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What Jurgen Klopp told Arne Slot post Liverpool’s Premier League title triumph | Football News

What Jurgen Klopp told Arne Slot post Liverpool’s Premier League title triumph | Football News

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With Liverpool becoming the Premier League champions last Sunday with a 5-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield, it also meant that the team won its second Premier League title and 20th top flight title to match Manchester United record of 20 titles. With former manager Jurgen Klopp being the last Liverpool manager to win the Premier League for the club, Dutchman Arne Slot became only the fifth manager to the Premier League title in their debut season with Liverpool’s win on Sunday. The 46-year-old has now revealed that Klopp was one of the first persons to message him post the win and Klopp remains the most famous person to message him post the win. “I assume that’s Jurgen (Klopp). What did he have to say? What most of them said. So that was congratulations and now you know how special of a club it is, now you are part of the history as well – these kinds of things. He was really happy for me, for the players, for the staff, for the fans, …

Premier League win: What Arne Slot said about Jurgen Klopp after Liverpool’s 20th title | Football News

Premier League win: What Arne Slot said about Jurgen Klopp after Liverpool’s 20th title | Football News

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Liverpool manager Arne Slot said that he was expecting to check his phone and see a text from former manager Jurgen Klopp after the Merseyside club completed their 20th English title charge on Sunday after demolishing Tottenham 5-1. Liverpool’s second title in five years came with four games in the season still remaining. Many had predicted that they wouldn’t be able to win the title this season on the back of Klopp’s departure. Usually first-season manager’s find it difficult to implement their ideas and contend with a previous manager’s team, leading to a tough start. But Slot overcame all expectations and on the back of an injury-hit Manchester City and a poor Arsenal title charge, took the Premier League crown in his first attempt. “It feels great. I don’t think I want to say a lot. The only thing now is to send my appreciation to Jurgen Klopp,” Slot told LFCTV. “I am 99.9% sure that if I pick up my phone there will be a message from Jurgen,” he told BBC Match of the Day …

Darwin Nunez Rides To Liverpool’s Rescue, Newcastle Thrashed By Bournemouth

Darwin Nunez Rides To Liverpool’s Rescue, Newcastle Thrashed By Bournemouth

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Darwin Nunez struck twice in stoppage time to earn Liverpool a 2-0 win at Brentford and open up a seven-point Premier League lead on Saturday after Bournemouth ran riot in a 4-1 win at Newcastle. The Reds looked set to drop points for the third consecutive league game until the much-maligned Uruguayan doubled his tally of Premier League goals for the season in the dying seconds in west London. Nunez swept home Trent Alexander-Arnold‘s cross before smashing in a second for a vital twist in the title race. Instead of cutting the gap, Arsenal are now under pressure to keep pace when they host Aston Villa in the 1730GMT kick-off. Liverpool had been wasteful in front of goal in a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest in midweek and Arne Slot’s men nearly let another two points slip away. Dominik Szoboszlai smashed a shot off the bar and Cody Gakpo failed to hit the target with a glorious chance to open the scoring before half-time. On a rare quiet day for Mohamed Salah, Slot …

Roy Keane slams Liverpool’s Trent Alexander Arnold again: ‘He still defends like he has never played at right-back’ | Football News

Roy Keane slams Liverpool’s Trent Alexander Arnold again: ‘He still defends like he has never played at right-back’ | Football News

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A couple of weeks after criticizing Trent Alexander Arnold’s defensive performance against Manchester United, saying he belongs to Tranmere Rovers and not Real Madrid, Roy Keane once again slammed the Liverpool defender. “If Trent Alexander-Arnold goes to Real Madrid, then good luck to him – as if Madrid don’t know how to defend. He’s played over 300 games and played for England, but he still defends like he has never played at right-back,” Keane said in the Stick to Football podcast as per the Mirror. “He’s played all these games, and he must do training sessions, but he’s playing right-back, and people go at him like he’s confused and never seen something like that before. Trent defends as if Liverpool have had lots of injuries, and they’ve asked him to just fill in a position,” he added. Alexander-Arnold has had a successful career at Liverpool becoming one of their most important players in their Champions League and Premier League winning campaigns. But as much as his attacking prowess has drawn praise, he has also come …

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Manchester United performance dissected by Liverpool’s Arne Slot, pundits | Football News

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Manchester United performance dissected by Liverpool’s Arne Slot, pundits | Football News

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A disastrous showing by Trent Alexander-Arnold in Liverpool’s 2-2 draw against Manchester United is being blamed on a supposed bid for his services made by Real Madrid, a move that has apparently unsettled the player. There were differing opinions on Trent’s performance, with Roy Keane making the most scathing comment out of all. “They talk about him going to Real Madrid, the way he’s defending, he’s going to Tranmere Rovers after this, he’s got to do better.” Keane’s former teammate Gary Neville, though, made a different observation. Neville said that the Real Madrid links distracted Arnold and that it wasn’t his defensive performance that was necessarily a problem, but rather the creative forward passing that has become a hallmark of the 26-year-old’s game, that went missing on Sunday. “The supposed bid from Real Madrid is bad timing for him,” he said. “I think that will have unnerved him – Real Madrid are such a powerful club. “There are three reasons for that performance. He has played like this before, he just had a bad game, …

Liverpool’s mistletoe hits and misses thereafter: winning only 1 out of 7 times they led table at Christmas, since Premiership 1992 rebrand | Football News

Liverpool’s mistletoe hits and misses thereafter: winning only 1 out of 7 times they led table at Christmas, since Premiership 1992 rebrand | Football News

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot had a straight-faced chuckle and response to being asked about how he fancied the Reds’ chances to lift the title. “It tells you we are a very good team. Still three games to go until halfway, but we are a hard team to beat. If it was easy to win the league then every team would do it,” the boss would deadpan, according to BBC, soon after Liverpool slammed Tottenham Hotspurs 6-3. What piques watchers, and BBC elaborated, was how teams who celebrate Christmas Day top of the Premier League table, fare thereafter. “Exactly half the time – in 16 seasons out of 32 – the team top of the Premier League table on Christmas Day goes on to win the title,” BBC wrote, before adding, “Liverpool’s record though is much, much worse than that. This is the seventh time the Reds have stood first on 25 December – but their only success since the top-flight’s 1992 rebrand was in 2019-20.” In the history of English football, Liverpool have led at …

‘Unlucky Girona Better Than Their Results’, Warns Liverpool’s Arne Slot

‘Unlucky Girona Better Than Their Results’, Warns Liverpool’s Arne Slot

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Liverpool coach Arne Slot warned Monday that Champions League opponents Girona are stronger than their results in the competition so far indicate. The Premier League leaders are top of the European standings with a 100 percent record and on Tuesday face a Girona side down in 30th, with four defeats in five matches. However, Slot said he had been watching Girona for a while, as they ran Real Madrid close for the Spanish title last season, and said the Champions League debutants’ results do not reflect their quality. “I think it’s really special what they’ve done here, particularly last season but even this season,” Slot told a news conference. “That they were competing for the league title with this budget probably (shows) how good of a manager Michel is. “Even this season I think they do better than the results might look, especially in the Champions League — I’ve seen almost every game and apart from the PSV game… they were unlucky in every game.” Girona fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat against …

What has Rafael Nadal been upto immediately after retirement? Singing along YNWA, for starters, joining Liverpool’s Gakpo gleeful | Football News

What has Rafael Nadal been upto immediately after retirement? Singing along YNWA, for starters, joining Liverpool’s Gakpo gleeful | Football News

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Tennis World reported that Rafael Nadal couldn’t help but sing along as Liverpool fans broke into ‘You’ll never walk alone’ at Anfield, where he had landed to watch his favourite club, Real Madrid. No one- not even the ultras – will grudge him the spontaneous quiet sing-along as the atmosphere crescendoed to the Reds’ anthem, and videos captured him humming along. And here is the clip of Rafa singing “you never walk alone” 💕 (don’t get after him ultras, he just loves a good atmosphere 😄) pic.twitter.com/YrjG9pJ0xR — 𝓝𝓪𝓭𝓪➁➁𝓲𝓬𝓪¹⁴ 🇺🇦 (@Nadallica86) November 27, 2024 Nadal, a 23-time Slam champion, earlier retired from tennis at the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, finishing a 23-year-old professional career. Freed up from training, recovery, rehab and planning, he was quoted by Tennisworld as beginning to enjoy his hobbies. On his retirement weekend, he competed at the local golf event in Mallorca. Mid-week he travelled across the channel visiting Manchester and Liverpool. He first met Manchester City stars, before attending the Champions League match between Real Madrid and Liverpool. “Despite …

Champions League: Liverpool’s dream run continues as Arne Slot does what Jurgen Klopp couldn’t – beat Real Madrid | Football News

Champions League: Liverpool’s dream run continues as Arne Slot does what Jurgen Klopp couldn’t – beat Real Madrid | Football News

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It has already been a dream start to life at Anfield for new Liverpool manager Arne Slot, and it only got better on Wednesday night. Facing Real Madrid – who have been a thorn in Liverpool’s flesh – Slot’s men produced a clinical all-round display to win 2-0. The defending champions have struggled in the new UCL format, losing three out of their five matches so far, but the fortunes couldn’t be more contrasting for the Reds, who are the only side with a 100% win record this season in Europe’s elite competition. With that result, Liverpool beat Real Madrid in the Champions League for the first time since 2009, when Rafael Benitez was in charge at Anfield. It ended an eight-game winless run against the Spanish giants, which included two heartbreaking losses in finals under Jurgen Klopp. The German manager – who oversaw a hugely successful tenure with Liverpool – could never quite crack the Real Madrid puzzle, despite coming close – like when they blew a 0-2 lead at Anfield recently. Liverpool are …

Liverpool’s Premier League Title Hopes Suffer Blow, Sheffield United Relegated

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Liverpool’s fading Premier League title hopes were dealt a near-fatal blow on Saturday as West Ham rescued a draw against Jurgen Klopp’s men while Sheffield United were relegated in ignominious fashion. Manchester United’s push for Europe was dented by Burnley, who secured a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, keeping alive their hopes of survival. Klopp’s glittering reign at Anfield appears to be ending on a flat note after they dropped points for the fourth time in five league games at the London Stadium. Just weeks ago Liverpool, who won the League Cup in February, were on course for a quadruple of trophies but that is now a distant memory after FA Cup and Europa League exits and a string of damaging league results. Liverpool would have moved level on points with leaders Arsenal with a victory, at least temporarily, but they failed to make the most of their chances despite a stirring second-half fightback. The Gunners are on 77 points, two clear of Liverpool with a game in hand, while defending champions City have 76 points …