Leicester’s Brendan Rodgers praises ‘brilliant job’ by Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp

Steve Nicol says Jurgen Klopp can use Liverpool’s lapse against Salzburg to wake up his side.
Brendan Rodgers has hailed the “brilliant job” Jurgen Klopp has done at Liverpool as the Leicester manager prepares to make his first visit to Anfield since parting ways with the club five years ago. 
Rodgers nearly led Liverpool to their first Premier League title in 2014 before being pipped by Manchester City in the final weeks of the campaign.
Liverpool finished sixth the following season and a poor start in 2015 led to Rodgers being sacked in October that year.

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U.S. beats South Korea in friendly in Megan Rapinoe’s return to action

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Jill Ellis became the winningest coach in U.S. Soccer history with the USWNT’s 2-0 victory over South Korea.
Megan Rapinoe had two assists in her return to make Jill Ellis the winningest coach in U.S. women’s national team history after a 2-0 victory against South Korea in a friendly at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday.
Allie Long and Mallory Pugh scored to give Ellis 106 wins (106-7-18, .878) since 2012 to surpass the late Tony DiCicco’s mark set from 1994-99 (105-8-8, .901). DiCicco won the World Cup in 1999; Ellis in 2015 and ’19.
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UEFA to investigate Olympiakos, Manchester City, Real Madrid

Craig Burley and Ale Moreno don’t hold back their criticisms of Real Madrid’s senior players of Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric.

ESPN FC’s Sid Lowe disagrees with Zinedine Zidane’s assessment of Real Madrid’s second-half performance in their 2-2 draw vs. Club Brugge.

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UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against six clubs including Manchester City and Real Madrid after incidents at Champions League games this week.
Olympiakos were charged after their fans unfurled a banner that UEFA deemed to be racist in their 3-1 loss at Red Star Belgrade. They were also charged with delaying kickoff.
Red Star were charged with improper conduct after five players, including two substitutes, picked up bookings.
UEFA said its Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body would meet…

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Arsenal’s Emery keen to extract best out of record signing Pepe

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Oct 3 (Reuters) – Arsenal’s Nicolas Pepe may have had a slow start to life at the north London club but manager Unai Emery is prepared to go the extra mile to help unlock the Ivorian forward’s potential.Pepe joined the Premier League side from Lille in the close season for a club-record fee that the British media reported was around 72 million pounds ($88.58 million), but the 24-year-old has managed only one goal in seven league appearances.”Pepe is an amazing player. I’m sure he is going to have…

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Gremio stays even with Flamengo in Copa Libertadores semifinal thanks to VAR

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Pepe scored Gremio’s equalizer in the 88th minute.
Gremio survived intense pressure and a string of favourable VAR decisions to grab an equaliser with two minutes remaining and rescue a 1-1 draw against Flamengo in the first leg of their Copa Libertadores semifinal on Wednesday.
The visitors from Rio had three goals chalked off in a game they controlled almost throughout but were sunk at the last when Pepe nipped in at the back post to put away an inviting low cross from the right.
The 51,000 mostly-Gremio fans went wild and the relief was palpable…

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Lyon punish dreadful defending to beat Leipzig 2-0

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Memphis Depay celebrates after giving Lyon the lead in Leipzig.
Lyon forwards Memphis Depay and Martin Terrier made the most of dreadful defensive errors to score in a 2-0 Champions League win at RB Leipzig on Wednesday.
The visitors took the lead in the 11th minute when Leipzig’s Ibrahima Konate gave the ball away cheaply in his own half to Houssem Aouar, and his pass found Depay, who slotted it under keeper Peter Gulacsi.
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Willian’s late strike earns Chelsea 2-1 win at Lille

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LILLE, France, Oct 2 (Reuters) – A brilliant late strike by Willian earned an otherwise unimpressive Chelsea a 2-1 win at Lille in Champions League Group H on Wednesday.Brazilian Willian volleyed home with 12 minutes left after Tammy Abraham’s opener had been cancelled out by Lille’s Victor Osimhen in the first half.Chelsea are third on three points behind second-placed Valencia who beat the Premier League side in the opening round of matches.Ajax Amsterdam top the standings with a maximum six points…

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