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Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp said Sadio Mane is finally back to his best after Liverpool thrashed Porto 5-0.

Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp said Sadio Mane is finally back to his best after Liverpool thrashed Porto 5-0.
Though Liverpool’s forwards grab the headlines — even Sadio Mane scored a hat trick at Porto last Wednesday — another player is delighting the fans for different reasons.
Left-back was always a thorny position for the Reds. There have been poor players, like Andrea Dossena and Paul Konchesky; there have been unlucky players, like Fabio Aurelio and Jim Beglin. Even the most consistent of them, John Arne Riise, could infuriate at times with rare consensus over whether he was really a defender or…

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ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop looks at Liverpool’s options in goal.
LIVERPOOL — Andrew Robertson’s path to becoming Liverpool’s starting left-back has not been well-trodden. There have been a number of fortunate moments in the 23-year-old’s career that have helped take him to where he is now, but there is no doubt his talent and adaptability have been the contributing factors to his remarkable rise.
“Any luck that he has had then he’s more than earned,” Gardner Speirs, Robertson’s manager at Scottish amateur side Queen’s Park, tells ESPN FC. “Everything he’s had…

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Former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol has his say on how Liverpool should proceed with Philippe Coutinho and Leipzig’s Naby Keita.

Former Liverpool midfielder John Barnes addresses Coutinho’s future, the belief in Klopp and Liverpool’s UCL ambitions.

The FC crew discuss how losing Philippe Coutinho would affect Liverpool and where he could potentially fit in at Barcelona.
ROTTACH-EGERN, Germany — Andrew Robertson believes Jurgen Klopp is an admirer of his unique journey to Liverpool after overcoming some major setbacks along the way.

Robertson completed an £8 million switch, which could rise to £10m, to Anfield last week and is part of Liverpool’s squad for their training camp in Germany.

The Scotland international was released by his boyhood Celtic at 15 and had to re-climb the ladder via the Scottish third division, while working a part-time job.

The…

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Jurgen Klopp has discussed the rumours linking Philippe Coutinho with Barcelona.
Amid all the guesswork about which multi-million pound footballers may or may not join Liverpool, the imminent arrival of Hull City defender Andy Robertson is something of a relief.
The inevitable question about whether Robertson is good enough for a first team place can wait until supporters have seen him in action. He will replace Alberto Moreno and given the Spaniard is the least trusted player in Jurgen Klopp’s squad, many will feel the Scot could hardly be worse.
Wishful thinking perhaps, because…

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