Author: successsport360
Liverpool had to wait 30 years in between their last two league title wins. 1990 to 2020 was a long old time for supporters. It wasn’t as though the Reds didn’t come close during the intervening years, though. Many title challenges were launched, none successfully. One of the closest came in 2008/09, when Liverpool finished just four points behind Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United. That was a United team packed with quality. Just look through the list of names: Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez, Dimitar Berbatov and it goes on. As it happens, the Liverpool squad also wasn’t too…
Arne Slot has proclaimed that one player at Liverpool now ‘needs’ more game-time on the pitch, having just been handed his first appearance of the season. The Reds’ 3-1 win over AC Milan on Tuesday night saw Federico Chiesa handed a four-minute stoppage time cameo off the bench for his club debut after his transfer from Juventus last month, with the 26-year-old being introduced gently after he was frozen out of the Turin side’s pre-season plans. Speaking to beIN SPORTS after the victory at the San Siro (via Liverpool Echo), the head coach hinted that some of the players who…
Manchester City midfielder may have dominated the football headlines for his comments on players being forced to play too many matches but fans may have missed his comments about two Liverpool legends. He is already considered as one of the best midfielders in the world after a stellar career with City and he is currently among the favourites to win this year’s Ballon d’Or award after triumphing in the Premier League and European Championships with Spain in the summer. Blessed with plenty of technical ability, vision, quality and a high football IQ, he makes Pep Guardiola’s side tick. Recent days…
With Mohamed Salah’s future up in the air, Liverpool are linked with a number of right wingers and the latest name in the lime light is Viktor Tsygankov. As per an exclusive story covered by Caught Offside, the Reds want to lure the Ukrainian attacker and are also interested in his Girona team-mate, Miguel Gutierrez. As per the news source, the Liverpool scouts were in attendance to watch Viktor Tsygankov in last night’s Champions League contest against Paris Saint-Germain. The Ligue 1 champions won the contest 1-0 in France. The 26-year-old winger was brilliant for Girona in the last campaign…
There isn’t much that Virgil van Dijk hasn’t seen and experienced during his career, but even he seemed to be nearly bowled over by the noise emanating from the travelling Liverpool fans after the win over AC Milan on Tuesday night. As the players made their way off the pitch after the final whistle, the Dutchman’s familiar chant was being bellowed out from the away support at the San Siro, and our captain duly soaked up the adoration. Footage shared by LFC’s social media channels shows the 33-year-old applauding his team’s supporters and, at one stage, pointing towards them with…
Arne Slotis up and running as the head coach of Liverpool in Europe after his side kicked off their Champions League campaign with a 3-1 win at AC Milan on Tuesday. Goals from Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai sealed the points after Christian Pulisic’s third-minute opener on what was Slot’s 46th birthday. It means the Reds have started superbly in the revamped, restructured Champions League and they now play Bologna next on October 2 at Anfield. But you knew all of that, of course. What you might have missed, however, were a series of intriguing subplots throughout…
Arne Slot doesn’t do booming statements when he speaks to the media, but the Liverpool boss struck the perfect note when asked by an Italian journalist about AC Milan’s vaunted reputation in the bowels of the San Siro on Monday evening. While maintaining a healthy level of respect for the seven-time champions of Europe and one of the great names of the world game, Slot insisted that lofty standing did little to intimidate a Liverpool team aiming for back to back wins against the Rossoneri in their own backyard. “The word scared was used in the translation,” Slot said “I…
Saturday was a right kick in the proverbials for Liverpool. But they can’t afford to mope about it now – they need a reaction. I was watching the game on television and early in the second half I could smell what was coming. It stank. I turned to the person I was watching with and said “we could lose this”. So it proved. You have to give Nottingham Forest credit. They defended absolutely brilliantly and did a great job at shutting down Liverpool, and we only managed a few good chances. Once Forest went ahead, I couldn’t see where the…
Michael Owen is still paying the price for his notorious decision to sign for Manchester United – having admitted he’s cried when returning to Anfield. The former England striker, 44, is one of Liverpool’s most famed academy graduates and went on to become one of the best forwards in the world in his eight-year stay at the club. Owen scored 158 goals in 297 games for the Reds but departed Anfield for Real Madrid in 2004 before returning to England just a year later in a £15million deal to Newcastle. After an injury-hit three years with the Magpies, Owen shocked…
Paul Scholes has suspicions about Arne Slot’s opinion on Trent Alexander-Arnold following the player’s performance in Liverpool’s victory at Manchester United. The newly appointed Reds manager is enjoying a flying start in Merseyside as he’s bagged three consecutive wins, the latest being an emphatic 3-0 at Old Trafford. However, his decision to replace a seemingly frustrated Alexander-Arnold during the 2-0 win over Brentford has raised eyebrows regarding the possibility of tension between him and the player. On a recent episode of The Overlap, brought to you by Sky Bet, Scholes highlighted Alexander-Arnold’s impressive Nations League performances against Ireland and Finland…