Jürgen Klopp savoured what he suggested was a comprehensive mood changer at Liverpool – the “freak” 7-1 destruction of Rangers which has all but ensured the club’s qualification to the Champions League knockout rounds – as he saluted the hat-trick hero Mohamed Salah. Liverpool’s first away win of a difficult season has given them a boost before the Premier League visit of Manchester City to...
Jürgen Klopp has issued a staunch defence of Trent Alexander-Arnold and claimed criticism of the “world-class” right-back betrays a misunderstanding of how Liverpool play. The Liverpool manager refused to be drawn into a public row over Gareth Southgate’s decision to drop Alexander-Arnold from the England squad that faced Germany, or his insistence that Kieran Trippier’s “all-round game” is ahead...
Nothing can disrupt Liverpool’s procession through a group of European heavyweights. Jürgen Klopp rested, re-energised and recuperated players against Porto and was rewarded with a fifth successive victory that yielded the club’s highest ever points tally in the Champions League group phase. He could not have wished for more. Tyler Morton, at 19, started for the first time at Anfield and was the...