O F F I C I A L L I V E R P O O L F C M A T C H D A Y P R O G R A M M E

LIVERPOOL
v CHELSEA FC
FC
22/07/2020 • Kick-off 8.15pm
2019/20 Season

WE ARE LIVERPOOL.
THIS MEANS MORE.
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DIRECTORS
John Henry (principal owner)
Tom Werner (chairman)
Sir Kenny Dalglish,
M Gordon, M Egan, A Hughes, P Moore

HONOURS
League Champions (19)
1900/01, 1905/06, 1921/22, 1922/23,
1946/47, 1963/64, 1965/66, 1972/73,
1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1979/80,
1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1985/86,
1987/88, 1989/90, 2019/20

European Cup Winners (6)

1976/77, 1977/78, 1980/81,
1983/84, 2004/05, 2018/19

UEFA Super Cup Winners (4)

1977/78, 2001/02, 2005/06, 2019/20

UEFA Cup Winners (3)

1972/73, 1975/76, 2000/01

FIFA Club World Cup Winners (1)

2019

FA Cup Winners (7)

1964/65, 1973/74, 1985/86, 1988/89,
1991/92, 2000/01, 2005/06

League Cup Winners (8)

1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84,
1994/95, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2011/12

Community Shield Winners (15)

1964*, 1965*, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977*, 22.07.20 04 Jürgen Klopp 61 Kop Kids
1979, 1980, 1982, 1986*, 1988, 1989, LIVERPOOL FC 08 Captain's column 65 Different League
1990*, 2001, 2006
*Shield was shared with opposing team
v CHELSEA FC 10 Countdown 66 Big Read: title chasers
14 James Milner 74 Adam Lallana
18 Chelsea FC 79 LFC Women
24 Back story 81 Academy update
27 Half-time quiz 87 Match reports
28 Trending: 30 wins 92 Player stats
34 Q&A: Sadio Mane 96 Results and fixtures 03
39 Anfield Extra 98 How they stand

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ello to you wherever you are when you read
this, ahead of our final Premier League
FROM THE BOSS Chelsea.
fixture at Anfield this season against

I welcome Frank Lampard, his players, staff and officials

Jürgen Klopp of the visitors to our home.

What a job Frank has done this season. We have played
them three times already this campaign, in three different
competitions and each time the games have been so
close and so tight. They are already starting to reflect their
manager’s personality in how they approach the game
and it’s very easy to see they are heading in the right
direction.
Wonderful players, some really smart and ambitious
recruitments made, superb leadership in the manager’s
office. Chelsea have been a real challenge this season
and will be even stronger next.
Moving to ourselves, as much as the 90 minutes is the
main focus, I cannot ignore the hugely significant night
we are about to experience as a team and as a club.
Yes, as always the game comes first and all our
attention and energies will be on that. We have a
responsibility to the competition, of course, but also
ourselves. We have enjoyed a wonderful season and it
is important we finish it in a manner fitting the level of
achievement. This is something within our control. As
we have all season, we set our own standards and try to
exceed them.
I know I won’t need to remind the players of this,
because they are smart and hungry and they know the
job to do.
When the game is done, we will be recognised as
Champions of England. The first time since 1990 for this
incredible football club.
I know we live in a world where ‘what’s next’ often

WE HAVE ENJOYED A WONDERFUL SEASON AND IT
IS IMPORTANT WE FINISH IT IN A FITTING MANNER
means the ‘here and now’ isn’t savoured as much as it
should be. No sooner had we been confirmed Champions
– on the night when tonight’s opponents had beaten
Manchester City – and the questions were coming about
‘legacy’ and ‘winning more’.
It is so important to enjoy the wonderful moments when
they come. And this is one of those.
I don’t normally like referencing the length of time
Liverpool has endured before claiming this title, because
so often when working to clinch it my message was to
ignore the weight of that gap. Last season, when we
came so close, I said to the players afterwards that this
was not the 29th attempt for them – for us, it was our first
proper one. I also told them I loved them, appreciated
them and was so proud to be able to call myself their
manager.
Everything I said in the dressing-room after Wolves at
home last season when we came so close but ultimately
could only achieve runners up, applies now but even
more so.
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I could not love this group of players more. I could not
appreciate them more. I could not be more proud of them.
This achievement is their achievement. Their focus.
Their dedication. Their talent. Their hunger. That’s what
has delivered this title. They sacrificed, individually and
collectively, and they have their rewards.
This group of players are giants for what they achieved.
They have earned every bit of praise and adulation that
has come their way.
Tonight is their moment as a team and even though it 05
is happening in unique circumstances, the magnitude of
what they have delivered stands alongside some of the
greatest sides ever to grace our home.
Typically I have used a lot of words there to express a
sentiment I could have summed up in just two: 'thank
you'. Thank you to the most incredible football team any
manager could be privileged to lead.
The same applies to two other special groups, my
remarkable staff and the Liverpool supporters.
This is a moment in the column where I have to show
 discipline, because if I start naming too many of the ‘team
behind the team’ I risk leaving people out who deserve
recognition – and to name everyone who deserves it
would take up most of the programme.
Needless to say, without this extraordinary group I
would be nothing. They support me, they educate me,
they inspire me and they give me energy and drive. It isn’t
just the coaching staff either. Of course these are the guys
I spend the most time with and have the biggest influence
on team matters.
But it’s so much wider.
Every person who walks through the gates of Melwood
makes our environment the place it is. They all contribute.

OUR SUPPORTERS
MAKE US THE CLUB
WITH THE BIGGEST
HEART AND MOST
JOYFUL SOUL IN
WORLD SPORT

And not ‘big or small’ – only big, only important, only
critical. They do the hard lifting in the shadows and allow
the team and people like myself to enjoy the sunshine
when times are good. But we know their value and they
are as worthy of the title 'Champions' as anyone I can
think of.
I did say it isn’t right or possible to list names but there
are two I simply must: Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Krawietz.
Both are world-class coaches and leaders in their own
right.
They have driven this team forward with their brains,
knowledge and imagination. I could not be more
appreciative of their contribution. I will forever be grateful.
Our supporters too, although absent since
the season re-started, remain the wind in our
sails. It is impossible to sum up their impact
or their importance. They are the reason that
representing this club brings the greatest
possible emotional attachment and therefore
emotional reward.
What we do here we do together. At times
that has meant suffering together. But right
now – and in the last 14 months – it has meant
celebrating together. I love this.
It would not mean as much were it not for our
supporters. They might not be in Anfield tonight
in person but their spirit can be felt and we lift
this trophy for them.
It has been their wait, their anguish, their
dreams. I hope wherever in our city, region, the
country or the world they watch from, they realise
it is they that make LFC the club with the biggest
heart and the most joyful soul in world sport.
Before moving to something more personal
I must acknowledge our brilliant owners and
football operations team. For FSG, unable to
be here tonight because of the current global
crisis, this title should act as vindication for smart
and brave decisions made over the course of a
decade.
Mike Gordon specifically. He is my friend as
well as my ‘boss’. He is the embodiment of the
word 'supportive' - such a special guy – and he
made this happen. He and John, Tom and FSG
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should be very proud tonight. And to Michael Edwards
and his team likewise – incredibly smart people who have
made nothing but outstanding decisions.
This is fulfilment of a vision.
And finally, for this season, this very special campaign,
I must say the words 'thank you' to the people who bring
me the most joy of all. My family.
My wife Ulla who is my best friend on this planet. I love
you so much. My two sons, Marc and Dennis, you have
only ever brought me joy and a feeling of pride. What
incredible men you have become. To see you grow as
people beats any other achievement in life.
Doing this crazy job is fun because of these three
people – my wife and my boys. The bad times are
softened and the good times sweetened because we live
through them together, as our own ‘team’. They are my
everything and my heart is constantly filled with love and
happiness because of them.
I feel so blessed to have a situation where I am
surrounded by people, personally and professionally, who
make me realise what a wonderful gift life is.
The times we live in in this moment test us all. For
some, the test is unfair and too much to bear. I know we
are living through a period where for many joy must feel 07
like a horizon you cannot reach or see. But I hope for the
Liverpool family, what we have collectively experienced
this season brings some warmth and comfort.
Tonight, when we end a 30-year wait, know that in that
moment we will all experience something special and we
will experience it together. If nothing else, this is the true
beauty of our game and of this club.
This is our moment. We have all earned it. So embrace
it and cherish it.
Thank you.
 THE BEST THINGS ARE ACHIEVED TOGETHER.
THIS IS A COLLECTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AND
ONE WE SHOULD ALL CHERISH AND ENJOY
I
have been asked many times since we were confirmed
as Premier League champions to sum up how I feel
and I’m not too proud to admit I don’t think I’ve
produced a good answer yet.
Part of that is because the initial feelings were too
overwhelming. Anyone watching the media interviews in the
minutes after it was confirmed could see that. Another element
is that we still had a job to do and a relatively long wait until
this moment this evening.
I think now I can find the right word: gratitude. There are so
many different people responsible when a team is successful
and as players we are privileged to attract the most attention,
the most praise and the biggest rewards. But behind the team
there are so many different individuals and groups who make
a side successful.
At Liverpool every single player in our dressing-room
recognises how fortunate we are to have the best in the world
looking out for us and after us – and on a night like tonight it’s
important to express that appreciation.
The supporters, of course, are a huge factor. Without them
this club isn’t what it is. Speak to anyone in the world about
Liverpool Football Club and the conversation always comes
back to the passion and emotion around the club – and that’s
entirely down to our fans. This is an emotional club and we
shouldn’t shy away from that fact. It brings pressures, yes, but
it means everything we do together means more – in good
times and bad.
It's gutting for all of us that our fans are not with us in person
today, but we can still make this one of the most enjoyable
shared experiences we’ve ever had if we want it to be.
If anyone reads this column or these words prior to the
evening of the match, I cannot say clearly enough it is critically
08 important you stay away from Anfield and enjoy celebrating
with us in your own way, at home. The city of Liverpool has
been hit hard by COVID-19 and it’s important we support our
healthcare heroes – the emergency services and key workers
– by listening to the advice and staying away from gatherings
which aren’t safe.
I promise you: we will feel you with us when we lift that
trophy, even though you’re not at Anfield in person. We are
lifting it for you – you’ve driven us to achieving this dream.
But this club’s values are about taking care of each other
and tonight that means supporting us from home and in safe
environments.
Aside from the fans, the other support network we have
is the staff who work for this club, specifically the guys at
Melwood but also those we don’t get to see as often. A club
as big as Liverpool can only operate successfully if every
employee performs to their highest level. That’s what we have
here, off the pitch as much as on.
At Anfield, Chapel Street, the shops, LFC Foundation,
community work and other club locations, we have hundreds
upon hundreds of staff who go above and beyond to make
LFC successful and so support what we do on the pitch. If the
club is poorly run, the team has no chance.
Unfortunately circumstance means we don’t get to meet
everyone we can proudly call colleagues – but it doesn’t mean
we don’t know about the contribution and recognise the
significance of it.
The staff at Melwood, of course, we do know personally –
and on behalf of all the players I want to take this chance to
tell them they mean everything to us. I think I have the best
workplace in the country and the rest of the players say the
same thing.
Each day we are looked after by world-class professionals
who create a culture and environment where players can
thrive. Whether it’s the coaches, the medical team, fitness
staff, the nutrition experts and chefs, the ground staff, the
administration people or security...they dedicate their careers
to make our team the best it can be.

It is no exaggeration to say that without these people the
team would not be what it is. Without them Melwood would
feel different and not give us the same energy. I hope everyone
there knows how important they are to us and realise this title
is as much for them as anyone.
If Melwood is our ‘home’ from a work perspective, then the
impact of our actual families is something that each and every
player will want to acknowledge after we pick up the trophy
later.
Of course, the rewards we get as professional footballers
means that everyone in our family-circle benefits, but what
often isn’t seen or reported is the sacrifices made on this
journey by the people closest to us.
I can speak from personal experience that without my
immediate family, I wouldn’t be where I am today. Without
their love and support, their understanding, their patience.
They see you at your lowest and most insecure and they carry
you on their shoulders. Each player in our squad would tell you
the same, I’m sure, about their nearest-and-dearest.
I’ve been very lucky in my life with things that have happened
to me, but without doubt the biggest blessing is my family.
None of this would matter if I couldn’t share it with them and
dedicate it to them.
When we win something, the players lift the trophy – but it
is the families who lift the players. These moments are just as
much about them in our eyes.
And finally, this team. What can I say about this team and
our manager? I said my overriding feeling on summing up this
season and becoming Champions of England was gratitude.
And my appreciation for my team-mates and the Gaffer could
not be higher.
It’s no secret what this squad thinks of Jürgen Klopp. If you
think as supporters you appreciate what he has done for this
club, you can multiply that by a hundred for the team. He is
our leader – he has set the tone for all of this from the day we
walked in.
As I have said previously, and as the manager has said
himself, he took over from great foundations laid by Sir Kenny
and Brendan, and from players like Stevie. But he, more than
anyone in my eyes, is the reason we are here now about to
collect this club’s first league title in 30 years.
For the players...the lads I share a dressing-room with and
battle alongside on the pitch. I can honestly say I view each
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Jordan Henderson
and every one of them as family. I know they’d do anything for
me, and I would do anything for them. That’s what we have
and we all know we are so fortunate to have it. Being a very
good football team that wins is nice. Being a team of brothers
who wins is something else. But people do move on and have
new challenges to face and enjoy. We will be saying goodbye
to two massively important players this summer and both
leave with our thanks for what they have done.
Nathaniel Clyne remains one of the best full-backs in
England for me and I know wherever he goes next will have
won the lottery to get a player of his talent. We all wish him
well.
And then Adam Lallana. My mate. One of my best mates
– in life not just in football. Adam is one of the best players
I have ever shared a pitch with. Adam is one of the best
professionals I have ever shared a pitch with. He is one of
the best people I have shared a dressing-room with. His
contribution to where we are now cannot be understated.
League titles aren’t won in just one season – they are a
journey.
Adam Lallana set standards that the rest of us worked to
reach and as a result this team and club drove forward. No
one will miss him more than me. But I know he still has many
years left at the highest level, so we will get to see him again, 09
albeit 'ratting' against us and causing us all sorts of problems
with his ability and energy.
So to finish, when the trophy is lifted this evening everyone
I’ve mentioned will be there with us on that podium, if not in
person, then at least in spirit and mind. Their hands will be on
the trophy as well. Our supporters, the staff, our families and
our team.
The best things are achieved together. This is a collective
achievement and one we should all cherish and enjoy.
Thank you all for everything.

LIVERPOOL V CHELSEA
KINGS OF
THE KOP
The Reds will be presented with the Premier League
trophy in a ceremony on the Spion Kop following
tonight’s fixture, designed to acknowledge and
celebrate Liverpool fans.
Led by captain Jordan Henderson, players and staff
will receive the trophy and their medals from Sir Kenny
Dalglish and Premier League chief executive Richard
LOFTUS-CHEEK:
MANAGE THE PRESSURE
Chelsea know that securing Champions League
football again is in their own hands, and midfielder
Ruben Loftus-Cheek says: “We have to manage the
pressure.
“We’re used to it playing for Chelsea, that comes with
it. We have to do the job and we really want to be in
the Champions League next year so we’ll give it our all.
We have two really tough games against Liverpool and
Wolves to come, so it’s in our hands.
“We don’t want to be reliant on other results to put us
through to the Champions League. We have got to
nail it down and give it our all.”
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COUNTDOWN
Masters, on a special podium at the centre of the Kop
surrounded by fans’ flags and banners.
The game against Chelsea and the ceremony will
be broadcast free-to-air by Sky on its Pick channel in
the UK, to ensure supporters can watch safely from
home. Fans on social media can also add the hashtag
#LFCatHome to photos and videos.
TAKING
PRIDE
AT LFC
Liverpool FC will wear its colours proudly
next month as part of the virtual Pride in Liverpool
‘MarchOnline’ in support of the LGBT+ community.
‘Young at Heart’ is the 2020/21 theme to highlight the benefits of self-care, being active
and doing the things you love as well as your physical and mental wellbeing.
LFC staff will join the virtual march which will be broadcast from the LCR Pride
Foundation’s social channels, at 12 noon on Saturday 25 July. The club was the first from
the Premier League to take part in a Pride march back in 2012, and to hold the Premier
League Equality Standard Advanced Level.
Tonight at the match the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand will feature a rainbow flag, while
the club crest will be displayed in full rainbow colours across LFC’s global social-media
platforms.
Paul Amann from the Kop Outs fan-group says: “It is essential for the LGBT+
community to have a voice and to work closely with the club. It’s also important that we
have space as fans to come together to feel safe and make sure that we can all enjoy
the game. It’s my belief that no Liverpool fan would ever want to see a fellow fan feeling
unsafe or left behind.
“I’m already looking forward to next year’s march, so we can all be together side by
side. Last year I was absolutely delighted with LFC’s participation and the fact that so
many staff members brought their families along, and to see a growing number of LGBT+
staff too with their partners and families, was really positive.
“It speaks volumes about the environment that LFC has created.”
TO KICK-OFF

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VIRGIL: LET’S FINISH STRONG

Virgil van Dijk aims to finish the campaign on a
winning note after last Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat at
Arsenal. A couple of errors helped the hosts overturn GARY
a 1-0 deficit but the Dutchman dismissed any notion
that such moments are more common after a title win.
“It’s too easy to say that. If you watched the game
GILLESPIE
then you could see that until I made a mistake, there
was nothing wrong.
Unfortunately I made the AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON
mistake and I take the
blame for it of course. We
THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO WIN THE
move on. We’ll try to win PREMIER LEAGUE – JOB DONE

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the last two games [but]
we don’t need to forget that e’ve said it before, after such a
we had a fantastic season phenomenal achievement – clinching
already. the title with games to spare – it was
“It will be a dream-come- always going to be difficult in such a strange
true [to receive the trophy]. situation without fans inside the grounds.
Of course being champions But there has been no lack of commitment
of the Premier League or effort since the restart. Down at Arsenal we
already is.” dominated the game and they were second-best
in so many ways, much like the Burnley home
game. We got punished for two rare mistakes

ADE ON BOARD!
but you can’t read too much into it. Sometimes
football happens that way.
It’s a strange time to be judging things
anyway, but there does seem to be a culture
There will be a special guest at Liverpool’s future title
among some of seeing the glass half-empty
parade after Wycombe Wanderers striker Adebayo
as opposed to half-full. But having said that,
Akinfenwa received an invitation from Jürgen Klopp.
we’ve set these incredible standards now and I
The avid Reds supporters asked for a WhatsApp
suppose it’s left us open to criticism.
message after helping his team win promotion to the
Had it not been against Chelsea this evening,
Championship in last week’s League One play-off final at
the manager might have rested a few players
Wembley, and Klopp duly responded. Adebayo posted the
and started with the likes of Minamino and
subsequent video message on social media.
Keita, who came on against Arsenal. Maybe
The Liverpool boss revealed: “I don’t know when [it
there will be a run-out for Curtis Jones, Neco
will be possible] exactly but he is invited for the parade,
Williams and Harvey Elliott. The manager will
100 per cent! I enjoy these kind of stories. I
only put them in if he has belief they can do the
always will love this game because you can
job, and so far they have shown they can.
fulfil your own dreams.”
Talking of Jürgen Klopp, you have to have a
fit with a football club and the affinity between 11
him and Liverpool is perfect. He’s galvanised
the whole club, but the owners have to take a
lot of credit, too. They’ve invested in the stadium
and surroundings, elsewhere with the training
ground, and of course the squad.
It’s never easy to defend a title and there is
a big task ahead next season. But this club is in
a really good place.
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 HEAD to HEAD
A win for Liverpool this evening will see them equal the Premier
League record for most home points earned in a season. Three
points would take them to 55 to match the tallies totalled by Chelsea
in 2005/06, Manchester United in 2010/11 and Manchester City in
2011/12. Here are some other facts and stats ahead of kick-off...

The Reds have lost one of the Home and away

last ten league clashes home
and away, winning four with
five ending all-square, but
have only won one of the
last nine at Anfield.
Liverpool have kept one
clean sheet in the last
17 top-flight encounters
with the Londoners - last
season’s 2-0 win here.

Jürgen Klopp’s side are The last Chelsea player

unbeaten in their last 58 to be red-carded against
league matches at Anfield. the Reds was current boss
The record in England is held Frank Lampard at Anfield
by Chelsea who went 86 in 2009. Pepe Reina is

60+43+
17+23s 34+23z
home league games without the most recent league
a defeat until Liverpool won dismissal for the Reds in
1-0 at Stamford Bridge in this fixture - at Stamford
October 2008. Bridge in 2006.

The Reds are three Should Liverpool avoid

42D
goals short of recording defeat in this game they
50 at home for the second will, for the first time in their
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successive league campaign history, remain unbeaten at CHELSEA - ALL
– a feat not achieved since Anfield in three consecutive COMPETITIONS
1983/84. league seasons. ANFIELD 53W
15L 64L

5-A-SIDE: DOUBLE AGENTS (rush keeper!)

MOST GOALS SCORED IN FIRST 150 GAMES FOR LIVERPOOL
Goals Year of 150th
12 Joey Jones Roger Hunt 102 1963
Bolo Zenden Jack Parkinson 95 1911
Mohamed Salah 94 2020
Victor Moses Sam Raybould 92 1905
Yossi Benayoun Ian Rush 91 1984
Robbie Fowler 86 1996
Nicolas Anelka Gordon Hodgson 85 1930
Harry Chambers 83 1923
Albert Stubbins 76 1950
Michael Owen 73 2001
 NEVER
STAND STILL
This group of players has stuck together and stayed focused,
says James Milner, but the challenge now is to work even harder
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hen James Milner leaves Anfield this
evening he will do so with a third
Premier League winner’s medal among
his possessions.
A champion with Manchester City in 2012 and 2015,
he says it will be a special feeling to get his hands on
the trophy again, especially when he looks at those red
ribbons hanging from it.
“It will be special, very special,” explains the vice-
captain. “It was the reason I signed here in the first
place and I’m sure it’s the case for the other lads as
well – a club of this size and with it’s history. The fact
the wait had been so long meant it was a massive
challenge to try and end it and create some of our own
history.
“You can see what it means to everyone. The night
it was confirmed we were champions, you could
see the emotional impact. Not just on us and the
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manager but the supporters and the past players – the
legends. Sir Kenny Dalglish, Steven Gerrard, so many
of them. When they were messaging and telling us
congratulations, you know they really meant it and they
were properly made-up. That was great.
“What this team has achieved means a lot to a lot of
people and it’s special to part of something like that.”
Milner has spoken before about the importance of
the squad growing from shared experiences. The Reds
bounced back from the disappointment of missing
out on the Champions League in 2018 to capture the
famous trophy in 2019 and have now responded to the
setback of being pipped to the Premier League title by
City last season to go one better this time.
He believes the levels of consistency the team has
demonstrated has been the key factor in ending that
30-year wait. “I don’t think there has been a difference
as far as we’re concerned [between this season and
“YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT
MEANS TO EVERYONE. THE
NIGHT IT WAS CONFIRMED
WE WERE CHAMPIONS,
YOU COULD SEE THE
EMOTIONAL IMPACT
NOT JUST ON US AND
THE MANAGER BUT THE
SUPPORTERS AND THE
PAST PLAYERS”
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 “WE’VE HAD KNOCKS
AND RECOVERED, BUT
WHEN YOU’VE WON
SOMETHING YOU HAVE
TO BE PREPARED TO
WORK EVEN HARDER”
last]. We’ve kept going and that in itself is amazing
when you think about it, the level of consistency this
team has shown for two full seasons.
“I’m a big believer in that you finish where you
deserve to. Last season we were the second-best team
in the Premier League because another team got a
point more than us. This season we are the best team
in the Premier League.
“We’ve just stuck to our principles. We work hard,
stick together as a group and make sure we only
16 focus on the next game we play. I think that’s been the
reason we’ve achieved this level of consistency. We
only worry about winning the next game.
“Even when the whole world wanted us to talk
about how or when we’d win the league, all we were
interested in was the next three points. That’s served us
well and hopefully we can continue it from here.”
Milner, whose own Liverpool journey pre-dates the
arrival of Jürgen Klopp by a few months, says the team
will enjoy the trophy presentation this evening in the
knowledge that Reds fans around the world will relish
the images being beamed into their living-rooms.
“I’m gutted for the supporters, in truth,” he says.
“More than us as players. That said, it is what it is and
during this period so many people have made far
greater sacrifices than footballers and football fans.
People across society have had far bigger hardships, so
perspective is important.
“Look, we’ll make the best of it. It’s not that the fans
aren’t going to be watching. I’m sure every Liverpool
fan, no matter where they are in the world, will make
sure they’re watching.
“So they’ll be with us even if they’re not there. We’re
still lifting it for them and ourselves. I’ve no idea how it
will feel until it happens, but it won’t detract from the
achievement and what this team and staff have worked
so hard for.”
Asked if he can pick out three key games on the
Reds’ road to Premier League glory, the no7 instead
prefers to highlight the squad’s collective effort over the
course of the whole campaign.
“There’s too many [games]. I know people point to
matches like Villa away and Leicester at home because
of the late goals. But there’s just too many. If I started

listing them I’m basically reading out the fixture list.
“I think what does stand out is how many tight games
we have won and how many games we have won late
on, particularly early in the season.
“I know the supporters will probably pick out games
like Man City and Man United at home and yes, they
were big moments. But in a league like this one, you
really do win it over 38 games. When you’re trying
to beat an opponent as strong as City, every kick of
every game is pivotal. So I’m going to duck this one as,
honestly, I can’t separate the games like that!”
Milner has previously spoken about the motivation
provided by seeing the Walk of Champions honours-list
on display in the corridor by the Anfield dressing-room
and wanting to change those numbers.
He and his team-mates have now done so four times
in a little over 12 months but it’s clear that the hunger is
there to keep going.
“It’s very, very hard to get to the top, but it’s even
harder to stay there – and that’s our challenge now.
This team and this squad has proved it can bounce
back from disappointments.
“When we’ve had knocks we’ve always recovered and
kicked on. Losing finals, missing out on the title by a
point and so on. But this is a new challenge for us now.
“Can we deal with success and react to go again?
It’s not a case that you can ease off or change when
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you’ve won something. You have to be prepared to
work even harder.
“What we do know is that the other teams won’t
stand still. Look at the league now. City will be stronger,
United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs, Leicester, Wolves… To
be honest, I could go on and on. All these teams will
improve. So we need to improve again.”
Tonight’s fixture will be a memorable one for many
reasons and it will also see the curtain come down on
Adam Lallana’s career as a Liverpool player at Anfield.
A fine servant of the club, only skipper Jordan
Henderson has been a member of the senior squad
for longer and Milner feels “it’s impossible to do justice
[to his contribution] if I’m being honest. Adam sets the
standards every day for us. The way he prepares, trains,
plays and the example he sets.
“When I think back to the gaffer’s first full season,
2016/17, and we qualified for the Champions League
on the final day, Adz that season, for me, was probably
the best English player playing in the Premier League,
certainly one of them.
“And that season was massive for us. We needed to
get the club back in the Champions League to kick on
and we achieved it that season. Like I say, people can
probably speak better on this than I can, and I’ve seen
the manager has already described him as a legend.
“For me he’s up there as one of the most important
architects of this team we have now. He’s driven
standards higher each and every day and he’s
WORDS: William Hughes
produced big moments in big games which has led us
to this point.
“I can’t think of anyone who deserves the Premier
League winner’s medal more than him. And as gutted
as I am that he’s going, I’m buzzing that he’s leaving us
as a Premier League, European and World champion.
No-one can take any of that away from him – he’s
earned it all.”
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 Founded: 1905
Home ground: Stamford Bridge
Capacity: 40,834
Seasons in Premier League: 28
Best PL finish: 1st (five times)
Nickname: Blues

CHELSEA FC

MASON MOUNT
It has been a good season for the young
midfielder who has established himself in the
Chelsea side and become a senior international,
winning six caps since making his England debut
against Bulgaria back in September. He has scored
six PL goals for Chelsea this season, provided four
and hit the woodwork on three occasions.

18 TOP FOUR FOCUS

Following last Wednesday’s 1-0 win over
Norwich City at Stamford Bridge, the Blues
have their sights set on Champions League
football again next season. To achieve that
they will probably need to win one of their
remaining two Premier League games.
After this evening’s clash, they host Wolves
on Sunday while fellow top-four hopefuls
Leicester City and Manchester United meet
at the King Power Stadium in that crucial final
round of fixtures.

MEET THE MANAGER: FRANK LAMPARD
F
ormer England international Frank became a Chelsea
legend during his playing days at Stamford Bridge.
The 42-year-old enjoyed a trophy-laden 13 years
with the Blues and only Ron Harris, Peter Bonetti and John
Terry have made more than his 648 appearances for the club.
Lampard also leads the club’s all-time scoring chart with 211
goals. He left in 2014 having won three Premier League titles,
four FA Cups, two League Cups, the Europa League and the
Champions League.
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Frank started his managerial career at Derby County in
May 2018, leading the Rams to the Championship play-offs
in what proved to be his only season at Pride Park.
Chelsea announced his appointment last July and he has made
a strong early impact in presiding over a talented young team,
which he hopes will culminate in them clinching a top-four finish.
Frank played 47 games versus Liverpool throughout his career
with West Ham, Chelsea and Manchester City, scoring eight
times.
WILLIAN
The Brazilian winger has been one of
the Blues’ standout performers since the
resumption of fixtures last month. When he
netted at West Ham three weeks ago he
became the first player in Premier League
history to have scored in each of the 12
calendar months.
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LAMPARD LOOKING FOR FINAL FLOURISH
F
ive wins out of seven since Project Restart means
Frank Lampard’s men have given themselves
every chance of securing Champions League
football again next season.
The Blues’ only hiccups since the resumption have been
a 3-2 defeat by West Ham United, when they lost to a last-
minute goal at the London Stadium, and a surprising 3-0
reverse at Sheffield United eleven days ago.
Chelsea were in fourth spot and five points behind
Leicester City when the schedule was suspended in March.
But Lampard’s side have shown good consistency in the
past couple of months with Willian playing a starring role.
The experienced Brazilian was out of contract on 30 June
this year but extended his stay to see out the remainder of
the 2019/20 campaign at Stamford Bridge.
He has scored four times during the past month, including
the penalty against Manchester City that effectively sealed
Liverpool’s title success. His fine season has seen him
contribute nine Premier League goals and seven assists.
The Blues will be hoping he stays to help cement the
progress made by a talented young squad next season.
With Ajax winger Hakim Ziyech and RB Leipzig attacker
Timo Werner being added to the mix, Chelsea’s progress
under Lampard could see them challenge the current
dominance of Liverpool and Manchester City.
The manager will be keen to address his defence, however,
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with the West Londoners having conceded 49 Premier
League goals, more than any other team in the top half.
For now, though, Frank’s focus is on a strong finish to the
current campaign. With Leicester and Manchester United
meeting on the final day, a win here against the Reds tonight
or at home to Wolves on Sunday should be enough to
secure that place in next season’s Champions League.
Speaking after last Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Norwich City,
Lampard said: “It is tough one to call [on the top four]. This is
the Premier League and it is not easy.”
Nine of Chelsea’s 19 league wins have come away from
home this season, where the Blues are averaging exactly
two goals per game.
Tammy Abraham has led the way in the goalscoring
stakes with 14 in the Premier League to date – nine of them 21
away from Stamford Bridge – as he has taken the chance
handed to him by Lampard after a successful loan-spell at
Aston Villa last season. Next comes Willian with nine while
Christian Pulisic is also pushing for double-figures on eight.
Pulisic has registered 11 goals involvements in the PL this
season (eight goals, three assists), the most by a USA player
since Clint Dempsey back in 2012/13 (also 11).
Alongside Abraham and Pulisic several other youngsters
have excelled after being given their opportunities in the
first-team with young midfielders Mason Mount and Billy
Gilmour plus defender Reece James all impressing.
 The squad
for 2019/20

1 KEPA ARRIZABALAGA 15 KURT ZOUMA

Goalkeeper
Age: 25
Nationality: Spanish
The former Athletic Bilbao man has
been a regular in goal in the Prem
during his second season with the Blues.
Defender
Age: 25
Nationality: French
Centre-back who has featured regularly
after spending the previous two
campaigns on loan at Stoke and Everton.

13 WILLY CABALLERO 24 REECE JAMES

Goalkeeper
Age: 38
Nationality: Argentinian
The experienced back-up keeper
has figured 10 times across four
competitions so far this season.
Defender
Age: 20
Nationality: English
Right-back who has enjoyed a
breakthrough season after making his
Premier League debut in October.

2 ANTONIO RUDIGER 28 CESAR AZPILICUETA

Defender
Age: 27
Nationality: German
Ex-AS Roma centre-back in his third
year at Stamford Bridge. He passed 100
games for the club earlier this season.
Defender
Age: 30
Nationality: Spanish
Long-serving captain. Now in his eighth
season with the Blues, he passed 250
PL games for them earlier this season.

3 MARCOS ALONSO 29 FIKAYO TOMORI

Defender Defender
Age: 29 Age: 22
Nationality: Spanish Nationality: English
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Left-back who has chipped in with A youth team graduate, the centre-
four goals in 16 PL appearances so far back’s early season displays saw him
during this 2019/20 campaign. make his England debut against Kosovo.

4 ANDREAS CHRISTENSEN 33 EMERSON

Defender Defender
Age: 24 Age: 25
Nationality: Danish Nationality: Italian
Youth-team graduate who was two Left-back into his third season with
games away from 100 for the Blues the Blues after signing from AS Roma
going into Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final. in January 2018.

5 JORGINHO
Midfielder
Age: 28
Nationality: Italian
Defensive midfielder who has
weighed in with four Premier League
goals for the Blues this term.
7 N’GOLO KANTE
Midfielder
Age: 29
Nationality: French
A PL winner with both Leicester and
Chelsea, he scored a spectacular
goal against Liverpool in September.
8 ROSS BARKLEY
Midfielder
Age: 26
Nationality: English
The ex-Everton man was on target
against the Reds in February’s FA Cup
fifth-round tie at Stamford Bridge.
10 WILLIAN
Midfielder
Age: 31
Nationality: Brazilian
Gifted wide-player who has
contributed nine goals and seven
assists in the Premier League so far.
12 RUBEN LOFTUS-CHEEK
Midfielder
Age: 24
Nationality: English
Has made a successful return to
action having been ruled out since
rupturing his Achilles last May.
17 MATEO KOVACIC
Midfielder/Forward
Age: 26
Nationality: Croatian
Versatile operator in the middle of
the pitch, he has been a regular
under Lampard this season.
19 MASON MOUNT
Winger
Age: 21
Nationality: English
Has been given his chance at PL
level after spending last season on
loan at Derby under Lampard.
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20 CALLUM HUDSON-ODOI
Winger
Age: 19
Nationality: English
Signed a new five-year deal with the
club last September having come
through the club’s youth ranks.
22 CHRISTIAN PULISIC
Midfielder
Age: 21
Nationality: American
Exciting wide player who was on target in
the 2-1 win against Man City last month
which saw Liverpool crowned champions.
47 BILLY GILMOUR
Midfielder
Age: 19
Nationality: Scottish
Man of the match when the teams met in
the FA Cup, he will be sidelined for three
to four months after a knee operation.
9 TAMMY ABRAHAM
Forward
Age: 22
Nationality: English
Has risen to the challenge of taking on
the no9 shirt from Gonzalo Higuain and is
CFC’s top scorer with 14 PL goals so far.
18 OLIVIER GIROUD
Forward
Age: 33
Nationality: French
His winner against Norwich City last
Wednesday was his 31st headed PL goal
since signing for Arsenal in 2012.
29 MICHY BATSHUAYI
Forward
Age: 26
Nationality: Belgian 23
Another option upfront, he’s been
given his chance after loan-spells with
Borussia Dortmund, Valencia and Crystal
Palace in the previous couple of seasons.
ALSO IN THE SQUAD:
31 JAMIE CUMMING (20) Goalkeeper English
50 NICOLAS TIE (19) Goalkeeper French
63 IAN MAATSEN (18) Defender Dutch
11 PEDRO (32) Midfielder Spanish
55 TINO ANJORIN (18) Midfielder English
64 LEWIS BATE (17) Midfielder English
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BACK STORY
Rocket man, little dancer
Sunday 14 April 2019 and we make no apologies for
revisiting last season’s memorable Mo Salah effort against
Chelsea so soon!
With emotions already high ahead of kick-off as Anfield
stopped to remember the lives lost at Hillsborough ahead of
the 30th anniversary, as well as the passing of all-time great
Tommy Smith earlier that week, rarely has a goal on this
ground been met with such a mix of shock, awe, noise and
utter bedlam, such was the quality of the strike against a big
rival at a key part of the campaign.
This was game five of a 24-fixture winning sequence in
the league on home soil (only just ended by the 1-1 draw
with Burnley). The hosts were already in front at this point,
thanks to Sadio Mane’s header from Jordan Henderson’s
centre early in the second half, his 21st goal of 2018/19 as he
again improved on his tally the previous season.
With the Blues on the ropes it was 2-0 a couple of
minutes later. Trapping Virgil van Dijk’s cross-field pass to
perfection, the Reds’ no11 darted inside past Emerson before
unleashing that breathtaking drive into the top corner of
the Kop-end net. Then came the yoga-pose celebration, the
calm in the manic celebrations all around him.
“Oh wow, oooooh!” describes TV commentator Peter
Drury as the net ripples. “That is beyond special. Brilliant, a
worldie-and-a-half from Mo Salah. Never mind from the top
drawer – that is a goal from paradise.”
Manager Jürgen Klopp said he was “blown away” by the
Egyptian’s goal adding: “I had the best view. I saw earlier
than most people that it would go in. What a finish, what a
shot. But the whole move around it. Wow, brilliant.
“I loved the first goal exactly the same. It immediately
reminded me of the 4-3 against Borussia Dortmund, only
Hendo instead of Millie and Sadio instead of Dejan, but a 27
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similar situation with this wonderful cross in that area and
really good team-play.
“I'm so proud of the team, it was a fantastic performance.
What a team, what a stadium, what an atmosphere. I'm so
thankful I can be a part of this, it's great. It's just outstanding,
very overwhelming at times.”
Chelsea had their moments in their attempts to get back
into proceedings, with Eden Hazard denied first by a post
and then by Alisson, but the clean-sheet would remain
intact to secure a first home win for LFC over the Blues
since Kenny Dalglish’s last Anfield game as manager in
May 2012.
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Let's talk about pics – six images to study then simply answer the question please!

1 2

In what minute did Fabinho open the scoring

Against which team did James Milner successfully against Manchester City at Anfield in November
convert a penalty home and away this season? (a) sixth (b) 13th (c) 20th

3 What was significant

about Sadio Mane's
winner against Wolves
4
here on 29 December?

Aside from his double in the Anfield derby,

against who else did Divock Origi score in
the 2019/20 Premier League at Anfield?

5 6 Gini Wijnaldum celebrates a goal with Dutch team-

mate Virgil against which side at Anfield in February?

27

Prior to Mo's goal against Man United from Alisson's long

kick, who was the last Reds goalie to make an assist?

evening of the season; 4. It came in his 150th appearance for Liverpool; 5. Pepe Reina against Sunderland in March 2010; 6. West Ham United.
Answers: 1. Leicester City, 2-1 here in early October and 4-0 away on Boxing Day; 2 (a) Fab scored in the sixth minute; 3. Norwich City on the opening
 THAT WINNING FEELING
Game by game: Liverpool’s club-record equalling 30 league victories in season 2019/20
1 Liverpool 4 (Hanley og, Salah, Van Dijk, Origi)
Norwich City 1 (Pukki)
8pm Fri 9 Aug 2019 Att: 53,333
The boss: “For 60 minutes we looked very sharp, then
we had to control the game a bit more.”
Fancy stat: Mo Salah scored in Liverpool’s opening
Premier League match for the third successive season.
2 Southampton 1 (Ings) Liverpool 2 (Mane, Firmino)
3pm Sat 17 Aug 2019 Att: 31,712
The boss: “I was really impressed with how fresh we
looked, in the start especially, just how good we were.”
Fancy stat: Liverpool won their first two Premier League
28 games in back-to-back seasons for only the second time
in the modern era, having previously done so in 1993/94
and 1994/95.
3 Liverpool 3 (Matip, Salah 2 inc 1 pen)
Arsenal 1 (Torreira)
5.30pm Sat 24 Aug 2019 Att: 53,298
The boss: “It was a performance full of power, energy,
greed and passion, which I think you need against a team
like Arsenal. We are not Disneyland, we do not need to
excite everyone in every second.”
Fancy stat: Since Jürgen Klopp took over in October 2015
the Reds had scored 26 goals in eight Premier League
games against Arsenal – the most one side has netted
against another in the competition during that period.
4 Burnley 0 Liverpool 3 (Wood og, Mane, Firmino)
5.30pm Sat 31 Aug 2019 Att: 21,762
The boss: “If you asked me four weeks ago I wouldn’t
have expected this would happen. We had a tricky pre-
season – no pre-season for the front-three but they still
delivered. So far, so good.”
Fancy stat: Roberto Firmino became the first Brazilian
to score 50 Premier League goals; he also became the
ninth player to reach the milestone for Liverpool overall.
5 Liverpool 3 (Mane 2, Salah)
Newcastle United 1 (Willems)
12.30pm Sat 14 Sep 2019 Att: 53,318
The boss: “I started enjoying it after 35 minutes when
we arrived in the game. I’m not too pleased about coming
from behind. The challenge after the international break is
always to find a common rhythm again.”
Fancy stat: Sadio Mane had yet to lose a Premier
League home game in which he’d scored, winning
33 and drawing two of his previous 35 games when
doing so.

6 Chelsea 1 (Kante)
Liverpool 2 (Alexander-Arnold, Firmino)
4.30pm Sun 22 Sep 2019 Att: 40,638.
The boss: “We play in our way and we try to win football
games. But in the end we need to get the points – it is
about the points.”
Fancy stat: Since the start of the 2018/19 season, at this
point Liverpool had now scored 34 goals from set-piece
situations in the Premier League – seven more than any
other team in the division.
7 Sheffield United 0 Liverpool 1 (Wijnaldum)
12.30pm Sat 28 Sep 2019 Att: 31,774
The boss: “Winning on days like this is extremely worthy.
We scored a lucky goal, we know that. But the boys worked
so hard for it.”
Fancy stat: The result at Bramall Lane meant that
Liverpool had won their first seven games of a league
season for only the second time, after 1990/91.
8 Liverpool 2 (Mane, Milner pen)
Leicester City 1 (Maddison)
3pm Sat 5 Oct 2019 Att: 53,322
The boss: “It was a super game. We upped the tempo.
The football we played was so important. Leicester’s goal
really stopped us but then we wanted to go forwards.”
Fancy stat: Milner’s penalty was the 34th time Liverpool
have scored a 90th-minute winning goal in a Premier
League match – nine more than any other side.
9 Liverpool 2 (Henderson, Salah pen)
Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Kane)
4.30pm Sun 27 Oct 2019 Att: 53,222
The boss: “It was a wonderful game, how you wish games
should be. We had chance after chance and the keeper
had sensational save after sensational save.”
Fancy stat: Tottenham’s Paulo Gazzaniga made 12 saves,
the most by a keeper in the Premier League since David
de Gea v Arsenal in December 2017.
10 Aston Villa 1 (Trezeguet)
Liverpool 2 (Robertson, Mane)
3pm Sat 2 Nov 2019 Att: 41,878
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The boss: “After the first half we realised we were in the
wrong path and we made changes. I don’t always believe
we can win every game but I never give up.”
Fancy stat: Liverpool were now unbeaten in seven
Premier League games in which they had conceded the
first goal, Moreover they’d won more points from losing
positions (10 in total) than any other side in the top-flight
this season.
11 Liverpool 3 (Fabinho, Salah, Mane)
Manchester City 1 (B Silva)
4.30pm Sun 10 Nov 2019 Att: 53,324
The boss: “If you want to win against City you have to do
something special and we had to be intense. The boys did
75 minutes of unbelievable stuff.”
Fancy stat: Since August 2018, Sadio Mane had scored
22 Premier League goals at Anfield for Liverpool – more
than any other player had scored at a single venue in
that time.
12 Crystal Palace 1 (Zaha) Liverpool 2 (Mane, Firmino)
3pm Sat 23 Nov 2019 Att: 25,486
The boss: “In a game like this you have to make sure that
you are ready to fight for the result. We are not out there
to show that we invented football, because we didn’t.”
Fancy stat: Mane became only the third Liverpool
player to score in five consecutive Premier League
games against a particular opponent, after Michael
Owen versus Newcastle United and Luis Suarez against
Norwich City.
13 Liverpool 2 (Van Dijk 2) 35
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Brighton and Hove Albion 1 (Dunk)
3pm Sat 30 Nov 2019 Att: 53,319
The boss: “It was unnecessary [for the game to be nervy
at the end] of course, because we had unbelievable
chances. This game was difficult because Brighton are a
good football side. They had a lot of possession and we
had to work really hard.”
Fancy stat: The Reds were unbeaten in each of their
last 98 Premier League games at Anfield when leading
at half-time, a record they’d held since losing to Arsenal
in December 2009.

14 Liverpool 5 (Origi 2, Shaqiri, Mane, Wijnaldum)
Everton 2 (Keane, Richarlison)
8.15pm Wed 4 Dec 2019 Att: 53,094
The boss: “Wonderful goals, sensational passes, super
pieces of football. I loved it a lot!”
Fancy stat: It was Klopp’s 100th Premier League victory
in his 159th fixture and he became the second-fastest
manager to reach a century after Jose Mourinho (142).
15 Bournemouth 0 Liverpool 3
(Oxlade-Chamberlain, Keita, Salah)
3pm Sat 7 Dec 2019 Att: 10,832
The boss: “All round, nearly perfect day. It was a
professional performance – controlled, scoring wonderful
goals. The most-used words in the dressing-room at the
moment are ‘clean-sheet’ ...finally!”
Fancy stat: Salah had now scored more Prem goals
against Bournemouth (seven) than any other opponent,
and netted in all five of his apps against the Cherries.
16 Liverpool 2 (Salah 2) Watford 0
12.30pm Sat 14 Dec 2019 Att: 53,704
The boss: “It was not the prettiest game but I am more
than happy with that.”
Fancy stat: Watford’s Nigel Pearson became the ninth
manager to face Liverpool at Anfield in their first Premier
League game in charge of a team – with all nine losing to
the Reds by an aggregate score of 3-19.
17 Leicester City 0 Liverpool 4
(Firmino 2, Milner pen, Alexander-Arnold)
8pm Thurs 26 Dec 2019 Att: 32,211
The boss: “I am happy. I appreciate it because I do not take
it for granted and the boys have to do it every three days.
We were very concentrated and the goals were absolutely
nice. It was an important day for us.”
Fancy stat: Each of Bobby Firmino’s last nine goals in all
competitions for Liverpool had come away from Anfield.
His second at the King Power was the Reds’ 500th under
Klopp in all competitions.
18 Liverpool 1 (Mane) Wolves 0
4.30pm Sun 29 Dec 2019 Att: 53,326
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The boss: “First half we were good and controlled the game.
Wolves were not happy with the VAR but the momentum went
with them after that moment. We were not fresh enough in
mind to react. Football is like life: sometimes you are 100 per
cent ready and sometimes not. It was a big fight.”
Fancy stat: Liverpool ended 2019 having earned 98 points
from 37 Premier League matches; their ratio of 2.65 points
per game was the second-highest achieved by a team in a
single year, behind Chelsea’s 2.66 in 2005.
19 Liverpool 2 (Salah, Mane) Sheffield United 0
8pm Thurs 2 Jan 2020 Att: 53,321
The boss: “It’s obviously good [to go unbeaten for a year] but
the target was not to extend this run but to win the game.”
Fancy stat: Liverpool scored in their 29th consecutive game
in the Prem. Only two teams had recorded a longer scoring
streak: Arsenal 2001-02 (55) and Man United 2007-08 (36).
20 Tottenham Hotspur 0 Liverpool 1 (Firmino)
5.30pm Sat 11 Jan 2020 Att: 61,023
The boss: “When someone gives you a trophy it is done but
until then you need to fight. It is only the start. We need to
continue because our contenders are so strong.”
Fancy stat: LFC now had 61 points in the Premier League
in 2019/20 – the most any side had ever registered after 21
games in a single season across Europe’s big five leagues.
21 Liverpool 2 (Van Dijk, Salah) Manchester United 0
4.30pm Sun 19 Jan 2020 Att: 53,321
The boss: “I was really happy with 85-90 per cent of the
game, we were brilliant. We dominated, especially in the first
half. The energy on the pitch was incredible.” 31
Fancy stat: Liverpool had kept seven consecutive Premier
League clean-sheets for the first time since December 2006.
22 Wolves 1 (Jimenez) Liverpool 2 (Henderson, Firmino)
8pm Thurs 23 Jan 2020 Att: 31,746
The boss: “The boys are human. It was a little bit up-and-
down. You just have to find a way to win and have someone
who makes the perfect decision and that was Bobby again.”
Fancy stat: Liverpool became the first club to win three
top-flight games on a Thursday in the same season since
Leicester City in 1933/34!
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23 West Ham United 0 Liverpool 2
(Salah pen, Oxlade-Chamberlain)
7.45pm Wed 29 Jan 2020 Att: 59,959
The boss: “Yes we have 70 points but so many things can
happen. We don’t feel anything is done, I promise you.”
Fancy stat: Liverpool reached 70 points from 24 games in
the Premier League this season, the quickest ever; they had
also beaten every other team in the PL by the end of January.
24 Liverpool 4 (Oxlade-Chamberlain, Henderson, Salah 2)
Southampton 0
3pm Sat 1 Feb 2020 Att: 53,321
The boss: “We’re not even close to being perfect. We just
look to use our skills in the best possible way. We didn’t want
a 22-point lead. We wanted 73 points at the end of today.”
Fancy stat: The Reds had now earned 100 points from the
last 102 available in the Prem, winning 33 of their last 34.
25 Norwich City 0 Liverpool 1 (Mane)
5.30pm Sat 15 Feb 2020 Att: 27,110
The boss: “The gap is so insane, I don’t really understand it.
I have not had that before. It is outstanding, so difficult.”
Fancy stat: Liverpool kept a clean-sheet for the tenth time
in 11 Premier League matches, having only kept one shut-out
in the previous eleven.
26 Liverpool 3 (Wijnaldum, Salah, Mane)
West Ham United 2 (Diop, Fornals)
8pm Mon 24 Feb 2020 Att: 53,321
The boss: “When we equalised the stadium was rocking and
that helps us. Whatever will happen this season is an effort
of all of us. I could not be more thankful or appreciative of the
support we get.”
Fancy stat: Liverpool won their 21st consecutive home
Premier League game to equal the English top-flight record,
set by the Reds themselves between Jan and Dec 1972
under Bill Shankly.
27 Liverpool 2 (Salah, Mane) Bournemouth 1 (Wilson)
12.30pm Sat 7 Mar 2020 Att: 53,321
The boss: “Confidence is not something that you get, put in
your pocket and keep for the rest of your life. It comes and goes.
You have to fight hard – that’s always the main thing to do.”
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Fancy stat: Salah had now scored 70 goals in 100 PL
appearances for Liverpool, seven more than any other player
in their first 100 for the club (Fernando Torres 63).
28 Liverpool 4 (Alexander-Arnold, Salah, Fabinho, Mane)
Crystal Palace 0
8.15pm Wed 24 Jun 2020 Behind closed doors
The boss: “I don’t think the game could have been better
because my boys played like everybody was in the stadium.
The atmosphere on the pitch was incredible.”
Fancy stat: Fabinho celebrated his 41st victory in what was
his 50th Premier League appearance; only Didier Drogba,
Arjen Robben, Ederson (all 42) and Aymeric Laporte (43)
won more of their opening 50 PL games.
29 Liverpool 2 (Mane, Jones) Aston Villa 0
4.30pm Sun 5 July 2020 Behind closed doors
The boss: “Aston Villa were fighting with all they had and
it makes life uncomfortable. I like it, it was not a brilliant
performance but it was a good performance that gets us three
points.”
Fancy stat: Liverpool had now won their past 34 Premier
League matches when scoring the first goal of the game,
since a 1-1 draw with West Ham in February 2019.
30 Brighton 1 (Trossard) Liverpool 3 (Salah 2, Henderson)
8.15pm Wed 8 July 2020 Behind closed doors
The boss: “I’m not interested in any of this [chasing records]
but I want to win football games. We are champions and it
could be softening but it is not – the boys go with everything.”
Fancy stat: Salah reached 100 ‘goal-involvements’ for
Liverpool in the Premier League (73 goals, 27 assists in 33
104 appearances), becoming just the fourth player to do
so for the Reds after Steven Gerrard (212), Robbie Fowler
(158) and Michael Owen (148).
Liverpool also won 30 league games in 2018/19 and 1978/79.
Last season Jürgen Klopp’s runners-up won 30, drew seven
and lost only once (in 38 fixtures). They were unbeaten in
their 19 matches at Anfield, winning 17 and drawing twice.
Bob Paisley’s 1978/79 title-winners won 30, drawing eight
and losing four (of 42 fixtures). They were unbeaten in their
21 home games, winning 19 and drawing twice.
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We had to be warriors, says the Reds ace, when asked what it
took to become champions after the previous season's heartache
This evening Liverpool will lift the Premier League If I wanted to choose my
trophy for the first time. How does it feel to be favourite moment it was when
champion? the gap was slowly starting to
To win this trophy is a big, big honour and a pleasure for grow. When we were around
me, my team-mates, everyone at Liverpool Football Club 15 points clear, that was
and, of course, all the fans because it has been a long probably my favourite moment.
time coming. The fans have been really, really waiting for At that time I think everybody
it – 30 years for the title – and finally we did it! could breathe a little, but of
For sure no-one can complain. Everybody's so, so course it is never easy.
happy and very proud to be crowned Premier League
champions. It is an honour for me to be a part of the After collecting 97 points
team that did this and it is the best thing that could and still just missing out
happen for me. on the title last season,
how did the squad keep
What has been your favourite moment along the themselves so positive?
way? As a player it is really, really
I think it has been really, really tough for us this season in tough when these kind of
many ways, for my team-mates and also for the fans. On things happen to you and
the pitch there have been many contenders: City, United, the team. But the mentality of
Leicester, Chelsea, Arsenal – that was really, really clear this team is unique and at the
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it was a long way for us from playing in the final of the
Champions League against Real Madrid in 2018 to then
coming back to play in the final against Tottenham last
season. I think winning the Champions League also
pushed us to keep ourselves positive and at the same time
to get more belief.
I think after that moment, everybody said: 'This is the
year that we have to make the story'. We knew from the
beginning it would be tough but we had to be warriors and
make ourselves ready for it because to win the Premier
League has been one of the challenges for us.
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You are the first player from Senegal to win the have come from and what
Premier League too – what has been the reaction you want to achieve and it
back home? will push you to go for it and,
Honestly from day one that I won this, I got too many again, never stop dreaming.
messages! I have had positive messages from my parents, I would say to young people
my team-mates, lots of parents of kids in Senegal because hoping to be a football player:
I think now Liverpool have more fans than the other teams stay positive and go for it. Go
which was not always the case. for your dream.
I am really happy to win this trophy and I am very proud
to be the first Senegalese person to win this. I would love The Premier League is
to see more boys from Senegal coming to England and so big across the whole
winning this trophy with a respected club here, hopefully continent of Africa now…
with Liverpool again! For sure. When Liverpool are
playing it's like the national
Your story must inspire so many young footballers in team is playing as there is so
Africa… much interest and so many
As a young person you always have your dreams. Mine people watching which is
was always to be a football player. Of course you have bad really, really unbelievable.
moments along the way. It's not the case that it's always I always get more motivation
been straightforward. In life you always have bad moments to play, especially when you
but you always need to be positive. see your family and all of your
For sure, if you want to achieve your dream, never stop country is watching you.
believing, never stop working hard and never stop going Of course Liverpool also have
for it. Even in difficult times, it is just a test for you to see fans all around the world
how you are going to react. You have to think where you which is amazing. Liverpool

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incredible feeling to win this trophy with the club.

What do you think makes this club so special?

Those fans. They are incredible. And the family feel to the
club makes it feel special as well. It is more than a club,
it is a family.

On a personal level you have still never lost a

Premier League match with Liverpool at Anfield,
coming to the end of your fourth season here…
It's very positive! I never want to lose a game at Anfield.
It's just happened to me and I am lucky and I also need
to thank all the boys and the LFC fans all around us
because I can't do anything by myself. It's all about the
team.
Anfield is a magical place as I have always said. It will
be that way forever because when we have the fans
behind us and pushing us all the time, it looks like it is 12
against 11 and it's always tough to beat 12 players! I think It was great to win the
that is the secret of Anfield. Premier League and the
Champions League and
Of course it is a shame that those fans can't be here now we would love to win
at Anfield to share this success with you, but they them again. We have a
will be tuning in from around the globe... young team and a great
It is sad that they cannot be with us but hopefully we will coach so we will see what
be able to celebrate this together when it is safe to do so. happens.
We miss them of course and we will miss Hendo on the We know that next year
pitch with us too. will be really, really tough,
Since I have been here, Hendo has been here for us but again we will try to be
and it will be special when he lifts the trophy for the team ready to fight for everything.
before we celebrate on the pitch. I'm sure we will see him
start the trophy-lift with his famous dance that everybody
likes! He is a great person not only on the pitch but out
of the pitch too. He is a good lad, very positive and the
leader for us, so we will miss him. We have seen this
season how important he is for the team.
As I have always said these kind of injuries are part of
football but we'll be here for him to help him stay positive
and, for sure, he will come back stronger.

In just over a year you have won the Champions

League, Super Cup, Club World Cup and the
Premier League. What's next?
You always have to challenge yourself and football is all
about being hungry in a good way. It is about winning,
winning and winning again.
I am someone who is always motivated by challenges
in life. From the beginning I have never once stopped
to see how far I can go and until the day I stop playing
football I won't stop working to achieve everything I can.
I want to keep learning every single day to get better
and better because I'm always hungry and I want to win
trophies until the day I stop football. That is important
because like I have always said, football is my life.
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fundraising draws for the rest of the 2019/20 season.
• Huge cash prizes
• LFC Memorabilia signed by First Team players
50% of proceeds will go to the cash prize winner with the other 50% to LFC Foundation’s Military
Veterans programme and Men’s Health projects.

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Shankly made us famous, Paisley made us sing, Rafa gave us Istanbul and Kenny is our King

FOR OWEN
WITH LOVE
A cheque for £56,000 has
been presented by Liverpool
Football Club to the Owen
McVeigh Foundation,
with Owen’s father Mark
receiving it via video from
Billy Hogan, the club’s
managing director and LFC
Foundation trustee.
It follows the sale of a
limited-edition Owen
McVeigh Foundation range –
featuring mugs and keyrings,
caps and hoodies, magnets
and pin-badges – as well as
a striking red T-shirt sold
through the club’s three
Liverpool stores and online.
All profits were donated to
the foundation, established
by Mark, which aims to enrich
the lives of local children
suffering with cancer by
providing them and their
families with money-can’t-
buy-experiences.
Owen, then aged 11, passed
away shortly after being
diagnosed with leukaemia in
December 2015.
Mark said: “In Owen’s name 39
and memory, I just want to
say a huge thank you to all
the Liverpool FC fans and the
club as a whole for having
our back and helping us get
through some tough times,
and giving these children
some lovely experiences to
look forward to.”
For more information
please visit
owenmcveighfoundation.
co.uk.
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Reds fan and country and blues troubadour
Robert Vincent, whose brand new album is
out now, is very proud to be Kopite
All my family are Liverpool fans and it
goes right back to grandparents and
beyond. My earliest memory is vivid:
the 1986 FA Cup final derby between
Liverpool and Everton which really
kicked off my love as a young kid.
I was only little but I remember
everyone being around at the house
and just crammed into the living room
watching it on the TV. It’s stayed with
me ever since. I just remember the goals
flying in and all the cheering.
It’s funny how music and football seem
to hold memories around them. You
combining so well. It’s an exciting year on
all fronts. It’s the perfect storm in many
ways. I’ve released an album which I feel
is my best work and Liverpool are flying
high, I couldn’t have asked for more
really.
Not a lot of people realise but country
music has always been prevalent in
Liverpool. The two meet well because
Liverpool as a port city always had a large
influx of country music going right back
to the Fifties and the Sixties.
My dad is a huge fan of all things
country and blues so he introduced me
For me, it was impossible not to write
about this because I tend to write about
what’s around me at the time. It’s great
to have it out there for people to enjoy.
As I mentioned before, though, life is
great as a Liverpool fan. It’s been a long
wait, I can remember us falling off the
‘perch’ and it’s been a long wait to get
back on there.
We’ve done it in such a brilliantly
classy way by having people like Jürgen
Klopp and the Fenway Sports Group –
the way they’ve done what they’ve done
in such an organic way is unreal.

as told to Rhys Buchanan

can picture where you were when you to all of that. There were always those It’s such a family feel and it couldn’t
first heard something that inspired you records around, it didn’t feel any different be any better really.
and it’s the same with football. Those to me. Being a Liverpool fan right now
memories never seem to fade. My new album is mainly about the doesn’t get better and long may that
That was such a big game in 1986 political division that’s happened over the continue.
because Liverpool and Everton were both last three or four years. It’s about trying • Robert’s new album In This Town
top of the tree at the time. to rekindle that middle ground and trying You’re Owned is available to purchase
I used to go to the match around a to find some empathy for each other and through all major outlets. Keep in
similar time. My dad worked on the buses listen to each other’s point-of-view. touch at robertvincentmusic.com.
and he used to get two free tickets for
doing the matchday bus. He used to take
me and I can remember being in the Kop
on his shoulders – just the way the Kop
used to move and sway when Liverpool
were bearing down on goal, the crowd
would move forward.
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I clearly remember that feeling.
Memory is a funny thing but we went
to a fair few matches and it was a great
experience as a kid.
Now, it’s almost come full-circle
because George Sephton has played my
tracks a few times before the games
so there’s a bit of a nice link between
my two loves there. I also play before
the matches sometimes in some of the
lounges as well.
It’s one of those things at the moment
where the football and the music are
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STELLAR STREET
Just over five years ago Anfield was the
setting for an all-star charity match
between two teams led by Steven Gerrard
and Jamie Carragher. Here in one of the
old Main Stand dressing-rooms Steven
poses with the great Thierry Henry,
Chelsea legend John Terry, and Raul
Meireles who played for both Liverpool
and the West Londoners, while John Arne
Riise sorts out his boots and Glen Johnson
wonders if he’s left the oven on.
The game ended in a 2-2 draw, with
two penalties from Gerrard and strikes by
Mario Balotelli and Didier Drogba. Among
the other stars on show: Luis Suarez,
Fernando Torres, Xabi Alonso, Craig
Bellamy, Luis Garcia and Pepe Reina.

ANY SPARES
Two FA Cup semi-final match-tickets, 41 years
apart, featuring Liverpool and Chelsea. The first in
March 1965 (above) was staged at Villa Park, the
second in April 2006 (left) at Old Trafford; both
classic semi-final venues in English football history.
Liverpool prevailed on both occasions, 2-0 and 2-1
respectively, but Chelsea were the winners in the
2012 FA Cup final between the sides, 2-1 on the day.

BACK ISSUES
December 1987 was the month
when digging began to link England
and France under the Channel, the
movie Wall Street was released, and
Ruud Gullit, then of AC Milan and
one future day of Chelsea, won the
Ballon d’Or.
League leaders Liverpool hosted
the Blues at Anfield and Reds
midfielder Steve McMahon graced
the matchday programme cover.
Its 32 full-colour pages included 41
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manager Kenny Dalglish, resplendent
here in red LFC tracksuit, declaring,
“While it’s nice to be setting the pace,
we know that so long as we remain at
the top we’re also there to be shot at!”
as well as a ‘Sporting Heroes’ feature
with midfield man Ray Houghton.
As for the fixture, the hosts trailed at
half-time to a Gordon Durie penalty
before a John Aldridge spot-kick and
a late winner from the cover star
completed the comeback.
 BORN & RED
Happy (late) Father’s Day to the best
grandad in the world. We love you so much.
We cannot wait to be back at Anfield with
you watching the PL Champions. Love,
Brandon & Brody xx
Happy (late) Father’s Day to the boss of
the family, our Grandad Goof. We love and
miss you so much. We cannot wait to be
back at Anfield with you watching the Reds
win more. Love, all your grandchildren xx
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Happy birthday to both Charlie and
Harry, supporting the Champions during
lockdown with their daddy and wee
brother Ben!
Happy 11th birthday to our little football
star and die-hard Red, Cayden. We love
you so much love. All our love always xx
Two sets of twins all Liverpool fans all best
friends. Twins AliMete and KeremArat
from Marmaris with Liverpool-born twins
Brandon & Brody. Champions YNWA
Happy 13th birthday, Kiya!
Happy birthday Jordan Gilbert from
Shrewsbury who turned 21 on 20 May.
Love from Dad, Vanessa and all the family
YNWA
In memory of Reds fan Paul Greaves
who passed away last September aged
53. His friend Stewart Finch writes:
“Every year his hopes were that his
favourite team would finally win the
Premier League. At his last place of
work he was a driver for Cranberry
Coaches in Clayton-le-Moors where
he became one of the family – his boss
Christine and the rest of the crew
spoke so highly about him. He brought
people together with his sense of
humour, hard work and dedication.”
YNWA
Happy belated 18th birthday, Joseph Dixon!
A lifelong and loyal Kopite who couldn’t be
prouder to be a Red. Wishing him and LFC
a fantastic future together YNWA
Here are Sophia and Elliot Barkley the day
after seeing the Reds become Premier
League champions. Let’s hope they see
many more titles in the future! YNWA xx
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SWISS KOPITES celebrating number 19

@Anfield Pub Lucerne YNWA Pictured are David, Sarah and Ella Moen
looking forward to celebrating the title win.

In memory of Adam Lacy (Our

Warrior) who sadly lost his battle with
Leukaemia on 7.3.20 aged 16 years.
Adam was LFC mascot at the Capital
Cup final at Wembley in 2016. He
didn’t get to see Liverpool win the
Premier League but we know he would
be so proud YNWA

Chris, Sophie and Clare Dullaghan from

This is Isabel Cotter aged four from Cork. Donegal celebrating as Champions!
She loves watching ‘The Champions’ with
her dad and her favourite player is Bobby
Firmino YNWA

Louie King seeing his first of many Premier

League titles in his 11th year. We did it
Happy 40th birthday, Barry. Love always, YNWA
Elaine xx
Daniel Callon and the Boss YNWA

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Jake was five on 23 May. Mum Claire says: Sinead Maguire, an avid Liverpool
“He is my hero. He has survived two heart supporter, passed away suddenly on
surgeries, two cardiac arrests and has 15 February. Deepest condolences
raised thousands of pounds for charity. to her parents, Sharon and Ged and
Happy 12th birthday to Hugo Trantom from
He’s still learning how to talk but he can her brothers Sean and Toby and large
Mum, Dad, Howie and Lexie. He’s an avid
sing the Mo Salah chant!” circle of friends YNWA
fan!
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Pictured is Enda Macklin from Ballybay
celebrating as Liverpool are crowned
Champions!
Congratulations Liverpool FC, the best
football team on the planet. Sad we can’t
be celebrating with you today but our
time will come! YNWA Colin (Grandad),
Richard (Dad) and Daniel Moore.
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Poppy Rissa Devey Waterhouse,
23.09.1994–14.12.2018. Poppy loved
life, loved football, loved Liverpool FC.
We love you Pops xxx Julie, Rupert,
Zeb.
Matthew Nugent and his dad (pictured
here at the United game) from Belfast had
tickets for today to see us finally lift the
trophy after 30 long years. Being in the
matchday programme is a nice consolation
YNWA Champions!
Pictured is Ryan O’Reilly from Ballybay
celebrating as Liverpool are crowned
Champions!
Champions of England once again. This
one is for you, Harry Johnson. Can’t wait
for us to see the trophy in person. YNWA.
Love Uncle Kenny
Superfan Flynn, eleven and from Woolton,
is overjoyed at his team winning the
Premier League title at long last! YNWA
Janet Dunne writes to tell us about her
nephew Wesley ‘Weso’ Keating who
sadly passed away on 10 December
2018 from a brain tumour aged just
27. He left behind a young wife and
a baby girl Poppy to grow up without
her daddy. His mam had passed away
four years previously. Weso was a big
Liverpool fan and all he ever wanted was
for them to win the Premier League.
Family and friends had a memorial walk
for Weso in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on
the first anniversary, raising money
for the hospice who looked after him
and singing YNWA , and here’s John
Aldridge holding Weso’s flag in Dublin.
Happy birthday to this little liver Florence
who is seven this week. Have a lovely day
from Mummy, Daddy and Will.
This is James Yeung meeting Perrie
Edwards on the opening day of the season
against Norwich. Congratulations LFC!
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In 1992 Jeremy Clark worked at Camp

Wigwam, a boys summer camp in Maine,
Happy 18 birthday Elissa Marriott for 29 July.
USA and met Russ Brown who became a
Lots of love from Mum, Dad, Jess, Millie and
great friend. This is a photo of Russ’s son
Grandad. Up the Reds YNWA xxx
Ronan who supports Liverpool from his
home in Waterford, Maine.
In loving memory of Stephen Scott.
Will be sadly missed by all the family
xx YNWA

Happy birthday to John Fitzsimmons, a

lifelong Liverpool fan. Have a great day Jade Hearne from Tipperary on the night
with love from all of the family. the 30-year wait ended – can’t wait to see
Henderson lift the trophy!
The Redmen just keep on giving us more
and more stories to tell. Congratulations
Jürgen and the lads from Col, Jake and
Sky the Bulldog. Champions of England,
Europe & the World!

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Happy birthday Mam hope you enjoy

your day – lots of love from Rebecca and Happy seventh birthday to Freddie –
Normy xxx YNWA “Champions of everywhere!”

Email your photos and messages to: lfcprogramme@reachsport.com

Congratulations to Jade Carney on next season no later than 10 WORKING DAYS BEFORE EACH GAME.
completing her degree at Sheffield Please note space is very limited – we can’t guarantee that every
University and her summer job in the Alps.
dedication will be included in the matchday programme.
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Mighty Red Men, by Chris Metcalfe

A thirty-year wait is over at last
Led from the front, great supporting cast Here’s the Gunn family celebrating the
The German came in, got a real tight grip league title, supporting LFC from Co Derry.
Fit and fast helped survive the trip. Well done lads.

Salah and Mane the key to it all

A class act in goal strong and tall
Van Dijk at the back a solid rock
Robbo and Trent good British-grown stock. William Meredith born 22.7.1944
passed 5.7.2020 missed by all his
30 won and more to come family – he will never walk alone.
Points amassed, a giant sum
Four times in the 70s, the 80s was six
Foundation now formed for building bricks.

Tommy might smile, Emlyn would

Bob would be canny and know that he should
Alan now knows the kids are alright Happy champions day Mum and Jenny!
Hard-man Souness impressed by their fight. YNWA love Claire x

So, onto next season the game moves on

City chase hard, their chance has not gone
Reds and blues, they all come to try
But Anfield’s a fortress, the Kop in full cry.
Happy 15th birthday to our gorgeous
daughter Safa. Enjoy the game!

Happy 49th birthday to our one and only

brother Shahid. We have waited so long –
well done Liverpool! Love from your sisters,
Congratulations Liverpool, Premier League
Ghaz, Shabs, Arf, Sophie, Amira and Zobi x
champions! From Steve, Jackie, Beth, Sam
and Lewis.

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Joan Finnigan YNWA. My loving wife

for 48 years. Went to heaven during
this season. She was so loving in
backing me to go to many European
away games and all finals. She would
have loved to be able to put the flags Getting ready for the trophy-lift by
outside the house for LFC winning saluting our captain, Hendo, and Ghazala turned 50 on 8 May 2020. A truly
the league! Miss her so much! our best player of this season, Mane. mega fan since the age of eight. YNWA and
From Peter Finnigan xxx Congratulations to all! I wish you luck Liverpool FC x

Norman Goodwin went to his first
game in 1946 and watched from
the boy’s pen. Norman (left in
photo) wore his colours proudly and
did throughout his life. With us,
you’ll never walk alone, our Norm.
18.4.1940 – 1.6.2020.
This is Steve Wickett and his dog Reggie,
a good-luck charm who’s watched all the
games…apart from Watford and Man
City away. He barks and howls when Steve
cheers a Liverpool goal, and it’s his birthday
today! #ChampionDog
Lewis Fowlie says: “Well done Reds –
Premier league champions!”
Happy birthday Michael!
The greatest fans in the world now have
the best team in the world, Europe and
the Premier League. Well done the mighty
Reds! From Bill and Carol.
Shout-out to my Uncle Sean, they did it!
Lots of love, Claire x
Daithi Mac Gabhann, three, was set to be
at the Crystal Palace game with his mum
and dad in the sensory room of the Sir
Kenny Dalglish Stand. For two years he’s
been on the waiting-list for the gift of a
new heart. To find out more please visit
donate4daithi.org.
Boom – we are the champions!
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Roy, Alison, Holly and Sam can’t wait to
see the Reds lift that trophy. Thanks to the
mighty Reds for making our dreams come
true YNWA
John, Finley and the Jones family are
made-up the Reds are champions again!
Thank you to Jürgen and the Red Men
for bringing the title home! From Kevin,
Carmen, Bethany, Aaron and Connor.
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bringing home the Premier League trophy
to this great city. What a manager, what a
team. From everyone at the Liverpool FC
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Ben Mcginn celebrating 19 times YNWA

We did it Dad! We know your watching,

we miss you, YNWA. Love you, Jean,
The Redmen keep on marching, thank you
Tony, Carla, David, Paul, Lyndsey, Jody
Jürgen and the team for all the good times
and Grandkids x
and the happy memories. Max, Lola and
Isaac will always follow the Mighty Reds
YNWA

Congratulations to Jürgen and the team

for finally bringing no 19 home!
YNWA

Lee and Tony Block 203 we are the

champions 19 YNWA

Happy 30th birthday to my daddy Daniel!

Hope you have the best day, lots of love
your little Princess Violet xxx

I was 12 last time we won the league and

now the Holy Grail is back were it belongs...
Anfield

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Reds fan and RAF corporal Jon Ward
sadly and suddenly passed away the
day before Liverpool won the Premier
League, he was 34. His friend David
Spencer writes: “Jon followed Liverpool
everywhere and was also an extreme
runner, running 100 marathons in a
David Fletcher. Born in Southport
little over a year with the last on the
on 17 November 1961. Sadly passed
day the RAF celebrated its 100th
away at home in Utah on 8 July 2020.
anniversary. He was incredibly fit and
Lifelong Liverpool supporter. Loved
Three generations of Reds! Dad Kevin is in the prime of his life and the only
dearly by his beautiful family and
made-up his kids can enjoy some of the thing Jon never completed was seeing
friends. Rest in peace Dave!
success he watched growing up. Congrats Liverpool win the title.”
‘You will never walk alone’.
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This was Bernard celebrating his 104th

birthday last season YNWA.

Prior to the pandemic this had been Beryl

Alfred Cull, a crowd steward in the Lower Reid’s 60th year on the Kop. She usually
Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand, celebrated his sits with husband Paul, sons Lee and Kevin
80th birthday last December. and her grandsons Fletcher and Bailey.

Penny Woulfe passed away on 4 June 2017.

Football and Liverpool were her passions.

Danny Calvert, pictured here with family,

was 90 on 21 January. He first came to
Anfield back in the 1950s and watched
Liddell and Stubbins.

‘Iconic’ is an oft-used word in football these days, but Frank Graceffa’s Spion Kop-
surfing flag fits that description. Here it is on the playing fields at King’s Leadership
Academy in Dingle Vale in south Liverpool, where Frank works.
Because the 130ft by 80ft masterpiece (it’s the same height as the city’s Wellington’s
52 Column at the top of William Brown Street) details LFC’s success over the years, every
time the Reds win something Frank has to make it bigger! Two decades ago it started
out as a 30ft by 30ft club crest – which itself had just been redesigned so Frank thought
a giant tribute would be perfect. Then it grew and grew.
Making it is one thing, the matchday operation is another level altogether. With the
help of the same loyal crew (shout-out to Mark Price, Peter Kevan, Ryan Kevan, James
Aspinall, Carl Rigby, Craig Graceffa, Phil Graceffa and Andy Lamb) the concertina-
folded flag is pulled out of its storage bag and sent on its way. The fans do the rest,
hauling it reverently across the Kop.
Following Liverpool’s Premier League title success, further additions could be on We lost broadcaster Peter Sissons last year.
the cards. “You do these things for the love of the club,” says Frank. “If I don’t do this, One Reds fan tweeted: “I remember him
it doesn’t happen. I love having headaches – headaches for me means success for reading the lunchtime news the day after
Liverpool Football Club. Liverpool won the European Cup in 1977.
“It doesn’t get any better than that.” After the report from Rome, he smiled and
said: ‘That’s my team’…”
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To the regulars
at the 12th
Man pub on
Walton Breck
Road, here
with a flag
from St Peters
GAA Club in
Co Meath,
home of Reds
Lifelong fan Natalie Jordan passed away on fan Sean Cox
Christmas Day 2018. Her dream was to see – we are the
the Reds win the league. champions!

Reds centenarian Renee Brewin came

George Kissane, 92, was in the matchday
programme for the visit of Manchester
United in January. His first game was in
1946.
from a family of Evertonians but chose
Remember basketball superstar and LFC
Liverpool because she liked goalkeeper
stakeholder Lebron James wearing a Shankly
Elisha Scott! For her 100th birthday she
Track Jacket? We’re the champions, Champ.
received a special message from the team,
and that’s a signed photo of Alan Hansen,
her “pin-up boy.”

Reds fan Chelcee Grimes, footballer and
singer-songwriter, was all smiles the night
the title was clinched!
Bill Sergeant was in last season’s Bayern
Munich programme on his 80th birthday,
a matchgoer – wearing the scarf he bought
at the 1977 European Cup final – with
granddaughter Lucy, brother John and
nephew Stephen.
Liverpool lost a special lady last year. Joyce
Thompson, who passed away aged 93,
worked in the canteen at Anfield in the
1960s and 70s. She even helped Shanks
and his wife Nessie settle in when they
first moved to the city.

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Liverpool fan and WBA super-middleweight

champ Callum Smith is hoping to defend
his title soon. Who knows, maybe he’ll be
fighting here one day… Shout-out to LFC Long Beach Supporters Club who regularly send us great photos!
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It’s hello again to Sam the Patterdale terrier

from Stockbridge Village, ball-juggler
extraordinaire!

Shiela Spiers, a lifelong Liverpool supporter. Acclaimed writer and broadcaster John
Her father was the publican at the Sandon Keith has regularly contributed to the
in the 1950s and she was a season-ticket matchday programme over the years, most
holder for over 55 years YNWA recently reflecting: “The best decision Bill
Shankly made as manager, better than
any of the signings he made, was going
against tradition when he was appointed
and keeping the existing backroom staff.
The spin-off rewarded Liverpool for 40-odd Donna from Toronto, we hope to see you
years. back at Anfield soon! YNWA
“The amazing thing about Bill and Bob
Paisley was how they complemented each
other. Shankly had been a right-half and
Bob a left-half. Shankly was an extrovert,
Bob an introvert. Everything the one was,
the other wasn’t, except for the fact that
they both knew football inside-out.
“I always say Liverpool couldn’t be where
they are now without Bill starting it – and
Here’s Tony Musker in his shrine of a Reds they couldn’t be where they are without Bob
room. A Kopite for 65 years and avid LFC carrying it on.”
collector with over 8,000 programmes. Eric Hooton and Henry ‘Harry’ Lyness starred
in the matchday programme during the club’s
125th anniversary season, 2017/18. They took
us back to the old days, before and after the
war, when kids would either ‘bunk-in’ to the
match or wait till ‘three-quarter-time’.
“That was about 80 minutes into the
match,” explained Eric, “when they opened
the gates at the Kop-end to let people out
and the youngsters in. The gatekeeper would
turn a blind eye and we’d all run up the high
steps into the Kop.”
Harry added: “The reason some people
came out early in those days was that they
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They’d charge a penny to mind your bike.
There was no division [between the stands].
You could walk from the Kop right down
to Anfield Road at half-time, along the old
wooden stand, and down there was the Boys
Thank you to Peter Carney and all the Spion Kopites who fly the flags. Peter, who was
Pen. It would be away supporters as well as
featured in the first matchday programme of the 2019/20 season (Liverpool v Norwich
home. You were all together, mixed in, it
City), has made all sorts of banners, including one for Sean Cox and another for
didn’t matter.”
Hillsborough, about which he explained: “The names of the 96 are all embroidered on
Eric again: “Ground-level, the playing
black cloth and the flames are in silk so they shine. The lettering on the top is also in silk
surface, was head-height, so as a kid you’d
and the Liver Bird is padded.
have to jump up to see the pitch. The
“The flag stands proud and has a depth to it. The words ‘April 15th 1989’ and ‘Sheffield’
policemen used to sit in little concrete
have been put on because it always surprised me how many people didn’t know the date of
bunkers scattered around the ground and all
the disaster or where Hillsborough actually was. It also has pockets to hold flowers.”
you could see was their heads.”

Season-ticket holder Lily Black, one of the
great Liverpudlians, celebrated her 90th
birthday with the matchday programme
at the start of last year. She recalled first
going to the match, just after the war in
1946, in the old Paddock with her dad:
standing on a stool, leaning on a first-aid
blanket draped over the wall, with the
police sergeant telling any trespassers:
“You can’t stand there – that’s Lily’s spec.”
She even met her beloved husband Ted at
an away match in 1949.
Lily started the first-ever LFC supporters
club with a group of pals in 1954, first in
Kirkdale, then Kensington, and finally
Lower Breck Road. It’s still there today
but, said Lily, out of the original founders
“I’m the only one left.” Her niece Victoria
called her “a formidable woman who
lives for Liverpool Football Club… and an
“amazing role-model for women: strong
and independent.”
Eddie and Bobby, they’ve only gone and
****ing won it! From Davey and all the lads
and girls in Block 207 on the Kop YNWA
Reds fan Andy Grant with pal on Crosby
beach! Thanks for sharing your story in the
matchday programme YNWA
Paul Moran, your dad will be made-up.
Kjell Hansen, LFC historian par excellence,
has plenty of new material to keep him busy!
Anfield girl Cathy Cubbin was a loyal club
servant for half-a-century before retiring
at the end of last year. She had her leaving-
do in the Kop Bar which she managed when
it opened two years ago.
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Caoimhe O’Neill, senior football writer
with the Liverpool Echo, was a guest
columnist in the programme for February’s
West Ham game. Her grandad was a
season-ticket holder for many years and
had stories about everyone from Albert
Stubbins to Bill Shankly to Bob Paisley.
She wrote: “I get to report on Jürgen
Klopp’s incredible team day in and day out
and am loving every second of it. In my
decade of match-going I have met some
amazing people, some of whom I know
will be lifelong friends. What unites us will
always be far greater than what divides us
and when it’s Liverpool you support, You’ll
Never Walk Alone.”
A champions special without George
Sephton? Behave! ‘The Voice of Anfield’
has been celebrating his 49th year as
stadium announcer and matchday DJ and
earlier this season he told us: “This current
Liverpool team is as good as any I have
seen. I always say that the side we had in 55
the mid-80s was tremendous. This lot are
the same [and] we’ve gone from a great
team to a great trophy-winning team.”
It was September 2019 when we spoke
to George and he added: “I’d so love to
see us win the Premier League. It will be
30 years in 2020 and the more you think
about it, the crazier that sounds because
when that great 80s squad was together
you couldn’t envisage anybody overtaking
them. If we could be the champions of
England once more, I could drift off to the
great PA announcer’s room in the sky a
happy man!”
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Lancashire County Cricket fast-bowler

Saqib Mahmood (middle in photo) is a very
happy man – he’s Liverpool-mad and no
doubt looking forward to some fun with
his Manchester United-supporting team- Liverpool fans Arthur and Stella Daley
mates! were guests of honour at the match three
Local girl and mezzo-soprano Jennifer years ago to celebrate their 50th wedding
Johnston was in the Salzburg programme anniversary – when they tied the knot back
early in the season. The first single from in 1967 the great Bill Shankly turned up
her album A Love Letter To Liverpool was with his players!
a version of You’ll Never Walk Alone,
released ahead of the 2019 Champions
League final and hitting no1 in the classical
charts.
“For me, singing YNWA is a bit like
Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma . It has
transcended football and musical theatre
and has become the city’s anthem.
“How I perform it on the album is how
Rodgers and Hammerstein would have
conceived it – so if anything mine is the Devoted Liverpool fan Olive Rowe passed
‘original’ version. It has universal appeal away in June 2018 aged 90. A notice
that never wanes, which is testament to outside her beloved Albert pub said: “My Tweeted by the Owen McVeigh
how brilliant and how beautifully written nan went to visit Mr Shankly, Mr Paisley, Mr Foundation: “For all our loved ones, here no
it is.” Fagan and Mr Moran in the Boot Room.” more, Champions!” YNWA

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hope that they, like all of us, can get together again soon and safely. We’ve got a lot of celebrating to do, Reds fans…
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 A CHAMPION COLLECTION
Tonight's issue of the matchday programme, featuring the
Premier League trophy in red ribbons on the front cover,
completes the set for a most extraordinary season.
Starting with Norwich City at home on Friday 9 August 2019
to Liverpool versus Chelsea today on 22 July 2020, the issues
are numbered 1 to 19 on the spine for each consecutive Premier
League home fixture and on the front covers they variously
feature captain Jordan Henderson and team-mates Bobby, Gini,
Trent, Andy Robbo, Sadio Mane, the Ox, Naby, Divock, Mo, Joe
Gomez, Alisson and Virgil, plus of course the boss.
There are also three special-edition covers, commemorating
the 31st anniversary of Hillsborough, 60 years since Bill
Shankly became manager, and the unveiling of a new statue
to celebrate Bob Paisley in the year that he would've been 100
years old. 01 02
v Norwich City v Arsenal

07 08 09 10
v Brighton & Hove Albion v Everton v Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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v Bournemouth v Crystal Palace v Aston Villa v Burnley
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LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP FA COMMUNITY EUROPEAN CUP UEFA CUP UEFA FIFA CLUB
CHAMPIONS WINNERS WINNERS SHIELD / CHAMPIONS WINNERS SUPER CUP WORLD CUP
WINNERS LEAGUE WINNERS WINNERS
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1963/64, 1965/66, 1972/73, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1985/86, 1988/89, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1977*, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986*, 1980/81, 1983/84, 2000/01 2005/06. 2019/20
1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1991/92, 2000/01, 1994/95, 2000/01, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 2001, 2006 2004/05, 2018/19
1985/86, 1987/88, 1989/90, 2019/20 2005/06 2002/03, 2011/12 *Shield was shared with opposing team
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IAGO: VILLAIN TO
HERO IN 150 GOALS
Strike by ex-Reds attacker hands the Spanish top-flight title to Madrid giants
S ix years ago Iago Aspas took an infamously poor
corner for Liverpool on an afternoon when the
Reds’ title hopes were fatally damaged by a 2-0
Anfield defeat to Chelsea.
More than half-a-decade later, the Spanish international
striker’s 150th goal for Celta Vigo effectively ended
Barcelona’s hopes of winning their fifth La Liga in six
seasons.
Barca travelled to Celta Vigo’s Estadio de Balaidos at the
end of June level on points with Real Madrid but behind
los Blancos on the head-to-head rule, having drawn 0-0
at Camp Nou in December but lost 2-0 at the Bernabeu
in March.
Needing three points to put pressure on Real, they led
twice thanks to goals from Luis Suarez, his second coming
via Lionel Messi’s 250th assist of his Barcelona career. But
with two minutes to play, vice-skipper Aspas bent a low
free-kick around the Barca wall to earn a 2-2 draw.
It was the 150th goal of Iago’s Celta Vigo career and with
Real Madrid winning all nine of their La Liga games since
Spanish football resumed in June, they needed to beat
Villarreal last Thursday to clinch a record 34th title.
Now aged 32, Aspas first scored for Celta Vigo in June
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2009 when he was 21. His two goals against Alaves
prevented Celestes (the Light Blues) from being relegated
to the third tier of Spanish football, where they feared
extinction.
He then fired them to promotion in 2011/12, netting
23 goals, and saved Celta from relegation in 2012/13
with his 12 goals including one in a crucial victory at
Real Valladolid. A move to Liverpool followed, but in 15
appearances Aspas scored just once – in the FA Cup
versus Oldham Athletic – and is recalled for passing the
ball to Willian from that excruciatingly bad Kop-end corner
against Chelsea.
“It was a great season for Liverpool – one of their best –
although I would have liked to have played a bigger part
and that corner is the final memory, so it’s their lasting
image of me,” he later reflected in The Guardian.
“But in football you can’t forever live in the past. Things
keep moving, every day gives you another chance.”
Aspas has certainly proved that. Following a season with
Sevilla he returned to Vigo in 2015 and has since scored
101 goals – 88 in La Liga – plus six in 18 games for Spain,
including one against Morocco at the 2018 World Cup. He
is contracted to the Galician club until 2023.
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For thirty years many have
tried and some came so,
so close – a tribute to the
heroes in red who chased the
Premier League dream

T wo league titles in the 1960s. Four league titles

in the 1970s. Six league titles in the 1980s.
When Liverpool Football Club began the 1990s by
adding league title number 18 to an unmatched roll
of honour, it looked like business as usual for another
decade. But the times they were a-changing.
Sir Kenny Dalglish’s side clinched the 1989/90
championship with a 2-1 home win against Queens
Park Rangers. If you’d told the 37,758 crowd inside
Anfield (all stadiums had their capacities reduced by 15
per cent while the Hillsborough Enquiry was ongoing)
that it would be 30 years before Liverpool would be
champions again, not many would have believed you.
Indeed the Reds started the 1990/91 campaign so well
that they looked certain to retain their crown.
After beating Derby County 2-0 at Anfield in early
October 1990 to make it eight consecutive wins, the
Sunday Times advised: “If your money is not already
on Liverpool for a nineteenth championship, invest
immediately.” But the Reds had a serious challenger.
George Graham’s Arsenal had famously won the
league with the last kick of the season at Anfield in
1988/89. They came nowhere near to challenging in
1989/90 but strengthened in the summer of 1990 by
signing goalkeeper David Seaman and winger Anders
Limpar. It turned them into a team that would lose only
one league game all season.
When the two sides met at Highbury in December,
both were unbeaten. Liverpool were six points clear at
the top, but a strangely cautious starting XI featuring six
defenders – Glenn Hysen, David Burrows, Steve Nicol,
Gary Gillespie, Gary Ablett and Barry Venison – didn’t
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By the time the title rivals clashed again in March 1991,
Liverpool were reeling from Dalglish’s shock resignation
as manager. Arsenal arrived at Anfield top of the First
Division on goal-difference with both sides having
played 25 of their 38 games.
Ronnie Moran was Liverpool’s caretaker-manager.
The only goal of the game was scored by Arsenal’s Paul
Merson.
Three weeks later Liverpool briefly reclaimed top spot
following a thumping 7-1 win at Derby County – John
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joyous and defiant – and their
dreams were about to come true
 Robbie Fowler, Roy Evans and Stan
Collymore came close in 1995/96
Barnes and Nicol netting twice – but taking only a
point from their next three matches against QPR,
Southampton and Coventry City proved costly.
New boss Graeme Souness arrived from Rangers
to take charge of the final five games, but a 2-1 May
Bank Holiday defeat at Nottingham Forest, on his
38th birthday, meant that Arsenal were champions
with a game to spare.
“I would say that without a doubt, over the whole
season, Liverpool have lost the championship rather
than Arsenal won it,” said Souness afterwards.
“Second may be a healthy place for some clubs, but
not us.”
As unhealthy as it may have felt at the time, second
was the highest position the Reds would reach for
three decades.
In the 19 top-flight seasons played between 1972/73
and 1990/91, Liverpool were champions or runners-up
on 18 occasions. In the one season they had a blip,
finishing fifth in 1980/81, they won the European Cup
and League Cup.
Consolations prizes don’t get much better, but to go
from such consistency – winning eleven league titles
68 in 19 years – to spending the next decade finishing
68 between third and eighth puts Liverpool’s regression
during the 1990s into context.
Liverpool finished sixth in 1991/92, the last season of
the old First Division, and sixth again in 1992/93, the
first of the newly-formed Premier League. The next
campaign, 1993/94, was so bad that Souness lost his
job and the Reds, under new manager Roy Evans,
eventually finished eighth. The 16 league games they
lost that season remains the most top-flight defeats
suffered since Liverpool were last relegated in 1954.
Things began to improve under Evans with a young
team featuring Steve McManaman, Robbie Fowler,
Jamie Redknapp, Rob Jones and David James ending
1994/95 in fourth place.
Following the club-record signing of Stan Collymore
from Nottingham Forest that summer, there was a
belated title-challenge in 1995/96.
After a bleak November in which the Reds took just
one point from four games, Liverpool were eighth on
the first weekend in December 1995, thirteen points
behind leaders Newcastle United. A title tilt seemed
unlikely but a scrappy 1-0 win at Bolton Wanderers,
courtesy of a Collymore goal, followed by a Fowler
double in a rousing 2-0 Anfield success against
Manchester United, kick-started the season.
Liverpool went on a 14-game unbeaten run, winning
ten and drawing four, to fire themselves into third,
two points behind joint-leaders Manchester United
and Newcastle. A 1-0 defeat at Forest in late March
checked their momentum but then came a thrilling
4-3 victory at home to Kevin Keegan’s Magpies.
“Collymore closing innnn!”
With six games to play, the Reds remained
contenders. But three days later a shock 1-0 defeat
at relegation-threatened Coventry derailed their
challenge, with defender Steve Harkness suffering a
broken leg.
“It’s probably put us out of it,” admitted Evans, “but
you never know what might happen. We shall keep on
battling away.” Liverpool eventually ended the season
in third, 11 points behind Alex Ferguson’s United.
Patrik Berger was recruited during the summer
after starring for the Czech Republic at Euro 96. On
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points from Arsenal, having oddly played a game
more than every other team.
Three months later, following another extraordinary
4-3 Anfield win against Newcastle, and a 2-1
victory against Arsenal at Highbury in which Fowler
courteously tried to dissuade the referee from
awarding him a penalty, the title-race was shaping up.
United led the Reds by three points with both clubs
having played 31 games.
On Sunday 6 April 1997, Liverpool had the chance
to go top by beating rock-bottom Coventry at
Anfield. Fowler half-volleyed the Reds ahead but a
vulnerability from set-pieces undid them.
Noel Whelan headed a simple equaliser after Gary
McAllister’s 65th-minute corner had been flicked on,
and after Collymore missed a sitter to win it, another
McAllister corner led to Dion Dublin tapping home a
stoppage-time winner.
There was an audible air of frustration inside Anfield
at full-time and it meant that when United visited L4 a
fortnight later, two points clear with a game-in-hand,
Liverpool simply had to win.
Gary Pallister’s header, from a David Beckham
corner, put the visitors ahead, but Barnes headed
Liverpool level six minutes later. Home goalkeeper
David James missed another Beckham corner,
allowing Pallister to head in again, before Andy Cole
did the same from a Gary Neville cross, to give United
a 3-1 victory.
The Reds were five points behind with three games
to play and their fate was sealed by a 2-1 reverse
at Wimbledon, although 17-year-old Michael Owen
did become Liverpool’s youngest-ever scorer on his
debut.
A final position of fourth meant Liverpool missed out
on Champions League qualification – only the top two
qualified – and the hangover lasted into 1997/98. The
Reds failed to win any of their opening three games
and were never in the race, ending a disappointing
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Season 1998/99 is best forgotten. It began well with
Evans and new joint-manager Gerard Houllier guiding
Liverpool to joint-top after four games, but the wheels
soon fell off. Evans resigned in November and the
Reds were as low as 12th in December, eventually
ending the campaign under Houllier in seventh. The
25-point gap to the top felt like the Grand Canyon.
Sami Hyypia, Stephane Henchoz, Didi Hamann
and Vladimir Smicer were among the new recruits in
the summer of 1999. Emile Heskey followed. A vastly
improved Liverpool reached as high as second in
April, but failed to score in their final five games and
ended up fourth, again missing out on Champions
League football.
Liverpool’s 2000/01 campaign was one of the most
memorable in the club’s history as Houllier’s Reds,
inspired by the experience of shrewd free-transfer
signing Gary McAllister, won a treble of UEFA Cup,
FA Cup and League Cup and finished third to finally
qualify for the Champions League.
New goalie Jerzy Dudek and left-back John Arne
Riise arrived that summer, and in 2001/02 Liverpool
were in the title hunt despite Houllier being sidelined
for five months after life-saving heart surgery.
Phil Thompson (standing) and
Gerard Houllier led the Reds to
runners-up spot in 2001/02
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 Fernando Torres celebrates
his goal in the 4-1 win at Old
Trafford in March 2009
The Reds under Rafael
Benitez repeatedly punched
above their weight
Assistant-manager and former skipper Phil
Thompson guided the side to second by the time
Houllier was fit to return in March, with seven Premier
League games to play.
Liverpool duly won six and lost one, to Tottenham, but
even had they won at White Hart Lane it wouldn’t have
mattered. Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal won their final 13
on the spin, claiming the title by seven points.
The Reds had to settle for second, but when they
began season 2002/03 with nine wins and three draws
to go seven points clear, hope sprung eternal that three
years of progress under Houllier was about to pay off.
What happened next was startling.
Houllier’s side failed to win any of their next 11 league
games, taking just five points out of a possible 33. They
dropped from top, with a seven-point lead, to seventh,
trailing Arsenal by 11 points, eventually finishing fifth.
It was the beginning of the end for Houllier. He
won the League Cup but departed at the end of a flat
2003/04 campaign when Liverpool’s final position of
fourth was as high as they got all season.
Enter Rafa Benitez, who’d led Valencia to La Liga
titles in 2002 and 2004, plus a UEFA Cup. Star striker
Owen left for Real Madrid while Spaniards Josemi, Xabi
70 Alonso, Luis Garcia and Antonio Nunez came in.
Liverpool’s league campaign was ordinary. The Reds
finished fifth, a massive 37 points behind Chelsea,
but winning a fifth European Cup in Istanbul bought
Benitez time – and legendary status.
Fifteen years after last winning the domestic title,
Liverpool were champions of Europe again – but it
would be another 15 years before the Premier League
trophy was being lifted by a Reds skipper.
Steven Gerrard hoisted the Champions League
trophy aloft, but only twice – in 2009 and 2014 – did he
come close to getting his hands on the silverware that
Jordan Henderson will lift today.
Rafa’s Reds came third in 2005/06 and won the
FA Cup. They finished third again in 2006/07 but lost
the Champions League final re-match to AC Milan in
Athens.
The arrival of Fernando Torres injected goals and
Liverpool lost only four games in 2007/08, but 13
draws was only enough for fourth. Then came a
proper title challenge in 2008/09.
Benitez had assembled a strong team. Pepe Reina
in goal, Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypia, Martin Skrtel,
Daniel Agger and Alvaro Arbeloa providing options
at the back. Gerrard, Alonso and Javier Mascherano
were serenaded as ‘the best midfield in the world’
while the hard-working Dirk Kuyt and star striker
Torres carried the goal-threat.
Yossi Benayoun, Ryan Babel and Albert Riera
provided options on the flanks, but a move for striker
Robbie Keane didn’t work out. Liverpool also lacked a
settled left-back with Fabio Aurelio, Andrea Dossena
and Emiliano Insua rotated in the role. Lucas and
David Ngog completed the squad.
The Reds lost only twice all season and over the
course of the campaign took more away-points than
any other club. The problem was Anfield.
Going an entire season unbeaten at home doesn’t
sound bad, but Liverpool drew seven of their 19
league games at Anfield.
Nil-nils with Stoke, Fulham, West Ham. Two-two
versus Hull City. One-one against Everton and
Manchester City. Four-all with Arsenal.
Season reviews always focus upon an explosive
Benitez press-conference in January 2009 when he
quoted those infamous “facts” about “Mr Ferguson”,

plus a 93rd-minute winner by unknown United
youngster Federico Macheda against Aston Villa
that kept the Red Devils top. But had Liverpool won
two of those seven home games they’d have been
champions on goal-difference.
Ultimately the Redmen finished four points behind
Manchester United, despite beating them home (2-1)
and away (4-1). They spent the next four seasons
marooned in the mediocrity of sixth, seventh (twice)
and eighth.
Benitez (2009/10), Roy Hodgson (2010/11), Dalglish
(2011/12) and Brendan Rodgers (2012/13) all had
their feet under the manager’s table during those
four years, and it was the latter who presided over a
heartbreaking near-miss in 2013/14.
Having inherited Gerrard, Henderson, Glen Johnson
and Luis Suarez, brought in Daniel Sturridge, Philippe
Coutinho and Simon Mignolet, and integrated
youngsters Raheem Sterling and Jon Flanagan into
his team, Rodgers hit on a winning formula.
BRENDAN RODGERS HIT ON A WINNING FORMULA, WITH
STURRIDGE SCORING GOALS, SUAREZ IN WORLD-CLASS
FORM AND LIVERPOOL PLAYING THE BEST FOOTBALL SEEN AT
ANFIELD SINCE THE EIGHTIES – WIN THE LAST FOUR GAMES
OF SEASON 2013/14 AND THEY WOULD BE CHAMPIONS
Who remembers Skrtel’s stunning
goals against Arsenal at Anfield?
Liverpool’s SAS were an irresistible
strike partnership in 2013/14
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Three Sturridge goals got the season off to a flyer
with three 1-0 wins and on Christmas Day the Reds
were top. They lost at title-rivals Manchester City and
Chelsea but responded by winning 14 and drawing
two of the next 16 games.
With Suarez in world-class form and Liverpool
playing the best football seen at Anfield since the
1980s, neighbours Everton were demolished 4-0 and
top-of-the-league Arsenal were four goals down in 20
minutes, eventually losing 5-1.
The Reds scored five at Stoke, won 3-0 at Old
Trafford and hit six at Cardiff. When a Coutinho goal
secured a 3-2 Anfield victory against Man City it put
the fate of the title in Liverpool’s hands: win the last
four games and they would be champions.
A 3-2 win at Norwich City followed but the run
ended with a 2-0 home defeat to a Chelsea side
with Mo Salah in it. The opening goal, scored by
Demba Ba after Gerrard’s slip in midfield, symbolised
Liverpool missing out.
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Brendan Rodgers getting the
message at Melwood

When the Reds blew a three-goal lead to draw 3-3
at Crystal Palace, aka ‘Crystanbul’, it put City in pole-
position and the title was heading to the Etihad after
they beat West Ham on the final day of the season to
become champions by two points.
It was the first time in 24 years that Liverpool had
gone into their final league game still in contention,
but it made missing out even harder.
Losing Suarez to Barcelona proved to be the
catalyst for a sharp decline in fortunes. The Reds
spent 2014/15 outside of the top four, eventually
ending up sixth after a 6-1 loss at Stoke on the final
day of the season – Liverpool’s heaviest defeat since
1963. Sterling, the brightest young talent, quit the club
for City.
When the 2015/16 campaign began with only three
wins from eight games, owners FSG knew it was
time for a change. Out went Rodgers, in came Jürgen
Klopp. It proved to be every bit as good a decision as
replacing Phil Taylor with Bill Shankly in 1959.
Liverpool finished eighth in 2015/16, failing to qualify
for Europe as Leicester City took the crown. But they
did reach the League Cup and UEFA Cup finals –
signs that Klopp was building something special.
Sadio Mane, Gini Wijnaldum and Joel Matip arrived
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Steven Gerrard scored two vital
penalties at West Ham in April 2014
in the summer of 2016. Roberto Firmino and James
Milner were already there. Liverpool finished fourth
and qualified for the Champions League. Doubters to
believers.
Salah, Andy Robertson and Alex Oxlade-
Chamberlain arrived in the summer of 2017. Local
talent Trent Alexander-Arnold emerged at right-back,
but in January 2018, with the Reds fourth in the table
and through to the Champions League knockout
stages, Coutinho left for Barcelona.
Losing star players had previously undermined
progress. Not this time. Liverpool used the money
to sign Dutch centre-half Virgil van Dijk and laid
down a marker by beating the previously undefeated
Manchester City 4-3 at Anfield. Later that season they
knocked Pep Guardiola’s men out of the Champions
League, a whopping 5-1 on aggregate.
The Reds finished fourth again in 2017/18, a
sobering 25 points behind City, but they reached
Anfield erupts after a late winner against Spurs
in March 2019 keeps the title dream alive

the Champions League final. Real Madrid may have
emerged as 3-1 winners in Kiev but the Liver Bird was
still rising.
In any other era, the 97 points Liverpool accumulated
in 2018/19 would have made them Premier League
champions. But against Guardiola’s City it wasn’t
enough. Bolstered by new goalkeeper Alisson and
midfielders Fabinho and Naby Keita, the Reds lost just
once all season, winning 30 and drawing seven of their
38 games. But that one defeat came at the Etihad, 2-1
after home defender John Stones made a goal-line
clearance with all but 11mm of the ball over the line.
In the most consistent title race ever seen on these
shores, Liverpool won their final nine games on the
bounce.
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On the last day of the season, with the Reds a Sadio
Mane goal ahead against Wolverhampton Wanderers
at home, City went behind at Brighton but within ten
minutes had turned things around to win their 14th
consecutive league game.
Manchester City were champions by a point.
Liverpool had been denied by eleven millimetres.
“I can’t see anybody getting anywhere near us next
season,” celebrity City fan Noel Gallagher told Sky
Sports in August 2019. “Liverpool had the greatest
season in their entire life and they still came second.
It’s too funny! I don’t think Liverpool get near us. I
don’t think anybody does.”
On 7 March 2020 the Reds beat Bournemouth 2-1 at
Anfield to go 25 points clear at the top of the Premier
League having won 27 and drawn one of their opening
29 games, smashing all kinds of records in the process
and winning the FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.
Only six more points were required to end a 30-year
wait, but then football was suspended indefinitely due
to the coronavirus pandemic. What next?
Talk of ‘null and void’ sent shivers down the spine.
Were Liverpool to be denied again?
On 25 June 2020, eight days after the season finally
resumed, City lost 2-1 at Chelsea. It left Klopp’s team
23 points clear at the top of the table with seven
games to play.
Finally, Liverpool were English champions again.
And tonight we add to the family silver.
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Jürgen Klopp salutes the
fans during 2018/19’s
bittersweet lap-of-honour
 SO LONG
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ADAM
He’s seen the ups and downs at Anfield, but
what a way for Jürgen Klopp’s “incredible
professional” to sign off from LFC
Growing up
Ten years ago Adam Lallana was lifting the Football
League Trophy at Wembley as a League One player
with Southampton. Tonight at Anfield he will get his
hands on the Premier League trophy, having also won
the Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club
World Cup. Proof that a lot can change in a decade!
Back in 2000, aged 12, Adam moved from AFC
Bournemouth’s school of excellence to Southampton, but
perhaps he was destined to play for the Reds because of
the team he supported.
“It’s true I was an Evertonian,” he admitted after signing
for Liverpool in 2014. “My dad used to support Everton in
the Gary Lineker days when they were doing well, so that’s
the reason I started following them.”
In 2005, while Liverpool were contesting the Champions
League final in Istanbul, he was playing in the FA Youth
Cup final for Southampton against Ipswich Town. The
Saints, who had Theo Walcott upfront, lost 3-2 on
aggregate with Lallana used as a sub. Adam made his
first-team debut in August 2006 and during a rollercoaster
eight seasons at St Mary’s, experienced relegation then
promotion twice.
He netted 60 goals in 265 games and made four
appearances against Liverpool between 2012 and 2014,
including a 1-0 win at Anfield in September 2013 when
Dejan Lovren scored the Saints winner and Nathaniel
Clyne and Rickie Lambert were also in the visitors’ line-up.
Adam’s nine goals in 38 Premier Leagues games during
that 2013/14 campaign earned him the first of 34 England
caps and a place in the PFA Premier League team of the
season alongside Steven Gerrard, Daniel Sturridge and
Luis Suarez. By the start of 2014/15 he was an LFC player.
This is Anfield
Lallana spent June 2014 in Brazil with
England at the World Cup finals. He came
off the bench against Italy and Uruguay and
started against Costa Rica. A week after
coming home, he signed for Liverpool.
“There is definitely a greater weight of
expectation when you pull on a Liverpool
shirt,” he said. “I feel this club symbolises the
kind of player that I want to be; how I play
my football, how I want to work.”
Three training sessions into his Reds
career, during a summer tour of America he
suffered an ankle injury that ended his pre-
season. His belated Liverpool debut came in
mid-September, a 1-0 home defeat to Aston
Villa, but it was December 2014 before he
was a regular starter.
By then Adam had netted his first Liverpool
goal, in a 2-1 home win against West Brom.
In March 2015 he injured his groin at home
to Manchester United and was replaced by
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 Steven Gerrard who was sent off 40 seconds later. The
injury also ruled Lallana out of Liverpool’s forgettable FA
Cup semi-final against Aston Villa although he did score
Liverpool’s only goal in Gerrard’s Anfield farewell against
Crystal Palace.
It’d been a disappointing first year as Liverpool struggled
without Luis Suarez. He later reflected: “We just weren’t
playing well. There was a combination of factors: the squad
being made up from different players, players missing from
last season. There was always going to be a little bit of a On as a sub in the League Cup final against
hangover [from the previous season’s title challenge].” Manchester City, his shot struck a post before
In 2015/16 he netted a couple of Europa League goals Philippe Coutinho turned the ball in to equalise.
against Bordeaux and Sion, but a poor start to the Premier Yet the afternoon ended in heartbreak as
League season meant that manager Brendan Rodgers was Lallana was one of three Reds to have spot-
relieved of his duties. In came Jürgen Klopp and into his kicks saved in the shoot-out.
team went Adam Lallana. Defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League final in
Basel also followed but the Reds were on the
Klopp’s kind of player rise. Adam made three appearances at Euro
Lallana’s work-ethic, energy and stamina suited the new 2016 before being named as England player of
Liverpool manager’s intense style of training and playing. the year for 2016.
Being a midfielder for Liverpool isn’t just about pressing
opponents and winning the ball back, it’s about being able
to use it too. Lallana could do both.
During a 2-2 draw against West Ham at Anfield in 2016
he ran a reported 13.7km, setting a new Premier League
record for the most distance covered. The previous record
holder? Adam Lallana.
He made 49 appearances in season 2016/17 – only
Simon Mignolet, Alberto Moreno and Nathaniel Clyne
made more. He also contributed eight assists, including
one for Roberto Firmino when Manchester United were
beaten 2-0 in the Europa League at Anfield, and netted
76 seven goals himself.
One came in a 3-0 home win against Manchester City,
another was Liverpool’s third in a 3-0 Europa League semi-
final second leg against Villarreal. The most memorable
came at Norwich City in January 2016.
On a crazy afternoon at Carrow Road the Reds went one-
nil up, 3-1 down and 4-3 up only to concede a 92nd-minute
equaliser. Then, in the 95th minute, Lallana popped up to
fire a bouncing, left-footed volley into the net and spark
wild celebrations. Shirt off, he jumped into the arms of his
manager whose glasses were broken in the melee.
Adam almost had another Wembley goal a month later.
Silver lining
The 2016/17 season was Lallana’s best in terms of goals
with eight in 35 appearances. On target on the opening
day of the season in a 4-3 win at Arsenal, he also scored
Liverpool’s final goal of the campaign as the Reds beat
Middlesbrough 3-0 in a must-win game to secure
Champions League qualification.
His seven assists also included creating a New Year’s Eve
winner for Gini Wijnaldum against Manchester City.
But ahead of 2017/18, a thigh injury suffered against
Atletico Madrid in pre-season meant he didn’t start a
game until New Year’s Day. In the Champions League final
against Real Madrid in Kiev he came on for Mo Salah and
ended the night with another runners-up medal.
After turning 30 he was used more sparingly in 2018/19
but it didn’t make him any less ambitious. “One of the big
reasons why I moved to Liverpool was to compete for
the Premier League and the Champions League,” he said
ahead of the tie against Bayern Munich.
“I still feel there’s a lot more to achieve. I’ve not won a
trophy yet but I’ve been to three finals. I’ve been close but
not close enough in terms of where I want to be.”
Three months later he was a Champions League winner,
at the Madrid final against Tottenham as an unused sub.
And you know what it’s like – you wait five years for a
trophy and then four come along at once.
The UEFA Super Cup followed and then in October, with
Liverpool on the verge of a first Premier League defeat of
the season, Lallana came off the bench to equalise against
Manchester United at Old Trafford.
It was his 21st goal for the Reds and that month he also
set an unusual club record by scoring his sixth spot-kick for
Liverpool in penalty shoot-outs following the 5-5 Carabao
Cup draw against Arsenal.
After playing as a no6 in the FIFA Club
World Club semi-final against Monterrey, he
came on against Flamengo in the victorious
final. Providing an assist for Sadio Mane’s
winner against Wolves at Anfield in December
was another big contribution, but Lallana’s
appearance (as a sub) in the 2-1 win against
Bournemouth in March was his 178th for LFC
and almost certainly his last.
“It is clear Adam will leave the club in the
summer,” said Klopp. “I miss already everything
about him. He is one of the most influential
players on the training quality I have ever had
in my life – an incredible professional.
Words: Chris McLoughlin
“He is one of the most important players of
my time here so I wish him only the best for
the future. From my point-of-view he is already
a legend here, so he can become a legend
somewhere else from next season.”
Before Adam goes, there is one final task to
complete: pick up a Premier League medal
tonight and celebrate like a champion.
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Captain Sophie Bradley-Auckland has put her “Hopefully this doesn’t go on too long and I’ll be
football career on hold to help her family-run care back and can get the team where they belong – in the
home through the coronavirus pandemic. The Women’s Super League.”
central defender combines skippering the Reds Meanwhile goalkeeper Rachael Laws has re-joined
with managing the Edenhurst venue in Nottingham. the club seven years after her first spell with the club.
“With the current situation it’s made me have to The 29-year-old was part of the Reds squad that won
make a decision, one that’s been awful and I’ve their first FA WSL title in 2013 when she joined on loan
actually lost sleep about it,” she’s told the club from Sunderland. She played nine games as Liverpool
website. “The fact is that I can’t return to Liverpool secured the title and is delighted to return.
until a risk isn’t posed on the care home.” “I’m excited to be back and looking forward to
The 30-year-old adds: “My happiness – and that’s hopefully getting the club back to where they belong in
what I call playing football – is something that I love. the WSL,” she said.
But it isn’t worth somebody’s life and that is what it is. Another boost has been provided by the news that
It is actually risking somebody’s life. midfielder Amy Rodgers has extended her contract. The
“I have a duty of care. I’ve got 24 residents, actually England Under-21s international was the fans’ player of
24 other members of my family I would call them, and the season for 2018/19.
I would never want to pose any further risk on them
than what’s already there.”
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grandparents and parents, have come back negative
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She remains hopeful of returning to the Reds as
soon as possible.
“All I’m holding onto is that I’ll be back. My training
continues before I go to work and I’ll always be fit and
ready to come back whenever that risk is not there on
the care home.
“I’m still a Red. I will be back at Liverpool but
unfortunately at this moment in time it’s not possible
for me to come, so I think it’s very much up in the air.
“It’s tough because I feel like I’m letting everybody
[team-mates] down but I’ll be back. That’s all I keep
telling myself.
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Two of Liverpool Football Club’s Academy
goalkeepers agreed terms to extend their stays with
the club earlier this month.
Vitezslav Jaros has signed a new long-term contract,
having joined as a 16-year-old from Slavia Prague in
2017. The Czech keeper initially formed part of the club’s
Under-18s squad working with goalkeeping coach Neil
Edwards and was part of the FA Youth Cup-winning
team in 2019, a victory secured in a dramatic penalty
shoot-out.
Stepping up to the Under-23s last year under the
guidance of coach Mark Morris, he made his senior
bow with the first team in the pre-season friendly at
Tranmere Rovers, but an elbow injury in training the
following day required surgery and he was ruled out of
action until February.

Vitezslav Jaros The 18-year-old was then part of the senior squad that
played at Anfield against Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup
fourth-round replay when Liverpool’s youngest-ever side
progressed.
He’s tweeted: “More than happy to be able to sign a
new long-term contract with this wonderful club.”
Meanwhile Ben Winterbottom has signed his first
professional contract with Liverpool FC. He joined the
Academy last year after impressing on several occasions
against the Reds for his former club Blackburn Rovers.
Ben, who celebrated his 19th birthday last Thursday,
started last season in the U18s but was turning out for
the U23s by September. His debut in Premier League 2
was a memorable one, making a spectacular penalty save 81
against Derby County.
He was also part of the U19s team which secured top
spot in their UEFA Youth League group and the U21s
team that took on Football League opposition in the
group stages of the Leasing.com Trophy.
He made 19 appearances across various age-group
competitions last season. In December he was on the
bench for the first team as a youthful side took on Aston
Villa in the quarter-final of the Carabao Cup at Villa Park.
On his Instagram page he wrote: “Buzzing to sign my
new deal with the world’s best! Can’t wait to get back to
it. YNWA.”
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Coach
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8 READING H 0-1
15 Tottenham A 0-1
22 SHEFFIELD UNITED (CC) H 2-3
28 Manchester United A 0-2
OCTOBER
13 BRISTOL CITY H 1-1
20 Coventry United (CC) A 5-1
27 Birmingham City A 0-2
NOVEMBER
2 Aston Villa (CC) A 0-2
17 EVERTON H 0-1
21 Blackburn Rovers (CC) A 6-0
24 Arsenal A 0-1
DECEMBER
1 Manchester City A 0-1
8 WEST HAM UNITED H 1-1
11 DURHAM WOMEN (CC) H 3-1
15 CHELSEA H 1-1
JANUARY
5 Brighton A 0-1
19 Bristol City A 1-0
26 BLACKBURN R (FAC 4) H 8-1
FEBRUARY
13 ARSENAL H 2-3
17 Chelsea (FAC 5) A 0-1
23 West Ham United A 2-4
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EFL: English Football League Trophy
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CC: Continental Tyres League Cup
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Brighton & Hove Albion v LIVERPOOL

REDS MATCH RECORDS ON SOUTH COAST
• Mo Salah scores twice and creates another as the Reds equal
the club record of 30 wins in a single league season. Salah
sweeps Liverpool ahead in the sixth minute after Naby Keita
wins possession deep in Brighton territory, and it's another Keita
counter-press that leads to Jordan Henderson curling home a
second 127 seconds later from Salah's pass.

• Neco Williams, on his first Premier League start, blocks a

certain goal for Leandro Trossard but the Belgian volleys a goal
back for the Seagulls before half-time. Salah then heads his
second goal of the night, from Andy Robertson's corner, but
can't convert a couple of late hat-trick chances.

• The 3-1 victory also means Liverpool equal the club record of 13
away league wins. “We have 92 points and last season we had
97,” says Jürgen Klopp. “We got five points more than this last
season – that's unbelievable, I have no idea how we did that!”

GOAL: Trossard (45).

LINE-UP (4-3-1-2): Ryan, Lamptey, Webster, Dunk (C), Burn,
Propper (Bissouma 71), Stephens, Mac Allister (Mooy 71), Gross
(Connolly 71), Maupay, Trossard. Subs not used: Button, Duffy,
Jahanbakhsh, Murray, Montoya, Bernardo. Booked: Lamptey.

GOALS: Salah (6, 76), Henderson (8).

LINE-UP (4-3-3): Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk,
Williams (Robertson 46), Keita (Fabinho 61), Henderson (Milner
80), Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino (Minamino 87), Oxlade-Chamberlain
(Mane 61). Subs not used: Adrian, Origi, Jones, Elliott.
Booked: Williams, Mane, Fabinho, Gomez.
75
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POSSESSION SHOTS SHOTS ON TARGET

44% 56% 12 19 2 8
CORNERS OFFSIDE CLEARANCES

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LIVERPOOL v Burnley
MOBILE POPE KEEPS REDS AT BAY
• Liverpool's run of 24 consecutive home Premier League wins
ends as Burnley become the first visitors to get a point at Anfield
since January 2019. Andy Robertson brilliantly heads the Reds in
front from Fabinho's chipped cross, but a second-half strike by
Jay Rodriguez earns the Clarets a draw.

• Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope denies the Redmen with a

string of saves from Curtis Jones, Mo Salah and Sadio Mane,
while Roberto Firmino strikes the inside of the post. Robertson
has a penalty shout turned down and Salah shoots straight at
Pope late on, but at the other end Johann Berg Gudmundsson
rattles the crossbar.

• “For moments it was Liverpool against Pope,” says Jürgen

Klopp. “He did really well, but we should have scored. We did
everything right and he made saves, but we should have scored
more. That's on us. We didn't close the game and they took their
moment.”
GOAL: Robertson (34).
LINE-UP (4-3-3): Alisson, Williams (Alexander-Arnold 69), Gomez,
van Dijk (C), Robertson, Wijnaldum (Oxlade-Chamberlain 81),
Fabinho, Jones (Keita 69), Salah, Firmino, Mane. Subs not used:
Adrian, Lovren, Minamino, Shaqiri, Origi, Elliott. Booked: Gomez.

GOAL: Rodriguez (69).

LINE-UP (4-4-2): Pope, Bardsley, Long, Tarkowski (C), Taylor,
Pieters (Gudmundsson 65), Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil, Wood
(Vydra 65), Rodriguez. Subs not used: Peacock-Farrell, Brady,
Thompson, Dunne, Benson, Goodridge, Driscoll-Glennon.
Booked: Bardsley, Pope. 89
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POSSESSION SHOTS SHOTS ON TARGET

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Arsenal v LIVERPOOL
DOMINANT REDS UNLUCKY AT EMIRATES
• Champions Liverpool are beaten by Arsenal for the first
time since 2015. Striker Sadio Mane puts the Reds ahead
with a fine first-time finish from Andy Robertson's cross, but
rare errors from Virgil van Dijk and Alisson allow the Gunners
to come from behind with Alexandre Lacazette and Reiss
Nelson getting on the scoresheet.

• Jürgen Klopp's side have 24 shots on goal but just can't find
an equaliser, Mo Salah coming closest when forcing keeper
Emiliano Martinez to tip over. It's the first time that Liverpool
have lost a Premier League game when scoring first since
April 2017 and means, for what it's worth, that they can't quite
match or beat the league record of 100 points.

• “I can't make something negative from something so

positive, we get the points we deserve and we will see how
many that will be,” says the boss on missing out on that
record. “These boys played an exceptional season, nobody
can take that away from them.”

GOALS: Lacazette (32), Nelson (44).

LINE-UP (3-4-3): Martinez, Holding, Luiz, Tierney, Soares (Maitland-
Niles 76), Torreira (Ceballos 57), Xhaka, Saka (Kolasinac 57), Nelson
(Aubameyang 58), Lacazette (C) (Willock 57), Pepe. Subs not used:
Macey, Bellerin, Sokratis, Mustafi. Booked: Torreira, Ceballos, Xhaka.

GOAL: Mane (20).

LINE-UP (4-3-3): Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk (C),
Robertson, Oxlade-Chamberlain (Keita 61), Fabinho, Wijnaldum
(Shaqiri 83), Salah (Origi 83), Firmino (Minamino 61), Mane.
Subs not used: Adrian, Lovren, Jones, Elliott, Williams.
Booked: Alexander-Arnold. 91

POSSESSION SHOTS SHOTS ON TARGET

31%
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PLAYER LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP UCL OTHER TOTAL
Adrian 9(2) 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 16(2) 0
Trent Alexander-Arnold 34(2) 3 0 0 0 0 6(1) 0 2(2) 0 42(5) 3
Jack Bearne 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Alisson Becker 27 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 35 0
Morgan Boyes 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
Rhian Brewster 0 0 0(1) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0
Jake Cain 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pedro Chirivella 0 0 3 0 1(2) 0 0 0 0 0 4(2) 0
Isaac Christie-Davies 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Leighton Clarkson 0 0 1 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
Nathaniel Clyne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elijah Dixon-Bonner 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Harvey Elliott 0(2) 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6(2) 0
Fabinho 21(6) 2 2 0 0 0 6(1) 0 2 0 31(7) 2
Roberto Firmino 33(3) 8 0(2) 0 0 0 7(1) 1 2(2) 2 42(8) 11
Tony Gallacher 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Gomez 20(6) 0 2 0 2 0 5(2) 0 4 0 33(8) 0
Joe Hardy 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Jordan Henderson 26(4) 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 36(4) 4
Thomas Hill 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ki-Jana Hoever 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
Curtis Jones 1(3) 1 4 2 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 6(4) 3
Herbie Kane 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
Naby Keita 7(9) 1 0 0 2 0 3(1) 1 2(1) 1 14(11) 3
Caoimhin Kelleher 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Adam Lallana 3(12) 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1(2) 0 8(14) 1
Yasser Larouci 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
Adam Lewis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Andy Lonergan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Longstaff 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dejan Lovren 9(1) 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 14(1) 1
Sadio Mane 30(3) 17 1 0 0 0 7(1) 2 2(1) 2 40(5) 21
Joel Matip 8(1) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1(1) 1 11(2) 2
Liam Millar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Takumi Minamino 1(7) 0 3 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 4(8) 0
James Milner 8(12) 2 1(1) 0 2 2 4(4) 0 2(1) 0 17(18) 4
James Norris 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Divock Origi 6(20) 3 3 0 1 2 1(5) 0 2(2) 0 13(27) 5
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 16(12) 3 0(2) 0 2 1 3(2) 3 3(1) 0 24(17) 7
Nathaniel Phillips 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Andy Robertson 32(2) 2 1 0 0 0 7(1) 1 4 0 44(3) 3
Mohamed Salah 32 19 0(2) 0 0 0 8 4 4 0 44(2) 23
Xherdan Shaqiri 2(5) 1 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 1(2) 0 3(8) 1
92 Sepp van den Berg 0 0 1 0 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 3(1) 0
Virgil van Dijk 36 4 1 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 48 4
Georginio Wijnaldum 33(2) 3 0 0 0 0 5(3) 2 1(1) 0 39(6) 5
Neco Williams 2(3) 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7(3) 0
Own Goals - 2 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 5

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1 Alisson Becker Novo Hamburgo, Brazil, 02.10.92 65 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 3 0 86 0

3 Fabinho Campinas, Brazil, 23.10.93 55 3 3 0 1 0 18 0 2 0 79 3
4 Virgil van Dijk Breda, Holland, 08.07.91 88 8 3 1 0 0 26 2 3 0 120 11
5 Georginio Wijnaldum Rotterdam, Holland, 11.11.90 139 13 3 0 6 0 34 5 2 0 184 18
6 Dejan Lovren Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 05.07.89 131 5 7 0 11 1 36 2 0 0 185 8
7 James Milner Wortley, England, 04.01.86 147 19 6 1 11 2 45 4 3 0 212 26
8 Naby Keita Conakry, Guinea, 10.02.95 41 3 1 0 3 0 10 2 3 1 58 6
9 Roberto Firmino Maceio, Brazil, 02.10.91 173 56 7 1 10 1 48 17 4 2 242 77
10 Sadio Mane Sedhiou, Senegal, 10.04.92 125 62 3 0 3 0 34 16 3 2 168 80
11 Mohamed Salah Basyoun, Egypt, 15.06.92 106 73 4 1 1 0 35 20 4 0 150 94
12 Joe Gomez Lewisham, England, 23.05.97 70 0 6 0 3 0 24 0 4 0 107 0
13 Adrian Seville, Spain, 03.01.87 11 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 18 0
14 Jordan Henderson Sunderland, England, 17.06.90 269 26 18 0 22 1 51 2 4 0 364 29
15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Portsmouth, England, 15.08.93 62 6 4 0 3 1 12 5 4 0 85 12
16 Marko Grujic Belgrade, Serbia, 13.04.96 8 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 14 0
18 Takumi Minamino Izumisano, Japan, 16.01.95 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
20 Adam Lallana St Albans, England, 10.05.88 128 18 8 1 15 0 24 3 3 0 178 22
22 Andy Lonergan Preston, England, 19.10.83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Xherdan Shaqiri Gjilan, Kosovo, 10.10.91 31 7 1 0 1 0 5 0 3 0 41 7
24 Rhian Brewster London, England, 01.04.00 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
26 Andy Robertson Glasgow, Scotland, 11.03.94 92 3 2 0 1 0 26 1 4 0 125 4
27 Divock Origi Ostend, Belgium, 18.04.95 89 18 8 2 11 8 26 5 4 0 138 33
32 Joel Matip Bochum, Germany, 08.08.91 85 4 3 0 4 0 17 0 2 1 111 5
46 Adam Lewis Liverpool, England, 08.11.99 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
47 Nathaniel Phillips Bolton, England, 21.03.97 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
48 Curtis Jones Liverpool, England, 30.01.01 4 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 3
49 Liam Millar Toronto, Canada, 27.09.99 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
51 Ki-Jana Hoever Amsterdam, Holland, 18.01.02 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
53 Joe Hardy Wirral, England, 26.09.98 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
54 Tony Gallacher Glasgow, Scotland, 23.07.99 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
55 Herbie Kane Bristol, England, 23.11.98 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
58 Ben Woodburn Chester, England, 15.10.99 5 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 1
59 Harry Wilson Wrexham, Wales, 22.03.97 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
62 Caoimhin Kelleher Cork, Ireland, 23.11.98 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
63 Ben Winterbottom Preston, England, 16.07.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 Tom Clayton Rainford, England, 27.12.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold Liverpool, England, 07.10.98 91 5 4 0 3 0 30 2 4 0 132 7
67 Harvey Elliott Chertsey, England, 04.04.03 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
69 Elijah Dixon-Bonner London, England, 01.01.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
70 Yasser Larouci El Oued, Algeria, 01.01.01 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
72 Sepp van den Berg Zwolle, Holland, 20.12.01 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
73 Kamil Grabara Ruda Slaska, Poland, 08.01.99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75 Luis Longstaff Darlington, England, 24.02.01 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
76 Neco Williams Wrexham, Wales, 13.04.01 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 95
77 Morgan Boyes Chester, England, 22.04.01 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
78 Vitezslav Jaros Pribram, Czech Republic, 23.07.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
80 Jake Cain Wigan, England, 02.09.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
81 Jack Bearne Nottingham, England, 15.09.01 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
84 Leighton Clarkson Blackburn, England, 19.10.01 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
89 Billy Koumetio Lyon, France, 14.11.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
93 James Norris Liverpool, England, 04.04.03 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
97 Layton Stewart Liverpool, England, 03.09.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 Thomas Hill Liverpool, England, 13.10.02 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Loris Karius Biberach an der Riss, Germany, 22.06.93 29 0 4 0 3 0 13 0 0 0 49 0
Ovie Ejaria London, England, 18.11.97 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Sheyi Ojo Hemel Hempstead, England, 19.06.97 8 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
Taiwo Awoniyi Ilorin, Nigeria, 12.08.97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stats correct as of 15.07.20. On loan/ineligible: Marko Grujic, Rhian Brewster (Swansea City), Nathaniel Phillips, Ovie Ejaria (Reading), Herbie Kane (Hull City), Ben Woodburn,
Harry Wilson (Bournemouth), Kamil Grabara (Huddersfield Town), Loris Karius, Sheyi Ojo (Rangers), Taiwo Awoniyi.
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DATE OPPOSITION KO RES POS TV REFEREE ATT STARTING XI
Sun 04 Aug Manchester City (CS) 3pm 1-1^ BT M Atkinson 77,565 Alisson A-Arnold ● Gomez van Dijk Robertson Fabinho ●
Fri 09 Aug NORWICH CITY 8pm 4-1* 1st Sky M Oliver 53,333 Alisson ● A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk 1 Robertson Fabinho
Wed 14 Aug Chelsea (SC) 8pm 2-2+ BT S Frappart 38,434 Adrian Gomez Matip van Dijk Robertson ● Fabinho

Sat 17 Aug Southampton 3pm 2-1 1st A Marriner 31,712 Adrian A-Arnold ❚ Matip van Dijk Robertson Wijnaldum
Sat 24 Aug ARSENAL 5.30pm 3-1 1st Sky A Taylor 53,298 Adrian A-Arnold Matip 1 van Dijk Robertson Fabinho ❚
Sat 31 Aug Burnley 5.30pm 3-0* 1st Sky C Kavanagh 21,762 Adrian A-Arnold Matip van Dijk Robertson Fabinho
Sat 14 Sep NEWCASTLE UNITED 12.30pm 3-1 1st BT A Marriner 51,430 Adrian A-Arnold Matip van Dijk Robertson Fabinho
Tue 17 Sep Napoli (UCL Matchday 1) 8pm 0-2 BT F Brych 38,878 Adrian A-Arnold Matip van Dijk Robertson ❚ Fabinho
Sun 22 Sep Chelsea 4.30pm 2-1 1st Sky M Oliver 40,638 Adrian A-Arnold 1 ❚ Matip van Dijk Robertson Fabinho ❚
Wed 25 Sep MK Dons (Carabao Cup 3) 7.45pm 2-0 Sky O Langford 28,521 Kelleher Hoever 1 ● Gomez Lovren Milner 1 Lallana
Sat 28 Sep Sheffield United 12.30pm 1-0 1st BT A Taylor 31,774 Adrian ❚ A-Arnold Matip van Dijk Robertson Fabinho
Wed 02 Oct FC SALZBURG (UCL M2) 8pm 4-3 BT A Ekberg 52,243 Adrian A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk Robertson 1 Fabinho ❚
Sat 05 Oct LEICESTER CITY 3pm 2-1 1st C Kavanagh 53,322 Adrian A-Arnold Lovren van Dijk Robertson Fabinho ❚
Sun 20 Oct Manchester United 4.30pm 1-1 1st Sky M Atkinson 73,737 Alisson A-Arnold Matip van Dijk Robertson Fabinho ❚
Wed 23 Oct Genk (UCL M3) 8pm 4-1 BT S Vincic 19,626 Alisson Milner Lovren van Dijk Robertson ● Fabinho
Sun 27 Oct TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 4.30pm 2-1 1st Sky A Taylor 53,222 Alisson A-Arnold ❚ Lovren ❚ van Dijk Robertson Fabinho
Wed 30 Oct ARSENAL (CC4) 7.30pm 5-5*+ Sky A Marriner 52,694 Kelleher Williams Gomez van den Berg Milner 1p Lallana ❚
Sat 02 Nov Aston Villa 3pm 2-1 1st J Moss 41,878 Alisson A-Arnold Lovren van Dijk ❚ Robertson 1 Lallana ●
Tue 05 Nov GENK (UCL M4) 8pm 2-1 BT I Kruzliak 52,611 Alisson A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk Milner Fabinho
Sun 10 Nov MANCHESTER CITY 4.30pm 3-1 1st Sky M Oliver 53,324 Alisson A-Arnold Lovren van Dijk Robertson Fabinho 1
Sat 23 Nov Crystal Palace 3pm 2-1 1st K Friend 25,486 Alisson A-Arnold Lovren van Dijk Robertson Fabinho ❚
Wed 27 Nov NAPOLI (UCL M5) 8pm 1-1 BT C d C Grande 52,128 Alisson Gomez ● Lovren 1 van Dijk Robertson ❚ Fabinho ●
Sat 30 Nov BRIGHTON 3pm 2-1 1st M Atkinson 53,319 Alisson ❚ A-Arnold Lovren van Dijk 2 Robertson Henderson
Wed 04 Dec EVERTON 8.15pm 5-2 1st AP M Dean 53,094 Adrian A-Arnold ❚ ● Lovren van Dijk Robertson Lallana ●
Sat 07 Dec Bournemouth 3pm 3-0 1st C Kavanagh 10,832 Alisson Gomez ❚ Lovren ● van Dijk Robertson ● Henderson
Tue 10 Dec FC Salzburg (UCL M6) 5.55pm 2-0 BT D Makkelie 31,105 Alisson A-Arnold Lovren ● van Dijk Robertson Henderson
Sat 14 Dec WATFORD 12.30pm 2-0 1st BT A Marriner 53,311 Alisson A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk Milner ❚ Henderson ❚
Tue 17 Dec Aston Villa (CC QF) 7.45pm 0-5 Sky L Mason 30,323 Kelleher Hoever ● Boyes van den Berg Gallacher Chirivella
Wed 18 Dec Monterrey (CWC SF) 5.30pm 2-1 BBC R Tobar 45,416 Alisson Milner ● Gomez ❚ Henderson Robertson Lallana
Sat 21 Dec Flamengo (CWC final) 5.30pm 1-0++ BBC A Al Jassim 45,416 Alisson A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk Robertson Henderson

Thu 26 Dec Leicester City 8pm 4-0 1st AP M Oliver 32,211 Alisson A-Arnold 1 Gomez ❚ van Dijk Robertson Henderson ●
Sun 29 Dec WOLVERHAMPTON W 4.30pm 1-0 1st Sky A Taylor 53,326 Alisson A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk Robertson Henderson
Thu 02 Jan SHEFFIELD UNITED 8pm 2-0 1st BT P Tierney 53,321 Alisson A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk Robertson ● Henderson
Sun 05 Jan EVERTON (FA Cup 3) 4.01pm 1-0 BBC J Moss 52,583 Adrian Williams Gomez Phillips Milner ● Chirivella
Sat 11 Jan Tottenham Hotspur 5.30pm 1-0 1st Sky M Atkinson 61,023 Alisson A-Arnold Gomez ❚ van Dijk Robertson Henderson
Sun 19 Jan MANCHESTER UNITED 4.30pm 2-0 1st Sky C Pawson 52,916 Alisson A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk 1 Robertson Henderson
Thu 23 Jan Wolverhampton W 8pm 2-1 1st BT M Oliver 31,746 Alisson A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk Robertson ❚ Henderson 1
Sun 26 Jan Shrewsbury Town (FAC4) 5pm 2-2* BBC S Hooper 9,510 Adrian Williams Matip ● Lovren Larouci ❚ Fabinho
Wed 29 Jan West Ham United 7.45pm 2-0 1st J Moss 59,959 Alisson A-Arnold ● Gomez van Dijk Robertson Henderson
Sat 01 Feb SOUTHAMPTON 3pm 4-0 1st K Friend 53,291 Alisson A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk Robertson Fabinho
Tue 04 Feb SHREWSBURY T (FAC4R) 7.45pm 1-0* A Madley 52,399 Kelleher Williams ❚ Hoever van den Berg Lewis Chirivella
Sat 15 Feb Norwich City 5.30pm 1-0 1st Sky S Attwell 27,110 Alisson A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk Robertson Henderson
Tue 18 Feb Atletico Madrid (UCL R16 1) 8pm 0-1 BT S Marciniak 67,443 Alisson A-Arnold Gomez ❚ van Dijk Robertson Fabinho
Mon 24 Feb WEST HAM UNITED 8pm 3-2 1st Sky J Moss 53,313 Alisson A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk Robertson Fabinho
Sat 29 Feb Watford 5.30pm 0-3 1st Sky M Oliver 21,634 Alisson A-Arnold Lovren van Dijk Robertson Fabinho
Tue 03 Mar Chelsea (FAC 5) 7.45pm 0-2 BBC C Kavanagh 40,103 Adrian Williams Gomez van Dijk Robertson Fabinho ❚
Sat 07 Mar BOURNEMOUTH 12.30pm 2-1 1st BT P Tierney 53,323 Adrian A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk Milner Fabinho
Wed 11 Mar ATL MADRID (UCL R16 2) 8pm 2-3++ BT D Makkelie 52,267 Adrian A-Arnold ❚ Gomez van Dijk Robertson Henderson ●
Sun 21 Jun Everton 7pm 0-0 1st Sky M Dean (BCD) Alisson A-Arnold Matip ● van Dijk Milner ❚ ● Fabinho

Wed 24 Jun CRYSTAL PALACE 8.15pm 4-0 1st Sky M Atkinson (BCD) Alisson A-Arnold 1 ● Gomez van Dijk Robertson ● Fabinho 1
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Thu 02 Jul Manchester City 8.15pm 0-4 1st Sky A Taylor (BCD) Alisson A-Arnold ● Gomez ❚ ● van Dijk Robertson Fabinho

Sun 05 Jul ASTON VILLA 4.30pm 2-0 1st Sky P Tierney (BCD) Alisson A-Arnold Gomez van Dijk Robertson ❚ ● Fabinho ●

Wed 08 Jul Brighton & Hove Albion 8.15pm 3-1 1st Sky C Pawson (BCD) Alisson A-Arnold Gomez ❚ van Dijk Williams ❚ ● Henderson 1 ●

Sat 11 Jul BURNLEY 3pm 1-1 1st BT D Coote (BCD) Alisson Williams ● Gomez ❚ van Dijk Robertson 1 Fabinho

Wed 15 Jul Arsenal 8.15pm 1-2 1st Sky P Tierney (BCD) Alisson A-Arnold ❚ Gomez van Dijk Robertson Fabinho

Wed 22 Jul CHELSEA 8.15pm Sky
Sun 26 Jul Newcastle United 4pm

KEY: CAPS/BOLD = Home fixture ❚ = yellow card ❚ = red card p = Penalty * = own-goal ● First sub ● Second sub ● Third sub ● Fourth sub ● Fifth sub Goalscorers in bold
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Wijnaldum Henderson ● Salah Origi ● Firmino ● Matip 1 ● Keita ● Chamberlain ● Lallana ● Shaqiri ● Lovren Mignolet
Wijnaldum Henderson Salah 1 Origi 1 ● Firmino ● Adrian ● Mane ● Milner ● Matip Chamberlain Keita Shaqiri
Milner ● Henderson ❚ Salah Chamberlain ● Mane 2 ● Firmino ● Wijnaldum ● A-Arnold ● ❚ Origi ● Hoever Lallana Shaqiri
Elliott Brewster Lonergan Kelleher -
Milner ● Chamberlain ● Salah ● Mane 1 Firmino 1 Fabinho ● Origi ● Henderson ● Gomez Lallana Shaqiri Lonergan
Wijnaldum ● Henderson Salah 2(1p) Mane ● Firmino ● Milner ● Chamberlain ● Lallana ● Gomez Shaqiri Origi Kelleher
Wijnaldum Henderson ● Salah Mane 1 ● Firmino 1 ● Chamberlain ● Shaqiri ● Origi ● Gomez Milner Lallana Kelleher
Wijnaldum ● Chamberlain ● Salah 1 Mane 2 Origi ● Firmino ● Milner ● Shaqiri ● Gomez Henderson Lallana Kelleher
Milner ❚ ● Henderson ● Salah Mane Firmino Wijnaldum ● Shaqiri ● Gomez Lovren Chamberlain Lallana Kelleher
Wijnaldum Henderson ● Salah ● Mane ● Firmino 1 Milner ● ❚ Lallana ● Gomez ● Shaqiri Chamberlain Brewster Kelleher
Keita ● Chamberlain ● Elliott Jones Brewster Chirivella ● Kane ● van den Berg ● Lewis Longstaff Clarkson Lonergan
Wijnaldum 1 Henderson ● Salah Mane ● Firmino ● Origi ● Milner ● Chamberlain ● Gomez Lovren Lallana Kelleher
Wijnaldum ● Henderson ● Salah 2 ● Mane 1 Firmino Milner ● Origi ● Keita ● Lovren Chamberlain Lallana Kelleher
Wijnaldum ● Milner 1p Salah ● Mane 1 Firmino ● Henderson ● Origi ● Lallana ● Gomez Keita Elliot Kelleher
Wijnaldum ● Henderson ● Origi ● Mane Firmino Chamberlain ● Lallana 1 ● Keita ● Gomez Lovren Milner Adrian
Keita Chamberlain 2 ● Salah 1 Mane 1 Firmino ● Gomez ● ❚ Wijnaldum ● Origi ● Henderson Lallana Brewster Adrian
Wijnaldum ● Henderson 1 Salah 1p ● Mane Firmino ● Milner ● ❚ Gomez ● Origi ● Keita Chamberlain Lallana Adrian
Keita ● Chamberlain 1 ● Elliott Origi 2 Brewster ❚ Jones ● Chirivella ● Larouci Koumetio Kane Clarkson Adrian
Wijnaldum ● Henderson Salah ● Mane 1 ❚ Firmino Chamberlain ● Origi ● Keita ● Gomez Fabinho Milner Adrian
Wijnaldum 1 Keita ● Salah Chamberlain 1 ● Origi ● Robertson ● Mane ● Firmino ● Lovren Lallana Jones Adrian
Wijnaldum Henderson ● Salah 1 ● Mane 1 Firmino ● Milner ● Chamberlain ● Gomez ● Keita Lallana Origi Adrian
Wijnaldum Henderson ● Chamberlain ● Mane 1 Firmino 1 ● Origi ● Milner ● Gomez ● Keita Lallana Salah Adrian
Milner ● Henderson Salah Mane Firmino Wijnaldum ● Chamberlain ● A-Arnold ● Lallana Shaqiri Origi Adrian
Wijnaldum Chamberlain ● Salah ● Mane Firmino ● Lallana ● Origi ● Adrian ● Gomez Milner Keita Shaqiri
Wijnaldum 1 Milner Shaqiri 1 Mane 1 Origi 2 ● Henderson ● Firmino ● Gomez ● Keita Chamberlain Salah Kelleher
Keita 1 Milner Salah 1 Chamberlain 1 ● Firmino A-Arnold ● Jones ● Shaqiri ● Elliott Mane Origi Adrian
Wijnaldum Keita 1 ● Salah 1 Mane ❚ Firmino ● Gomez ● Milner ● Origi ● Jones Chamberlain Shaqiri Adrian
Wijnaldum ● Shaqiri ● Salah 2 Mane Firmino ● Robertson ● Chamberlain ● Origi ● Williams Keita Lallana Adrian
Kane Christie-Davies ❚ ● Elliott Hill Longstaff ● Bearne ● Clarkson ● Norris ● Clayton Dixon-Bonner Stewart Winterbottom
Keita 1 Chamberlain Salah Shaqiri ● Origi ● Mane ● A-Arnold ● Firmino 1 ● Williams Jones Adrian Lonergan
Keita ● Chamberlain ● Salah ❚ ● Mane ❚ Firmino 1 ❚● Lallana ● Milner ● ❚ Origi ● Shaqiri ● Williams Hoever van den Berg
Wijnaldum Jones Elliott Adrian Lonergan
Wijnaldum Keita ● Salah ● Mane Firmino 2 Milner 1p ● Origi ● Lallana ● Williams Jones Shaqiri Adrian
Wijnaldum ● Lallana ❚● Salah Mane 1 Firmino ● Keita ● Milner ● Origi ● Williams Jones Elliott Adrian
Wijnaldum Milner Salah 1 ● Mane 1 ● Firmino Origi ● Lallana ● Elliott ● Williams Phillips Jones Adrian
Lallana Jones 1 Elliott ● Origi Minamino ● Larouci ● Chamberlain ● Brewster ● Hoever Henderson Mane Kelleher
Wijnaldum Chamberlain ❚● Salah ● Mane ● Firmino 1 Lallana ● Origi ● Shaqiri ● Williams Phillips Minamino Adrian
Wijnaldum Chamberlain ● Salah 1 ❚ Mane ● Firmino ● Lallana ● Fabinho ● Origi ● Matip Jones Minamino Adrian
Wijnaldum Chamberlain ● Salah ● Mane ● Firmino 1 Minamino ● Fabinho ● Origi ● Williams Matip Jones Adrian
Chirivella Jones 1 Elliott ● Origi Minamino ● Chamberlain ● Salah ● Firmino ● A-Arnold Hoever Keita Kelleher
Wijnaldum Chamberlain 1 ● Salah 1p Origi ● Firmino Fabinho ● Keita ● Jones ● Matip Lovren Minamino Adrian
Wijnaldum ● Henderson 1 ● Salah 2 Chamberlain 1 ● Firmino Keita ● Minamino ● Lallana ● Matip Lovren Origi Adrian
Clarkson ● Cain Elliott ● Jones Millar ● Hardy ● Boyes ● Dixon-Bonner ● Gallacher Bearne Norris Jaros
Wijnaldum ● Keita ❚● Salah Chamberlain ● Firmino Fabinho ● Mane 1 ● ❚ Milner ● Lovren Lallana Origi Adrian
Wijnaldum Henderson ● Salah ● Mane ❚● Firmino Origi ● Chamberlain ● Milner ● Matip Keita Minamino Adrian
Wijnaldum 1 Keita ● Salah 1 Mane 1 ● Firmino Chamberlain ● Matip ● Lovren Lallana Minamino Origi Adrian
Wijnaldum ● Chamberlain ● Salah Mane Firmino ● Lallana ● Origi ● Minamino ● Hoever Matip Jones Adrian
Lallana ● Jones ● Origi ● Mane ❚ Minamino Firmino ● Milner ● ❚ Salah ● Matip Chamberlain Chirivella Lonergan
Wijnaldum Chamberlain ● Salah 1 Mane 1 Firmino ● Lallana ● Origi ● Williams Matip Keita Minamino Lonergan
Wijnaldum 1 ● Chamberlain ● Salah Mane Firmino 1 ● Milner ● Fabinho ● Origi ● Minamino ● Matip Lallana Lonergan
Keita ● Henderson Minamino ● Mane Firmino ● Gomez ● Chamberlain ● Wijnaldum ● Origi ● ❚ Lovren ● Williams Elliott
Salah Adrian
Wijnaldum Henderson ● Salah 1 Mane 1 ● Firmino ● Chamberlain ● Williams ● Minamino ● Keita ● Elliott ● Lovren Jones
Origi Adrian
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Wijnaldum ● Henderson ❚ Salah Mane ● Firmino ● Chamberlain ● Keita ● Origi ● Williams ● Minamino ● Milner Jones
Elliott Adrian
Keita ● Chamberlain ● Salah Mane 1 Origi ● Henderson ● Wijnaldum ● Firmino ● Jones 1 ● Williams ● Shaqiri Minamino
Elliott Adrian
Wijnaldum Keita ● Salah 2 Chamberlain ● Firmino ● Robertson ● Fabinho ● ❚ Mane ● ❚ Milner ● Minamino ● Jones Elliott
Origi Adrian
Wijnaldum ● Jones ● Salah Mane Firmino A-Arnold ● Keita ● Chamberlain ● Lovren Shaqiri Minamino Elliott
Origi Adrian
Wijnaldum ● Chamberlain ● Salah ● Mane 1 Firmino ● Keita ● Minamino ● Shaqiri ● Origi ● Williams Lovren Jones
Elliott Adrian

^lost 5-4 on pens +won 5-4 on pens ++After extra time. Own goals (Hanley v Norwich, Wood v Burnley, Mustafi v Arsenal CC, Love v Shrewsbury 1, Williams v Shrewsbury 2)
 PREMIER LEAGUE 2019/20
P W D L GF GA GD PTS
C Liverpool 36 30 3 3 77 29 48 93
2 Manchester City 36 24 3 9 93 35 58 75
3 Chelsea 36 19 6 11 64 49 15 63
4 Leicester City 35 17 8 10 65 36 29 59
5 Manchester United 35 16 11 8 61 35 26 59
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 14 14 8 49 38 11 56
7 Tottenham Hotspur 36 15 10 11 57 46 11 55
8 Sheffield United 35 14 12 9 38 33 5 54
9 Arsenal 36 13 14 9 53 45 8 53
10 Burnley 36 14 9 13 40 48 -8 51
11 Everton 35 12 9 14 41 52 -11 45
12 Southampton 35 13 6 16 45 58 -13 45
13 Newcastle United 36 11 10 15 37 55 -18 43
14 Crystal Palace 35 11 9 15 30 45 -15 42
15 Brighton and Hove Albion 35 8 12 15 36 52 -16 36

Table correct as of 15.07.20

16 West Ham United 35 9 7 19 44 59 -15 34
17 Watford 35 8 10 17 33 54 -21 34
18 Bournemouth 36 8 7 21 37 62 -25 31
19 Aston Villa 35 8 6 21 38 65 -27 30
20 Norwich City 36 5 6 25 26 68 -42 21

THIS WEEKEND'S FINAL

PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES

SUNDAY 4PM:
Arsenal v Watford
Burnley v Brighton
Chelsea v Wolves
Crystal Palace v Tottenham
82 Everton v Bournemouth
Leicester v Man United
Man City v Norwich
Newcastle v Liverpool
Southampton v Sheffield United
West Ham v Aston Villa
WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNISE THE OFFICIAL PARTNERS OF LIVERPOOL FC

WE ARE LIVERPOOL.
THIS MEANS MORE.
 S Q U A D L I S T

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1 ALISSON BECKER 1 KEPA ARRIZABALAGA

3 FABINHO 2 ANTONIO RUDIGER
4 VIRGIL VAN DIJK 3 MARCOS ALONSO
5 GEORGINIO WIJNALDUM 4 ANDREAS CHRISTENSEN
6 DEJAN LOVREN 5 JORGINHO
7 JAMES MILNER 7 N’GOLO KANTE
8 NABY KEITA 8 ROSS BARKLEY
9 ROBERTO FIRMINO 9 TAMMY ABRAHAM
10 SADIO MANE 10 WILLIAN
11 MOHAMED SALAH 11 PEDRO
12 JOE GOMEZ 12 RUBEN LOFTUS-CHEEK
13 ADRIAN 13 WILLY CABALLERO
14 JORDAN HENDERSON 15 KURT ZOUMA
15 ALEX OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN 17 MATEO KOVACIC
18 TAKUMI MINAMINO 18 OLIVIER GIROUD
20 ADAM LALLANA 19 MASON MOUNT
22 ANDY LONERGAN 20 CALLUM HUDSON-ODOI
23 XHERDAN SHAQIRI 22 CHRISTIAN PULISIC
26 ANDY ROBERTSON 23 MICHY BATSHUAYI
27 DIVOCK ORIGI 24 REECE JAMES
32 JOEL MATIP 28 CESAR AZPILICUETA
46 ADAM LEWIS 29 FIKAYO TOMORI
48 CURTIS JONES 31 JAMIE CUMMING
51 KI-JANA HOEVER 33 EMERSON
62 CAOIMHIN KELLEHER 47 BILLY GILMOUR
66 TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD 50 NICOLAS TIE
67 HARVEY ELLIOTT 55 TINO ANJORIN
70 YASSER LAROUCI 63 IAN MAATSEN
72 SEPP VAN DEN BERG 64 LEWIS BATE
76 NECO WILLIAMS

MATCH OFFICIALS:
Anfield programme 19 £5.00 REFEREE: ANDRE MARRINER
ASSISTANT REFEREE 1: SCOTT LEDGER
ASSISTANT REFEREE 2: RICHARD WEST
FOURTH OFFICIAL: LEE MASON REPLACEMENT OFFICIAL: PAUL HODSKINSON
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