Sunday’s 2-1 victory over Wolves, in which they endured a nail-biting last 25 minutes after the visitors scored, was the sixth match the Premier League leaders have won by the margin of one goal. The Dutchman has his own experience of winning a title with Feyenoord two years ago but inherited a dressing room full … Read more
City’s bid for a record fifth successive Premier League title collapsed during a miserable autumn run and they now trail the leaders from Merseyside by 16 points. Yet even if the Reds do go on to secure the crown, they now cannot match the record haul City achieved in winning the first of Guardiola’s six … Read more
“We won the league at Goodison Park,” chorused the Liverpool supporters, eyeing a nine-point lead at the Premier League summit, imagining Mohamed Salah had scored the final goal in this fixture at the most historic of grounds. They probably still will win the league. Yet it was Everton who ended up revelling, Everton who conjured … Read more
Liverpool boss Arne Slot gambled with a weakened side in Devon and literally paid the penalty as Ryan Hardie’s second-half spot-kick gave Plymouth a famous 1-0 win and sent them into the fifth round of the competition. It was only the fourth time that the team starting the day at the top of the Premier … Read more
Alexander-Arnold out of Carabao Cup semi-final, says Slot Liverpool will be without vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold for their Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Tottenham. The right-back will miss out with a thigh problem he sustained in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Bournemouth and which makes him a doubt for Sunday’s FA Cup tie against Plymouth. Alexander-Arnold … Read more
After shuffling his pack in midweek at PSV Eindhoven, Arne Slot has elected to field the same XI that began the 4-1 win over Ipswich Town last weekend. The Reds’ ranks are bolstered by the returns of Curtis Jones, Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez on the bench. Liverpool: Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Mac … Read more
The trio are all out of contract in the summer and Salah, in particular, has made numerous public comments and earlier this month said a breakthrough in negotiations was “far away”. Speculation continues to link him with a mega-money move to the Saudi Pro League and on Thursday the country’s sports minister Prince Abdulaziz bin … Read more
Harvey Elliott of Liverpool celebrates with teammate Federico Chiesa after scoring his team’s winning goal. Picture: Liverpool FC via Getty Images On a night of one historic achievement for Liverpool, injury-time drama in Lisbon meant they will have to wait a little longer for another. As they surpassed the defensive efforts of any of their … Read more
The midfielder – who provided the assist for Mohamed Salah’s opener in the Champions League league-phase win – picked up the issue during the first half and was unable to continue following the break. Slot did confirm, however, the substitutions of Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai were pre-planned, while the decision to take off Conor … Read more
Conor Bradley and Jarell Quansah come into the Reds’ line-up at Anfield, while there is also a return for Curtis Jones. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Cody Gakpo, Ibrahima Konate and Alexis Mac Allister are the players who make way from the team deployed at Brentford on Saturday. Liverpool: Alisson, Van Dijk, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Nunez, Salah, Jones, Tsimikas, … Read more