Trautmann, Markus Babbel, Jens Gerhard Lehmann, Dietmar Johan Wolfgang Hamann, Michael Ballack, Per ...
Liverpool have met Bayern Munich twice in the European Cup, eliminating them from the semi-final in 1981 and the round of 16 in 2019 on the way to winning the trophy on both occasions. Their only meeting with Manchester City in the competition saw them win 5-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals in 2018, while they have a mixed record ...
Arsenal will host title chasers, Liverpool, in the Premier League on Wednesday night at Emirate Stadium Arsenal vs Liverpool predicted line-ups Arsenal’s predicted line-up (4-2-3-1): Aaron Ramsdale; Cedric Soares, Ben White, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kieran Tierney; Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka; Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Emile Smith Rowe; Alexandre Lacazette. Liverpool’s predicted line-up (4-3-3): Alisson; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Virgil van Dijk, ...
Former Tottenham Hotspur star Emmanuel Adebayor feels that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang does not have a way back into the current Arsenal FC side. The last time the Gabon captain played for the Gunners was on December 6 as came on as a substitute in the team’s 2-1 defeat to Everton in a Premier League clash at Goodison Park. Aubameyang was then ...
Not shying away from his opinion, the Black stars coach Milovan Rajevac has state decision from the world football govering body FIFA to have allow clubs to keep their players amidst this season of AFCON, have Affected plans of the black stars. Giving to a decision from FIFA, the senior national team the black stars of Ghana appears will be ...
Liverpool’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Arsenal on Thursday has been postponed because of a “severe outbreak of Covid” at the Anfield club. The Reds temporarily closed their first-team training centre on Wednesday after assistant manager Pep Lijnders became the latest to have to isolate. The first leg will now be at Anfield on 13 January and the second ...
Liverpool assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders has called on forwards Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, and midfielder Naby Keita to try and win the Africa Cup of Nations. The Reds assistant coach urges on the African trio to fight for the continental trophy when it kicks off in Cameroon on January 9. The 33rd edition of the African competition will kick off ...
Jurgen Klopp will miss Liverpool’s trip to Chelsea after becoming the latest Premier League manager to test positive for coronavirus. Klopp returned a positive Covid test on Saturday morning, and will therefore be absent from the touchline at Stamford Bridge. Assistant manager Pep Lijnders will take charge of the team, with three other staff members, as yet unnamed, also set ...
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp claims his side are used to the challenge of trying to battle with Manchester City in the Premier League title race. “It’s not mentally draining, we are used to that,” said Klopp. “You asked us two years ago when we were quite a few points ahead you said, ‘Oh no, City can do ridiculous things. “They can win ...
Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that three first-team players have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of Liverpool’s trip to Chelsea though they are as yet unnamed. The Reds head to Stamford Bridge on Sunday, but it is unclear who will be able to take to the pitch for the first game of 2022. Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday, ...