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Liverpool take on RB Leipzig in their third game of this season’s Champions League, with Alexis Mac Allister one of three changes to the starting lineup. Two from two in the Champions League and 10 from 11 under Arne Slot overall, the Reds head to the Red Bull Arena on a run of seven consecutive wins. They come up against a Leipzig side in mixed form, including defeats in both of their European outings so far, but Liverpool will not underestimate their opponents. Caoimhin Kelleher is tasked with keeping a clean sheet in the second game of his stint in…
A number of rotational options are unavailable to Arne Slot as Liverpool prepare for their third Champions League game of the season, with injuries starting to pile up. Wednesday evening represents a meeting of the early domestic league leaders, as Liverpool meet Bundesliga’s current joint-frontrunners Leipzig on their home soil. Both teams head into the fixture off the back of a victory, and with injuries to consider throughout their squad. It leaves question marks over how Slot will approach a game that precedes a trip to Arsenal. Here’s how he could look to set up in Germany. Liverpool named a…
Given the criticism that has come from accepting a new role as Red Bull’s global head of football over the last two weeks, Jurgen Klopp would have been forgiven for grimacing at the Champions League fixture list for match-day three. Barely a fortnight after Klopp was confirmed as returning to football from January onwards, the legendary former Liverpool manager knows there will be plenty of chatter about his new venture when the team he won the European Cup with five years ago visit the crown jewel of his new employers’ five-club stable on Wednesday night. Klopp faced criticism from supporters…
If it wasn’t clear already, there can now be absolutely no doubt. This is very much Arne Slot’s Liverpool team. We are getting used to watching a different kind of football from the Reds now. No longer do we play like we did under Jurgen Klopp, when there was a lot of gegenpressing, plenty of energy and the occasional bouts of chaos. During the first couple of games under Slot, I thought his style wasn’t too dissimilar to that of his predecessor. But it definitely is now. The Dutchman would appear to prefer a very strategic and more worked-out approach,…
Dominik Szoboszlai admits he is still some way short of being happy with his Liverpool this season but believes he is doing “the dirty job” for Arne Slot as the advanced midfielder. Slot called on the Hungary captain to add more goals and assists to his game last month when the Reds boss previewed the Champions League trip to AC Milan and the midfielder has registered just one strike this term, which came against the Italian giants in the Champions League. Szoboszlai says he can improve on what he is contributing so far but thinks he is doing a lot…
Liverpool supporters were left begging Mohamed Salah’s agent to ensure his client signs a new deal with the club after he posted a rare statement on X on Monday afternoon. Salah has just months remaining on a club record contract he signed in 2022 and can talk to clubs outside of England in January. The Egyptian has been in fine form for Liverpool this season, scoring seven goals and recording six assists as the Reds have won all but one of their opening 11 games under new head coach Arne Slot. Salah’s latest strike, from the penalty spot against Chelsea,…
Liverpool will be most likely be without Diogo Jota for the Champions League clash in Germany after the Portugal forward missed the open training session at the AXA Training Ground ahead of the game. The Reds will fly to Germany immediately after for the tie, which takes place on Wednesday night. Jota was substituted after a collision with Chelsea defender Tosin on Sunday afternoon during the 2-1 win over the Londoners, with replacement Darwin Nunez impressing and now expected to feature in Leipzig. Another forward option, Federico Chiesa, remains missing and has now sat out the wins over Bologna and…
Liverpool are being linked with a new forward and centre-back ahead of the January transfer window. The Reds made two signings during the summer with Federico Chiesa and Giorgi Mamardashvili, with the latter spending the season on loan at Valencia. Despite only two players being signed in the summer, Liverpool were linked with adding even more players to their squad. That is now the case for January, where rumours are already beginning to swirl about the players that could be signed by the Reds in the New Year. On the pitch, Liverpool are currently top of the Premier League after…
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says the injury suffered by defender Riccardo Calafiori during the 1-0 win against Shakhtar Donetsk is “a bit of a worry”. The Italian, who joined from Bologna in a summer deal worth up to £42m, went off in the second half of Tuesday’s Champions League game after seemingly twisting his right knee. Arsenal are already without key attacking players Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka, while defender Jurrien Timber is also injured. “He felt something, he could not continue playing,” Arteta said of Calafiori. “It is a bit of a worry.” The Gunners, who are third in…
A few days ago, there was speculation that Novak Djokovic would withdraw from the last Masters 1000 of the year. Now, it has been officially confirmed that the Serbian will not be present at Paris-Bercy, a decision that doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Therefore, his absence from the French tournament reinforces the idea that he probably won’t aim for the ATP Finals this 2024 either. Nole could have wrapped up his season after Shanghai and the Six Kings Slam exhibition, as his main goal of the year has already been achieved: the coveted gold at the Olympic Games.…