Liverpool players have lauded the performance of Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi after his heroics in the UEFA Champions League (UCL). Lionel Messi was undoubtedly the star of the show as his Barcelona team took a major step to a first Champions League final appearance in four years with the 3-0 win over Liverpool at home in what was the first leg of their semifinal tie. After the game, Liverpool defenders Andy Robertson and Virgil Van Dijk hailed Messi as the greatest player in the world after his performance against them. Robertson and Van Dijk spoke to reporters about Messi shortly after the game which saw the little magician score two goals in the last quarter of the game. Done deal!!! Arsenal seal and dust deal for star player Messi scored from … [Read more...]
Unstoppable: Klopp Pays Tribute To ‘GOAT’ Messi
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has lauded the quality of Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi after his goals gave the Reds a difficult task to overcome ahead of their Champions League semifinal second leg clash next week. Messi scored a brace to help his Barcelona team to a 3-0 home win over Liverpool in the first leg played at the Nou Camp on Wednesday night. After the game, Klopp lauded Messi who’s seen by many as the Greatest Player of All Time (GOAT). Revealed, What De Gea is doing ahead of Barcelona clash In his post-match reaction to the defeat, Klopp told reporters that Messi was unstoppable against his team and that the Argentine national team skipper was the difference between the two sides. The Barcelona vs Liverpool game was the battle of the … [Read more...]
Why Barcelona win is no big deal, Mourinho takes swipe at former side
Former Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho was expecting Barcelona win over his former team. After a 1-0 win at the Old Trafford, the Spanish La Liga outfit Barcelona delivered another class performance to go 3-0 at the Nou Camp and that was enough to get through to the semi-final. Argentina international Lionel Messi was a threat to the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer team as he scored in the second leg and created a lot of problems. How To Stop In-form Liverpool Star Revealed Jose Mourinho stated that he knew it would be difficult to contain the Argentina intentional, stressing that he is wild and it would require a cage to stop him. The Portuguese boss noted that it takes more than a man-to-man marking to stop Lionel Messi as he never adopted such against … [Read more...]
Klopp Yet To Think About Champions League Duel With Messi
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed that he’s yet to think about how to stop Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi when both sides meet in the Champions League semifinals at the start of next month. This was the position of the Liverpool manager on Messi when he was asked during his post-match press conference after the FC Porto win. Liverpool setup a last four meeting with Messi and Barcelona after they thrashed FC Porto 4-1 in their Champions League quarterfinal second leg clash to secure a 6-1 aggregate win over the Portuguese champions. Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, substitute Roberto Firmino and Virgil Van Dijk were all on the scoresheet for Liverpool in the second meeting with FC Porto while Eder Militao scored what proved to be a mere consolation for … [Read more...]
Ex-Liverpool Star Delivers Champions League Blow To Rivals Man Utd
Liverpool fans would have been delighted after one of their former players delivered a knockout blow to the chances of fierce rivals Manchester United in this season’s Champions League. Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho has not enjoyed the best of careers at the Nou Camp since his big transfer from Liverpool last year but the Brazilian would have been elated with his performance in the second leg Champions League last eight clash with Manchester United. The Brazilian national team player scored one of the goals as Manchester United were thrashed 3-0 by Barcelona away from home thus completing a 4-0 aggregate win for the hosts. Ferguson tells Solskjaer how to stop Messi Coutinho and his Barcelona team have recorded a 1-0 win over the Red Devils at … [Read more...]
Valverde sent message to United after Messi trouble
There is no doubt that Man United were given much trouble by Argentina international Lionel Messi when they clashed against Barcelona in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. In addition o the threat and impressive performance, Lionel Messi scored two first-half goals to help his team with a dream move to the semi-finals in a game that ended 3-0. It would be recalled that Lionel Messi was fingered as the major threat even before the game and the Red Devils were handed advice by pundits and former players on how to stop him from delivering gaols but it happened as feared. Liverpool Face Double European Threat For €100m Player Barcelona manager Valverde has stated that he is happy to have a player like Lionel Messi as he tells Man United … [Read more...]
Why United have reasons to be worried about Messi
Pundits have opined that Man United have got reasons to be worried about the threat posed by Argentine international Lionel Messi ahead of their Champions League second leg clash at the Nuo Camp. The Red Devils have been underdogs since the first leg and that is still unchanged despite the fact that it did not reflect on the 1-0 scoreline at the Old Trafford. It is already suggested that the Red Devils could pose a surprise when they storm Spain as they have done that already in the round of 16 where they defeated Ligue 1 outfit Paris Saint Germain in Paris despite suffering a 2-0 defeat at the Old Trafford in the first leg. Kovac Admits Bayern Can’t Compete With Elites After Liverpool Defeat However, Analysts have argued that Lionel Messi has been … [Read more...]