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The Reds will be without the super star for their midweek trip to Southampton in the League Cup quarter-finals as he serves a one-match suspension. Robertson has come in for criticism in some sections following the red card, with onlookers pointing towards his sub-par performances at times this season. The player himself publicly admitted that people had ‘written me off’ after a difficult showing against Arsenal back in October. However, Van Dijk pointed to the knee injury that Robertson had suffered in the first minute against Fulham as he shared his hope that his fellow defender could avoid an extended…
It’s an unfortunate truth of football that one team’s loss is always another team’s gain. Premier League sides raiding teams that have been relegated is a tale as old as time. And whilst the Premier League relegation race is still a complete open book, it is worth keeping an eye on the areas Liverpool could strengthen should a team go down. With the sacking of former Liverpool coach Gary O’Neil as Wolves manager today, the outlook for the Midlanders isn’t good. It is also surprising because their team is littered with some very good individual players. But none have been…
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot took a sarcastic swipe at match referee Tony Harrington after the 2-2 draw with Fulham. Harrington made numerous bad calls that tilted the game in favour of the West London club, eventually costing two points. Fulham survived two red card incidents in the first 10 minutes of the game as Harrington showed leniency towards them. Both the tackles from Fulham’s Issa Diop and Andreas Perreira involved harmful recklessness with no desire to play the ball. While referees sometimes face unfair criticism for subjective decisions, some of their calls are objectively wrong. Harrington produced a straight…
The 24-year-old full-back broke through the youth academy of Fulham as a youngster, making his first team debut at the age of just 16 during a 2016 EFL Cup game against Leyton Orient. After three full years at the London side and with 123 senior appearances under his belt, Sessegnon received a wealth of interest after catching the attention of a number of Premier League giants. Manchester United were reported to have touched base with the Craven Cottage faithful in May 2019, with hopes of bringing the rising talent to Old Trafford – while Spurs and Juventus were also thought…
Liverpool legend Craig Johnston was left in tears during an heart-warming interview as he made a long-awaited return to Anfield for the Reds’ 2-2 draw with Fulham. The 64-year-old made 271 appearances during seven years with the club, scoring 40 goals. A five-time league champion with Liverpool, he also scored in the Reds’ 3-1 FA Cup final victory over Everton in 1986, won the European Cup in 1984 and lifted two League Cups. However, his Anfield career came to a premature end in 1988 as he essentially retired to instead look after his sister, Faye, who had fallen seriously ill…
The Liverpool full-back saw his poor touched pounced on by Fulham’s Harry Wilson, who he then tripped – with the ball breaking to Raul Jimenez who couldn’t find a way beyond Alisson Becker in the Anfield goal. However referee Tony Harrington pulled play back and showed the Scotland full-back a straight red card – just 17 minutes into the match, with Arne Slot’s men already a goal behind. The decision to show Robertson red for denying a clear goal scoring opportunity – despite Jimenez still having the chance to find the net – sparked plenty of debate in the BBC’s…
Arne Slot has responded to the criticism Darwin Nunez has received across social media, with the Liverpool boss rightly pointing out its fickle nature. Nunez has been a big talking point this season having scored three goals in 19 games, with the No. 9 struggling to seize his opportunities. He has his fair share of critics and social media has been used as a vessel to air frustrations, with Nunez then taking to it himself to pledge “resiliencia.” During his press conference on Friday, Slot defended his striker and insisted he “adds something to the team,” then behind-closed-doors hit the…
Arne Slot offered a somewhat cryptic response when asked if he was surprised Fulham‘s Issa Diop avoided a red card at Anfield, but we can read between the lines. Within the first 17 minutes at Anfield, Andy Robertson was sent off, Fulham took the lead and were lucky to have 11 men on the pitch after two red card-worthy challenges. Within 90 seconds, Diop had Robertson clutching at his knee after raking his studs on the left-back before Andreas Pereira did the same to Ryan Gravenberch‘s ankle prior to scoring. Instead, it was Liverpool who went down to 10 men…
Virgil van Dijk did not want to make a big deal of the referee after Liverpool twice came back to draw against Fulham, but he felt the official was a “little nervous.” To say Saturday’s game was dramatic and controversial would be an understatement. Andy Robertson was the only player shown a red card after being deemed to have denied a goalscoring opportunity, but two reckless tackles from Fulham players were overlooked. Referee Tony Harrington did not quite have a handle on the occasion, and it showed. It was the obvious talking point after the match. Van Dijk spoke to…
Arne Slot and his Liverpool side dropped points for just the fourth time this season after their 1-1 draw with Fulham at Anfield. Andy Robertson’s red card in the first half completely changed the complexion of the task for Liverpool, even if they often still .looked like a team playing with 11. Fulham have been excellent this season but Liverpool were still the better side with and without the ball. Unfortunately from Slot’s perspective, his side weren’t able to deliver a dramatic 3-2 win in the dying moments, when it felt as if the home side were playing with 12,…