REUTERS – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has urged striker Christian Benteke to improve his performance further after the Belgian scored the winner in Wednesday’s 1-0 Premier League win over Sunderland. The former Aston Villa man also netted the winning goal to sink Leicester City on Saturday but Klopp is still pushing the 32.5 million pound […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Juergen Klopp refused to rule out Liverpool as Premier League title contenders on Wednesday after ending the year level on points with Manchester United and nine behind leaders Arsenal. “I don’t know,” the manager told Sky Sports television after Liverpool, who last won a top-flight title in 1990, won 1-0 at struggling […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Christian Benteke condemned struggling Sunderland to a 1-0 defeat and sent Liverpool level on points with sixth-placed Manchester United in the last Premier League game of the year on Wednesday. The Belgium striker broke through 22 seconds after the restart to bag his sixth goal of the campaign, the quickest second-half goal […]
REUTERS – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has called on his team to be more consistent ahead of Wednesday’s Premier League game against lowly Sunderland. Before Liverpool’s hard-fought 1-0 league victory over high-flying Leicester City on Saturday, the Reds had picked up one point from three games, including shock defeats by Newcastle United and Watford. “There’s […]
REUTERS – Christian Benteke believes Juergen Klopp is the right manager to help him develop into a more potent attacking threat for Liverpool. The Belgian striker scored the winner in Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Premier League leaders Leicester City on Saturday after coming on for injured compatriot Divock Origi in the first half. This was […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Leicester City were given a reality check when the unlikely leaders lost 1-0 at Liverpool on Saturday while Manchester United slumped to a third straight Premier League defeat to pile the pressure on Louis van Gaal. Arsenal wasted a Boxing Day opportunity to knock Leicester off the top of the table when […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Cracks finally appeared in Leicester City’s armour as a 10-match unbeaten sequence that propelled them to the top of the Premier League ended in a 1-0 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday. The surprise Christmas leaders were subdued and struggled to contain an energetic Liverpool side who deservedly took the points at Anfield […]
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is full of admiration for Leicester City's football style which propelled the Midlands club to the top of the Premier League.
LONDON (Reuters) – Juergen Klopp gets his first taste of Britain’s Christmas football fix when Liverpool host Premier League leaders Leicester City on Saturday, but the German coach remains convinced it harms English players. Liverpool face three games in eight days, starting with the visit of Claudio Ranieri’s trailblazers, needing to make up ground after […]
