Day: 2 April 2018
Key Talking Points As Liverpool Fight Hard To Claim Another Ugly Win
Selhurst Park, London – As ugly as a win can get. Liverpool on Saturday had the awkward task of playing a Premier League match just days before a season-defining Champions League encounter with Manchester City. The clash with Crystal Palace was almost an afterthought in comparison. Many were left surprised therefore, when Jurgen Klopp decided […]
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The Best Left Back in the Premier League plays for Liverpool FC
I may be a tiny bit biased, but Andy Robertson is the best left back in the English Premier League. The man arrived from Hull in the summer transfer window and has blossomed into a mighty fine left-sided defender. He may not be worth £52million like and the injured Benjamin Mendy, or he may not […]
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Crystal Palace 1–2 Liverpool Player Ratings: Salah steals the show as Benteke wastes his sides’ chances
Crystal Palace Wayne Hennessey – 6 Made a decent save at the end of the first half to deny Mane an equaliser for Liverpool but the Palace goalkeeper was helpless for the visitors’ two second half goals. Aaron Wan Bissaka – 5 The young right-back was given the difficult job of breaking up the flow […]
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Premier League week 32 round-up: Salah the saviour again as Reds ride their luck
In my preview of this weekend’s Premier League action, I wrote that Liverpool just needed to beat Crystal Palace on Saturday, even if it was to be scrappy or lucky. It was no means a vintage performance from the Reds but they dug deep to claim a crucial victory against an unfortunate Palace side. Yet […]
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Plucky Palace powerless to stop Mighty Mo and Marvellous Mane
Coming back from an international break can be a nightmare. There is a reason there are two or three before Christmas and that is because they upset the momentum of teams too much. We are at a stage in the season where momentum is everything. A week-long break for players to go away with their […]
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