Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool must go back to basics after they were thumped 3-0 by Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday.
A Solly March double and a sublime Danny Welbeck strike condemned Liverpool to a sixth Premier League defeat of the season, with Klopp conceding afterwards that he was very concerned .
The result left Liverpool ninth in the table, 10 points adrift of the top four having run Manchester City to within a point of the title last season.
The defensive performance at the Amex Stadium was particularly worrying, with Brighton holding 61.9 per cent of the possession and recording 16 shots at Alisson s goal.
Klopp acknowledged Liverpool needed to improve at the back ahead of his side s FA Cup third-round replay at Molineux on Tuesday, followin…
Paulo Dybala s fine performances for Roma are good news for Argentina with the 2022 World Cup on the horizon, according to Jose Mourinho.
Two goals from Dybala against Monza on Tuesday – his first for Roma – fired the Giallorossi to the top of the Serie A table with a 3-0 win.
The forward, signed from Juventus in this transfer window, had not scored more than once in a Serie A match since April 2018.
But this brace took Dybala to 100 goals in the competition for his career; he is only the eighth player since 2004-05 to pass 100 goals and 50 assists.
Roma coach Mourinho is working to ensure Dybala remains in top condition, having started all four matches so far this season but been substituted in each of them.
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Carlo Ancelotti says he is not planning major player rotation for Tuesday’s final Champions League group game against Union Berlin in Germany.
Real have already won their group and reached the last 16 following five successive victories.
They are the only team in the tournament with a 100 per cent record, but, even though it is an emphatic case of job done, manager Ancelotti does not envisage wholesale changes.
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Real drew 1-1 at Real Betis on Saturday and Ancelotti said: “We need to evaluate how the players that played against Betis recover, then we will choose the best possible starting XI.
“If there are some tired players who don’t recover very well,…
Borussia Dortmund will try to convince Jude Bellingham to sign a new contract with the club, according to sporting director Sebastian Kehl.
The 19-year-old midfielder has been one of the greatest sensations in world football ever since he joined the Bundesliga side from Birmingham City back in the summer of 2020, establishing himself as one of the best players in the German top flight and a regular England international. A host of top clubs, led by Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester City, are reportedly pushing hard to acquire his services at the end of the season, so his future at this point remains undecided. His current contract with Dortmund runs until 2025, with no release clause, and Dortmund are said to be looking for a fee of €150million to let him go this year.
Lionel Messi will sit out of Paris Saint-Germain s Ligue 1 trip to Reims after suffering from discomfort in his calf, Christophe Galtier has confirmed.
Messi opened the scoring in spectacular fashion as PSG drew 1-1 at Benfica on Wednesday, becoming the first player to score against 40 different teams in Champions League history.
He has also been involved in seven goals in his last five Ligue 1 matches (two goals, five assists), but a medical update issued by the club revealed Messi would miss Saturday s match despite undergoing reassuring examinations on a calf injury.
There will be changes, PSG boss Galtier subsequently told Friday s pre-match news conference.
Leo Messi will not be fit for Reims but will resume training on Sunday morning. Kylian Mbap…
Werder Bremen have confirmed Claudio Pizarro has returned to the club for a fifth spell ahead of what is expected to be the final season of his career.
The 39-year-old striker has signed a one-year deal with Werder, who first brought him to European football back in 1999.
I am delighted to have the chance to be part of this team again in order to hang up my boots at the club where it all began in Europe, Pizarro told the club s official website.
I am looking forward to the challenge, to passing on my experience, but I will not make any secret of the fact that I have come back to score goals. I am convinced that we can have a strong season together.
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Pep Guardiola has hailed Erling Haaland for pressing like an animal and believes the Manchester City striker is in better physical shape than he was last season.
Haaland scored his 10th hat-trick for City as they came from behind to beat Ipswich Town 4-1 on Saturday, moving onto four goals from two Premier League appearances in 2024-25.
The Norwegian has now scored at least once against all 23 teams he has faced in the Premier League, with Harry Kane (32/32) the only player to have faced more sides in the competition while scoring against all of them.
However, Guardiola has been most impressed with Haaland s work off the ball, saying: I like when he runs a lot. I like when he presses like an animal. I like it. It helps to score a goal.
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Denmark and Slovenia are set to clash on Friday at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, aware that the victor of this match will clinch automatic qualification for Euro 2024 with one game left in Group H.
Despite this high-stakes showdown, both nations hold a comfortable four-point lead ahead of third-placed Kazakhstan which means that both effectively have two opportunities to secure their spots at the upcoming tournament.
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Denmark have navigated their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign reasonably well, despite facing some challenges along the way. While they suffered an unexpected defeat against Kazakhstan and had close encounters with Finland and Northern Ireland, they ve managed to accumulate 19 points from eight games. Thi…
Werder Bremen have signed Borussia Dortmund centre-back Omer Toprak on a season-long loan with an option to buy to further strengthen their defence ahead of the new Bundesliga season.
Toprak was a regular in the Dortmund side of 2017-18 but fell out of favour last season, making just one Bundesliga start as Lucien Favre s side narrowly missed out on the title.
He becomes the second defender to join Florian Kohfeldt s side in the close-season, after fellow centre-back Marco Friedl arrived in a €3.35million deal from Bayern Munich.
Dortmund announced that Werder have agreed a purchase option as part of the deal, which will take effect under realistic circumstances .
Turkey international Toprak, 30, started his career at Freiburg where he helped the club…
Pep Guardiola struggled to take in Manchester City finishing their title-winning season with a record-breaking 100 Premier League points after Gabriel Jesus s last-gasp winner sunk Southampton 1-0.
Brazil striker Jesus latched on to Kevin De Bruyne s excellent raking pass in the 93rd minute at St Mary s to ensure City became the first team in English top-flight history to reach three figures.
It also surpassed Guardiola s previous season best of 99 points with Barcelona in 2009-10, while City set Premier League bests in terms of wins (32), away wins (16), goal difference (+79) and goals (106) and the most matches won in succession (18).
It s 100 points… still I cannot believe it, the Catalan told a post-match news conference. In the Premier League 100 points …