LIVERPOOL (AFP) - Rafa Benitez's compensation to Anfield upon Boxing morning is likely to stir up opinion memories of an bungled Liverpool challenge for the Premier League title, but Jurgen Klopp is a pain to focus upon the present.Klopp's Liverpool maintain a four-point guide at the summit of the table as Benitez, the club's overseer between 2004 and 2010, visits subsequently his relegation-threatened Newcastle united side upon Wednesday (Dec 26).There is a strong prudence this could be the season that the English league trophy comes to Anfield for the first grow old since 1990, although recent archives is offering poisoned messages as to whether that will happen. First, the fine news for Liverpool: In eight of the subsequently 10 seasons, the leaders upon Christmas morning have subsequently upon to win the Premier League.Now, the bad news: upon the two occasions it did not happen, the Christmas leaders were Liverpool. In 2008/09, Manchester united won the title; in 2013/14 it was Manchester City.The late collapse to miss out in 2014 was perhaps the more immediately twinge experience for Liverpool fans, but the failure of 2009, below Benitez, maybe offers more explanation for regret. Both cases have enough money lessons that the Merseyside club, however, appear to have absorbed. Brendan Rodgers' team of 2013/14 were not as balanced as the side current Reds boss Klopp has now.While Rodgers had an outstanding attacking partnership, subsequently Luis Suarez supported by a fully-fit Daniel Sturridge, his men were defensively suspect.The subsequently Liverpool overseer had four senior centre-backs - Martin Skrtel, Daniel Agger, Mamadou Sakho and Kolo Toure - nevertheless struggled to be in agreement upon a first-choice pairing. A team who scored 101 league goals conceded a whopping 50; far too many for any side subsequently loud championship ambitions.The class of 2018/19 should avoid that trap; they have the Premier League's best defensive photograph album this season, subsequently lonesome seven goals conceded.Virgil van Dijk's disturb has been key: the centre-back, signed for 75 million (S$130.5 million) from Southampton last January, has provided the defensive leadership that Liverpool missed terribly subsequently Jamie Carragher's retirement in 2013."He's completely influential," Klopp said of Van Dijk."When I met him first, I thought I knew just about his personality, I was pretty certain he would be subsequently he is."After we purposeless 4-1 at Tottenham in October of last season, we started defending enlarged and conceding less but subsequently Virgil came in upon top." Liverpool's strong defending means they attain not have to score as freely to win games, although they are coming in the works subsequently the goals subsequently needed.Mohamed Salah, after a quiet begin to the season, is flourishing after beast switched from a wide slant to a central attacking role. His total of 11 Premier League goals is lonesome one fewer than Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the competition's leading scorer.Yet despite that quality, avoiding the fate of the 2008/09 Liverpool team managed by Benitez, might nevertheless infatuation a tiny luck to go the pretentiousness of Klopp's men.That side, containing a spine of Pepe Reina, Carragher, Xabi Alonso, Javier Mascherano, Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres, was strong ample to be champions, but suffered from a nonattendance of conventional back-up.Too many draws against lowly opponents proved costly too, subsequently Stoke, Fulham, West Ham and Hull every coming away from Anfield subsequently a point.Certainly, even though Liverpool have the versatile attacking skill of Xherdan Shaqiri to call upon if they lose one of their main forwards, and fine quality options in midfield now that Fabinho and Naby Keita have found their feet, they may torture yourself if everything happens to Van Dijk. Perhaps that is why Klopp has not ruled out signings in January."I keep the log on log on because if something happens subsequently we will infatuation to have a look, as there are vile numbers of games coming and that's in fact important that we can react," said the German."But it's every good, unless something dramatically changes."
Sergio Aguero's hat-trick led Manchester City to a 3-1 win over Arsenal on Sunday and back into second place in the Premier League, two points behind leaders Liverpool.
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(Adds details, quotes) MADRID, April 2 (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid left it late to see off Girona 2-0 at home on Tuesday as strikes from Diego Godin and Antoine Griezmann kept up their faint hopes of catching La Liga leaders Barcelona.
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"Southampton secured their Premier League status for another year after a thrilling 3-3 home draw with Bournemouth on Saturday as Cardiff City slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Fulham."
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UPDATE: A woman who accused Cristiano Ronaldo of rape has reportedly dropped the lawsuit (Pic: GETTY) A notice of voluntary dismissal was filed last month at a court in Las Vegas, reports Bloomberg. It did not state if the woman, Kathryn Mayorga, had reached a settlement with the ex-Real Madrid and Manchester United forward.
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Chelsea overtook Manchester United to sit in fifth place in the Premier League on 63 points, level with fourth-placed Arsenal who have a game in hand, and one point behind Tottenham Hotspur in the chase for places in next season's Champions League. Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri, who said he understood the frustration of fans with his team's
Sister will 'never stop' search for missing Sala as rescuers give up. begged the search teams not to give up. The light aircraft transporting the 28-year-old
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He still "trusts" De Gea. No-one should "blame him" for dropping points. Solskjaer's words will be a comfort to De Gea, as will the vocal backing he received from the United fans, who chanted
Silverware matters most to Emery as Arsenal aims to win for missing Mkhitaryan The build-up to the Europa League final has been marred by Mkhitaryan's decision not to travel for the game because of fears over his safety due to an ongoing political dispute between his home country and neighbouring Azerbaijan.
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