Part 1: Putting 2020-21 Into Perspective
It’s been a difficult year on and off the pitch for Jürgen Klopp’s injury-ravaged Reds. We try to make a little sense of a season played without fans in the stands that saw Liverpool start out as title defenders before plummeting out of the top four and then finding the resolve to claw their way back into the Champions League places.
Noel
It’s been the longest, most exhausting season of Liverpool football ever. It’s also been, in a strange way, the most forgettable and meaningless, embedded as it has been within a terrible year of global pandemic. There are times it’s seemed to have stretched on forever, and yet there are other times it feels as though much like the past year it didn’t actually happen. About all I’m certain of now is that, whatever 2020-21 was, it’s over.
Harry Maguire s ankle injury makes him touch and go for Europa League final
Man United s losses to Leicester and Liverpool have underlined his importance
Eric Bailly and Victor Lindelof were shambolic in Thursday s 4-2 Liverpool defeat
Maguire was powerless as he bellowed encouragement from the stands
£80m defender is often criticised but take him out and United start to struggle
His interception, aerial duel and passing statistics are among league s best
Sadio Mane s brutally honest Liverpool admission has an overlooked explanation David Alexander Hughes
Sadio Mane was brutally honest in his assessment of his own campaign earlier this week, stating he is in the midst of the “worst season of his career”. He said in an interview with Canal Plus, If you ask me what is wrong I will struggle to give you an answer. Personally, I don t know. I have always tried to be positive, whether things are going well or badly. I question myself all the time. I even underwent a test to take a look at my body. Am I eating the right foods, or has everything changed? But they checked the test results, and everything is fine. I need to understand that in life there are ups and downs. I will keep on working hard - and perhaps in time this situation will pass.
Solskjaer sends message to Glazers after making Man Utd admission
Date published: Tuesday 11th May 2021 10:56 - Robert McCarthy
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists that Manchester United will need to strengthen in the summer transfer window in order to challenge Manchester City for the Premier League title next season.
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Red Devils lost 2-1 at home to Leicester on Tuesday evening to hand Pep Guardiola’s men the title with three games to go. Caglar Soyuncu’s powerful header sealed all three points for the Foxes in their race to finish in the top four.
Speaking after the game,
Solskjaer congratulated City on their incredible campaign. But he also stressed that a strong summer window is needed for United to compete.
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