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Liverpool will look to maintain their position at the top of the Premier League table as they embark on a tricky trip to Nottingham Forest this weekend. Fixtures continue to come in thick and fast for Jurgen Klopp‘s depleted Reds, but they’re ticking along very nicely in all four competitions they’re contesting. Liverpool lifted the Carabao Cup at the weekend by beating Chelsea and followed that up by cruising into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 3-0 win over Southampton at Anfield. Now, the Anfield side will take on the Premier League’s other Reds, who must pick themselves up quickly…
John Barnes believes that Liverpool’s current academy is up there in the best in the world for one reason – and that it betters the likes of Chelsea’s. This season has seen a breakthrough of young stars into the first-team squad under Jurgen Klopp, culminating with the EFL Cup final as Jurgen Klopp entrusted six academy products against Chelsea. Bobby Clark, James McConnell, Jarell Quansah, Harvey Elliott, Conor Bradley and Jayden Danns all helped deliver a domestic trophy. In fact, since Klopp’s arrival, he has given 86 players their LFC debut, 54 of whom were aged 21 or younger, and…
There are myriad reasons Liverpool’s extraordinary fifth European Cup triumph will be remembered and celebrated by supporters for as long as the club exists. The miraculous fightback from three goals down at half-time against a star-studded AC Milan side, the Reds regaining their crown as Kings of Europe after a long 21-year wait, and Rafa Benitez’s side blunting the taunts of Everton fans cock-a-hoop at their side finishing above Liverpool and qualifying for the Champions League play-offs to name but three. That redemptive aspect also applies to a fair few of the Liverpool players who wrote themselves into immortality on…
Liverpool’s injury situation continues to threaten their Premier League title charge. The Reds make the trip to Nottingham Forest on Saturday after keeping up their dreams of winning four trophies this season. The youngsters helped deliver a 1-0 win over Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley before they played an even bigger part in a 3-0 victory against Southampton to move into the FA Cup quarter-finals. Liverpool currently sit a point above Manchester City and two ahead of Arsenal and there if little, if any, room to slip up. Jurgen Klopp requires some of his key performers to…
It’s no secret that the 2024 NFL Draft is going to be vital in the New England Patriots’ rebuilding efforts, but any uncertainty main into the match already appears to be dissipating. The Patriots reportedly understand what they’d like to do. Karen Guregian, Mark Daniels and Chris Mason of MassLive, citing sources, claim New England is “zeroing in” on a precise layout that will reshape the QB room at One Patriot Place. The Patriots, in accordance to Guregian, Daniels and Mason, are planning to choose a quarterback with the No. 3 pick out in the draft. They also intend on…
It’s been a rough three seasons for Mac Jones, and a change of surroundings outside of the Patriots could advantage the 25-year-old. The Athletic’s Chad Graff and Jeff Howe on Thursday launched a report on what they’ve heard in Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine this week, and buying and selling away Jones was viewed in NFL circles as “a at the same time really useful move.” “People close to the crew stated Mac Jones should benefit from leaving the scar tissue that has constructed up with the Patriots over three offensive coordinators in three years, negative play and various…
Gary Neville recently elaborated upon his ‘blue billion-pound bottlejob’ comment after Chelsea’s 1-0 loss to Liverpool in the EFL Cup final on February 25. He said that he became more and more frustrated with them as extra time progressed. Neville’s original comment came after full-time in the final at Wembley on Sunday. He referred to Chelsea’s one billion pound spending spree on transfers since new owner Todd Boehly took over the club in the summer of 2022. Neville recently backed up his comments by venting his frustration over the Blues’ extra-time display. In “The Overlap” podcast, which he hosts with…
It’s widely accepted that Sir Alex Ferguson achieved his greatest goal of ‘knocking Liverpool off their perch’ but was that just in the league alone? The legendary manager won a record 13 Premier League titles while gazumping their rivals in the north west, moving from 18-7 down in the record books to 20-18 up before his 2013 departure. Ferguson retired in 2013 with an astonishing 13 titles to his name, but did he put United at the top of the rankings? Since then, though, there’s been a rebirth, with Liverpool taking one back in 2019/20, while United’s decade stint in…
Jurgen Klopp must do something no Liverpool boss has managed in 103 years – since the days of David Ashworth – when the Reds visit Manchester United in the FA Cup. Ashworth was manager the last time Liverpool won an FA Cup tie at Old Trafford, back on January 12, 1921. Liverpool won the first-round replay 2-1, thanks to a winner from Harry Chambers after Bill Lacey had levelled, and that great side, which would win back-to-back titles in 1922 and 1923, also boasted the legendary Elisha Scott in goal. That is the scale of the task facing Klopp and…
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft ranked amongst the league’s worst in the annual NFLPA survey posted Wednesday. Patriots players gave possession a D , which ranked twenty seventh out of 32 teams. Their reasoning was once due to the reality players felt Kraft was once unwilling to make investments in the facilities at One Patriot Place. Kraft received a ranking of 6.9/10 when “considering his willingness to make investments in the facilities,” per the document card. Only Kansas City Chiefs’ Clark Hunt (F-), Pittsburgh Steelers’ Art Rooney (F), Arizona Cardinals’ Michael Bidwill (F), Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Joel Glazer (D-) and Carolina Panthers’…