Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits he is struggling to process having nothing to play for on the final day of the season.
A year on from missing out on an unprecedented quadruple his side head to already-relegated Southampton knowing they will finish fifth irrespective of results on Sunday.
That has already started to come into his thoughts for his team selection, after confirming it “makes sense” to make changes, but he is confident his side will finish on a high.
“I am not used to games on the last matchday when everything is sorted. I am used to games when everything is at stake but we play this game to win the game,” he said.
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Weston McKennie will not return to action for Juventus until next season, head coach Massimiliano Allegri has confirmed.
The United States international fractured the second and third metatarsals in his left foot during last week s 1-1 draw with Villarreal in the Champions League.
Juve announced the following day that McKennie would likely sit out the next eight weeks, meaning he would be back in time for the closing stages of the campaign.
However, speaking after Juve s 1-0 win over Spezia on Sunday, Allegri said he does not expect the 23-year-old to return to action again this term.
The season is over for Weston because of his injury. He ll be back next season, Allegri told DAZN.
McKennie has featured in 28 of the Bianconeri s 39 matches this s…
Raheem Sterling scored his 100th club goal as Manchester City won 3-1 at Everton in the Premier League on Saturday.
Having missed a great chance after being brilliantly set up by Riyad Mahrez at Goodison Park, the England forward finally found the net in the 84th minute.
Sterling grabbed the clinching goal for the defending champions, his shot crashing in off the underside of the crossbar.
Goal-line technology was required to check if the ball had crossed the line, referee Michael Oliver eventually pointing to the centre circle to confirm Stirling’s landmark strike.
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Poland and Netherlands are set to do battle on Thursday evening at the Polish National Stadium in Warsaw, in a match within round five of League A Group 4 of the 2022/24 Nations League. The significance of these matches may appear fainter than usual given the proximity of the upcoming World Cup, but from the perspective of the teams themselves, they are all the more important as the players and coaches seek to build competitive form ahead of the tournament in Qatar.
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Poland opened their Nations League campaign with a win at home against Wales, but since then, they ve only managed another point by drawing 2-2 away to Netherlands. They were smashed 6-1 away to Belgium and lost to that opponent at home as well, by 0-1. The four po…
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas revealed star captain Nabil Fekir can leave the Ligue 1 club.
Fekir – who was poised to join Liverpool ahead of the 2018-19 season before negotiations broke down amid reported concerns about his knee – has been linked with a move away from Lyon.
Premier League giants and Champions League finalists Liverpool are reportedly set to reignite their interest in France international midfielder Fekir.
And World Cup winner Fekir – who is contracted until 2020 and scored 12 goals in all competitions this season – has been given permission to leave boyhood club Lyon, where the 25-year-old made his debut in 2013.
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Bernd Leno s eight Bundesliga seasons will count for little in adapting to the Premier League, according to Arsenal team-mate and goalkeeping rival Petr Cech.
Leno, 26, signed from Bayer Leverkusen for a reported £19.2million in June but is yet to learn from head coach Unai Emery whether he will be first choice.
The Germany international is locked in a fight to dislodge Cech, who has been the Gunners number one for the past three seasons, and the former Chelsea man has warned him not to underestimate the rigours of English football.
There are so many things that a goalkeeper coming to the Premier League has not experienced in a different league, said Cech, as quoted by The London Evening Standard.
Obviously you have the physicality and the way the game…
An elated Kevin Trapp declared Wednesday the best day of his career, after Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Rangers in the Europa League final.
The Eagles had to come from a goal down after Joe Aribo s 57th minute opener, equalising through Rafael Borre to force extra-time before winning 5-4 in the penalty shootout.
After winning everything domestically in France over three seasons with Paris Saint-Germain, this is Trapp s first silverware with Eintracht Frankfurt over two stints at the club, only returning after their DFB Pokal win in 2018.
The 31-year-old was named player of the match and could not hide his joy, helping the German club win their first European trophy since 1980.
I don’t have any words for that, Trapp said post-match. I ve tried to find …
The Premier League has appointed Richard Masters as its new chief executive with immediate effect.
Masters, who first took the job on an interim basis last year, was approved by Premier League clubs at a special meeting on Thursday.
I feel privileged to be given the opportunity to lead the Premier League in what will be one of the most exciting stages of its development, said Masters in a statement.
I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the clubs and our partners and other stakeholders over the past year. This is one of the most incredible jobs in the world of sport and I now look forward to leading the League in the many opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.
Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck, who heads the Premier League nominations committee, adde…
Germany take on Mexico in the second Confederations Cup semi-final on Thursday, maintaining Joachim Low s proud record of reaching the final four of every tournament he has entered as national team boss.
From that point onwards, however, Die Mannschaft s record is a little more mixed.
Here, Omnisport takes you through some of the highs and lows of Low s celebrated tenure.
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Germany came second in their group behind Croatia, meaning they were forced to overcome Portugal 3-2 in the quarter-finals. The same scoreline came to pass in a thrillingly dramatic semi against Turkey. Ugur Boral gave Turkey the lead after Colin Kazim-Richards struck the crossbar for the second time in the first half but Bastian Schweinsteiger hit back swiftly. Mir…
Diego Simeone defended Atletico Madrid s attritional style, stating they haven t done much wrong in his seven years at the helm.
Argentine coach Simeone presides over a well-organised team that focuses on making life difficult for the opposition before hitting them on the break.
However, Atletico were thumped 4-0 by Lucien Favre s forward-thinking, exciting Borussia Dortmund side in their previous Champions League outing.
Simeone is the most successful coach in Atletico s history with seven trophies since taking over in 2011 and indicated he has no intention of changing his ways after one negative result.
Football is marvellous and there are countless ways to play and to win. You have to choose one and we believe in ours because of our players attributes…