LONDON (Reuters) – Odion Ighalo scored twice as a buoyant Watford won 3-0 at home to Liverpool on Sunday to consolidate seventh position in the Premier League, only one point behind the top four. West Ham United stayed eighth after a third successive goalless draw when they were held by manager less Swansea City, still […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Germany midfielder Toni Kroos is a fundamental player for Real Madrid, coach Rafa Benitez said on Saturday following a period during which the 2014 World Cup winner has looked well short of his best. In his second season in Spain since joining from Bayern Munich, Kroos was an unused substitute in Real’s […]
REUTERS – West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis has hit back at Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp’s assertion that they are a “long ball” side after their touchline spat in last weekend’s 2-2 Premier League draw at Anfield. Klopp wildly celebrated Liverpool’s stoppage-time equaliser in front of Pulis and the pair had to be separated. The […]
(Reuters) – Juergen Klopp could lead Liverpool all the way to the Premier League title this season thanks to the bond that the German manager is building between the team and the fans, full-back Nathaniel Clyne has said. Liverpool, 10th in the table and 11 points off the pace set by leaders Leicester City, have […]
By Toby Davis REUTERS – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has probably not celebrated too many draws with quite the fervour that he greeted Divock Origi’s stoppage time leveller to grab a point at home to West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. The German would have been forgiven for lamenting another costly result and two more dropped […]
NYON, Switzerland (Reuters) – Triple European champions Manchester United and their under-fire coach Louis van Gaal face a tricky task against little-known Midtjylland in the last 32 of the Europa League following Monday’s draw. United, knocked out of the Champions League last week, meet the Danish league winners, an unsung club backed by owner Matthew […]
REUTERS – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp sought to ease the pressure on goalkeeper Simon Mignolet by blaming himself for the error that allowed West Bromwich Albion to equalise during Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Anfield. Captain Jordan Henderson put Liverpool ahead only for Mignolet to flap at a West Brom corner soon after, allowing Craig Dawson […]
There is often nothing more dangerous than a striker with a point to prove as Daniel Sturridge and Divock Origi showed in Liverpool's League Cup mauling.
