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 CONTENTS
DIRECTORS
John Henry (principal owner),
Tom Werner (chairman), 18.09.21
M Gordon, LIVERPOOL FC
B Hogan (chief executive v CRYSTAL PALACE FC
officer), Sir Kenny Dalglish,
M Egan, A Hughes

HONOURS
10
League Champions (19)
1900/01, 1905/06,
1921/22, 1922/23,
1946/47, 1963/64,
1965/66, 1972/73,
1975/76, 1976/77,
1978/79, 1979/80, 20
1981/82, 1982/83,
1983/84, 1985/86,
1987/88, 1989/90,
2019/20

European Cup Winners (6)

1976/77, 1977/78, 16 50
1980/81, 1983/84,
2004/05, 2018/19

European Super Cup

Winners (4)
1977/78, 2001/02,
2005/06, 2019/20 34
UEFA Cup Winners (3)
1972/73, 1975/76, 04 Jürgen Klopp 32 Back Story 63 LFC Academy
2000/01
10 Jordan Henderson 34 Q&A: Alex O-C 65 LFC Women
FIFA Club World Cup 12 Countdown to Kick-off 39 Anfield Extra 68 Ticket update
Winners (1)
2019 16 Redmen: Alisson Becker 49 Kop Kids 70 Match report
20 Crystal Palace FC 50 LFC's PL Story 75 Quiz and stats
FA Cup Winners (7)
1964/65, 1973/74, 27 Story Board 56 Different League 80 Results and fixtures
1985/86, 1988/89, 28 Trending 58 The Palace Files 82 Premier League table
1991/92, 2000/01,
2005/06

League Cup Winners (8)

1980/81, 1981/82,
1982/83, 1983/84,
1994/95, 2000/01,
2002/03, 2011/12

Community Shield
Winners (15)
1964*, 1965*, 1966, 1974,
1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980,
1982, 1986*, 1988, 1989, Editor David Cottrell Assistant Editor William Hughes Writer Chris McLoughlin Production Editor Michael McGuinness
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 FROM THE BOSS J Ü R G E N K LO P P

Patrick
arrives here
as a manager
with the same
determination and
ambition that has
defined him as
one of the game's
all-time great
competitors

G
ood afternoon and welcome back to
Anfield for our Premier League game
against Crystal Palace. I welcome
Patrick Vieira, his players and staff as
well as the officials and supporters of
our visitors.
Patrick will know this ground well as a player. He will
have enjoyed many battles here during his incredible
playing career.
Today is his first time coming to face Liverpool in a
competitive game as a manager but I’m certain he will
arrive with the same determination, expectation and
ambition that has defined him as one of the game's
all-time great competitors.
Although he is new to the Premier League in
management terms, he has solid experience
behind him spanning five years leading
a senior team now, across three very
different countries and leagues.
I’ve been a big admirer from afar for
what he has done at New York and
Nice.
Of course it is early for him at
Palace and they have undergone a
lot of changes over the summer,
but it is already apparent he and his
0004
staff are putting their own stamp on the club.
It is clear he has philosophy and a direction of how
he wants his teams to approach a contest. They
were outstanding against Tottenham, even when it
was 11 versus 11, so we are in for a really hard game
today.
Someone who unfortunately can’t feature for us
this afternoon is Harvey Elliott. I’m conscious
a lot has been said and written on this
already and I actually think Harv will benefit
from a break of the endless publicity
around what happened, but I do want to
address it in this column.
I don’t need to go over the incident
itself. It’s in the past now. Harvey
has had the surgery, it’s been
a success and each day that
passes is a day closer to him being
able to play football for Liverpool
again.
 He is an extraordinary young person and has a
wonderful loving family around him. He’ll want for
nothing in the support and care stakes. For him,
he must now treat his rehab as he has approached
everything else in his career so far. Attack it with
positivity and with a desire to listen, learn and improve.
He has the world’s best support staff around him
during this and he will be back in great shape. Until
then, we wait for him.
We are in a very intense period for the squad now.
It’s not the most intense period but it is the start of the
constant intensity as regards the schedule. It’s game
after game now for most of these boys for a very long
time. It’s not to complain. We are all used to it.
There is also an element of this which is a positive.
The more busy our calendar and the players' own
commitments, it means we are all being successful.
We want to be in as many competitions as we can
qualify for, for as long as possible.
I have never hidden from my personal view that
individuals can’t win anything in this sport. Even a
starting eleven can’t. To be successful you have to
have a squad where every member contributes.
'Squad depth' has been a vogue topic for people to
debate since the summer. As I have said in media
conferences, I am not interested and have no time for
pointless comparisons with rival teams. This is the
Premier League – every squad is powerful.
It is possible to respect the strength of an opponent
without it impacting on your own. I have total faith in
ours. Absolute belief. Look at what we have and tell
me it can’t compete for everything?
What’s cool is that we get the opportunity to show
those who doubt it that they are premature in their
judgement. I like this. It’s a challenge.
In terms of picking line-ups during this period,
I admit there is a balance between stability of
selection, which can give a team rhythm, and the
freshness that results from making suitable changes
at the appropriate time.
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 Today let’s try and bring the Champions
League vibe – noise and passion from the
moment you come in to the moment you leave
This is very much my responsibility, plus my have benefited so much from his hunger for
coaches. We relish it. But of course, as with everything goals. And that’s not to forget all his assists.
we do, we share the challenge with our players. We I don’t understand cricket at all. I really
make the decisions but they have to be ready to grasp don’t. But I believe '100 not out' is a phrase
opportunity when it comes. that is connected to that sport? That’s
Honestly, the level they show in each and every Mo…100 on the board but more to come.
training session at the moment tells me they Finally, the atmosphere inside Anfield
understand what they need to do, as a collective, on Wednesday for the Champions
perfectly. They push each other, they inspire each League night can only be described
other, they support each other and they have the as vintage stuff. It was superb.
perfect balance of desire and control in everything Today we are back to league
they do. action and a 3pm kick off. Let’s
A player who epitomises our insatiable appetite to try and bring the Champions
achieve more, recorded an incredible milestone at League vibe.
Elland Road last week. Mo Salah scored his 100th Noise and passion from the
Premier League goal that afternoon. Because of moment you come in to the
what happened with Harvey we weren’t really in the moment you leave.
celebration mood immediately after. But we needed to We plan to play in a
recognise this remarkable feat as a collective. manner that means we
The next day at the training ground we all came join you in lighting our
together to congratulate him. home up in the best
What a player, what a professional, what a person. way possible.
We appreciate him so much you cannot believe. I
remember on the final day of last season, when he
just missed out on the Golden Boot, our dressing room You’ll Never
was so gutted for him, because of all he’d done for us Walk Alone
during a really tough season to keep us in the race. Jürgen
He really is an inspirational figure and as a club we
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 S K I P P E R ' S N OT E S
The club's
medical team
eat, sleep and
breathe trying to
protect us from
harm, trying to
mend and help us
L
et me start by saying this: Harvey Elliott will
be back fitter, stronger and better. He is
resilient, he is brave, he is talented and he
is committed to chasing and achieving all
his dreams. He is also full of positivity and
energy.
So, this column won’t be one that’s overly negative or sad.
He’ll be back soon enough, no one needs to worry about
his future. No one within the squad – be it player or staff
member – has any doubt that Harv will be back with a bang
when he returns.
It was, though, a traumatic experience at Elland Road
seeing him hurt in the manner he was. As with other players
who’ve suffered similar injuries it looks and feels awful,
but the pathway back is clear. And Harv need not look any
further than to some of his team-mates in the dressing-
room should he need any inspiration or advice.
At the time of writing this he’s had his procedure and has
essentially begun his comeback. I saw after the game the
gaffer referenced the response of our own medical staff
as being a crucial factor in why Harvey can already be
considered 'on the mend'.
Chris Morgan, our physio, was with Harvey within seven
seconds of the injury happening. Our doctor, Jim Moxon,
was immediately behind him.
I wouldn’t encourage anyone to watch it back, but trust
me when I tell you they were caring for and treating Harvey
immediately, literally seconds after it happened. They
brought him comfort, they administered pain-relief and
most importantly they addressed and re-set the dislocation.
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JORDAN HENDERSON
They did all of that with cool, calm heads in front of a
sold-out crowd at Elland Road, reacting with incredible
composure to go about immediately helping Harv.
The past 18 months or so has made us all appreciate the
care and dedication of health professionals. It’s mad we
needed a pandemic to remind us of that. And as players it’s
probably wrong that we need an incident such as the one
at Leeds to fully recognise the incredible people we have
looking out for us.
Being part of a football club's medical set-up is a tough
job, I can tell you. They have to deliver news to the manager
he might not want to hear but ultimately needs to.
As players we don’t want to be anywhere near their room
as it means we have an issue that potentially could, or
actually does, prevent us from training and playing. And
frankly, most of us aren’t always the easiest of characters to
control when we have injury issues.
The two groups who can testify to how much of a
nightmare I am in these situations are my family and the
physio department...that’s how close the bond is.
The part which troubles me – and I only really became
aware of it last season – is how much online abuse these
guys get when a club has injuries. It is shocking. It also
makes no sense. Absolutely none.
From my experience, the vast majority of injuries are no
one's fault. They’re bad luck. It’s an occupational hazard.
It’s horrible but we accept it comes as part of the package.
Even on the tiny percentage of occasions there is someone
to blame, it is never ever a physio, a doctor or a medical
expert employed by a club.
 These people are as dedicated to care and protection of
the players as anyone you will ever meet. They eat, sleep
and breathe trying to protect us from harm. They eat, sleep
and breathe trying to mend and help us.
I could pick out anyone from our incredible set-up to
highlight what these guys do for us – day in and day out –
so we can get on the pitch and win games for Liverpool.
I could write a list of everyone in that department –
they’re all out of this world – but on a personal level, I do
want to flag the guy who was on the pitch at Elland Road
and who had Harvey in his arms within a time period two
seconds quicker than Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in his
prime. That’s Chris Morgan.
He’s probably our most visible physio because he’s the
guy you’ll all see on a matchday running onto the pitch
when one of us is hurt.
It’s hard to explain how much trust we place in these
people in these critical moments. If Chris had any input to
what I’m writing now he would demand I make it clear this
applies to everyone within our medical department. But I
want to use Chris to illustrate how fortunate and privileged
we are as players to have the best of the best in our corner
when we need them most.
When I had my injury last season it was Chris who was
up until 2am researching the best techniques that could
help advance my recovery. He’s the guy who was there
for me 24/7 – despite having a family of his own to worry
about – if I needed reassurance in vulnerable moments.
I know Steven Gerrard has spoken so highly of Chris
in the past and credited him so much with helping
him through injury issues during his career. When
someone like Stevie says that about someone so
publicly, so emphatically, it speaks volumes about
them, the work they do and the trust placed in their
ability.
I referenced earlier that these guys have a
thankless task in many respects. But that doesn’t
apply in the dressing-room. Our appreciation is
absolute.
They run towards us as quickly as they can
when we need help on the pitch the most.
From the first seconds of an injury to the
moment we return to play they comfort us,
they endure us, they mend us and they
allow us to pick up where we left off.
They also help us get out there on
the pitch every matchday. Their work
doesn’t only begin when one of us
is injured – they are there for us,
day in, day out, to make sure we
are in the best shape possible
when it comes to playing for
Liverpool.
Put simply, they catch us
when we fall and on behalf
of each and every player
at LFC, to each and
every member of that
department, we are
lucky to have you.
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 Catch up with the latest news around this fixture

AUGUST AWARD
FOR MO SALAH

Mohamed Salah has been named

Liverpool’s Standard Chartered
Men’s Player of the Month for
August. The no11 clinched top spot
in a poll of supporters on then club’s
official website, edging out Harvey
Elliott and Kostas Tsimikas.
“I think it’s a good start for us, seven
points [in August],” he said. “We
wanted to win nine, but it’s football.
We’ve had a good start.”
Salah scored twice and provided
two assists in Liverpool’s run in
August and started September by
scoring his 100th Premier League
goal.
“It is great to score goals to help
the team. To score 100 goals in
the Premier League as a winger is
something I am happy and I am proud
of. Hopefully I can keep going like
that.”
ROBBO: WIN WAS IMPORTANT
Andy Robertson hailed his side’s
fighting qualities as the Reds came
from behind to defeat AC Milan on
Wednesday evening.
The Italians struck twice in a minute
on the stroke of half-time to lead 2-1 at
the break before the Reds rallied after
the interval thanks to fine goals from Mo
Salah and Jordan Henderson.
“In the first half-hour I thought we blew
them away,” the left-back told BT Sport.
“We were excellent but then we got a
little bit sloppy and stopped doing the
stuff that we’d been doing very well and
let them back into the game. You walk
in at half-time 2-1 down thinking: how’s
this happened?
“It was important that we forgot about
the last 15 minutes of the first half and
came out and did what we’d done for the
first half-hour. We managed to get an
early goal which was important and then
what a strike by Hendo to finish it off.
“We know how tough the Champions
League is and it’s so important to start
with three points and luckily we’ve done
that.”

ZAHA: WE’RE IMPROVING

Palace winger Wilfried Zaha believes Crystal Palace’s win over Spurs
last weekend showed the team’s style of play is evolving.
Zaha found the net with a penalty in the 3-0 victory – the club’s 500th
Premier League goal, 48 of which he has scored himself.
“I’m always happy scoring goals for Palace so hearing it’s the 500th
is massive,” he said afterwards. “I’m glad my goal today could help
towards a comfortable 3-0 win.
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“It just shows we’re not just a counter-attacking
team, we can actually play out from
the back and play through teams.
Obviously today we showed we’re
definitely improving.
“I’m glad everyone can see what we’ve been
working on. The way we’re playing, we’re bound to
get a chance. I feel like it’s not just counter-attacks
and, when it’s properly planned, the way we’re playing
[means] the goals are going to come eventually.”
SADIO WINS GOAL OF THE MONTH
Sadio Mane’s finish against Burnley to complete a fine team move has been
named as Liverpool’s Goal of the Month for August.
The Reds no10 fired home to make it 2-0 in the victory over the Clarets at Anfield
after fine build-up play between Virgil van Dijk, Harvey Elliott and Trent Alexander-
Arnold.
His effort beat Mohamed Salah’s curler at Norwich City in a poll on liverpoolfc.
com, with a long-range goal by Kaide
Gordon for the Under-23s against Everton
claiming third spot.
Roberto Firmino’s strike on the opening
weekend of the season at Norwich City
took fourth position, while Diogo Jota’s
opener against Burnley completed the
top five.
REDS OFF TO WINNING START
Max Woltman’s goal gave
Liverpool Under-19s a
winning start to their
UEFA Youth League
campaign against
AC Milan, but Marc
Bridge-Wilkinson’s
side were indebted to
goalkeeper Harvey Davies
for a string of fine saves.
Woltman’s winner came in
the eighth minute when he
converted Owen Beck’s cross and
the forward was denied another
goal by Milan keeper Sebastiano
Desplanches. The lively Kaide
HARVEY’S SURGERY SUCCESS
Harvey Elliott has undergone
successful surgery on the ankle
injury he sustained during
Sunday’s victory at Leeds United.
The 18-year-old will now begin
a rehabilitation programme with
the Reds’ medical team and while
he is expected to return to action
later this season, no timescale
is being placed upon his
comeback.
Club doctor Jim
Moxon explained:
“Harvey sustained a
fracture dislocation
of his left ankle.
Gordon also saw a shot
deflected wide, but the
Italians ended the first
half well with Gabriele
El Hilali hitting the
crossbar and having an
effort saved by Davies.
The Reds were on the
back-foot for much of the
second period with Davies
making five saves, including
a flying one-handed block
from Enrico Di Gesu’s header,
to preserve a clean-sheet and
secure all three points for
Liverpool.
We were able to reduce the
dislocation immediately on the
pitch and Harvey had surgery
today [Tuesday] to repair the
fracture and ligaments damaged.
The operation was a success so
his comeback starts now.
“We won’t put pressure on him
by setting a specific timeframe
beyond being able to say
with confidence we
expect him to feature
again later in the
season following
our rehab
programme.”
GARY
GILLESPIE
PALACE WILL PRESENT A REAL
CHALLENGE BUT THIS REDS SIDE
IS LOOKING VERY IMPRESSIVE
How was that for excitement on Wednesday? You’ve
got to give credit to AC Milan. So many teams come
to Anfield, especially on European nights, looking to
defend and get a result. But right from the start they
looked as if they wanted to play. Saying that, how we
managed to be trailing at half-time was unbelievable.
We could easily have been three or four up.
The intensity with which we started was excellent.
The first 25 minutes was some of the best stuff
we’ve seen for a long time, even by Liverpool’s sky-
high standards. But maybe we got a little bit carried-
away. We didn’t manage the game well towards the
end of the first half and got punished, which can
happen at this level. But all credit to the team – they
came out second half and dominated proceedings
up to the last five minutes when things always get a
bit edgy. Overall a really good performance.
Another beneficial thing was that we managed to
rotate the squad and not look as if we had weakened
the starting XI. It felt seamless. Naby Keita came
in and had a really good game. Thiago got minutes,
Jordan too. Joe Gomez plays the full 90.
Other than the fact that we gave away those two
sloppy goals, you’re talking about a world-class
performance and everybody getting game-time
which will stand us in good stead.
Now Crystal Palace are at Anfield and they’re a bit
of an unknown quantity because there’s been a big
change there, with Roy Hodgson leaving and Patrick
Vieira coming in. At this stage of the season, only a
handful of games in, there’s so much uncertainty still
and it’s hard to assess where teams will be at the
end of the year and the end of the season.
One thing is certain: Palace been impressive so far.
But again, it’s about Liverpool. We’ve got ourselves
into a position now where if our performance levels
are right, you fancy us against anybody.
It’s another game I’m really looking forward to, and
one of these strange phenomena – a three o’clock
kick-off!
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 Centre-half duo set to join 100 club

u Last season Liverpool recorded a fourth successive league double over

Crystal Palace. They won 2-0 at Anfield on the final day of the campaign, with
Sadio Mane scoring twice. This after winning 7-0 at Selhurst Park, to ensure
they spent Christmas on top of the table for the third successive year.

u That aggregate of 9-0 was the club’s second-biggest margin against a

team in both meetings of a Premier League season following the 11-0 against
Ipswich Town (6-0; 5-0) in 2001/02.

u Both Joel Matip and Virgil van Dijk could make their 100th league
appearances for the Reds today. In the last home league game against
Chelsea they became the most-used centre-back partnership for Liverpool
under Jürgen Klopp in the top-flight. It was the 34th time, one more than the
pairing of Van Dijk and Joe Gomez. Mo Salah meanwhile is set for his 150th
league game for Liverpool this afternoon.

u The Reds are aiming to keep a club record equalling fourth successive
league clean-sheet against the Londoners, previously set in 1980.

u Liverpool’s first goal last Sunday was the 650th scored in all games under
Jürgen Klopp in match number 322.

u Today Liverpool will fulfil their first 3pm fixture of this season – to equal
the number they played in the whole of 2020/21 (at home to Aston Villa in
April).

WIN, LOSE OR DRAW (LEAGUE) LIVERPOOL FC

...are three goals short of
62% 17% 21% recording 100 in league games
against the Eagles
26 Wins 7 Draws 9 Defeats
CRYSTAL PALACE FC
...have lost their last four visits
MOST CAREER GOALS ON OPENING DAY OF A PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON to Anfield after winning their
previous three
GOALS GAMES

Alan Shearer 8 11 LIVERPOOL FC

...forward Sadio Mane’s next
Wayne Rooney 8 15 goal will make him the 18th
player to reach 100 for the club
Frank Lampard 8 18

Mohamed Salah 7 5
CRYSTAL PALACE FC
...have failed to score in only
five of the last 21 meetings with
Jamie Vardy 7 7 the Reds
Sergio Aguero 7 9
LIVERPOOL FC
Teddy Sheringham 7 13 ...defender Neco Williams made
his league debut for LFC in this
Didier Drogba 6 8 fixture in June 2020

Louis Saha 6 8
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GREEN &
CLEAN
Alisson Becker previews today’s Palace test and
reveals his mission to amass m ore shut-outs
L
iverpool’s last line of
defence believes that
consistency is the
watchword for his team
during the opening weeks
of this season.
Alisson Becker and his team-mates are
aiming to prove that the relative struggle
of last season was an anomaly as the
Reds bid to challenge on all fronts again in
2021/22.
The Brazilian is pleased with the start but
knows the kind of form they have shown in
the opening month of the campaign must
be replicated as they settle into the rhythm of
playing three times a week.
“We have started well and it’s probably so far, so
good,” he says. “It’s just the beginning
of the season but we have had important
matches against difficult opponents and it’s
important to get as many points that you can
against those sides.
“But I still think we have many things which
we can improve on and that is a good thing.
We are winning games and having good
performances and yet we know that we can
still improve in all aspects so this is a good
sign.
“Now we need to keep consistency and this
is the main target for the beginning of the
season. We know the quality of our players and
we know that on the pitch we will do what we
need to do to win. So we need to keep working
REDmen
hard to get the results and keep showing that consistency.”
The Reds no1 has been his usual dependable self, keeping
three clean-sheets in the four Premier League games so
far. His shut-out at Leeds United last weekend, helped by a
fine early save from Rodrigo, was his 47th in 104 Premier
League appearances.
It drew him level with 1940s custodian Cyril Sidlow for
league clean-sheets and he became the twelfth man to
achieve that number with a Liver Bird upon his chest. He
will be hoping that it won’t be long before he passes Jerzy
Dudek (49) and becomes only the tenth keeper in Liverpool
FC’s proud history to keep 50 league shut-outs.
“We can improve our consistency defensively by giving
away the least amount of chances that we can for the
opponent,” he continues.
“Having clean-sheets is really important, not only for me
but for the team. When you keep a clean-sheet you are
halfway to the victory and halfway to
the work being done, so keeping the
clean-sheet is a target for us for every
game. Everyone is focused on that
and everybody works for achieving our
goals, from the strikers backwards.”
The early weeks of the campaign
have seen a more settled look to the
backline with Virgil van Dijk and Joel
Matip restored to the centre of defence
after missing large parts of last season
through injury. Alisson says that having
a more familiar-looking defence in front
of him has also given everyone a lift.
“It helps me and it helps the team.
They are those kind of players who give
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you a good feeling, a safe feeling, because of the way they
play and they are all really confident players, Virgil, Joel and
Joe [Gomez].
“The players who played the last season did really well
because of the situation we were in, but if we can count on
the more experienced players it’s really good for us and it
gives confidence for the team.
“It helps me in my performance as well because I know
them and I know how to deal with every situation and so it is
more natural when I have them in front.”
Alisson will be hoping the build-up to today’s game will be
a little more settled for him than was the case a week ago.
The Reds were left waiting for a ruling from FIFA about his
availability for the game at Elland Road after the Brazilian
FA initially asked for a five-day ban on players whose clubs
stopped them from travelling due to COVID regulations that
would have meant them quarantining on their return.
“It was a strange situation but with the way things have
been in the world in the last two years we have learned a
lot from these difficult times that we are living in and are
prepared for all situations.
“I wasn’t sure if I would play or not but we just needed
to be sure that we would be ready for the game and my
preparation was the same as for the other games.
“The players are the ones who are most affected because
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“WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THESE
PERIODS WHERE
WE CAN PLAY THREE
GAMES A WEEK. IT’S
SOMETIMES HARD
BUT WHAT WE
LOVE TO DO”
if we can’t play for our national team or our club, we are being
penalised twice. I’m really happy that all the sides worked
together – the national teams, the clubs, the Premier League,
and FIFA – to bring a solution for this situation. I really trust
in them and the Government to find a solution for the next
international break as that is something that we need to start
to speak about now.”
The victory at Elland Road was of course soured by a
serious ankle injury to Harvey Elliott, and Alisson says
the Reds will be unstinting in their support of the talented
teenager as he starts the long road to recovery following
successful surgery last week.
“I think everybody was sad about what happened to him.
It was really difficult to see that on the pitch and then come
back and play again and be focused on the game, but we are
all professionals and that is what we needed to do.
“Unfortunately injuries are part of the game and they are
something that can happen with everyone. I think what Virgil
has been through last season is something that he can learn
something from and what Joe and Joel and many other
players have handled too.
“Ox was the same the year before and I had a calf injury
which took me away from the pitch for three months in my
second season here at Liverpool.
“Now we just need to give him the support that he needs to
have a good time of rehab and to heal properly and I’m 100
per cent sure that he will be back stronger.”
Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League game against AC
Milan was the Reds’ first midweek match of the season and
Alisson adds that he and his team-mates are ready for the
challenges of a busy schedule ahead.
“We are always excited about these periods of the season
where we can play three games a week. It is something which
is sometimes hard but playing football is what we love to do.
“We had a really good pre-season and in the last few weeks
we have had time enough to prepare physically and mentally
for this moment. Now we are ready and we only need to
focus on our opponents and on our next challenge and now
 REDmen
it’s Crystal Palace so our focus is 100 per cent on them.” “To have them on our side, they really can be an extra
The Eagles come into the game in good shape themselves, player on the pitch for us and they help us with the way we
arriving at Anfield off the back of an impressive 3-0 win over play, pushing us forward, giving that extra energy for us in
Tottenham Hotspur last weekend. the game when it’s needed.
“I think they will come with more confidence from this “It is really good when we score a goal and I look back and
victory,” says Alisson. “It was a really important game against I can see the Kop celebrating. Seeing them celebrating is a
a good side and it shows how the level is in the Premier really good feeling.”
League this season.
“In my opinion it will be the most difficult in all of the last
few years. All the teams have improved with bringing players
in, changing the way they play or with new managers. Many
aspects have changed that contributes to the good of the
football so I am really happy to play here in this league.”
Further evidence of that came last month when Alisson
delighted Liverpool supporters by penning a new long-term
deal with the club. The no1, who will celebrate his 29th
birthday in a fortnight’s time, admits he is not usually one for
long-term planning, but he says the chance to extend his stay
with the Reds made perfect sense.
“Normally I really like to live the moment: this season, this
moment, the next challenge, the next game; taking things
step-by-step. But I am really happy about it because me and
my family are really settled in the club and in this country.
“It is a different culture for us but we are really happy here
and our kids are really happy here. So yes, I have no problem
to play out most of my career here. I am really happy about
this deal and I can see that the supporters and the people in
the club are happy as well.”
Something else that has made Alisson happy in recent
weeks is the sight of a full, passionate Anfield again and he
hopes the Reds can reward them with another three points
this afternoon.
“I think football without fans is not football – it’s something
else. So the feeling you experience when you have your
supporters with you on the pitch is amazing.

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Patrick Vieira secured his first
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last Saturday after guiding his side
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to an impressive 3-0 win over Spurs

in their fourth consecutive London
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derby of the fledgling campaign.

The result also consolidated a solid
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having picked up one win and two draws
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from their opening four games.

After an opening day 3-0 reverse at Chelsea,
they picked up their first point from a goalless
draw at home to Brentford before going to West
Ham and twice coming from behind to take a share
of the spoils with a 2-2 draw.
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 OP
P OS
I TI
ON

ODSONNE EDOUARD
The French forward made an immediate impact
by coming off the bench to score twice in last
Saturday’s win over Tottenham. He introduced
himself to the Selhurst Park faithful by turning in
Wilfried Zaha’s cross just 28 seconds after coming
on, the fastest-ever goal by a PL debutant. He then
steered in Conor Gallagher’s pass for his second
eight minutes later.
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PLENTY OF POSITIVES AS PATRICK AIMS
TO PUT PALACE ON THE FRONT FOOT
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his season feels like the dawn of a new era for Crystal
Palace with a change of manager and a host of new faces
in their playing squad.
The Eagles announced towards the end of last season that Roy
Hodgson would be steeping down after the club’s final game of the
Premier League campaign here at Anfield. Nuno Espirito Santo and
Lucien Favre were reportedly names in the frame before the club
announced the arrival of former French international Patrick Vieira
in early July.
Seven senior players joined Hodgson in moving on at the expiry
of their contracts with the departures of Gary Cahill (Bournemouth),
Scott Dann (Reading), James McCarthy (Celtic), Mamadou Sakho
(Montpellier), Andros Townsend (Everton), Patrick van Aanholt
(Galatasaray) and Connor Wickham (free agent) necessitating
something of an overhaul within the squad.
With Vieira’s appointment coming just over a month before the
start of the season, time was short but the early signs are that the
recruitment has been shrewd.
Talented youngsters arrived in the form of winger Michael Olise
(Reading), centre-back Marc Guehi (Chelsea) and midfielder
Conor Gallagher (Chelsea, loan). They were joined by experienced
campaigners in the guise of centre-back Joachim Andersen (Lyon),
who spent last season on loan in the Premier League with Fulham,
and midfielder Will Hughes (Watford).
One part of the team that had perhaps been an area of concern
for a while was scoring goals. Last season Christian Benteke
joined the talismanic Wilfried Zaha in scoring double-figures with
10. It was the first time since his debut campaign with the Eagles
in 2016/17 that the big Belgian had done so and Palace fans
desperately craved a prolific goalscorer to offer support.
They may have found one following the deadline-day arrival of
Odsonne Edouard from Celtic. He made a
sensational start to his Palace career with
a brace off the bench in the 3-0 defeat
of Spurs last Saturday and with a return
of 57 in 94 league games at Parkhead,
Eagles fans will be hoping he continues in
the same vein.
Following that first win of the season
last weekend, Vieira said: “We knew he
can score goals. He showed it when he
was at Celtic but you will have to give
Christian Benteke a lot of credit. He
played well and then Edouard came on
and scored the goals.”
Of the overall display, he added: “It was
a really good team performance. We
worked hard, we worked well, we created
chances and I’m really pleased with the
goals that we scored. Taking the three
points against a good Tottenham side is
really good for us.
“[Wilfried Zaha] was fantastic today.
He worked well out of position when he
got the ball at his feet. He was a huge
inspiration for the team today.”
Palace fans enjoyed the exhilarating
attacking display and will be hoping their
side can produce more of the same
while maintaining their Premier League
status as comfortably as they did during
Hodgson’s four-year tenure.
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The 45-year-old Frenchman worked
with Manchester City’s youth teams before
accepting a role as head coach of New York
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City from January 2016

More recently Patrick spent two-and-a-half
years as manager of Ligue 1 side Nice before
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Manager

13 VICENTE GUAITA 16 JOACHIM ANDERSEN 12 WILL HUGHES

Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder
Age: 34 Age: 29 Age: 26
Nationality: Spanish Nationality: Danish Nationality: English

18 JAMES McARTHUR
1 JACK BUTLAND 17 NATHANIEL CLYNE
Midfielder
Goalkeeper Defender
Age: 33
Age: 28 Age: 30
Nationality: Scottish
Nationality: English Nationality: English

2 JOEL WARD 44 JAIRO RIEDEWALD 11 WILFRIED ZAHA

Defender Defender/Midfielder Winger
Age: 31 Age: 25 Age: 28
Nationality: English Nationality: Dutch Nationality: Ivorian
THE SQUAD FOR 2021/22

3 TYRICK MITCHELL 4 LUKA MILIVOJEVIC 9 JORDAN AYEW

Defender Midfielder Forward
Age: 22 Age: 30 Age: 30
Nationality: English Nationality: Serbian Nationality: Ghanaian

14 JEAN-PHILIPPE
5 JAMES TOMKINS 7 MICHAEL OLISE
MATETA
Defender Midfielder
Forward
Age: 32 Age: 19
Age: 24
Nationality: English Nationality: French
Nationality: French

6 MARC GUEHI 8 CHEIKHOU KOUYATE 20 CHRISTIAN BENTEKE

Defender Midfielder Forward
Age: 21 Age: 31 Age: 30
Nationality: English Nationality: Senegalese Nationality: Belgian

15 JEFFREY SCHLUPP 10 EBERECHI EZE 22 ODSONNE EDOUARD

Defender/Midfielder Midfielder Forward
Age: 28 Age: 23 Age: 23
Nationality: Ghanaian Nationality: English Nationality: French

Also in the squad:

• 19 Remi Matthews (27) Goalkeeper English • 34 Martin Kelly (31) Defender English • 36 Nathan Ferguson (20) Defender English
• 43 Reece Hannam (21) Defender English • 40 Scott Banks (19) Forward Scottish • 49 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (18) Midfielder English
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leaving that role last December. He has
penned a three-year deal with the Eagles
and is excited by the challenge ahead.
“I am really excited to have this
opportunity to return to the Premier
League, and manage this great football
club, as we begin a new chapter together,”
he said upon taking the job.
“It is a project that is really appealing to
The on-loan Chelsea man has made a good
start to life at Palace and scored twice
me, having spoken a lot with the chairman
and sporting director about their ambition
and plans for the whole club including the
academy.
“The club has fantastic foundations in
place after many years in the Premier
League, and I hope we can make
further improvements and continue
to drive the club forward.”
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Midfielder • Age: 21
Nationality: English
in the 2-2 draw at West Ham last
month before having two
involvements in goals in last
weekend’s 3-0 defeat
of Spurs. The England
U-21s international
also made a strong
impression during a
stint with West Brom
last season.
A BADGE
OF HISTORY
In 1973, flamboyant manager
Malcolm Allison decided the club
needed a rebrand. Out went the
original colour (white with claret-
and-blue stripes), the nickname (‘The
Glaziers’) and the badge (a ‘C’ and a ‘P’
surrounded by the name and nickname).
Memories of the old Crystal Palace as a
place of entertainment (it had housed The
Great Exhibition in 1851) were beginning
to fade and an eagle was seen as more in
keeping with the dynamic type of team he wished
to establish. The new crest featured an eagle
swooping on a football with later changes including
a more aggressive bird and the re-introduction of
the famous old building. In 2012, fans were asked
to vote on a selection of new crests with new owner
Steve Parish favouring a flexible design. The 2012
badge combined elements of two previous designs to
bring the club’s nickname and the London landmark
(destroyed in 1936) together in a more refined way.
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 STORY BOARD
Six shots celebrating birthday boy
John Aldridge, who turns 63 today

1. John Aldridge was 28 when he got his

dream move to Liverpool in January 1987. He'd
been banging in goals for Newport County and Oxford
United for years but was still a Kopite at heart and
was unveiled on the famous terrace itself.

2. “If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do

with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options
later.” A famous piece of Bob Paisley advice and something
Aldo most definitely excelled at.

3. John netted three hat-tricks for the Reds

including this one against Charlton at Selhurst
Park. He struck 29 times as Liverpool won the
league in 1987/88 and hit 31 goals in 1988/89.

4. Aldo scored 63 goals in 104 games for LFC

and has the highest goals-per-minute ratio of any
striker to play over 100 games for the club. The
Kop certainly enjoyed this effort against QPR.

5. One of the highlights of a brilliant career came

when Aldridge opened the scoring in the all-Merseyside
FA Cup final of 1989 with his first touch of the game.
The Reds beat Everton 3-2 and coming so soon after the
Hillsborough disaster it was a hugely emotional win.

6. His final appearance and goal for Liverpool came

from the penalty spot in the 9-0 win against Crystal
Palace here in 1989. Aldo came off the bench to
slot the ball home in front of the Kop.

“I JUST WANTED TO GET ON AND GIVE THE FELLAS ON THE KOP

SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT FOR ALL THE APPRECIATION
THEY HAD GIVEN ME,” HE LATER SAID. “WHEN THE BALL WENT
INTO THE GOAL IT WAS ONE OF THE SWEETEST MOMENTS OF MY
LIFE. THE KOP SURGED FORWARD AND I COULD FEEL THE MUTUAL
AFFECTION.”
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 HAIL THE
CENTURION
Mo Salah has been nothing short of sensational in Liverpool
colours and last weekend saw him inducted into the Premier
League’s elite ‘100 Club’
M
ohamed Salah became the 30th member
of the Premier League’s ‘100 Club’ when
he stroked the Reds in front at Elland Road
last Sunday.
That would be no mean feat in itself, but of course it
is all the more impressive by dint of the fact is the fifth
fastest player to become a Premier League centurion.
The quartet to reach the milestone in fewer games than
Mo’s 162 are Alan Shearer (124), Harry Kane (141), Sergio
Aguero (147) and Thierry Henry (160). It’s an impressive
list but, as Mo would probably point out, all with the
exception of Henry were out-and-out strikers.
Liverpool’s no11 could soon be joined on the list by
team-mate Sadio Mane too, who is now a hat-trick away
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with 76 goals for the Reds and 21 for Southampton in 233
games so far.
The first couple of Mo’s hundred came in Chelsea blue
back in 2014. His maiden strike arrived in a 6-0 rout
of Arsenal in a London derby at Stamford Bridge four
minutes after he had replaced the Brazilian midfielder
Oscar as a second-half substitute. His other goal for the
Blues came a fortnight later when he opened the scoring
in a 3-0 win over Stoke City after he had been afforded a
rare start by manager Jose Mourinho.
Liverpool had been interested in signing Salah
themselves in the winter of 2013/14 but were unable to
strike a deal with his Swiss side FC Basel and so he made
the move to the English capital instead.
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Salah has become the

fifth fastest player
to score a century of
Premier League goals

The Reds had to wait three-and-a-half years to land their

man for a then club-record fee of an initial £36.9 million
from AS Roma. Little did Kopites realise it at the time but
he would soon make that outlay look an absolute steal.
He had just turned 25 and was a more mature individual
on and off the field. His previous spell in English football
had seen him make just 13 Premier League appearances
and had been deemed a failure. He was fired up to prove
the doubters wrong.
Upon signing he told LFC TV: “I’m very excited to
be here. I would like to win something with the club.
Everyone knows the club is very big. We have to do
something for the fans and win something.
“Liverpool haven’t won the Premier League for a long
time. We have a great team and very good players. I was
watching the games last year and everyone was giving
100 percent to win something.
“Everyone can see the coach gives everything. I hope to
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“I don’t know how many records he can
break and he’s probably desperate to
do so. What a player – and he’s still hungry.
That’s how top-class players are and that’s fine”

see that together we can give everything to win something
for the club, for the supporters and for us.”
Klopp meanwhile said of his new recruit: “He’s a
fantastic player with speed. We said after last season that
we would try to add things to an already-good squad. One
of those things is speed. He brings that, as well as being
able to provide and to finish. He brings all that.”
Salah opened his Reds account on his debut at Watford
and was a man in a hurry. He had scored 23 goals before
the turn of the year, equalling Roger Hunt’s club record set
56 years earlier and the latter’s exploits had come in the
second tier.
Salah ended that first 2017/18 season with 32 Premier
League goals and duly won the Golden Boot From the
right-wing. The following season he had to settle for a
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share of that award but still added another 22 league
goals to his tally. He went on to score in the triumphant
2019 Champions League final as he won his first piece of
silverware with the Reds.
Ironically his lowest league goalscoring return came
in 2019/20 when he scored 19 times. No matter. He still
helped the Reds achieve one of those stated ambitions
when moving to Anfield: bringing the Premier League title
to Liverpool.
Last season he bagged another 22 – missing out on
the Golden Boot on the final day – and has continued his
princely form into the current campaign, finding the net in
three of the Reds’ first four games of the season.
“Anyone seeking a perfect definition of the word
‘formidable’ need look no further than a film of the day
Mohamed Salah scored his 100th Premier League goal
and Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool made their title ambitions
plain,” wrote Louise Taylor in the Guardian report of last
weekend’s win at Leeds United.
“Deep down, home fans probably feared the worst
when, with a first-time swipe of his left foot, Salah
reached that scoring milestone, the Egyptian arriving in
precisely the right place at the right time to arrow Trent
Alexander-Arnold’s near-post cross beyond Illan Meslier.”
Salah’s century has comprised all types of goals: 82
with his left foot, a dozen with his right and six headers.
Half-a-dozen strikes have come from outside the box
and, despite his prolific record from 12-yards, just 14
from the penalty spot. Oh, and there have been 36
assists too.
Next on his to-do list will be joining the select list
of men to have scored 100 Premier League goals for
Liverpool. He needs two more to join Robbie Fowler
(128), Steven Gerrard (120) and Michael Owen (118) on
that particular roll call.
Three other men with an Anfield connection are also
among the 30 to have netted 100 or more career goals
in the Premier League: Nicolas Anelka, Emile Heskey and
Peter Crouch.
Klopp knows that the sensational Salah, still only 29, has
plenty more goals in his locker too. The Egyptian King’s
popularity was underlined when he was presented with a
special shirt to mark his achievement at the AXA Training
Centre last Monday.
“With Mo’s record, it’s crazy,” the boss told Sky Sports
after the victory at Leeds last weekend. “I don’t know how
many he can break and he’s probably desperate to do so.
Since he joined us, what a player! And he’s still hungry.
“I saw him in the dressing-room and he was still not
happy for not scoring one or two other goals. That’s how
top-class players are and that’s fine.”
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STORY

Jolly good yellows

Saturday 13 December 1997 and Liverpool light up
Selhurst Park with their jerseys and their performance in
a commanding 3-0 win over Crystal Palace.
The Reds will sport a yellow change strip again this
season but this was the first of its kind in the Premier
League era after dabbles with gold, ecru (another
reimagined for 2021/22) as well as green and white
numbers earlier in the Nineties. This number would be the
away strip for 1997/98 and the third kit in the following
season.
On this occasion, the Eagles had no answer to goals
from skipper Steve McManaman, Michael Owen and
Oyvind Leonhardsen (inset) as Roy Evans’ side stepped
up their game after a stuttering start to the league
campaign.
Liverpool took full control of this one even before
scoring either side of the interval. On 39 minutes,
McManaman volleyed home from six yards following a
short corner routine.
Owen – on the eve of his 18th birthday – doubled the
advantage 10 minutes after half time with a clipped finish
from the edge of the area after being played through
by Jamie Redknapp. “A sublime goal in the best Anfield
tradition,” reads the Press Association match report with
the Reds’ third only six minutes away.
“That killed the game as a contest and as Palace
piled forward desperately they were caught again on the
break. Owen had plenty of space to measure his cross
and as Fowler and McManaman politely declined the
opportunity, Leonhardsen fired home from 10 yards.”
The report adds the afternoon brought “a consummate
away performance at Selhurst Park.”
The main photograph was taken during the
celebrations following McManaman’s opening goal, here
congratulated by Robbie Fowler – who could easily have
scored a couple himself but for fine saves from Palace
keeper Kevin Miller – and Jamie Carragher,
who played alongside Redknapp in the
centre of Liverpool’s midfield in this one.
Post-match, the boss picked out two of
his England stars for praise for their day’s
work: “Michael has come a long way in a
short time and he has handled that side
well. He showed he is prepared to battle
with the big guys and take the physical
side. Macca cleared the ball off the line,
scored and his general work was fantastic.
That is appreciated by all.”
The Reds will be in home colours today
but a similar outcome will do nicely.
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 ALEX
OXLADE-
CHAMBERLAIN
The Reds midfielder recently celebrated his fourth
anniversary as a Liverpool player by speaking
candidly to liverpoolfc.com about his Anfield days
It's just over four years since you signed for You had just turned 24. Have
Liverpool and you were on international duty when it you changed since you've
happened. What do you recall of the move? been a Liverpool player?
Going away with England as an Arsenal player I was sort of entering the
and then leaving England and then turning up to a second part of my career
completely different part of the country – that was as I joined. So you're not so
quite surreal, but it was exciting as well. I hadn't had much a kid anymore and the
anything like that before. young talent with potential
I signed and then I had, I think, two more games and prospects. Without really
with England to focus on. That finished and then knowing, I think it slowly
all of a sudden I was like, okay, right, now I'm off to happened over time, just
Liverpool. maturing and becoming more
When I actually signed I couldn't really process it as of a senior professional on and
easily as you usually would. It wasn't until after the off the pitch, I guess, in some
England international break and then when I came respects – probably more so
into Melwood and stuff. It was a bit of a delayed sort off the pitch.
of reaction, I guess. I still try to play in very similar
ways to how I always used to.
I've learned a lot over the years
and obviously had the big
knee injury that was my first
surgery, so that changes your
perspective on everything.
I'd say I am slightly different
or just more mature, or more
experienced, but I still feel
like I'm the same character.
The way I try to play football
and express myself, that's not
changed and I wouldn't really
want that to change too much.
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Did the move here give you a
new focus after six seasons
with Arsenal?
I'd just say I became more
focused on performing and
trying to produce numbers
– whether that's goals and
assists – and winning,
basically. Making sure that
we're winning games and
going to win trophies, with a
serious chance of doing that
and expectation.
All of that sort of stuff
changes your perspective a
little bit in your approach, your
mentality. Wanting to turn up
and probably change people's
opinions of me, Liverpool fans'
opinions of me and what I
could bring, from what they
might have seen from me over
the years as probably a more
out-and-out winger. I wanted
to turn up and make sure I did
well, kick on, improve myself
and help the team to move
forward as well.
How different is life in
Liverpool compared to living
in London?
Even when you're not injured,
I think the way that we live
our lives at Liverpool and in
this part of the country with
the training and everything we
 "The way I
try to play
football
and express
myself, that's
not changed and
I wouldn't want
that to change"
do, without realising there's quite a lot of sacrifice. of winning the league and that
There's a difference when you're in London and was amazing.
there's all sorts of places you can go and do things, But I think that season
and for me moving further away from family and when I look back to it from
friends. my point-of-view, I'm always
Everything just became more focused on what proud of what I was able to do
we're all here to do – it's to play football and perform coming back from that injury
as well as you can and sacrificing. So when you do and basically going the whole
achieve something together as a team, that stuff sort season uninjured and being
of sticks with you a lot more. available at all times. But I
think there was probably a bit
You missed most of 2018/19 through injury but of hangover from that injury.
appeared in 30/38 league games in 2019/20 as In terms of myself, I don't
Liverpool won the Premier League. How do you remember a consistent-
reflect on that season? enough spell where I felt like
I think I got the most goals that I'd got from midfield I was on fire. It was a good
in my career – eight goals and a few assists – and season in terms of what I'd
obviously we finished the season brilliantly in terms come back from to
get back to that level
and play and be
back away
with England
and stuff as
well. But I knew
there was more to
come, more goals
and just more consistent
performances.

Is winning the Premier

League the high point
of your Liverpool career
so far?
Winning the Premier League,
when the boys performed how
they did out in Madrid and
lifted the trophy, things like
that – they're the ones that
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 ALEX "It's
STRANGE
TO THINK
OF MYSELF
AS ONE OF
THE OLDER
ONES NOW"
stick with me the most, of course, as really good – hopefully on prove yourself and whatever,
moments. an individual level and then I've had to remind myself that
With injuries and stuff, that sort of obviously for the team. through all of that at this point
mixes into a bit of a blur, you just know in my career, I'm still lucky
it wasn't enjoyable. So the ones that How do you view the next few enough to be at an amazing
stick with me are definitely the high points: years of your career? football club like Liverpool and
Champions League nights, Man City at It's important for me at this how lucky I am to have that
Anfield, things like that. They're the things that I point to try to enjoy myself. opportunity to still be in this
remember the most and take energy from, for sure. I don't really think that I've environment, competing at this
had, like, loads of injuries, but level. So it's probably more a
You're now aged 28 and a father. Do you feel like the ones I've had are big and thing to sort of appreciate and
one of the more senior players here? they've kept me out for long enjoy every day.
I still see myself the same age as Harvey, to be spells, which I think sometimes Enjoy the challenge of trying
fair! So it is a bit strange when you dip into the makes people think I'm always to get in our team, and when
senior player pool – it comes around quick! It's also injured. That's a bit of a you are in the team or not in
important as well. frustrating one. the team, helping to still be
Once you've been around the block and you've done But during those spells and competing for the biggest titles
a lot, that experience is important and it helps you the battle to come back and in the world.
going into games, into situations, playing with other
players – how to communicate with each other and
get the best out of each other and seeing them in
general situations day-to-day.
Experience always helps in that respect, so I don't
mind it. But it's strange to think of me as one of the
older ones now in the team.

Having missed the opening four months of last

season, how important is this season for you?
I feel like it's just a chance for me to kick on and
put down a really good season of consistent
performances and hopefully some good numbers as
well in terms of goals, assists. But I guess that's all
to come.
It doesn't feel like a new start because it's all been
part of the journey, the story. But I feel like this
season's important for me to go and do something
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You've won seven major honours as a player with When you're 35 or 36 and
Arsenal and Liverpool. Are you ambitious to add you're not playing anymore,
more silverware to the collection? it's all said-and-done. I think
That's something that when you've been in the I've got to 28 pretty quickly,
Premier League, you've been at Arsenal and you've so I'm sure that that will fly
been at Liverpool for four years, sometimes it's easy around as well. It's more just
to think: okay, I want more, I want more, I want more. about trying to enjoy every
Of course you've got to have that where you want moment, keep pushing myself
more, but I think sometimes it's also good to take a as much as I can to get the
step back and have a look and realise I'm still in an most out of myself and keep
amazing position and lucky enough to be helping push the team to
at an amazing football club like achieve as much as you can.
Liverpool. Enjoying every minute, Because all you've got to
the highs, the lows and trying to look back on is what we all
take them for what they are and achieved as a team. So that's
work through them. where I'm at with that.

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FOOTBALL CLUB LIKE LIVERPOOL,
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RED TOGETHER
While the men’s team face Crystal closer to becoming the most are visible – some are not
Palace at Anfield today, the inclusive club in the Premier immediately obvious, such as
women’s team welcome their Eagles League. The Sunflower Lanyard autism, chronic pain, dementia,
counterparts to Prenton Park next Scheme will help so many of our anxiety, being blind and/
Sunday 26 September, and ahead of disabled supporters who have or partially sighted or deaf
both fixtures Liverpool FC will hidden disabilities.” and hard of hearing. It can be
be adopting the Sunflower Lanyard The Hidden Disabilities difficult for people to identify,
scheme at Anfield. Sunflower Lanyard Scheme was acknowledge or understand the
The free-of-charge lanyards first introduced in 2016 to challenges faced by someone with
will be available from around discreetly indicate to people a hidden disability.
Anfield and the club’s retail around the wearer that they may For more information on
stores including the pop-up at need additional support or help. the club’s campaign head to
Prenton Park for LFCW games. Not all disabilities liverpoolfc.com/redtogether.
An initiative of its Red
Together programme, the
Sunflower Lanyard supports the
club’s ambition to improve the
experience of all its supporters
and visitors. Spokesperson Rishi
Jain says: “As a club we are
committed to making LFC the most
inclusive football club on and
off the pitch.
“The Hidden Disabilities
campaign gained huge momentum
and awareness during the
pandemic, and we are proud to
have implemented the Sunflower
Lanyard across our club. We will
have the logo on display at key
touchpoints around our stadium
and stores.”
Ted Morris, secretary of
Liverpool Disabled Supporters
Association (LDSA) adds: “This
is great news from LFC and this
initiative will take us a step
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ANFIELD REVIEW WITH…
JEFF GOULDING
& KIERAN SMITH
Known as ‘The Untouchables’, the Liverpool FC band of brothers who won league titles
in 1922 and 1923 are the subject of a new book by two avid Reds
The 1920s were a golden era for Liverpool
Football Club, yet when we talk about
Anfield’s glorious history most
modern-day supporters focus on the
Shankly era. This is understandable,
but it does a disservice to the heroes
of an earlier time. Their stories are
just as remarkable as anything that
came afterwards.
‘The Untouchables’ were the first
Liverpool team to win back-back
league titles in 1922 and 1923, and their
backstories are incredible.
We’ve managed to piece all of them
together, tracing their journeys to
Anfield and beyond, and providing
what we believe is the most vivid
portrait ever of the period, the city,
the people, and the club.
These men experienced great
hardship in their formative years,
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came through a world war and then a pandemic
and yet still achieved greatness in football.
We detail the wartime experiences of
the players, several of whom were caught
up in the bloodiest battles of WWI. One
local lad, Danny Shone, sustained life-
threatening injuries in France. There
are tales of extreme valour with two of
The Untouchables known to have risked
life and limb to rescue comrades on the
battlefield.
With war over and the flu pandemic raging,
LFC appointed Dave Ashworth as their
manager. He was an eccentric and
fascinating character who moulded a
group beset with inconsistency into
a tightly-knit and ruthlessly efficient
team with a rock-solid defence and flair
forwards.
Ashworth shocked the football world
when he left the club midway through the
second of their two title-
winning seasons, and the
book explores his reasoning
along with the impact on the
team.
His successor, Matt
McQueen, a former title-
winning player for Liverpool,
had a remarkable career as
both a goalkeeper and an
outfield player and lived just
a stone’s throw from Anfield.
He finished the job
Ashworth started, holding
the team together and
getting them over the line
before later experiencing
 BACK ISSUES
LFC’s matchday programme
for season 2013/14 was a
‘perfect-bound’ edition
(for which the pages are
glued along the spine
rather than folded and
stapled) with player-
action shots over an opaque
background on the cover.
For the visit of Crystal
Palace on 5 October 2013
the issue featured Simon
Mignolet on the front in a
purple keeper’s kit. Inside
there were interviews with
Reds defender Mamadou Sakho,
attacker Raheem Sterling, and
former Eagles frontman Iain
Dowie whose niece Natasha had
just finished the FA WSL season
as top scorer with 13 goals for the title-
winning team then known as Liverpool Ladies.

great personal tragedy. No Reds team would

repeat their feat for another 54 years.
We uncovered remarkable details about these
superstars, gained insight into what made
them tick and have hopefully created a three-
dimensional image of them.
Men like war veterans Tom Bromilow and Jock
McNab or Bootle-born Walter Wadsworth, whose
life shares parallels with that of Jamie Carragher.
Then there’s Elisha Scott, the first king of the
Kop, and Harry Chambers – a toothless goal-
machine ironically nicknamed ‘Smiler’ who could
hit a ball so hard it would burst. They are just
some of the characters we reveal.
We’ve drawn on family stories, scoured archives
and ploughed through records. We know them
so well now. In truth that’s why we embarked on
the project, to bring these people and their stories
back to life and share all of that with a new
generation of supporters.
They deserve their place in Anfield folklore
and as we enter the centenary year of the first
of their two titles, our biggest hope is that their
considerable achievements will be celebrated –
and their names will be uttered with the same
reverence as those who came after them.
• The Untouchables: Anfield’s Band of Brothers
is published by Pitch Publishing and is available
from Monday in all the usual places.
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BORN & RED

David Conroy was a huge Liverpool fan

who recently passed away in a tragic
accident. Dave was Laytown United’s
football coach, one of the best by far.
Happy 13th birthday Alfie. Officially a He is missed by everyone, an absolute
Rest in peace, Paul Bray. Paul loved legend. There is only one Dave Conroy.
teen! Have a great day! Love from Mam,
Liverpool Football Club, he was a huge RIP our friend till we meet again YNWA.
Dad and Pop pops.
supporter and is going to be missed by
many. Love, Elyse, Kyre and Milah, his
three children.

Ethan Cullen from Leeds is at his first

In the official matchday programme for
the Chelsea fixture we ran a feature on
LFC-related murals and would like to make
clear that four of the artworks were created
by MurWalls, working in an official capacity
with the club. They are the ones of: Jordan
Henderson; Ian St John and Roger Hunt;
Ray Clemence; and Jamie Carragher.
Premier League match for nearly two years
today, with dad Matt. He’s also on the
Champions Wall at Anfield. The whole family
To Josh on your 30th birthday in Oz, have
is so proud of Ethan following his recent
the bestest 30th birthday ever! We all love
move to high school. We love you! Mum,
and miss you loads here in Liverpool. Lots
Dad and Stuart xxx
of luv n hugs ur mum xxx and all ur family
and friends. Up the Reds xxx

A very happy birthday to Des Palmer, who turns 90 on 23 September. Proud Welshman We lost our dad John Rigby on
Des was on LFC’s books under Bill Shankly but injury prevented him from making an 11.08.2021 and he lived and breathed
appearance for the Reds. He played in South Africa and Australia and also for Derby Liverpool Football Club. He was such a
County and his country. A keen golfer, he now lives in St-Leonards-on-Sea with his wife lovely man and we are so lucky he was
Terry. He was featured in the matchday programme back in February 2013. ours! 1954-2021. GNGB Dad. YNWA
JFT 97.
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Happy fourth birthday, Alfie! Hope you have
the best time at your first Liverpool match,
love Mum, Dad & Elsie xxx
Cadáin McGivern, born 3.6.21. From
Newry, Co Down. His daddy hopes he is the
next Jordan Henderson.
Happy birthday to my dad Phil Eadon,
have a superb day! Love you lots, from
your mighty Finn.

Happy 50th birthday to Niall Walsh in

Melbourne from Dave and Louise and all
his friends in Dublin.

Happy birthday to the best grandad

(gaga) in the world. Thank you for
everything you do for us, you’re so loved
and so appreciated. You’ll Never Walk
Alone. Love you loads, Oliver & Harry xx

Welcome to Anfield, Vimal, Ujaas and Suraj!

In memory of husband, dad and grandad

Arthur Welch, a Scouser and lifelong
Liverpool fan, born off Scotland Road.
A season-ticket holder in the Beautiful
John Greenwood sends this photo of son-
Game suite, attending with his wife
in-law Jude and grandson Grayson. He says:
Brenda, son Michael and granddaughter
“Jude is and always will be Liverpool through
Sophia. Loved, missed and never ever Happy birthday to Brooke! Enjoy the game, and through and Grayson will follow in Das
forgotten YMWA. love to you always, Richard and Janet xx footsteps.”
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BORN & RED

Mollie McGivern, Lurgan, Co Armagh.

A new Red, cannot wait to start watching
the team with her daddy Ryan and big
brother Ryan Óg.

YNWA Josh Daly 14.8.2000 – 18.6.2021.

In memory of a father, a husband, a

grandad. Gerard O’Hara 11.06.71 – 22.08.21.
RIP You’ll Never Aalk alone.

Happy seventh birthday to the biggest

LFC fan we know, Paige – hope she has a
lovely day!

Red fans Joe and dad Dave, happy to be

back supporting Liverpool at Anfield!

Welcome to the world of Red Baby Robin born Always watching the Reds… Hasmar Paru
1 August 2021. Future star! and family from Medan, Indonesia YNWA.

My Uncle Ted, lifelong Liverpool fan,

pictured here with one of his heroes,
Jan Olsson sends this great shot of Swedish Liverpool FC supporters in Hassleholm, passed away on Saturday 21 August.
starting the season with a mini-golf competition! Missed by all his family and friends
YNWA.
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Michael Mitchell, Derry City’s no1 Liverpool

Ian and Matthew Ellames, first time back fan, suddenly passed away in August.
at Anfield since Oct 2019. Hoping for a Missed and loved by all his family & friends.
great game. Rest in Peace. YNWA x

In loving memory of Michael Lappin, a

massive Liverpool supporter who will be
greatly missed.

Neil Murray Jr aged 14 from Greysteel in

Happy birthday Finn, big 5 on 22 September. Derry, Northern Ireland, will be at his first-
Lots of love, Daddy, Mummy and Ella xxx ever game at Anfield with the Derry Branch
OLSC.
Here’s Harry Winn wearing his first
Liverpool kit which he got for his second
birthday on 28 August YNWA.

To ‘Jack’, congratulations on your 18th

birthday! All our love, nanny Marie, granda In loving memory of Shannon Claire
Jackie, health and happiness always and Spruill, a Reds fan and a professional
This is Reds fan Shaun celebrating the
good luck for the future. Come on you wrestler who went by the ring name
night we won the title – he’s over from
Reds! ‘Daffney Unger’, she was 46 years of
Ireland today for his 18th birthday with
age YNWA.
dad Mark YNWA.
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 LFC
MASCOTS
v Crystal Palace

AUSTIN
A big shout-out to our 3 LFC fanatics, Callum, AGE:6
Harrison & Alfie from South Wales. FAVOURITE
PLAYER:
SALAH

In loving memory of Lauren Mae

SCORE
Robinson who passed away when she
PREDICTION:
was ten. She would have been 20 on
3 September, in this Childhood Cancer
3-0
Awareness Month.
in
association
with

Hayden, five, is hoping to see Salah score.

Enjoy your first game at Anfield our little Red,
love Mum, Dad & Ellis xx
JACK
AGE:9
FAVOURITE
Poppy and Rocco, mini Scousers loving PLAYER:
Anfield! Love Mummy & Daddy xx VVD

SCORE
PREDICTION:
2-0

RYAN
Donal McClelland from Derry is at the game and AGE:9
is also a member of the Derry Branch OLSC. FAVOURITE
PLAYER:
VVD

SCORE
PREDICTION:
3-1
Have a great day at your first in
Liverpool game, Lucas, sing loud association
and proud! Love Mummy, Daddy, with
Happy 11th birthday Lucas! Love, Mum and Dad. Imogen and Ted.

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 Mighty Red's
CAN YOU SOLVE MY QUARTET OF CHALLENGES?

GUESS THE REAL BALL ON THE RIGHT PATH

Can you work out the former LFC
captain by his playing career timeline?

ANSWERS: Guess the real ball: C. On the right path: Jamie Redknapp. Quickfire Round: 1. Martin Kelly. 2. Premier League Asia Trophy. 3. Stan Collymore. 4. True . Complete the XI: Oyvind Leonhardsen, Jamie Carragher, Michael Owen.
A
B
C

JAMES

1
1. Which ex-Red came on for Palace
in this fixture in May? KVARME MATTEO
McATEER HARKNESS

2. The two sides played each other in 4 3 21 12

a 2017 pre-season tournament - what
was it called?
REDKNAPP
McMANAMAN

3. Which former LFC record signing ? 11 ? 7

started his Football League career
with the Eagles? FOWLER

4. Christian Benteke has scored twice 9 ?

for LFC against Palace and twice for
Palace v LFC. True or false? Palace 0-3 LFC, Dec 1997 (see p33!)

QUICKFIRE ROUND COMPLETE THE XI

 “ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS
PULL ON A RED SHIRT AND
PLAY FOR LIVERPOOL”
Mark Wright was LFC’s first Premier League captain, but his Anfield career was a
rollercoaster ride with some of his most memorable moments in cup competitions

I
t’s fair to say that Liverpool got a good look at Mark Wright before Mark endured a challenging start. In
signing him. Between 1982 and 1991, the Dorchester-born centre- just his second game the 28-year-old
back made 23 appearances against the Reds for Southampton and suffered an injury that kept him out for
Derby County. Happy memories were few and far between. three months. He returned to action in late
Wright was on the winning side just twice, broke his leg against November but was in the side beaten 1-0
Liverpool – after a three-man collision between himself, Saints at Peterborough United in the League Cup,
keeper Peter Shilton and Reds midfielder Craig Johnston – in the 1986 Liverpool’s first defeat to a team outside
FA Cup semi-final and was on the end of a 7-1 hammering at Derby’s of the top two divisions since losing at
Baseball ground in March 1991. Had things been different, he’d have Worcester City in the FA Cup in 1959.
been playing for “Every game that teams
Liverpool that day. played against Liverpool
After seeing was their cup final and a
him excel for lot of us new boys hadn’t
England playing witnessed that before,” he
in a sweeper role said. “We’d all been involved
at the 1990 World in local derbies, but this was
Cup finals, Kenny every game. People were at
Dalglish tried to you all the time.”
bring Wright to In the aftermath of that
Anfield as a long- humiliation at London Road,
term replacement manager Souness refused
for Alan Hansen. to speak to his players
Derby refused for three days before
to sell, but when appointing Wright as his
the Rams were new skipper.
relegated in Steve Nicol had been
May 1991 new wearing the armband for
Liverpool boss three months after captain
Graeme Souness made a double-swoop for Wright and his County team- Ronnie Whelan was ruled out through
mate Dean Saunders. Valued at £2.2 million, the Derby skipper became injury. “Last week was a time for the
British football’s most expensive defender. players to reflect where they had gone
“They didn’t have to sell the club to me – I’d always wanted to play for wrong as individuals,” said the boss.
Liverpool,” he later recalled in the book This Is Anfield. “I went in with an “They’ve got to sort themselves out.”
agent, sat down and it must have taken all of five minutes. They found salvation in the FA Cup.
“What I first noticed was not the size of the club but the quality, the Whelan’s 116th-minute equaliser took the
way they played football and their movement. It took myself and Dean semi-final against Portsmouth at Highbury
Saunders weeks, even months, to get used to it because everything was to a replay where the Reds, with Wright
so quick. We were conscious that we were brought in to emulate the retaining the armband, won on penalties
great Liverpool sides of the past and the things that they had won.” at Villa Park.
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“For me to have been made captain and to walk
up and be presented with the trophy was like a
dream-come-true, it meant so much to me”
“I thought I was the jinx against Portsmouth because I’d been in so Southampton at Anfield on the day the
many semi-finals and lost, including one against Liverpool where I’d broke newly-built Centenary Stand was officially
my leg,” he recalled. “I’d been in League Cup semis, FA Cup semis and opened by UEFA President Lennart
even a semi-final of the World Cup and I’d always been on the losing side. Johansson.
“So there we were in another semi-final, losing 1-0 with a few minutes to He also headed home a late equaliser
go and I was thinking: it’s me, it’s bloody me. But once we got through to to prevent another League Cup
the final I knew we’d win it, I could feel it.” embarrassment against Chesterfield – an
Wright was right. A 2-0 Wembley victory against Sunderland meant he Anfield tie finishing 4-4 – and returned
ended his first season as a Liverpool player by leading his team up the from a month out injured with a goal
steps to the Royal Box and lifting the FA Cup, although shouting “You away to Spartak Moscow in the European
f*****g beauty” as he held it aloft in front of the Dutchess of Kent caused Cup Winners’ Cup. But it was another
controversy. poor night for the Reds who lost 4-2 with
“For me to have been made captain that season, and for me to walk goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar sent off
up and be presented with it was like a dream-come-true. Obviously my for committing a professional foul after
choice of words, now I’ve had time to reflect on it, were probably wrong, Wright missed a tackle.
but at the time it felt right because it meant that much to me.” “At times it was hard playing in front of
Three months later, Wright wore the armband in Liverpool’s first-ever Bruce because at times you didn’t know
Premier League game at Nottingham Forest. But it was a day to forget as where he was,” he’d reflect. “When he was
Forest ran out 1-0 winners to spark a truly dreadful Reds run of just one talking it was fine – he never left you in
win from their opening 11 away Premier League games. any doubt where he was – but sometimes
Wright scored his first goal for Liverpool in a 1-1 draw against he’d just decide he was coming to get
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the ball off your head and then dribble it away. I’d been used to Peter
Shilton more or less just staying on his line, but that was Bruce.”
By now, talk that Wright – a ball-playing centre-back who was good in
the air – was a fitting replacement for Hansen was being thrown back in
his face. It irked him.
“I was a different player to Alan Hansen. I liked to go in and win balls.
Everyone was saying I was filling his boots, but who could fill his boots?
His record and status in the game made that an impossible task. I knew
people would make comparisons, but I was just there to play football.”
After a 5-1 Premier League defeat at Coventry City in December 1992,
Wright was stripped of the captaincy and lost his place in the team
to Danish centre-back Torben Piechnik. He forced his way back in but
over the course of 1993, with Neil Ruddock now his defensive partner,
Liverpool’s form was so patchy that it cost Souness his job in January
1994, not long after an epic 3-3 draw against Manchester United at
Anfield.
“Before the Man United game I had a groin problem so I had an
injection before the game, one at half-time and one at full-time. And
then we were 3-0 down after 20 minutes and I’m thinking: bad idea,
shouldn’t really be playing with a bad groin strain in a game like this.
“But it was one of those games and that’s the way we were. Some
games we were brilliant, others we started slowly and had to fight our
way back in.”
Wright remained in the side under new boss Roy Evans, but an injury
suffered in a 1-0 Premier League loss at Arsenal ended his season early
and that summer it seemed his Anfield days were numbered.
Evans publicly criticised Wright’s attitude – and that of left-back
Julian Dicks – ahead of a pre-season tour of Germany. Both were left
on Merseyside, Dicks was subsequently sold back to West Ham and
Evans brought in centre-halves John Scales and, for a record fee, Phil
Babb.
There was speculation that Wright was on his way out, but after
recovering from another injury he knuckled down following a pep-talk
from an unlikely source.
“Ruddock, Babb and Scales had come in and all the papers said I was

going. Not a chance. I’d never given up on

anything as a player in my life, but I was
getting a lot of stick.
“Gerry Marsden, who was a good friend
of mine, said to me: ‘Don’t give up – stop
feeling sorry for yourself and get back in
there’. Well that was the gist of it anyway
– I won’t use the exact words he did!”
Evans introduced a new three-man
defensive system with wing-backs to get
Ruddock, Babb and Scales into his team.
It led to a Reds resurgence, but in March
1995, with right wing-back Rob Jones
suspended, Evans moved Scales out to
that position and brought Wright in from
the cold to face Manchester United at
Anfield.
On his first start for almost a year, the
no5 was outstanding in a 2-0 Liverpool
win. “We call him Lord Lucan,” Evans
joked afterwards.
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 Wright made five further appearances and did enough to convince much, but it never happened for us. That
Evans that he was ready to start the following season. No centre-back wasn’t down to the management – it was
made more appearances for Liverpool during 1995/96 or 1996/97 as down to us not taking our chances or
Mark became the fulcrum of Evans’ back-three, a system that seemingly conceding silly goals.
suited him better than a flat back-four. “In the cup final, David James came out
“Back-four, back-five – it didn’t matter to me. All I wanted to do was pull and flattened me when the ball was right
on a red shirt and play for Liverpool, but you had to play to your strengths on my head. We were both laid-out on the
and with the centre-halves we had it was felt it was the best way. floor when the ball came to Cantona. He
“I loved bossing the defence. I’m very vocal and I enjoyed doing all that. smacked it and it’s gone through four or
I played in a back-four as well, but I liked to read the game and in the five of our players when really you should
centre of three I could do that.” be getting your face in the way of it, but
As the 1995/96 Premier League title-race hotted up Wright’s powerful we all left it to each other.
Kop-end header helped Liverpool to a 2-0 win against Chelsea that left “We all truly believed that should have
them just two points off the top of the table with eight games to play, one been our season and so we were all very
of which was the unforgettable 4-3 home win against rivals Newcastle disappointed.”
United. Injury forced him to miss Euro 96, but
“It’s always annoying to concede goals, but when they’re good goals Wright’s renaissance continued during
– and there were a lot of good goals in the game against Newcastle – season 1996/97 when he made 43
you’ve got to hold your hands up,” he said. “As a defender you don’t like it, appearances – his most of any campaign
but they’re great games to play in and great games for fans. And isn’t that – and was voted as Liverpool’s Player of
what it’s all about?” Year.
The season ended in heartache. 1-0 defeats at Nottingham Forest and Again the Reds fell short as they
Coventry derailed the title charge and the Redmen lost the FA Cup final challenged for major honours. But
to Manchester United by the same score after Wright and David James Wright’s ninth – and final – Liverpool goal
collided with one another when trying to clear a corner. in the European Cup Winners’ Cup semi-
“In 1996 we were the best side and everyone knew it. We made a few final second leg against Paris St Germain
silly errors. We absolutely murdered teams but drew the game 0-0 or lost in April 1997 perhaps remains the
1-0. But that year we were the best team. Alex Ferguson even said as most famous moment of his 210-game
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“It was a special night because I scored
a header at the Kop-end. That was some
atmosphere and some noise and it still gives
me goosebumps when I think about it”

Liverpool career, despite it not quite being enough to secure a place in
the final.
“It was a special night for me because I scored a header at the Kop-end
to make it 2-0. I can still see the corner coming in and I got up and it was
in. That was some atmosphere and some noise.
“It still gives me goosebumps when I think
about it, but we should have beaten them
– we should have been in the final. How
we didn’t score four or five that night is
beyond me.”
A persistent back problem ruled Wright
out for all but seven games of season
1997/98 and in September 1998, shortly
after he celebrated his 35th birthday, he
hung up his boots to pursue a career in
management.
He remains the last Reds skipper to lift
the FA Cup at Wembley and will forever
have his place in history as Liverpool’s
first Premier League captain.
WORDS: Chris McLoughlin
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 FLICK’S
NEW PICKS
Two 18-year-olds with big futures embody the new
generation of young German talent at club and
international level

B
ayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala (nearest left in photo) player – aged 17 years and five days – and
and Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz, both 18-year-old was a UEFA Euro U21 Championship winner
attacking midfielders, had already made impacts for with Germany this summer. He netted both
their clubs prior to this season, but now both are having an goals, including one after 29 seconds, in their
influence at international level. 2-1 semi-final success over the Netherlands
Musiala was born in the central German town of Fulda but before appearing against Portugal in the final.
spent most of his childhood in England. He joined Chelsea at the Musiala was part of Germany’s senior
age of eight and was playing for their Under-18s team aged 15. Euro 2021 squad but appeared for just eight
After playing for England at youth level he appeared twice for minutes as a substitute against Hungary
the U21s in November 2020 but three months later opted to play in the group stage before coming on in
at full international level for Germany. stoppage-time of the 2-0 defeat to England in
Having returned to the country of his birth to play for Bayern the last 16 at Wembley.
Munich in 2019 – and become FCB’s youngest-ever Bundesliga The pair now seem set to become
player aged 17 years and 115 days and youngest-ever scorer mainstays of Flick’s team as he rebuilds
at 17 years and 205 days – it wasn’t a huge surprise that he Joachim Low’s side ahead of the 2022 World
pledged his future to Die Mannschaft. Cup finals in Qatar.
“I have a heart for Germany and a heart for England,” he said.
“Both hearts will keep on beating. In the end I just listened to the
feeling that over a long period of time kept telling me that it was
the right decision to play for Germany.”
Hansi Flick’s era as German boss began this month with a
2-0 World Cup qualifier win away to Liechtenstein. Not only
was Musiala in his team, he created the opening goal for Timo
Werner.
On the same night, fellow teenage starlet Wirtz became the
third-youngest player to appear for Germany post-war when
brought off the bench.
Three days later the Pulheim-born midfielder had his first
international assist when he created a stoppage-time goal for
19-year-old Salzburg striker Karim-David Adeyemi, who found the
net on his international debut to complete a 6-0 qualifier win at
home to Armenia.
“Florian is just a huge asset for this team through his
carefreeness,” said Flick ahead of Germany’s third September
international against Iceland. “He’s simply an outstanding
technician, loves to play, very creative, has a good shot, runs hard
and is quick. He’s got a good total package.”
Wirtz replaced Kai Havertz as Leverkusen’s youngest-ever
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 DIFFERENT LEAGUE
WORDS: Chris McLoughlin

DJIMI
DANE
GOOD
Former
Liverpool
defender
Djimi Traore
has been
appointed head
coach of Danish
club FC Nordsjælland’s international
football academy. The Tigers, who
play at Right to Dream Park, won
Denmark’s Superliga in 2012. Traore,
41, has been an assistant coach with
MLS franchise Seattle Sounders since
retiring from playing in 2014 and
qualified for his UEFA ‘A’ coaching
licence in 2020.

MUSCOVITE
MONDAY
GINI V SHAQ The 169th Moscow derby between
CSKA and Spartak takes place on

G
ini Wijnaldum and with two draws.
Monday night in the VEB Arena.
Xherdan Shaqiri More remarkably it
The first meeting was 99 years ago
will be reunited will be the third time
tomorrow when Paris St that Shaqiri has faced in 1922 and Spartak are
Germain take on Lyon Lionel Messi during currently 67-65 ahead in
at Park des Princes in his club career and the rivalry. It is Russia’s
Ligue 1. his record against oldest derby with
It will be the sixth the Argentine attendances varying
time the pair have gone superstar takes wildly from 4,000 to
head-to-head. When some beating: 105,000 and is likely
Shaq was at Stoke, Gini his previous to feature ex-Red
played twice against two appearances
Victor Moses, who
him for Newcastle against Messi were
completed a permanent
and three times for 4-0 Champions League
Liverpool before they semi-final wins against transfer to Spartak in June
became Anfield team- Barcelona for Bayern after spending last season
mates in 2018. Wijnaldum Munich in 2012 and on loan.
is currently 2-1 ahead Liverpool in 2019.
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 The stats that matter from Liverpool’s last handful
of Premier League encounters with the Eagles

WOR DS: Willia m Hugh es

THE THIRD WAY SEVEN UP

Liverpool 2 Palace 0 (23 May 2021) Palace 0 Liverpool 7
(19 Dec 2020)
A goal in either half from Sadio Mane sealed
Liverpool’s place in the Champions League in what It was just one of those days
was also Roy Hodgson’s final game as Palace for both sides for different
manager. reasons as the Reds hit seven
Reds boss Jürgen Klopp said salvaging at Selhurst Park, with Roberto
Champions League qualification from a chaotic Firmino and Mohamed Salah
season was the “best feeling I could have dreamed both scoring twice.
of.” The victory – in front of almost 10,000 home Takumi Minamino, Sadio
fans at Anfield – clinched third place in the final Mane and Jordan Henderson
standings. were also on the scoresheet
“Outstanding,” he added. “We wanted this feeling, in a performance in which
this game, this atmosphere. Finishing the season in third is everything went right for the
incredible. Credit to the boys – I can’t believe how it worked champions.
out in the last few weeks.” Liverpool registered an away
Mane’s brace meant he had scored in eight top-flight win by a margin
consecutive Premier League games against Crystal of seven goals for the first
Palace, becoming just the second player to net in time in their history, while
eight successive PL appearances against a single Palace also conceded seven
opponent, after Robin van Persie against Stoke City. goals in a home match for
The Senegal forward poked home from a corner the first time ever. It was the
nine minutes before half-time and wrapped up the Reds’ first league victory by a
victory with a deflected shot in the 74th minute. margin of that size or greater
since a 9-0 win over the
Eagles in September 1989.
All seven of Liverpool’s
goals were assisted by
different players: Mane,
Firmino, Andy Robertson,
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Salah,
Joel Matip and Alex Oxlade-
Chamberlain. It was the first
time in Premier League history
as many different players had
assisted a goal for a team in
a match.
It was also Jürgen Klopp’s
127th league victory as
Liverpool manager, seeing
him overtake Rafael Benitez
(126) as the LFC boss with the
most wins in Premier League
history.
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C RYS TA L
PA L A C E
FILES

ON THE BRINK
Liverpool 4 Palace 0 (24 June 2020)

The Reds moved to within touching distance of their first

Premier League title as Palace were beaten behind-closed-
doors at Anfield.
Trent Alexander-Arnold was on target with a superb free-kick
after 22 minutes and Mohamed Salah effectively settled the
contest with a cool finish from Fabinho’s perfect pass just
before the break.
Fabinho then produced something even more special in the
54th minute when he drilled a magnificent rising right-footed
finish from more than 30 yards into the net at the Kop end.
Salah teed up Sadio Mane for the final goal of the game with a
slide-rule pass with just over 20 minutes remaining.
The victory meant Liverpool had scored 100 or more goals
in all competitions for a third consecutive season – the first
time they had done so since 1986/87 when they made it eight
in a row.
Fabinho marked his 50th Premier League appearance with a
41st victory – a tally bettered by only Aymeric Laporte (43) and
Didier Drogba, Arjen Robben, Ederson (all 42).
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SET-PIECE SPECIALISTS
Palace 1 Liverpool 2 (23 November 2019)

Roberto Firmino scored the winner five minutes from time as the Reds
stretched their unbeaten Premier League sequence to 30 games.
The Brazil forward poked in from a corner to restore his side’s lead three
minutes after it looked as if Wilfried Zaha had rescued a point for the
Eagles.
Zaha’s 82nd-minute goal cancelled out Sadio Mane’s tenth goal of the
campaign just after half-time. But the Palace winger also wasted a great
chance late on when he blazed over from close range.
Liverpool’s victory maintained their eight-point lead at the top of the
table. Boss Jürgen Klopp said: “In a game like this you have to make sure
you are ready to fight for the result. I’m happy with the result and big parts
of the performance because I know it’s not possible to be brilliant every
game.”
Firmino’s strike meant that since the start of the 2018/19 season,
Liverpool had scored 38 goals from set-pieces in the Premier League
(including penalties) – eight more than any other club.
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MO’S FANTASTIC FIFTY
Liverpool 4 Palace 3 (19 January 2019)
Mohamed Salah scored his 50th Premier League goal as
Liverpool came from behind to defeat Palace at Anfield
in a seven-goal thriller.
The Reds led 3-2 as the final whistle approached but
had to endure a nervy finish after James Milner was sent
off in the 89th minute for two yellow-card offences.
The win was secured when Sadio Mane added a fourth
in stoppage-time, though there was still time for Palace
midfielder Max Meyer to score a consolation.
The impressive visitors had broken the deadlock
through winger Andros Townsend in the 34th minute,
but it took just one minute of the second half for Salah
to equalise before Liverpool went ahead seven minutes
CRYSTAL
PALACE
FI L E S
later through fellow forward Roberto Firmino.
Palace defender James Tomkins headed his side
level from a corner but an error by keeper Julian
Speroni handed Liverpool the advantage again as Salah
pounced to make it 3-2.
The Egyptian’s 50th Premier League goal came in
his 72nd appearance with only Andrew Cole (65), Alan
Shearer (66) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (68) having
reached the milestone in fewer games.
The win also saw Liverpool hit the 1,000 goal-mark
in home games in the Premier League, becoming only
the third side to do so after Manchester United and
Chelsea.
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ACADEMY 2021/22
OAK FOILS FOREST
Oakley Cannonier’s last-minute equaliser
secured a 3-3 draw for Liverpool Under-18s
during an eventful trip to Nottingham Forest
last Saturday.
The forward scored a predatory diving
header - his sixth goal in three U18 Premier
League North appearances this season - to
ensure the young Reds emerged from an
incident-packed match with a hard-earned
point.
Liverpool weathered an early storm with
keeper Harvey Davies producing a superb
reaction save to tip a powerful drive from
striker Detlef Escape Osong onto the
crossbar inside the opening minute.
However, the visitors went ahead in
the 11th minute when midfielder James
McConnell met defender Terence Miles’
inviting cross with a diving header at the
back post.
But Forest soon drew level through Osong,
who found the bottom corner and he quickly
put the hosts in front, racing down the left
before beating Davies with a near-post finish.
Coach Marc Bridge-Wilkinson had to make
a couple of first-half changes with debutant
left-back Francis Gyimah and McConnell
having to leave the action and Forest quickly
extended their advantage as defender Ben
Oakley Cannonier was on target for the U18s again in last Saturday’s 3-3 draw at Nottingham Forest
Hammond slid home the loose ball amid
a scramble following a corner.
However, the young Reds reduced the
deficit back to one goal courtesy of debutant
midfielder Bobby Clark, a new arrival from
Newcastle United, who latched onto an
attempted clearance and controlled the ball
on his chest before firing low beyond keeper
Aaron Bott.
After regrouping at the break, Liverpool
dominated the second period and were
denied on several occasions by Bott,
including one stunning stop from forward
Harvey Blair.
But just when it seemed the game was
getting away from them, the Reds rescued
a deserved point when skipper Luca
Stephenson managed to flick on Miles’ cross
and Cannonier stooped well to nod in the CONOR
leveller.
Last Saturday also saw Liverpool Under- BRADLEY
23s fall to their first Premier League 2 POSITION: Defender
defeat of the season with a 2-1 reverse at
Tottenham Hotspur.
BIRTHPLACE:
Winger Kaide Gordon gave Barry Lewtas’ Tyrone, Northern Ireland
side an early lead at Stevenage’s Lamex BORN: 9 July 2003
Stadium, but Spurs midfielder Alfie Devine
equalised just after the half-hour mark and A versatile player who has
then went on to grab an 81st-minute winner. featured mainly at right-back
for the Under-23s and Under-
18s, Conor signed his first
professional contract in July
2020 and a new long-term deal
this summer.
He officially joined the Reds
from Dungannon United in
September 2019 and made his
senior international debut for
Northern Ireland in May 2021,
aged 17, before winning caps
number two and three earlier
this month.
Conor was part of the
Under-18 squad that reached
last season’s FA Youth Cup
final. He travelled with the first-
team squad to Austria in July
and played in the pre-season
friendly against VfB Stuttgart.
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WOMEN 2021/22
RECORD BREAKER
Ashley Hodson became a record-breaker
last weekend when she passed Gemma
Bonner’s all-time total of appearances for
Liverpool FC Women.
The St Helens-born attacker played her
116th game for the Reds when she came off
the bench to replace striker Rianna Dean in
last Sunday’s goalless draw with Bristol City
at Prenton Park.
The 26-year-old had been handed her
debut by manager Matt Beard in an FA
Women’s Cup tie at Sunderland back in April
2014.
“It’s an honour to have made so many
appearances particularly at my age and
especially for a club like Liverpool,” she says.
“Hopefully I can make many more. I think
if I hadn’t had a few injury setbacks along
the way the total would be higher by now
but it’s an incredible honour.
“To me, it’s a massive achievement and I
know it is for my family as well.
“My family are all really proud and I’m
just buzzing to finally reach the record.
I know that I would have reached it last
season if I hadn’t have picked up the injury,
so I’m buzzing for it to finally come.
“Hopefully I can now go on and set a good
total for others to break and I think there
are many great players at the club who will
hopefully stay here for a long time as well,”
she explains.
“Personally, I’m hoping to play as many
games as possible but I know that as a
collective we’ve all got one goal this season
and that’s promotion.
“Hopefully we can all work towards that
and I can’t wait to see what we can achieve
this season”.
The women’s game is currently on an
international break with the Reds resuming
their FA Women’s Championship campaign
at home to Crystal Palace next Sunday
(2pm).
JADE
BAILEY
POSITION: Midfielder
BIRTHPLACE: London
BORN: 11 November 1995
Jade joined Liverpool FC
Women from Chelsea in July
2019 and has now made 35
appearances for the Reds.
She swapped the capital
for Merseyside after three
years with the Blues, having
previously made her senior
breakthrough at Arsenal,
where she won two FA Cups
and two Continental Cups.
The skilful holding player
also enjoyed a loan spell
with Reading FC Women
immediately before
completing her switch to the
Reds.
Liverpool’s no8 played
representative football
for England at youth level
but could make her full
international debut for
Jamaica after being named in
a Reggae Girlz squad in May.
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AUGUST AUGUST AUGUST
15 MAN CITY H 0-0 14 STOKE CITY H 5-3 29 LONDON CITY H 0-1
23 Everton A 3-1 21 Man United A 5-0
28 BRIGHTON H 1-1 SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER
31 Rochdale (PJT) A 0-4 11 Nottm Forest A 3-3 4 Watford A 3-2
15 AC MILAN (UYL) H 1-0 12 BRISTOL CITY H 0-0
SEPTEMBER 18 CRYSTAL PALACE (PLC) H 11am 26 CRYSTAL PALACE H 2pm
11 Tottenham A 1-2 21 DERBY COUNTY H 7pm
19 LEEDS UNITED H 2pm 25 Leeds United A 12pm OCTOBER
24 Chelsea A 7pm 28 FC Porto (UYL) A 2.30pm 3 Coventry United A 2pm
OCTOBER 9 Sheffield Utd A 3pm
OCTOBER 2 SUNDERLAND H 1pm 31 LEWES H 2pm
1 Man United A 7pm 16 Aston Villa (PLC) A 12pm
5 Bolton Wanderers (PJT) A 7pm 19 Atletico Madrid (UYL) A 3pm NOVEMBER
16 ARSENAL H 2pm 23 Man City A 12pm 7 BLACKBURN ROVERS H 2pm
25 Blackburn Rovers A 7pm 30 EVERTON H 11am 14 Durham A 2pm
30 DERBY COUNTY H 1pm NOVEMBER 20 Sunderland A 7pm
3 ATLETICO MADRID (UYL) H 3pm
NOVEMBER 6 MIDDLESBROUGH H 12.30pm DECEMBER
6 West Ham A 2pm 20 Blackburn Rovers A 11am 19 CHARLTON ATHLETIC H 2pm
9 Port Vale (PJT) A 7pm 24 FC PORTO (UYL) H 2pm
20 CRYSTAL PALACE H 1pm 27 MANCHESTER CITY (PLC) H 11am JANUARY
28 LEICESTER H 2pm DECEMBER 9 Blackburn Rovers A 2pm
4 NEWCASTLE UNITED H 1pm 16 WATFORD H 2pm
DECEMBER 7 AC Milan (UYL) A 1.30pm 23 Crystal Palace A 2pm
3 Brighton A 1pm 18 Burnley A 1pm
19 WEST HAM H 2pm JANUARY FEBRUARY
PJT: Papa John's Trophy; UYL UEFA Youth League; PLC: Premier League Cup

8 Wolves A 12.30pm 6 COVENTRY UNITED H 2pm

JANUARY 15 MAN CITY H 11am 13 SUNDERLAND H 2pm
10 Derby County A 7pm 22 Middlesbrough A 1pm
16 EVERTON H 2pm FEBRUARY MARCH
24 Crystal Palace A 7pm 5 BURNLEY H 11am 6 London City A 2pm
19 WOLVES H 12.30pm 13 Charlton Athletic A 2pm
FEBRUARY 26 Everton A 11am 27 DURHAM H 2pm
7 Leeds United A 7pm MARCH
20 BLACKBURN ROVERS H 2pm 5 Stoke City A 11.30am APRIL
25 Arsenal A 7pm 12 MAN UNITED H 11am 3 Bristol City A 2pm
19 Derby County A 12.30pm 24 SHEFFIELD UNITED H 2pm
MARCH APRIL
13 TOTTENHAM H 3pm 2 NOTTM FOREST H 12.30pm MAY
20 Man City A 3pm 9 LEEDS UNITED H 12pm 1 Lewes A 2pm
23 Sunderland A 11am
APRIL 30 BLACKBURN ROVERS H 11am
3 CHELSEA H 2pm MAY
25 Leicester City A 7pm 7 Newcastle United A 11am

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70
 T CH T
MA POR
RE ILAN M
AC One of those nights!

• Jordan Henderson rifles home the

winner as the Reds come from behind
to beat AC Milan at a raucous Anfield.
The first full house for a Champions
League game in 18 months see
Liverpool pummel the Italians in the
opening 20 minutes. Trent Alexander-
Arnold's cross deflects in off Fikayo
Tomori for the opening goal, but Mo
Salah has a penalty saved by Mike
Maignan.

• The momentum suddenly swings in

AC Milan's favour when two goals in
three minutes before half-time from
Ante Rebic and Brahim Diaz puts the
visitors ahead on their first Anfield
visit, but it sparks the Redmen into
life. Salah equalises after he latches
onto Divock Origi's clever pass and a
magnificent half-volley from Henderson
earns Liverpool the win on a fantastic
night of football.

• “It’s really good that we won this

game because obviously you need
each point in this group to get through,”
says Jürgen Klopp. “AC Milan came
from Pot 4 in this group – very funny!
So, that’s the quality in the group.”

LINE UPS MATCH STATS

LIVERPOOL (4-3-3):
Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, 57% 43%
Gomez, Robertson, Henderson (C) (Milner
84), Fabinho, Keita (Thiago 71), Salah POSSESSION
(Oxlade-Chamberlain 84), Origi (Mane 63),
Jota (Jones 71). Subs not used: Adrian, SHOTS 23 7

Kelleher, Van Dijk, Konate, Minamino, SHOTS ON TARGET 8 3

@
Tsimikas, Phillips. Booked: Milner. CORNERS 15 2
ANFIELD
15.09.21
GOALS: Tomori (og 9), Salah (49), OFFSIDES 1 3
Henderson (69). CLEARANCES 12 30

AC MILAN (4-2-3-1):
Maignan, Calabria (C), Kjaer, Tomori,
M.O.T.M. LIVERPOOL FC 3
Hernandez, Kessie, Bennacer (Tonali 71), JORDAN
Saelemaekers (Florenzi 62), Diaz, Leao
(Giroud 62), Rebic (Maldini 83). HENDERSON
Subs not used: Tatarusanu, Jungdal,
Ballo-Toure, Romagnoli, Kalulu, Gabbia.
AC MILAN 2
Booked: Bennacer, Diaz.
REF: SZYMON MARCINIAK (Poland) • ATT: 51,445
GOALS: Rebic (42), Diaz (44). UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP B MATCHDAY 1
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THE RIGHT STUFF
Andy Robertson congratulates fellow full-back Trent
Alexander-Arnold after the opening goal against AC
Milan on Wednesday. It was credited as an own-goal
by visiting defender Fikayo Tomori but its genesis
epitomised Trent’s tireless, marauding performance
down the right flank for the Reds all evening.
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 SIMPLE
QUESTIONS
ABOUT…

JOEL
MATIP

6.
From which German club
did Joel join the Reds
1. 5. on a free transfer in the
summer of 2016?
Joel hopes to make his One of his five LFC goals
100th PL appearance today to date came against
but against which team did today’s visitors, Crystal
his league debut come in Palace, at Selhurst Park
August 2016 (a) Arsenal but in which season
(b) Tottenham (a) 2016/17 (b) 2017/18
(c) Chelsea? (c) 2018/19?

2. 4.
Which country has
Against which team did
Matip previously
he score his last Premier
represented in
League goal, in a 4-0 win
international football?
last season?
3.
True or false: Joel once
scored against Brazil in the
World Cup finals?

ANSWERS: 1. (b) Tottenham Hotspur; 2. Cameroon; 3. True – in Cameroon’s final group game of the 2014 tournament; 4. Wolverhampton Wanderers;
5. (a) 2016/17 – the first of his goals for the Reds; 6. Schalke 04.
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 SEASON STATS
PLAYER LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP UCL OTHER TOTAL
Adrian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thiago Alcantara 1(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1(3) 0
Trent Alexander-Arnold 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Alisson Becker 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Harvey Elliott 3(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3(1) 0
Fabinho 2(1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3(1) 1
Roberto Firmino 1(2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 1
Joe Gomez 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1(1) 0
Jordan Henderson 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3(1) 1
Curtis Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Diogo Jota 3(1) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4(1) 2
Naby Keita 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3(1) 0
Caoimhin Kelleher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ibrahima Konate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sadio Mane 4 2 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 4(1) 2
Joel Matip 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Takumi Minamino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Milner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1(1) 0
Divock Origi 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1(2) 0
Nathaniel Phillips 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Robertson 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Mohamed Salah 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 4
Kostas Tsimikas 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0
Virgil van Dijk 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Rhys Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neco Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Woodburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Own goals - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1

Top Fives: LFC v Leeds United

SHOTS PASSES DRIBBLES

Sadio Mane 10 Andy Robertson 70 Harvey Elliott 5
Diogo Jota 3 Joel Matip 68 Mo Salah 4
Mo Salah 3 Trent A-Arnold 63 Sadio Mane 3
Harvey Elliott 3 Thiago 61 Trent A-Arnold 2
Fabinho 3 Virgil van Dijk 56 Fabinho 2

CARRIES (YARDS) RECOVERIES PRESSES

Joel Matip 450 Thiago 13 Diogo Jota 31
Sadio Mane 305 Fabinho 10 Fabinho 24
Andy Robertson 236 Sadio Mane 9 Harvey Elliott 15
Virgil van Dijk 233 Trent A-Arnold 8 Trent A-Arnold 14
Diogo Jota 218 Mo Salah 8 Mo Salah 13
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NAME / BIRTHPLACE / DOB LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP EUROPE OTHER LFC TOTAL
games goals games goals games goals games goals games goals games goals
1 Alisson Becker Novo Hamburgo, Brazil, 02.10.92 104 1 1 0 0 0 26 0 4 0 135 1
3 Fabinho Campinas, Brazil, 23.10.93 89 4 5 0 2 0 27 0 3 0 126 4
4 Virgil van Dijk Breda, Holland, 08.07.91 99 10 3 1 2 0 26 2 4 0 134 13
5 Ibrahima Konate Paris, France, 25.05.99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Thiago Alcantara San Pietro Vernotico, Italy, 11.04.91 27 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 34 1
7 James Milner Wortley, England, 04.01.86 176 19 8 1 12 2 52 4 4 0 252 26
8 Naby Keita Conakry, Guinea, 10.02.95 56 4 1 0 4 0 15 2 4 1 80 7
9 Roberto Firmino Maceio, Brazil, 02.10.91 214 67 9 1 10 1 57 17 5 2 295 88
10 Sadio Mane Sedhiou, Senegal, 10.04.92 166 76 5 2 3 0 45 19 4 2 223 99
11 Mohamed Salah Basyoun, Egypt, 15.06.92 149 98 6 4 2 0 46 27 5 0 208 129
12 Joe Gomez Lewisham, England, 23.05.97 80 0 6 0 4 0 28 0 5 0 123 0
13 Adrian Seville, Spain, 03.01.87 14 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 24 0
14 Jordan Henderson Sunderland, England, 17.06.90 293 27 19 0 22 1 58 3 4 0 396 31
15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Portsmouth, England, 15.08.93 79 8 5 0 3 1 16 5 4 0 107 14
17 Curtis Jones Liverpool, England, 30.01.01 30 2 7 2 4 2 6 1 1 0 48 7
18 Takumi Minamino Izumisano, Japan, 16.01.95 19 1 4 0 2 2 5 0 1 1 31 4
20 Diogo Jota Porto, Portugal, 04.12.96 23 11 0 0 2 0 10 4 0 0 35 15
21 Kostas Tsimikas Thessaloniki, Greece, 12.05.96 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 10 0
22 Loris Karius Biberach an der Riss, Germany, 22.06.93 29 0 4 0 3 0 13 0 0 0 49 0
26 Andy Robertson Glasgow, Scotland, 11.03.94 134 4 3 0 1 0 37 1 5 0 180 5
27 Divock Origi Ostend, Belgium, 18.04.95 100 19 10 2 13 9 31 5 4 0 158 35
28 Ben Davies Barrow-in-Furness, England, 11.08.95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Joel Matip Bochum, Germany, 08.08.91 99 5 3 0 4 0 20 0 2 1 128 6
45 Elijah Dixon-Bonner London, England, 01.01.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
46 Rhys Williams Preston, England, 03.02.01 9 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 19 0
47 Nathaniel Phillips Bolton, England, 21.03.97 17 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 1
50 Luis Longstaff Darlington, England, 24.02.01 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
53 Harvey Davies Liverpool, England, 03.09.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 Sheyi Ojo Hemel Hempstead, England, 19.06.97 8 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
56 Vitezslav Jaros Pribram, Czech Republic, 23.07.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 Ben Woodburn Nottingham, England, 15.10.99 6 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 1
62 Caoimhin Kelleher Cork, Ireland, 23.11.98 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
64 Jake Cain Wigan, England, 02.09.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
65 Leighton Clarkson Blackburn, England, 19.10.01 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold Liverpool, England, 07.10.98 133 8 5 0 3 0 39 2 4 0 184 10
67 Harvey Elliott Chertsey, England, 04.04.03 6 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
72 Sepp van den Berg Zwolle, Holland, 20.12.01 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
75 Jakub Ojrzynski Warsaw, Poland, 19.02.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
76 Neco Williams Wrexham, Wales, 13.04.01 12 0 5 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 25 0
81 Layton Stewart Liverpool, England, 03.09.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
89 Billy Koumetio Lyon, France, 14.11.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
98 Liam Hughes Armagh, Northern Ireland, 19.08.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Bearne Nottingham, England, 15.09.01 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Morgan Boyes Chester, England, 22.04.01 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tom Clayton Rainford, England, 27.12.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Gallacher Glasgow, Scotland, 23.07.99 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Thomas Hill Liverpool, England, 13.10.02 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Adam Lewis Liverpool, England, 08.11.99 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
James Norris Liverpool, England, 04.04.03 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Stats correct as of 15.09.21. On loan/ineligible: Ben Davies (Sheffield United), Rhys Williams (Swansea City), Luis Longstaff (Queen’s Park),
Sheyi Ojo (Millwall), Vitezslav Jaros (St Patrick’s Athletic), Ben Woodburn (Hearts), Jake Cain (Newport County), Leighton Clarkson (Blackburn Rovers),
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FIXTURES & RESULTS 2021/22
DATE OPPOSITION KO RES POS TV REFEREE ATT STARTING XI
Sat 14 Aug Norwich City 5.30pm 3-0 3rd Sky A Marriner 27,023 Alisson A-Arnold Matip van Dijk Tsimikas Milner ❚
Sat 21 Aug BURNLEY 12.30pm 2-0 1st BT M Dean 52,591 Alisson A-Arnold Matip van Dijk Tsimikas ● Henderson
Sat 28 Aug CHELSEA 5.30pm 1-1 3rd Sky A Taylor 53,100 Alisson A-Arnold Matip van Dijk Robertson ● Fabinho
Sun 12 Sep Leeds United 4.30pm 3-0 3rd Sky C Pawson 36,507 Alisson A-Arnold Matip van Dijk Robertson Fabinho 1 ❚
Wed 15 Sep AC MILAN (UCL MD1) 8pm 3-2* BT S Marciniak 51,445 Alisson A-Arnold Matip Gomez Robertson Fabinho

Sat 18 Sep CRYSTAL PALACE 3pm

Tue 21 Sep Norwich City (CC 3) 7.45pm Sky
Sat 25 Sep Brentford 5.30pm Sky
Tue 28 Sep Porto (UCL MD2) 8pm BT
Sun 3 Oct MANCHESTER CITY 4.30pm Sky
Sat 16 Oct Watford 12.30pm BT
Tue 19 Oct Atl Madrid (UCL MD3) 8pm BT
Sun 24 Oct Manchester United 4.30pm Sky
Wed 27 Oct Carabao Cup 4
Sat 30 Oct BRIGHTON & HA
Wed 3 Nov ATL MADRID (UCL MD4) 8pm BT
Sat 6 Nov West Ham United
Sat 20 Nov ARSENAL
Wed 24 Nov PORTO (UCL MD5) 8pm BT
Sat 27 Nov SOUTHAMPTON
Tue 30 Nov Everton 7.45pm
Sat 4 Dec Wolverhampton W
Tue 7 Dec AC Milan (UCL MD6) 8pm BT
Sat 11 Dec ASTON VILLA
Wed 15 Dec NEWCASTLE UNITED 8pm
Sat 18 Dec Tottenham Hotspur
Wed 22 Dec Carabao Cup 5
Sun 26 Dec LEEDS UNITED
Tue 28 Dec Leicester City
Sat 1 Jan Chelsea
Wed 5 Jan Carabao Cup S-F 1
Sat 8 Jan Emirates FA Cup 3
Wed 12 Jan Carabao Cup S-F 2
Sat 15 Jan BRENTFORD
Sat 22 Jan Crystal Palace
Sat 5 Feb Emirates FA Cup 4
Wed 9 Feb LEICESTER CITY
Sat 12 Feb Burnley
Tue 15/Wed 16 Feb UCL Ro16 1
Sat 19 Feb NORWICH CITY
Tue 22/Wed 23 Feb UCL Ro16 1
Sat 26 Feb Arsenal
Sun 27 Feb Carabao Cup Final
Wed 2 Mar Emirates FA Cup 5
Sat 5 Mar WEST HAM UNITED
Tue 8/Wed 9 UCL Ro16 2
Sat 12 Mar Brighton & HA
Tue 15/Wed 16 Mar UCL Ro16 2
Sat 19 Mar MANCHESTER UNITED
Sat 19 Mar Emirates FA Cup 6 WELCOME BACK TO ANFIELD
Sat 2 Apr WATFORD Liverpool FC is welcoming supporters back to a full Anfield for the 2021/22
Tue 5/Wed 6 Apr UCL Q-F 1 season, and the club will be using full NFC technology for fans to access the
Sat 9 Apr Manchester City
stadium.
Tue 12/Wed 13 Apr UCL Q-F 2
Supporters are reminded to download their digital ticket to their phone
Sat 16 Apr Aston Villa
Sat 16 Apr Emirates FA Cup S-F before arriving. There will also be NFC Help checkpoints around the stadium
Sat 23 Apr EVERTON while the Kop Bar operates as a central hub for technical advice and support.
Tue 26/Wed 27 Apr UCL S-F 1 Spectators are encouraged to arrive at least 90 minutes before kick-off
Sat 30 Apr Newcastle United to allow for checks and search procedures. Although no longer required by
Tue 3/Wed 4 May UCL S-F 2 government guidance, it is recommended that fans wear a face-covering and
Sat 7 May TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR maintain distance where possible when entering and leaving the stadium and
Sat 14 May Emirates FA Cup Final in and around the concourses.
Sun 15 May Southampton In line with our city partners at Liverpool City Council’s Ground Safety
Sun 22 May WOLVERHAMPTON W Advisory Group and Public Health Department, supporters are strongly
Sat 28 May UCL Final recommended to take a lateral flow test 24 to 36 hours prior to kick-off.
All fixtures are subject to change

KEY: CAPS/BOLD = Home fixture ❚ = yellow card ❚ = red card p = Penalty * = own-goal ● First sub ● Second sub ● Third sub ● Fourth sub ● Fifth sub Goalscorers in bold
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Keita ● Chamberlain ● Salah 1 Mane Jota 1 ● Fabinho ● Firmino 1 ● Elliott ● Gomez Konate Woodburn Minamino Origi Kelleher
Keita ● Elliott Salah Mane 1 Jota 1 ● Thiago ● Firmino ● Gomez ● Konate Robertson Jones Minamino Adrian Kelleher
Henderson ● Elliott Salah 1p Mane Firmino ● Jota ● Thiago ● Tsimikas ● Gomez Konate Keita Chamberlain Minamino Kelleher
Thiago ● Elliott ● Salah 1 Mane 1 Jota ● Henderson ● Chamberlain ● Keita ● Gomez Konate Tsimikas Milner Jones Kelleher
Henderson 1 ● Keita ● Salah 1 ● Origi ● Jota ● Mane ● Jones ● Thiago ● Chamberlain ● Milner ●❚ van Dijk Konate Phillips Tsimikas
Minamino Adrian Kelleher

Fans are also reminded that Anfield is home to many people, so we ask
that you respect residents by leaving quietly and taking any litter home.
SUPPORTERS CODE OF CONDUCT
To ensure that Anfield is a safe and enjoyable environment for everyone
we have developed a set of shared principles which we need supporters
to adhere to. These are also known as a ‘Code of Conduct’ and can be
downloaded from the club's official website.
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU
We are committed to providing an environment that remains safe, secure
and welcoming as fans return to the stadium. We have worked with
local authorities and other key stakeholders to develop venue operation
plans and COVID-19 stadium risk assessments to ensure that the season
continues with the least risk possible, without adding any further strain
on the NHS and other public services. All our matchday staff have also
received appropriate training in relation to COVID-19 and its associated
risks. We’re 'Fan Ready'.
REPORT ABUSE
Liverpool FC welcomes new Premier League anti-discrimination
measures for the 2021/22 season which reinforce the work that the club
has been doing to tackle discrimination.
LFC is committed to eradicating all forms of abuse and discrimination,
both online and in-stadium. The club has worked closely with Spirit
of Shankly and the Football Supporters Association to develop and
implement a robust and transparent sanctions process. It's aligned with
the club’s work within Red Together, which encompasses LFC’s approach
to equality, diversity and inclusion.
To report incidences of abuse, please visit liverpoolfc.com/reportabuse.

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PREMIER LEAGUE 2021/22
P W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Manchester United 4 3 1 0 11 3 8 10
2 Chelsea 4 3 1 0 9 1 8 10
3 Liverpool 4 3 1 0 9 1 8 10
4 Everton 4 3 1 0 10 4 6 10
5 Manchester City 4 3 0 1 11 1 10 9
6 Brighton and Hove Albion 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 9
7 Tottenham Hotspur 4 3 0 1 3 3 0 9
8 West Ham United 4 2 2 0 10 5 5 8
9 Leicester City 4 2 0 2 4 6 -2 6
10 Brentford 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 5
11 Crystal Palace 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
12 Aston Villa 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2 4
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 1 0 3 2 3 -1 3

Table correct as of 13.09.21

14 Southampton 4 0 3 1 4 6 -2 3
15 Watford 4 1 0 3 3 7 -4 3
16 Arsenal 4 1 0 3 1 9 -8 3
17 Leeds United 4 0 2 2 4 11 -7 2
18 Burnley 4 0 1 3 3 8 -5 1
19 Newcastle United 4 0 1 3 5 12 -7 1
20 Norwich City 4 0 0 4 1 11 -10 0

THIS WEEKEND'S
PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES
Friday (8pm)
Newcastle v Leeds

Saturday (3pm)
Wolves v Brentford (12.30pm)
Burnley v Arsenal
Man City v Southampton
Norwich v Watford
Aston Villa v Everton (5.30pm)

Sunday (2pm)
Brighton v Leicester
West Ham v Man United
Tottenham v Chelsea (4.30pm)
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3 FABINHO 2 JOEL WARD
4 VIRGIL VAN DIJK 3 TYRICK MITCHELL
5 IBRAHIMA KONATE 4 LUKA MILIVOJEVIC
6 THIAGO ALCANTARA 5 JAMES TOMKINS
7 JAMES MILNER 6 MARC GUEHI
8 NABY KEITA 7 MICHAEL OLISE
9 ROBERTO FIRMINO 8 CHEIKHOU KOUYATE
10 SADIO MANE 9 JORDAN AYEW
11 MOHAMED SALAH 10 EBERECHI EZE
12 JOE GOMEZ 11 WILFRIED ZAHA
13 ADRIAN 12 WILL HUGHES
14 JORDAN HENDERSON 13 VICENTE GUAITA
15 ALEX OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN 14 JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETA
17 CURTIS JONES 15 JEFFREY SCHLUPP
18 TAKUMI MINAMINO 16 JOACHIM ANDERSEN
20 DIOGO JOTA 17 NATHANIEL CLYNE
21 KOSTAS TSIMIKAS 18 JAMES McARTHUR
22 LORIS KARIUS 19 REMI MATTHEWS
26 ANDY ROBERTSON 20 CHRISTIAN BENTEKE
27 DIVOCK ORIGI 22 ODSONNE EDOUARD
32 JOEL MATIP 23 CONOR GALLAGHER
47 NATHANIEL PHILLIPS 34 MARTIN KELLY
62 CAOIMHIN KELLEHER 36 NATHAN FERGUSON
66 TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD 40 SCOTT BANKS
67 HARVEY ELLIOTT 43 REECE HANNAM
76 NECO WILLIAMS 44 JAIRO RIEDEWALD
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