The 36-year-old Gerrard is Liverpool’s longest-serving captain and won the Champions League and two FA Cup titles, the League Cup on three occasions and the UEFA Cup once during his 18-year association with the Merseyside club. “Stop being so excited about his (Gerrard’s) next step. In life you need space to learn something new,” Klopp told reporters on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s home game against second from bottom Sunderland....
The Reds headed to Old Trafford in confident mood and perched just two points behind their old adversaries in the Premier League table. They were, however, to end the weekend five points adrift of the Red Devils and down in fourth spot after being put to the sword by a deadly double from Marcus Rashford. Klopp concedes that his side made life difficult for themselves in a heavyweight encounter, with the fall-out from a disappointing defeat frustrating all concerned....
The England international swapped Arsenal for Anfield over the summer after struggling for regular starts with the Gunners. Initially, he endured similar issues on Merseyside, with Klopp easing the 24-year-old into the Reds fold. Oxlade-Chamberlain has, however, now taken in 20 outings for Liverpool and has seen his form improve steadily as he feels more settled in new surroundings. Klopp is expecting big things from the versatile performer, telling the club’s official website: “He is on a very good way....
Former England international Gerrard is in his first season working in Liverpool’s academy after choosing to start his coaching career at his boyhood club. However, media speculation has linked the 37-year-old with Scottish club Rangers, who have Graeme Murty in charge until the end of the season following the departure of Pedro Caixinha last October. “He was, is and forever will be a Liverpool legend. But whatever he wants to do, we will support him,” Klopp told the media ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League fixture with Stoke City....
Paisley and Shankly won nine league titles and three European Cups between them during the club’s golden era, but Klopp has beaten them both to 100 wins in all competitions. A 4-0 Boxing Day thumping of Newcastle United at Anfield stretched Liverpool’s lead at the top of the Premier League to six points in what was Klopp’s 181st game in charge. Shankly took 186 matches to get to 100 wins while Paisley was three games quicker to the landmark, but there are two men who have beaten Klopp’s record....
The 18-year-old has impressed for the Amsterdam side since since returning from a brief spell out of the starting XI this season, scoring six goals and setting up four in the Eredivisie. Manchester United have been reported to have an interest in the winger and although he aims to stay in his homeland for a while, he admits he would consider a move to some of the top sides in England....
Ligaments are structures that connect two bones. Ligaments are important in allowing joint stability, while at the same time allowing the joint to move. In the case of the knee, the ligaments allow the knee joint to bend back and forth but control excessive movements. The collateral ligaments of the knee prevent excessive side-to-side motion, while the cruciate ligaments are important in both rotational and forward/backward stability. Knee Sprain Symptoms The most common symptoms of a knee sprain are pain and swelling....
MORE: Ranking the coaches in this year’s playoffs Hornacek was fired by the Suns on Jan. 31 after a 14-35 start. He spent three seasons in Phoenix and compiled a 101-112 record. DEVENEY: Why Knicks job was the worst offseason opening In New York, he will replace Derek Fisher — who was fired by the Knicks almost a week after the Suns dumped Hornacek — and interim coach Kurt Rambis....
The Knicks will have Early reevaluated in one month to determine his return to the basketball court. The rookie got only 11 games into his NBA career when this serious injury was revealed. MORE: Napier crosses up Williams | Durant yells obscenity at Howard | NBA cheerleaders He averaged 2.7 points and 1.0 rebounds in 7.7 minutes thus far. Early’s best game came a little over a week ago on Nov....
The Knicks rookie from Lithuania visited New York for the first time in July and said he felt like Macaulay Culkin’s character Kevin McCallister in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.” MORE: MVP, Rookie of the Year and more award predictions “In New York, I felt like Macaulay Culkin from ‘Home Alone’ the first evening when I just landed,” Kuzminskas told the National Basketball Players Association. “My family wasn’t with me....
WARNING: Potential Spoilers Ahead for Knights of the Old RepublicThe only thing shown so far for Knights of the Old Republic’s Remake is a brief teaser of Revan, and it’s likely to be a long time before more is learned. Between lightsaber combat, visuals, and other elements, it stands to reason that the KOTOR Remake has a lot of work in maintaining the spirit of the original in this updated version....
QR Code – Quick Response Codes: QR is an acronym for Quick Response Codes. These are a type of two-dimensional barcode that can be read using smartphones and dedicated QR reading devices, that link directly to text, emails, websites, phone numbers and more. In the simplest sense a QR Code is an “image-based hypertext link” that can be used offline – any URL can be encoded into a QR Code so essentially any webpage can be opened automatically as a result of scanning the barcode....
The newly-appointed KKR skipper’s sensational 28 not out from eight balls in their last-ball win over Bangladesh in the T20 Tri-Series final last night has given a big boost to the Kolkata franchise who have overhauled the squad for the 11th season. Karthik is expected to join the squad later this month along with coach Jacques Kallis, as KKR opted to begin their pre-season training with light warm-up sessions....
Klobuchar made the remarks onstage during a discussion about healthcare. “Costs will go down for hardworking middle class families, I will not embrace a plan like Medicare for all who can afford it, that will leave behind millions of people who can not,” Warren said. “And I will not embrace a plan that says people have great insurance, right up until you get the diagnosis and the insurance company says ‘sorry, we’re not covering your expensive cancer treatments....
Sunday’s game at Anfield is the tie of the third round, with Ancelotti - who missed out on the Liverpool job to Klopp in 2015 - set for his first experience of the famous fixture. Klopp and Ancelotti have faced off a number of times during their managerial careers, including in the Champions League group stage in each of the past two seasons. Liverpool only won one of their four meetings with Ancelotti’s Napoli in the competition, losing twice, while Real Madrid knocked out Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund under the Italian’s leadership en route to Champions League glory in 2013-14....
Liverpool shows title form Gerrard appears poised to end his stint at MLS side LA Galaxy after sending an Instagram message earlier on Saturday which appeared to bid farewell to the club’s fans. He wrote: “Living in Los Angeles and playing for the great Galaxy supporters has been a privilege. You have made this place feel like home to me. This city and this club will always hold a special place in my heart....
Reds defeat and O2.5 goals 5/1 The Reds return to the King Power Stadium in Premier League action after goals from Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani dumped them out of the Carabao Cup at the same venue on Tuesday. Lovren missed that match due to a back injury and Matip, along with Germany international midfielder Emre Can, sustained a knock. “It’s nothing major but it was enough to keep him out of two games and he is not in training so far, so that means he is also a doubt for the weekend....
The Reds had gone five top-flight matches without a win before Saturday’s triumph, their barren streak culminating in last weekend’s 2-0 loss at struggling Hull City. Man Utd set Premier League record Sadio Mane was the hero against Spurs, scoring twice in 138 first-half seconds to cap a fine start from the hosts, laying the platform for a win that moved them to within one point of their second-placed visitors....
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the first leg of the quarter-final tie at Anfield on Wednesday, though the Egyptian was substituted early in the second half with a groin problem. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sadio Mane increased Liverpool’s lead in an astonishing opening half to the all-Premier League clash. However, Klopp’s squad have little time to celebrate the result as they have the small matter of a Merseyside derby against Everton on Saturday....
‘Oxlade-Chamberlain would be a major asset to Liverpool’ Klopp and Guardiola played out a head-to-head record of four wins apiece while in charge of Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich and will clash on English soil for the first time when Liverpool host City at Anfield on Saturday. The Merseyside club are a point and a place ahead of their visitors in second, with both teams on a run of three consecutive wins having wobbled during the early weeks of December....
