Mohamed Salah took Liverpool supporters behind the scenes at Anfield after he combined brilliantly with Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo in the victory over Bayer Leverkusen
The finest compliment to Xabi Alonso, Arne Slot wrote in his programme notes, “is to be the best Liverpool that we can possibly be with no quarter asked and no quarter given.” Liverpool obliged to perfection to give their former favourite a harrowing return to Anfield. The champions of Germany were dissected in a dominant second-half performance by Liverpool who maintained their 100% record in this season’s Champions League courtesy of a Luis Diaz hat-trick and a Cody Gakpo header. Leverkusen were unbeaten themselves before arriving at Anfield. They left chastened, Liverpool soaring to the top of the table with the confidence of a team that has won a remarkable 14 of the first 16 games under Slot. Continue reading...
LIVERPOOL 4-0 BAYER LEVERKUSEN: Luis Diaz bagged a treble and Cody Gakpo was on target as Xabi Alonso's side were well beaten at Anfield
Brighton star is buoyed from support from family and friends in Holland. They came over by bus and boat to cheer him on in big Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest.
The Liverpool defender went off at half-time of the Reds' 2-1 win over Brighton after Virgil van Dijk accidentally stood on his defensive partner at a corner
Arne Slot’s eight wins in his first 10 Premier League games are the most ever by a Liverpool manager in his first 10 top-flight games in charge.
Erik ten Hag was sacked by Manchester United on Monday but was back in a football stadium by Saturday, taking in an Eredivisie match in the Netherlands with his entourage
Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League title after only just overcoming a dangerous Brighton and Hove Albion side in a classic end-to-end clash
The perfect day looked far beyond Liverpool when they trudged off at half-time battered and bruised by an upwardly mobile Brighton. But a perfect day it proved for Arne Slot’s side, who climbed back to the top of the Premier League courtesy of a second-half transformation and another stupendous goal from the Mohamed Salah collection. Salah curled a trademark winner into the top corner of Bart Verbruggen’s net, two minutes after Cody Gakpo had cancelled out Ferdi Kadioglu’s first half opener, to move ahead of Robbie Fowler as the eighth leading goalscorer in the Premier League era. More importantly, with Manchester City and Arsenal both losing, it moved Liverpool two points clear of the champions at the summit and seven above Mikel Arteta’s struggling side. Continue reading...
The incoming manager has much to do and establishing a plan quickly will be a great test of his competence Last season Erik ten Hag used 14 centre-back combinations thanks to injuries and form but he never seemed particularly happy with any of them. His former Ajax captain Matthijs de Ligt was brought in over the summer with a view to partnering Lisandro Martínez, another who knew Ten Hag from Amsterdam, but he has underwhelmed. The problems were shown up in Porto when United drew 3-3, resulting in the manager changing the pair for Harry Maguire and the veteran Jonny Evans in a crucial match at Aston Villa. Rúben Amorim will also have Victor Lindelöf and Casemiro to increase options, which will be advantageous if he wants to change to his usual back three. Whatever happens, faith needs to be shown in those earmarked as first choice. Continue reading...
Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold will be free to talk to new clubs in January if they fail to agree contract extensions at Liverpool by then
The Dutchman has been one of the best centre-backs in the Premier League since he arrived in the Premier League in 2015-16 and told Rio Ferdinand he has learned to ignore pundits as he has got older
Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk has hailed William Saliba, admitting he was "nowhere near" as good as the Arsenal defender when he was his age in an interview with Rio Ferdinand
Cody Gakpo was handed a rare start under Arne Slot but highlighted what he can do with two goals in Liverpool's win to leave the manager with a decision to make
