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Both players have been pivotal for Liverpool this season but only make the bench after a week of injury difficulties.

Liverpool’s starting line-up is hardly weak in Salah and Van Dijk’s absence, too, with the impressive Ibrahima Konate coming in at centre-half and a formidable front three of Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane leading the line. Salah and Van Dijk are key players for Klopp’s side, meaning their inclusion in such a pivotal game would be taken as read in normal circumstances. Jurgen Klopp has named Premier League top scorer Mo Salah and key centre-half Virgil Van Dijk on the bench for Liverpool’s final Premier League game of the season against Wolves.

The Premier League title race comes down to the wire and every single decision will become vital in the next few hours. Jurgen Klopp has made two huge ...

Team news has broken and Liverpool will be missing two of their best players for their must-win tie. Jurgen Klopp has made two huge decisions in Liverpool's must-win match and Aston Villa are missing a key player against Manchester City. Breaking: Team News - Liverpool v Wolves

Liverpool came from a goal down to beat Wolves 3-1, but it was not enough to earn them their second Premier League title, as they finished second, ...

It meant the Reds finished second by a point, with a 92-point tally which would have been good enough to win the title in 25 of the previous 30 seasons. The last time a team failed to win the top-flight title after leading the table on the final day was Liverpool themselves in 1989 when they lost 2-0 at home to Arsenal. Liverpool's hopes of a dramatic last-day Premier League title win were dashed by Manchester City's remarkable second-half comeback, with the home win over Wolves not enough to maintain their quest for an unprecedented quadruple.

Mo Salah secured a final day victory for Liverpool that left them so tantalisingly close to a stunning title success although there is considerable ...

Ironically, the main beneficiaries of that seemed to be Wolves, however. But the equaliser saw Liverpool press on again. A Trent Alexander-Arnold shot was parried by Ruddy, with Salah flicking the rebound over, and Salah looked through on goal, only for Boly to make a magnificent recovering tackle. Moments later, Mane had the ball in the visitors’ goal for a second time, from a Diogo Jota pass, although this one was quickly and correctly ruled out for offside. With Liverpool pressing forward, Dendoncker played through Hwang Hee-Chan who, with only Alisson to beat, was denied by a solid piece of keeping from the Brazilian. Andy Robertson added a third in the final minute, playing a neat one-two with Roberto Firmino and finishing impressively, the final act of a day with enough twists and turns to last a season, let alone its final day.

Pieces were falling into place for an unlikely triumph but now Jürgen Klopp's thoughts must turn to the Champions League.

But the truth is that 92 points is, by any reasonable measure, an absurd number of points to have gathered; only once before has that not been enough to win the title, and that was this Liverpool in 2019. On a normal Sunday afternoon, Liverpool would probably have swept Wolves away but here, with the line in sight, with so much at stake, the muscles just felt a little tighter, the passing a little less fluent, the mechanisms just a little gummy. The possibility that Steven Gerrard might at last win the title for Liverpool had been teased almost to breaking point. They won and they hoped and in the end it wasn’t quite enough. Liverpool did their bit, and in the end that is all they could do. In the end it did not, but for 80 unlikely minutes it seemed as though it might.

Goals from Sadio Mané, Mo Salah and Andy Robertson were not enough for the Reds.

Andy Robertson sealed victory in the final minute when exchanging passes with substitute Roberto Firmino and sliding in from the angle. Wolves had their injury problems too with Sá suffering a leg injury that forced John Ruddy to replace the first-choice keeper for the second half. The mood was punctured, however, when Thiago pulled up injured after over-hitting a cross-field ball towards Alexander-Arnold. Without signalling to the bench or waiting for treatment the influential Spain international trudged disconsolately to the sideline and straight down the tunnel. The pair combined again when Matip released the Colombia international through on goal but he was unable to convert past Sá. Another chance went begging when Díaz escaped down the left again and pulled the ball across the goalmouth. Thousands lined Anfield Road to greet the Liverpool team coach before kick off and the atmosphere crackled as Klopp’s players emerged for the warm-up, more in hope than expectation at that stage. That the other three have come in the last four seasons underlines the scale of the task required to challenge or unseat City.

Pipped to the crown by Manchester City by a single point for the second time in three seasons, goals from Sadio Mane, Andy Robertson, and Mohamed Salah ensured ...

We were just trying to focus on what we needed to do." "We're a bit disappointed today. "We kept going and found a way to win.

The title looked like it could be slipping away as City went two down in front of an expectant Etihad - but a flurry of goals with just 15 minutes to go saw ...

Manchester City looked like they could finish the season without a trophy after Cash and Coutinho put Villa two up - but dismay turned to wild celebrations at the Etihad after a remarkable turnaround. Manchester City have held off Liverpool to win the Premier League by a single point after scoring three goals in five minutes to complete a stunning comeback against Aston Villa. The title looked like it could be slipping away as City went two down in front of an expectant Etihad - but a flurry of goals with just 15 minutes to go saw them pull off another spectacular turnaround.

The Sporting News provides live coverage of the Premier League final day, as Manchester City and Liverpool battle for the title.

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For 75 minutes it looked like they might just do that and with Sadio Mane's 11th league goal at Anfield cancelling out Pedro Neto's surprise opener there was a ...

However, other players started to energise and Mane – and the majority of Anfield – thought he had scored with a cheeky dink over Sa early in the second half only for a late offside flag to dampen the celebrations. Goalkeeper Alisson Becker was the coolest of them all in saving substitute Hwang Hee-Chan’s near-post shot but the loss of Thiago to injury just before half-time was a significant blow. What was more annoying from the hosts’ point of view was the simplicity of the goal: Ibrahima Konate misjudged a Jose Sa kick and Raul Jimenez raced clear to square for Neto to become only the third opposition player to score a league goal at Anfield in 2022. With so much at stake it could have been a nervy, cagey affair but it had the feel of a cup tie with both sides having chances as Leander Dendoncker fired from a breakaway before Neto was forced off injured. It meant the Reds finished second by a point, with a 92-point tally which would have been good enough to win the title in 25 of the previous 30 seasons. For a long period, with their rivals losing at home to Aston Villa, belief coursed around the ground but the dream was extinguished in the space of six minutes in which Pep Guardiola’s men turned things around.

The Toffees forward wasted no time at all in poking fun at Everton's Merseyside rivals Liverpool after they missed out on the Premier League title on the ...

"We didn’t really know what the score was, we heard from the fans but I lost count if you like. Despite the FA and Carabao Cup glories of this season, Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson admitted there was a sense of disappointment among the players after the game. Ultimately, it remains Liverpool who have had the last laugh out of the two Merseyside teams.

Manchester City staged a sensational comeback from 2-0 down to retain the Premier League title with a dramatic 3-2 win over Aston Villa.

Oleksandr Zinchenko took his place and the back line was reshaped. De Bruyne first blasted over before substitutes Raheem Sterling and Gundogan combined to pull one back on 76 minutes. Cash, running in from the opposite side, met it with a firm header that Ederson could not keep out. Cancelo had a couple of efforts blocked after good runs and Gabriel Jesus almost embarrassed debutant Villa goalkeeper Robin Olsen when he charged down a clearance. The interval came at a good time for City and it was no surprise that Fernandinho did not return for the second half. It made for an uncomfortable-looking back four, and so it proved, but it was City who made most of the early running.

Some season ticket holders made the ultimate sacrifice for the Premier League match and watched it from the pub.

He never raised the Premier League trophy as Liverpool captain, but as Aston Villa’s manager had the chance on Sunday to help his old club to victory by beating Manchester City. “If they beat City and we win, we win the league. Their victory in the end is the difference between being able to pay £30m and £80m for a player.” They became champions for the fourth time in five seasons and Liverpool’s title dream was over. A fan for 60 years, he remembered his own father bringing him to games and watching matches from the “boys’ pen”, a small enclosure for children. “I’m absolutely distraught,” said Alexander Pritchard, who had driven up with his girlfriend from Bargoed in the Welsh valleys without tickets: “At the end of the day, we have got to give City credit. She had given her 16-year-old son, Dylan, her ticket, and was left jostling for position with vaping 12-year-olds and a bunch of Egyptian tourists who were beside themselves when Mo Salah scored in the 84th minute.

Liverpool finish on 92 points but one short of Premier League champions Manchester City after both sides won on the final day; City had trailed 2-0 at one ...

"We want to wait until we know more about it," he added. I couldn't be more proud, we had to chase the best team in the world to the wire but we will go again. The hope is both will be fit for Saturday's final but the fitness of midfielder Thiago is a concern. "The season was so close, so tight. We were close but in the end not close enough. "It's the story of my life.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has given a worrying injury update on midfielder Thiago Alcantara after his team just missed out on the title at Anfield on ...

The Liverpool manager saw his side fall short by a point despite beating Wolves, days before their Champions League final against Real Madrid.

We were close but in the end not close enough.” It’s not cool, but it’s not completely unexpected. We now have five days to prepare the final and we face an incredibly experienced team, but that’s really OK. Losing the league today increases the desire to put it right next week.” Not today the maximum reward, but we will get it. What I learned about life is that if you stay on track and keep going, you get the reward. Klopp insisted his treble chasers would turn their Premier League deflation into a motivation when meeting the Spanish champions in Paris on Saturday. The Liverpool manager said: “I can imagine it was much worse for the people at home watching on TV all over the world who were Liverpool fans.

Pep Guardiola lauded Manchester City's stars and title rivals Liverpool after Sunday's breathless comeback victory secured a fourth Premier League triumph ...

And we are incredibly happy.” “Sometimes it’s nice to live these kind of situations. “I’m sorry, people have to admit it. “The game plan was working for three quarters of the game and I’m slightly disappointed we didn’t play a little bit more football at 2-0 to rest and stay with the ball. “The magnitude of our achievement is related to the magnitude of this rival. “In this special day for us, we want to share it with all the families that suffered this terrible, terrible event.

Rivals want to tear us down however great it's been. “No Quadruple”? As a taunt, it's slovenly in its bitchiness. It's one we wouldn't mind hearing this ...

The acquisition of Diaz was a surprise, let’s be honest. A new stand to pay for, the owners’ diligence will be tested. You can’t even call it a taste of our own medicine since LFC has never been in ruder health than this. We can point out obvious failings; losing the lead twice against Brentford and City themselves, squandering two-goal leads against Brighton and Chelsea, beaten at weakened Leicester when a Salah penalty could have meant easy points. It was a season of two halves. We’ve tried to keep up - challenging in itself – but to overcome them will take miracles, or their own lapses, and we left ourselves too much to do.

Mo Salah scored for Liverpool after appearing from the bench at Anfield and he thought his strike had delivered the title - only to realise Man City had ...

"The noise around the stadium was absolutely deafening when the goals went in against City and Liverpool must have been thinking they were back in it. Salah's reaction following his strike on 84 minutes suggested he thought his goal may well have delivered the trophy to Anfield - only to quickly learn Villa had fallen behind. Seeking a crucial winning goal, Salah was called upon by Jurgen Klopp and came up with the goods in front of the Kop with just six minutes left.

Liverpool more than earned their Anfield reception, even though the title ultimately went to Manchester City. Here are three things seen in the lap of ...

Manchester City, though, don’t have a Champions League final to look forward to — and that was the Liverpool message. This time, she was joined by plenty of others during the walk as she netted to several cheers in front of the Liverpool crowd. Liverpool still have one more game to play, of course — the Champions League final next weekend — and they already have two trophies that have been added to the cabinet.

Everton forward Richarlison appears to have aimed a dig at Liverpool after Manchester City pipped them to the Premier League title.

Not long after the final whistle had blown at the Etihad, Richarlison posted a tweet that appeared to be aimed at Liverpool’s misfortune. However, it was not enough to leapfrog City after they came from 2-0 down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 at the Etihad Stadium and win the league. Everton forward Richarlison has appeared to aim a dig at Liverpool after they were pipped to the Premier League title by Manchester City on the final day of the season.

The Good, Bad and Ugly: Liverpool made Jürgen Klopp proud once again with a battling Wolves win after an Ibrahima Konaté error, but it wasn't quite enough.

The cruelty of the comeback was made somewhat more bearable by the fact that it had been completed before Liverpool had managed to establish a lead of their own. It’s never exactly the ideal opening to a game, but given the circumstances, it was shocking. For a long time, it looked as though Manchester City would slip up, only for Liverpool to fail to capitalise. As such, going behind within a matter of minutes was the definition of a bad start. Who knows if that information would even have reached the pitch at the Etihad? It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but Klopp will know that his team have done him proud. Winning it would have been almost literally unbelievable, but becoming champions of Europe next weekend would crown the best campaign in living memory — and certainly the best under Klopp.

Liverpool lost out to Manchester City in the Premier League title race, and chants from Man United fans prove an important point.

Real Madrid may beat Liverpool in Paris on Saturday, and there would likely be even more doom and gloom around the Reds fan base if that were to happen. The answers to both of these are enough on their own to pick up the mood among the fanbase. With a Champions League final to look forward to at the weekend, the environment of English football’s two most successful clubs could not be more different. It’s not the first time that this particular chant and others of a similar variety have been aimed at Liverpool and the club’s supporters by sections of Man United supporters. It must not be forgotten what Liverpool have already achieved this season, and could still do before it comes to a conclusion. While Liverpool were winning their 28th league match of the season, approximately 240 miles away at Selhurst Park Manchester United fans showed how far their club has fallen.

Liverpool narrowly missed out on the Premier League title despite claiming a win over Wolves on the final day of the season. The Reds won 3-1 at Anfield thanks to goals from Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson. Despite this, they finished one ...

“It was also a chaotic period, or at least compared to the kind of control with which Jurgen Klopp’s players usually exert. That it actually ended up sounding like a compliment to Liverpool 's sheer force of will was entirely in-keeping on an Anfield afternoon where nothing was quite as it seemed. The dream quickly became a nightmare. “There was no mistaking the mood, the wonder that it might happen, that suddenly the eyes of the world had swivelled to this part of Merseyside, especially for those seven minutes when Manchester City found themselves two behind, and that the Premier League title might have been Liverpool’s for a single goal. In 24 of the past 29 seasons that would have been enough to win the league. They were close, so close, and could not have done more on the final day to deliver title number 20 and the domestic treble.

Joe Gomez has been sidelined since picking up an ankle injury in Liverpool's win over Southampton.

The news will be welcomed at Anfield as they look ahead to the Champions League final with a number of key fitness issues. Liverpool were keen to seek out a second scan after an initial one reported good news for the defender and Gomez is now hopeful of a place in the squad at the Stade de France on Saturday evening. It's understood that the 24-year-old is targeting a return to full training before the Reds head out to the French capital next week and the defender was spotted walking freely in the aftermath of Liverpool's 3-1 win at home to Wolves on Sunday.

Liverpool are set to be without Thiago Alcantara for the Champions League final against Real Madrid after Spanish midfielder limped off shortly before ...

We were close but in the end not close enough." "We had to take off Thiago early, which is not helpful, and then you still find a way. "The whole journey of 21-22 so far is absolutely exceptional. 92 points obviously is crazy with all the games we played. I know what it is but don't want to say." "I think he'll be out of the final but I don't know.

Carvalho scored 10 goals in 36 Championship games this season. Image: Alamy Stock Photo. LIVERPOOL HAVE FINALLY completed the signing of Fulham forward Fabio ...

Liverpool are also sweating on the fitness of midfielder Thiago Alcantara, who was forced off late in the first half with an injury which makes him a doubt to face Real Madrid in Paris. Therefore they subsequently agreed that in addition to the initial fee they would pay a further £2.7m (€3.2m) in add-ons and attach a 20% sell-on clause to secure the player’s future ahead of the end of the season. LIVERPOOL HAVE FINALLY completed the signing of Fulham forward Fabio Carvalho having failed in a bid to bring the 19-year-old to Anfield in January.

Jurgen Klopp wanted to sign the Portugal under-21 international in January but, despite agreeing personal terms and the player completing a medical, the deal ...

A Liverpool statement said: “Liverpool FC can confirm Fábio Carvalho will join the club this summer. Carvalho came through the academy ranks at Fulham and went on to make 44 senior appearances in total for the London club.” “Carvalho played a key role in Fulham’s promotion back to the Premier League in 2021-22, scoring 10 goals and providing eight assists in 36 games as Marco Silva’s side won the Championship title.

Liverpool just came up short as Man City won the Premier League title again. But for Jurgen Klopp's men it's all about the what-ifs.

It is Liverpool's misfortune to be enjoying their peak years under Klopp at the same time City are collecting trophies under Guardiola. Over the last four years, Liverpool have won one title and finished runners-up behind City twice -- with 92 points this season and 97 in 2018-19. "There are worse scenarios -- we could have been a point ahead [on the final day] and not made it -- but we don't feel good. "I would have preferred they [City] were 5-0 up after 10 minutes so we could just play out game, but the season was close, so close. By the time Mohamed Salah managed to put Liverpool ahead on 84 minutes, City had already turned defeat into victory by scoring three times in five minutes through Gundogan (twice) and Rodri. It was the same story at home to Brighton in October, when 2-0 became 2-2, that time after being two goals clear after 24 minutes. LIVERPOOL, England -- There are always what-ifs when a team gets so close to glory.

Liverpool have finally completed the signing of Fulham forward Fabio Carvalho, having failed in a bid to bring the 19-year-old to Anfield in January.

"We have a very clear plan to make our team stronger and Bouba is an important part of that." Fellow centre-back Joe Gomez, who injured an ankle in Tuesday’s win at Aston Villa, is also expected to return to the squad after sitting out the Wolves game. Key defender Virgil Van Dijk was an unused substitute on Sunday after a knee injury in the FA Cup final the previous weekend but he is expected to start at the Stade de France.

Alisson Becker was speaking after Liverpool were beaten to the Premier League title by Man City.

“We got the win and the points, but it wasn’t enough. He recorded 20 clean sheets in 36 appearances for the Reds this season to earn the trophy alongside City No.1 and Brazil international team-mate Ederson. We were really focused on doing our job.

Daniel Storey reflects on the campaign just gone and looks at the challenges ahead as part of The Score's season reviews for all 20 Premier League clubs.

The biggest moment of Liverpool’s season didn’t come on the pitch and would surely only be surpassed by winning the Champions League final in Paris. On 29 April, Liverpool announced that Klopp had signed a two-year extension to his contract. And remarkable too that it wasn’t enough to give them a shot at the quadruple. Klopp’s side were involved in five 2-2 draws, a 3-3 draw and a 3-2 defeat in the league this season. They were brilliant and they were brilliant to watch. To an extent chaos defines Klopp’s success – “heavy metal football” and all that – and suits the team: a front three of bangs and whistles, a high defensive line and two gloriously attacking full-backs. Liverpool are unfortunate to have peaked at the same time as Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. Even if you consider that these two clubs and managers propel each other on, Liverpool would be more triumphant if Guardiola wasn’t here.

Liverpools move for Fabio Carvalho in January fell through after the Premier League side ran out of time to complete the deal on Deadline Day; ...

"For Fabio Carvalho, the clamour of January's Deadline Day, when Liverpool tried and failed to sign him from Fulham before the 11pm cut-off point, was nothing new. It is fair to say the decision has paid off." Once add-on clauses are met, Fulham could receive a fee in the region of £4m and have also inserted a substantial sell-on clause, understood to be 20 per cent.