Liverpool have qualified for the quarter final of the Carabao Cup after beating Arsenal on penalties as the two sides could not be separated after 90 minutes regulation time. Arsenal were almost running away with victory, going into the added…
Liverpool dominate Ballon d’Or shortlist with seven names (DailyTrust)
Dutch centre back Virgil van Dijk is one of seven Liverpool players on the 30-man shortlist for this year’s Ballon d’Or, with the Champions League winners dominating the nominations for France Football magazine’s prestigious award. Van Dijk’s club teammates Sadio…
Again, Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp wins Premier League Manager of the Month award (Vanguard)
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has scooped the Premier League’s Manager of the Month award for September after another perfect set of results. Liverpool beat Newcastle, Chelsea and Sheffield United, scoring six goals and conceding just two, to move to eight…
Bus driver forced confused dementia sufferer to pay fare after losing pass (Metro)
A bus driver demanded that an elderly man with dementia buy a ticket because he couldn’t find his bus pass. The unnamed man, in his 70s, was struggling to find the document when the driver told him ‘can’t you find…
Adrian reacts to ‘crazy week’ at Liverpool after Super Cup penalty shootout heroics against Chelsea (Metro)
Adrian signed for Liverpool as their back-up goalkeeper just last week, but he has already made his Premier League debut and saved a penalty to win the UEFA Super Cup. The 32-year-old joined the Reds on a free transfer on…
Ian Wright and Alan Shearer agree Liverpool will beat Manchester City to Premier League title (Metro)
Ian Wright and Alan Shearer have both predicted Liverpool will win the Premier League this season. The Reds began their league campaign with a 4-1 thrashing of Norwich on Friday night, before Manchester City went one better against West Ham.…
Liverpool 1-2 Sevilla: Yasser Larouci escapes serious injury after red-card tackle (BBC)
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was thankful teenage left-back Yasser Larouci did not appear to be seriously injured after being “hit full throttle” by Sevilla defender Joris Gnagon’s horrendous red-card tackle on a hot-headed night in sweltering Boston. Sevilla were annoyed…
Egypt coach: Salah can win Ballon d’Or if…(Punch)
Coach Javier Aguirre claims Mohamed Salah is a certainty to win the Ballon d’Or if Egypt triumph at the Africa Cup of Nations. The 27-year-old capped a remarkable first two years with Liverpool by lifting the Champions League last month…
This is how Nigeria has been colonised by European football – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Millions of Nigerian ball fans are in tears now that the European football season is over. These madcap fans cannot just have enough of the English Premier League. Time was when Surulere, Lagos was known as the sports-city on account…
Liverpool hero Mark Lawrenson thinks Jurgen Klopp needs to strengthen in two areas this summer (Metro)
Liverpool are not expected to have a busy summer in the transfer market after their Champions League success, but Mark Lawrenson has picked out two areas of the pitch where they could strengthen. The Reds enjoyed a sensational campaign which…