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Jurgen Klopp said preparing for this match was the most difficult task he has had to do in his managerial career, after Liverpool forward Luis Diaz was informed of his parents’ kidnapping while at the team hotel on Saturday evening. Colombian forward Diaz left the squad with members of Liverpool’s staff taking care of him after he received news that his parents were taken by armed men in Barrancas, Colombia. His mother was found safe but his father was still missing on Sunday night .And after Liverpool saw off Nottingham Forest 3-0, Klopp said: ‘The preparation was the most difficult I ever had in my life. Didn’t…
Jurgen Klopp has praised Alexis Mac Allister’s performance for Liverpool against Nottingham Forest, with the Argentine impressive in midfield. Speaking to journalist Theo Squires after the 3-0 win, the Anfield boss lauded Mac Allister’s all-round performance as the £35m midfielder enjoyed a complete display against Forest. Starting at the base of the midfield again, Mac Allister was able to push forward today as Steve Cooper’s side couldn’t cope with Liverpool’s quality as Forest failed to register a single shot on target. It was one of Mac Allister’s best performances to date since the midfielder made the move to Merseyside this summer, and Klopp…
Diogo Jota by, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah were on target as Liverpool eased to a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest at Anfield to cut the gap to leaders Tottenham to three points. Jota converted the opener from close range in the first half and celebrated with a show of solidarity to Luis Diaz, holding up the absent winger’s shirt following the news of his parents’ kidnapping in Colombia. Nunez scored a well-worked Liverpool second a few minutes later, turning home Dominik Szoboszlai’s cut-back after the midfielder had been played in by Salah on the right-hand side of the Forest box.…
Adam Johnson, 29, of the Nottingham Panthers, passed away in a “freak accident” during a game against the Sheffield Steelers. His teammates have come together to honor him. According to reports, Johnson, who played with the number 47, had his neck slashed during the second half of Saturday’s game at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena. The Nottingham Panthers announced on Sunday that the loss of the “outstanding player” had left the team “truly devastated”. The team said Adam was a “great teammate and an incredible person”, adding: “The club will dearly miss him and will never ever forget him.” Some of the…
Expossive fireworks display has been cancelled after the site was hit by flooding The annual New Forest Fireworks Night at Strawberry Fields in Boldre was due to light up the sky on November 4. But the event will not return with a bang as recent heavy rainfall has waterlogged the grounds. Organisers said they were ‘disappointed and reluctant’ to cancel the event. Announcing the news on Facebook yesterday, organisers said: “Despite our best efforts the ground is simply too waterlogged to host the amount of people we were expecting at the event and feel it is safer to cancel. The last thing…
Details about the Southampton vs. Birmingham Championship match, including kickoff time and team news, are provided. Southampton are set to host Birmingham CIty in the next fixture in the Championship. Southampton are currently fifth in the Championship after 13 games, having picked up six wins and four defeats in the process. Russell Martin’s side have scored 21 goals while giving up 24. They come into this game on the back of a five game unbeaten streak in the competition. Birmingham City have lost each of their last two games in the Championship, failing to score in either of those games.…
Following a terrible collision, the ice hockey community in Yorkshire and throughout the nation has united to honor Nottingham Panthers player Adam Johnson and to support Steelers teammate Matt Petgrave. Shortly before nine o’clock on Saturday, October 28, fans attending the Sheffield Steelers vs. Nottingham Panthers game were asked to leave Sheffield Arena. Johnson, a Nottingham Panthers player, had a “major medical emergency” before anything happened. Following a collision with Steelers player Matt Petgrave on the ice, the Challenge Cup tie was called off. As soon as the player went down after the collision, medical personnel were summoned onto the…
On Saturday, the Philadelphia 76ers (0-1) will play the Toronto Raptors (1-1) in Canada. It is planned to tip from Scotiabank Arena at 7:30 p.m. ET. Let’s examine the lines at BetMGM Sportsbook for the 76ers vs. Raptors game and provide our professional NBA predictions and picks. The Sixers fell 118-117 on opening night against the Milwaukee Bucks while covering as 6-point road underdogs Thursday. G Tyrese Maxey led the team is scoring with 31 points while 3 others also had at least 20 points. They’ll lean on him and C Joel Embiid while James Harden‘s situation remains pending. The Raptors lost Friday in a…
The Eagles quarterback didn’t miss any practice time this week despite a helmet injury to his left knee aggravating a pre-existing bone bruise. Since the quarterback was spotted sporting a brace during the second half of the Dolphins game, there has been a great deal of conjecture regarding the severity of Jalen Hurts’ knee injury. The Eagles quarterback has actually been battling a bone bruise in his left knee for the past week, according to Jay Glazer, who made this announcement during Sunday’s pregame show. The knee brace was prompted after Hurts sustained a helmet injury to the same knee…
The Indians were playing the New York Yankees in the first of a two game series. A small crowd of 18,000 fans (less than 25% capacity) gathered to watch the Indians’ young ace Herb Score take on a dominant Yankees lineup. Score retired leadoff hitter Hank Bauer with ease and prepared to face the Yankees’ shortstop Gil McDougald. Score threw one of his electric fastballs down in the zone to McDougald who caught it square, hitting a sharp liner that struck score directly above his right eye. Score immediately collapsed as the ball ricocheted to third baseman Al Smith who…