One interesting thing about Merseyside outfit Liverpool is their ability to look inward- the domestic league in their bid to secure new players. Most of the players that have helped manager Jurgen Klopp transform Liverpool and restore their status as a big side have come from smaller clubs in England. Sadio Mane, Virgil Van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson, James Milner and a number of them were all recruited from English clubs and they can all be linked to the club' success one way or the other. Latest reports have claimed that the Reds have gone again to raid Sunderland for two of their unnamed youngsters who are to spring out in coming years. Arsenal and Leicester City to clash over Valencia winger Liverpool Beat Premier League Rivals Spurs To … [Read more...]
Liverpool Boss Lauds ‘Phenomenal’ Skipper After Chelsea Win
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has showered high praise on club skipper Jordan Henderson following his performance in the win over London club Chelsea. Klopp pointed out the impact of the England international midfielder while he was speaking with reporters after the all-important victory over Chelsea. The Liverpool manager was impressed by his skipper’s performance against the Blues who lost to the Premier League leaders for the first time in seven games in the league. Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah scored the goals for Liverpool who returned to the Premier League summit with the crucial victory. Betting Preview: Liverpool vs Chelsea: Hosts Slight Favourites English champions Manchester City had briefly gone to the top of the table with a commanding … [Read more...]
Liverpool Quartet Make BBC Team Of The Week
Four Liverpool players have been named in the BBC Team of the Week for the latest set of matches in the Premier League after their respective roles in the 2-0 win over Chelsea. Liverpool recorded another win with a straightforward victory over the Blues as the Merseysiders chase down the Premier League title. The Reds are in a battle with English champions Manchester City for the right to win the title. Liverpool players Alisson Becker, Virgil Van Dijk, Jordan Henderson and Mohamed Salah all made the BBC Team of the Week list compiled by former Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur striker Garth Crooks who’s now a pundit with the BBC. Sarri Wants Permanent Transfer For Midfielder The Reds goalkeeper Becker made a very good save from Chelsea talisman Eden … [Read more...]
Liverpool Skipper Narrates How He Requested For Role Change
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has revealed how he requested a role change at the club as the Reds eye major honours in two competitions. Jordan Henderson and Liverpool are chasing honours in both the Champions League and the Premier League. In his latest interview via Goal, Jordan Henderson revealed that he requested for a change in role from a no 6 to a no 8. The England international midfielder excelled as a box-to-box midfielder for his country during the March 2019 set of Euro 2020 qualifiers and he has now assumed the same role for his club. Henderson had been playing as a holding midfielder for Liverpool this season but his success as a box-to-box midfielder for England as well as the performance of Reds teammate Fabinho in a holding midfield … [Read more...]
Champions League: Klopp Praises His Skipper After Porto Win
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was full of praise for his captain after his impressive outing against Portuguese champions FC Porto in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson was outstanding as he led the Reds to a fantastic first leg lead over their Portuguese opponents in their Champions League last eight tie. In his post-match press conference after the 2-0 win over FC Porto, Klopp praised England international Henderson and how he has been able to adapt to a new role. Jurgen Klopp narrated how Jordan Henderson has done well since his role was changed to a box-to-box midfielder. Benfica Keen To Keep €120m Liverpool Target Jordan Henderson was involved in the buildup to the second goal against FC Porto before Reds … [Read more...]
Henderson Had Most Difficult Job In Football
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Reds midfielder Jordan Henderson had the most difficult job in the last 500 years of football after he replaced Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard as club skipper. Klopp praised Henderson after he came off the bench to produce a match-winning display against the Saints on Friday night. The German tactician lauded the England international on how he has been able to replace Reds legend Steven Gerrard as club skipper as he pointed out that Jordan Henderson has done well in the difficult task of following in the footsteps of the current Rangers manager. Betting Preview: Watford vs Wolves: Hornets Slight Underdogs Jordan Henderson was part of the last Liverpool team to challenge for the Premier League title … [Read more...]
Liverpool Secure Premier League Summit After Saints Win
Merseyside giants Liverpool have gone back to the top of the Premier League table after they came from a goal down to beat Southampton 3-1 in their Premier League clash on Friday night. Liverpool had relinquished top spot to rivals Manchester City earlier this week after the Citizens beat Welsh side Cardiff City 2-0 at home courtesy goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Leroy Sane. The Reds knew that a win over Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium will take them back to the Premier League summit and that was what they got though they had to work hard for the victory over the Saints. Southampton stunned the Reds by taking the lead through Shane Long as early as the ninth minute. Arsenal prepare offers after talks with Nigerian international Former West Brom … [Read more...]
Euro 2020 Qualifiers: Liverpool Skipper Doubtful For Montenegro Clash
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson is a big doubt for the Three Lions of England ahead of their Euro 2020 qualifying clash with Montenegro on Monday night. Henderson could miss the Euro qualifier with Montenegro as a result of an injury. The 28-year-old played the entire duration of the last game for the Three Lions as they thrashed the Czech Republic 5-0 to open their Euro 2020 account with a win. Former Liverpool teammate Raheem Sterling was the star of the show for the 1966 world champions as he scored a treble in addition to further goals from Harry Kane and a Tomas Kalas own goal. The injury status of the Liverpool skipper was confirmed by England manager Gareth Southgate who revealed during his pre-match press conference ahead of the Montenegro game … [Read more...]
Liverpool Skipper Vows To Win Silverware For Club And Country
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has reiterated his desire to win trophies with his club and country after recent near misses. In a chat with the Telegraph, Jordan Henderson revealed that he’s motivated to win trophies for both Liverpool and the England national team. The 28-year-old was part of the Liverpool team that reached the 2016 Europa League final before they were beaten 3-1 by Spanish La Liga club Sevilla. Sevilla sealed a third successive Europa League title under the guidance of current Arsenal manager Unai Emery via a 3-1 win. Henderson was also part of the Liverpool team that reached the 2018 Champions League final before the 3-1 defeat at the hands of outgoing European champions Real Madrid. Why David Seaman will never like … [Read more...]
Dutch Midfielder Unfazed By Contract Situation At Liverpool
Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum is not losing sleep over his contractual situation at the club. The Dutch international star spoke to the Liverpool Echo about his Liverpool contract as he pointed out that his focus is on his performances on the field rather than off it. Liverpool have given several players new contracts in the past few weeks but Georginio Wijnaldum is yet to sit down with the club over a contract extension. Players like Roberto Firmino, Jordan Henderson, Joe Gomez, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah have signed new contracts since the start of the season. Georginio Wijnaldum signed a five-year contract upon joining Liverpool from Newcastle United in the summer of 2016. Gini Wijnaldum calls Liverpool player arrogant, … [Read more...]
Liverpool Dealt Major Injury Blow In Bayern Win
The Champions League win over Bayern Munich came at a cost for Premier League giants Liverpool following the injury to skipper Jordan Henderson. The Liverpool captain suffered a serious ankle injury during the game with the Bavarian giants at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night. England international Henderson was substituted as early as the 13th minute after sustaining the ankle problem. He was replaced by Fabinho who was surprisingly left out of the starting XI. Jurgen Klopp made just two changes from the side that saw off Burnley in their Premier League clash at the weekend. In his post-match thoughts after his side’s 3-1 win over their hosts, Klopp confirmed that his captain sustained a serious ankle injury. Agent reportedly readies £100m … [Read more...]
Liverpool Must Show Mental Strength In Title Race
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has called on the club to show title-winning mentality ahead of the remaining nine games in the Premier League. England international Henderson psyched up his team for the battle ahead in his recent interview via Goal shortly after the Reds were held to a goalless draw by Everton in their last league game. Everton did well to frustrate their rivals in their quest to secure the top spot at the expense of Manchester City. Liverpool wasted some good opportunities as they played out a goalless draw with the Toffees. What Saturday's red card could mean to Henderson's future at Anfield The Reds started the weekend as the top team on the Premier League table only for title rivals Manchester City to usurp them following … [Read more...]
Liverpool Have To Be More Clinical
Merseyside giants Liverpool have to be more clinical in their upcoming games according to club skipper Jordan Henderson as they try to win major trophies (Premier League and Champions League) between now and the rest of the season. Jordan Henderson was reacting to the goalless draw against Everton on Sunday evening. Henderson and Liverpool lost the Premier League summit to champions Manchester City after the away draw in their Merseyside Derby clash at Goodison Park. Liverpool created the best chances but they were not able to find the back of the net with star forward Mohamed Salah culpable. In his post-match thoughts via Goal, Jordan Henderson was left to rue the missed chances against Everton. Liverpool Warned Over Timo Werner Pursuit Liverpool … [Read more...]
Leicester City vs Liverpool : Why Jurgen Klopp must start this player ahead of Henderson
The Reds will return to action on Wednesday after an eleven-day break and they will hope to begin from where they stopped. The Reds are four points above Manchester City in the League standings as the race for the League's glory gets tougher. The Cityzens takes on Newcastle on Tuesday - a match many bookmakers believe Guardiola's men will win with wide goal margin. Considering Leicester City's form, it will be very shocking to see the Reds lose a point against the King Power outfits but it is not impossible. One player Jurgen Klopp must start ahead of Henderson if he must win the battle of King Power is Wijnaldum. West Ham vs Arsenal : Good news for Emery as six players return to full fitness The Dutchman has been a pivotal part of the team at the … [Read more...]
Jurgen Klopp dismisses rumor of growing jealousy at Anfield
Liverpool FC made some big signings in the summer transfer window, spending the sum of £150 million to bring in new players to Anfield. The players include Naby Keita, Fabinho, Xherdan Shaqiri, and Alisson Becker. These new signings have proved to be the best signing Jurgen Klopp has signed so far but there seems to be a growing tension at Liverpool especially among the midfield players. As a result of the performance of the newly signed midfielders, old midfielders like Adam Lallana, Jordan Henderson, and Gini Wijnaldum are already feeling threatened as they believe they would start getting limited playing chances. Shaqiri on game against Huddersfield However, Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp in a recent statement has dismissed the rumor as he stressed … [Read more...]
Absurd! Liverpool fans excited over the absence of star player against Cardiff City
Liverpool will today host Cardiff City at Anfield in the English Premier League. The Reds will be hoping to pick all three points against the visitors in other to move to the top of the League table, this is because Man City will face a tougher side, Tottenham Hotspur on Monday night. Prior to the match against Cardiff City, Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp had disclosed that two Liverpool midfielders, Naby Keita and Jordan Henderson will be absent from the match owing to injuries. But the surprising thing to note is that Liverpool's fans took to their Twitter handles to make some shocking statements about the absence of their captain and midfielder, Jordan Henderson. Some of the fans hinted that it is a good news that Jordan Henderson will be absent from … [Read more...]
Liverpool vs Cardiff City: Klopp rules out this two midfielders
Liverpool, following their recent win in the UCL against Red Star Belgrade, will host Cardiff City at Anfield in the EPL this weekend. But coach Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that Guinea international and the Reds midfielder, Naby Keita will not be available for the match. Naby Keita, who joined Liverpool in the summer transfer window picked up a hamstring injury while on international duty for his home country, Guinea. Although Naby Keita returned to Anfield on Wednesday, Jurgen Klopp refused to start him against Red Star Belgrade. The game against Cardiff City will be the third match the Guinea star will miss in a row. Apart from Naby Keita, Klopp also confirmed that Liverpool midfielder, Jordan Henderson will not be also available for the match against … [Read more...]
Liverpool star to undergo scan to determine the level of his injury
Liverpool midfielder and captain, Jordan Henderson sustained an injury during the game against Huddersfield last night. Although the game ended with one goal in favour of Liverpool, Henderson sustained what is reported to be a hamstring during the match and was immediately replaced in the halftime by Gini Wijnaldum. According to a post-match statement by Jurgen Klopp, he disclosed that the Reds midfielder didn't want to leave the pitch but Liverpool were medically advised to replace him. Man Utd vs Chelsea: What Jose Mourinho should do apart from tackling Eden Hazard Jordan Henderson before he was replaced by Gini Wijnaldum put up some great performances for the Reds, he made some tackles and played well in the midfield. However, it seems Liverpool … [Read more...]
Huddersfield vs Liverpool: post match analysis, players’ ratings
Chelsea played a draw against Man Utd giving Liverpool the chance to move higher on the EPL table following their narrow win against Huddersfield. David Wagner and Jurgen Klopp despite being close friends left their friendship aside as they went head to head. The trip to Huddersfield town saw Liverpool star and Egypt international, Mo Salah ended his goal drought as he scored his 50th goal last night. Below is Liverpool players' ratings against Huddersfield: Alisson Becker 7: the Reds goalkeeper made some good saves like the strike from Laurent Depoitre but he managed to keep a clean sheet. Joe Gomez 7.5: the center half stated at the right back this time around to give room for Dejan Lovren, he played his part well and was part of the build-up that helped … [Read more...]
Adrien Rabiot lands a heavy blow on Liverpool, a new hope for Henderson
A new report from France has made it known that Liverpool target, Adrien Rabiot is no longer interested in leaving the French club, Paris Saint Germain. A few weeks ago, the PSG midfielder had disclosed his interest to leave the French Ligue 1 for another league in Europe. Following his statement, EPL football club, Liverpool had shown interest to bring him over to Anfield, Italian club, Juventus also joined in the race. Another report from Italy disclosed that Rabiot had refused a contract extension at PSG, thus raising hope of interested football clubs. However, the player in a recent statement has disclosed he is no longer interested in leaving France. This latest development is a big blow on Liverpool, who are keen on signing him. However, it is … [Read more...]
Video: Jordan Henderson intimidates Sergio Aguero
The last weekend EPL match between Liverpool and Man City at Anfield is long gone but the actions from the match are exciting to watch. Although the game between the two champions ended in a goalless draw, the game was not without some exciting performance. One of the awesome performances that caught our attention was between Liverpool player Jordan Henderson and one of the most talented strikers in the world, Sergio Aguero. The Man City striker is known for his penchant of scoring goals but whenever it comes to Liverpool he always seems to lose his goalscoring skills. Sergio Aguero, 30, have played against Liverpool 10 times and all through those matches, he has been unable to find the back of the net against the Reds. The same thing occurred in the … [Read more...]
Liverpool star prophesies what the future holds for United’s Rashford
The future is not here but Liverpool midfielder, Jordan Henderson can see the future for Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford. Henderson said Rashford in the nearest future would have established himself as the player for England. He made this claim after the youngster delivered a classy performance in England’s Saturday's loss to Spain. He had scored a goal and came close twice in the second half but was denied by his United’s teammate, David De Gea. The lack of playing time for United this season, has attracted doubt over the player’s ability but Henderson has seen the future for the lad hence, he is unmoved. The Liverpool midfielder noted that Rashford’s talent is well known, having great finishing and sharp in his attack, making him a threat on … [Read more...]