Liverpool

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His boyhood club had high hopes for him in his youth but a player long regarded as the most talented of his generation at Spurs was sold in 2019 having only been afforded one senior appearance. The last time the forward hit the back of the net was for South Korea back in June. Marcus Edwards insisted there was no added motivation in facing his former club when interviewed immediately after Tuesday's game but it did not look that way out on the pitch. You would be forgiven for forgetting he was even named on the teamsheet, such was his elusiveness. His flair will undoubtedly return but Conte's faith is only serving to harm Spurs' fluidity up top in the short term. You have to journey all the way back to mid-May for Son's last entry in a Spurs shirt. Time after time, it was a Liverpool player winning the first contact. The quality of chances dropping their way totalled over 0.5 worth of expected goals - that was twice as much as what Ajax created in total from all avenues. The rhythm is not quite there yet but that goal still felt like a big moment in their season. Although defining set-pieces as the 'dirty stuff' probably is a little rich when you consider clubs now employ specialist coaches to oversee that part of the game. Klopp threw on the attacking substitutes and was rewarded with the winning goal. In fact, it could even have been a damaging defeat had Ajax not spurned their sporadic chances in the second half.

Ray Houghton believes Liverpool will show signs of a revival when they take on Ajax in the Champions League on Tuesday night in a match live on RTÉ2 and the ...

"I have looked at the match what they did. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. If you don't have it it is going to be difficult, especially one on one." "The first six games, Liverpool have lost to Man United, they've drawn three and won two. "So then you've got to come down to the common denominator. "It's a game they need to win.

Joel Matip scored a last-gasp winner as Liverpool gave their season a huge lift with a 2-1 victory over Ajax.

– Liverpool 2-1 Ajax. – Liverpool 1-1 Ajax. – Liverpool 1-0 Ajax. 89’ – GOAL! 27’ – GOAL! 17’ – GOAL!

Watch extended highlights and a full replay of Liverpool's dramatic 2-1 win over AFC Ajax at Anfield on LFCTV GO now. Joel Matip's powerful 89th-minute ...

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Van Dijk, who along with all his team-mates was roundly blasted for his performance in their European opener told BT Sport that such pundits were only ...

And you know what, if that makes him go back to being the Virgil van Dijk that we praised then that's fine by me.' 'We are not listening to the outside world. It was very important to win going into the international break. but co-pundit Steve Nicol insists the Liverpool defender has a right to be 'prickly' He said: 'Coming back from the horror show in Naples it was very important to show a positive reaction. [Jurgen Klopp](/sport/jurgen_klopp/index.html)'s side edged past Ajax thanks to an 89th-minute Joel Matip header as they got their first three points of their [Champions League](/sport/champions_league/index.html) group at Anfield on Tuesday evening.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp saluted his players for an improved performance against Ajax, but they were still a long way from finding their best form as ...

"It was very important to show a positive reaction. "It is a first step, a very important step. "I'm not sure it was their first attack, but Ajax didn’t have a lot. Brighton is waiting." Everybody is hoping you go in the right direction and then you get another setback. The boys did that,” declared Klopp.

Jürgen Klopp explained why the character Liverpool showed in clinching a late 2-1 win against AFC Ajax was the most important factor of the night.

But how it is in life, when you have a problem you want to sort it. But I was not surprised when they scored, not at all. Great goal, then ball not in, then linesman raised his flag, which I really don’t know why; maybe he saw first that the goal was in or he has it as well in his watch. But I think the story of the game is kind of a bit typical; not for our season so far, because usually we are 1-0 down, but for the situation we are in. Then big celebrations and the face of Joel showed exactly how we all felt in that moment. But that it was a set-piece, I think nobody was surprised because our set-pieces tonight were really good and I have no idea why we didn’t score earlier from them because pretty much each set-piece was a threat. The reaction was OK, not perfect but OK. The football we played, the way we defended, everything was different. You do a lot of good stuff, we played a really good game. It’s not a big difference but it makes a big difference. It was a first step, nothing else, not more, but everything was good. So, wholly different – the start was different, the middle was different, finish was different.

Rio Ferdinand has praised Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara for his performance in the Reds' 2-1 victory over Ajax on Tuesday night.

“You see he takes an extra step to make sure he can push up and power into the challenge, having that physicality is something, again, that they missed in the game against Napoli and something they needed to have from the outset. “The way Jurgen Klopp’s teams play at their best is when they’re right up against people, when they are in people’s faces and when they win it in transition, playing the ball forward. On Thiago’s performance for Liverpool, Ferdinand said on BT Sport: “He came on against Napoli and he was the only one who got any sort of positive words from the manager in terms of his intensity, stepping onto the game, onto opponents, and he took that into the game today.

Liverpool faces Ajax in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, but the standout question to Reds manager Jurgen Klopp ahead of this match was not about his ...

The reaction to it in the English media is still one of shock. Social and economic inequality is something that continues to anger many in the left-leaning city. It is the way some of the club's supporters voice their opposition towards the establishment, and it's a chance to do so before a worldwide audience. said: "It's something Liverpool fans feel strongly about. But it wasn't the first time it had happened. Fans had had the same reaction to the national anthem at the Carabao Cup final in February -- and at the 2012 FA Cup final.