LONDON — Oh for the halcyon era of eight days ago. Before Selhurst Park, Rams Park and Stamford Bridge, Liverpool had reasons to believe. They had not been playing to their collective level, but no matter. They had continually found ways to win. Maybe they could keep getting away with it? Or perhaps when your games keep going into the …
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Senior officials at Chelsea have been expressing excitement about Estevao’s arrival since they agreed his signature more than a year before his eventual move to England. Fittingly, Estevao scored a brilliant goal from a tight angle against Chelsea in a losing cause on his final appearance for Palmeiras this summer. He left the Sao Paulo-based club with 27 goals and …
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It was a high octane, almost hectic start from both teams, with both goals threatened though not acutely. Individual battles that would prove important, such as Garnacho against Bradley and Acheampong against Isak, started shaping up. The game settled down after those first ten minutes, with Chelsea edging possession but Liverpool always looking to counter. We didn’t necessarily threaten too …
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It’s Blues against Reds, the eternal battle. Champions of the World against Champions of England. Liverpool have lost back-to-back games; Chelsea have not been in great form either but we did grind out a 1-0 win midweek. Our injury list has not gotten any smaller, but Enzo Maresca has cobbled together a lineup that, with a bit of luck, might …
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature And Enzo Maresca’s It’s nice [to play Liverpool]. It’s a chance to learn and we’ve prepared as best we can. [On Chelsea’s injuries] Nine players are unfortunately out, plus we have two or three players [who are carrying injuries*] We will try to find solutions and …
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Reigning Premier League champions and league leaders may be held to higher standards than most, but cause for concern in Liverpool is justified. Arne Slot presided over back‑to‑back defeats for only the second time in his Liverpool tenure as Galatasaray triumphed on a raucous night in Istanbul. The performance should trouble Liverpool’s head coach more than the result. Liverpool were …
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Liverpool suffered a pair of injuries in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League match at Galatasaray, as Hugo Ekitike has joined Alisson Becker in making an early exit. MORE — Champions League schedule | Champions League table Ekitike was reaching for an errant pass when he hit the turf with what appeared to be a muscular injury. He was replaced by Alexis …
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Liverpool fell to a second-straight defeat as Arne Slot’s side saw their first UEFA Champions League away trip of the season end in a 1-0 loss to Galatasaray. The reigning Premier League champions were looking for a response to Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Crystal Palace but wilted on an intense evening in Istanbul. Victor Osimhen‘s first-half penalty after Dominik Szoboszlai was adjudged …
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Liverpool are preparing to enter hostile territory on Tuesday night, with Galatasaray’s RAMS Park awaiting Arne Slot’s side. There’s a sense of vulnerability within the Reds camp after Saturday’s defeat at Crystal Palace, their first of 2025–26, and the Premier League champions are out to respond in the Champions League ahead of their weekend trip to Stamford Bridge, where they …
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Jeremie Frimpong, the man stepping into Mohamed Salah’s shoes this evening, talks to Amazon. “It’s my first time over here … the atmosphere looks crazy … [Galatasaray] are a great team … we come here to win … we don’t want to lose … we want …
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