Jurgen Klopp was pleased to see Liverpool recover from their knock against Real Madrid as they beat Wolves 2-0 at Anfield.
The Reds blew a two-goal lead at home to lose 5-2 against the Spanish giants in their Champions League last-16 first leg last week, but kept their fourth clean sheet in four Premier League games on Wednesday.
Second-half goals from Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah secured three points that send Liverpool up to sixth in the table, and six points off the top four.
Liverpool have kept a clean sheet in four or more consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since February-April last year (five).
We knew it would be a difficult game, we controlled the game in a lot of periods, Klopp told BBC Sport after the victory. There…
Darwin Nunez opened his Liverpool account in some style after scoring four times in the second half in a 5-0 thrashing of RB Leipzig on Thursday.
Nunez left Benfica for Liverpool in a deal potentially worth up to £85million (€100.5m) last month, but struggled to leave his mark in the opening 4-0 pre-season defeat to Manchester United in Bangkok.
The Uruguay international again failed to find the net in the 2-0 win over Crystal Palace, leading Jurgen Klopp to downplay murmurs of impatience and scrutiny by backing Nunez just two games after his arrival.
And the striker soon showed his qualities at the Red Bull Arena, converting from the penalty spot three minutes after being introduced at half-time, before latching onto a Trent Alexander-Arnold pass to finish c…
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has proved once again this season that he is the undisputed best player in the world, according to Brazilian great Rivaldo.
Messi was voted fifth in the running for last season s Ballon d Or, finishing behind Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, Cristiano Ronaldo and winner Luka Modric.
The Argentina international has been at his free-scoring best in 2018-19, however, netting 45 times in all competitions and setting up a further 12 goals for his team-mates in LaLiga alone.
Rivaldo feels Messi is out in front in terms of being the world s best player at this moment in time and has backed the 31-year-old to win a sixth Ballon d Or later this year.
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Erling Haaland is the name on everyone s lips this off-season.
Haaland enjoyed a stunning campaign for Borussia Dortmund, earning admirers from Europe s elite.
As speculation mounts over his future, Dortmund are determined to keep the Norwegian.
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Borussia Dortmund are demanding €200million (£172m) for star striker Erling Haaland, according to AS.
Haaland has been linked with Real Madrid, Manchester City, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Juventus, Liverpool, Chelsea and Bayern Munich.
Dortmund previously quoted €180m (£154m) but BVB have reportedly increased their demands as they try to retain the Norway forward for at least another season.
Bayern Munich winger Douglas Costa has claimed Pep Guardiola cannot sign any players from his former club for Manchester City, ruling out a move to the Etihad side in the process.
Guardiola lured the Brazil international from Shakhtar Donetsk to Bayern ahead of the 2015-16 campaign, but he will not follow the successful coach to the Premier League.
Would I be open to City if Pep called? It s something he has in his contract, a clause that says he cannot sign any players from Bayern, Costa told Globo Esporte.
I am in a situation where I could stay at Bayern for a long time. The club s philosophy is to keep players at Bayern for a long time. I am happy at the prospect of enjoying a long career here.
I have made a big step forward since leaving Shakhtar f…