Thirty Years of Hurt Came to an End for Liverpool When They Were

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Thirty Years of Hurt Came to an End for Liverpool When They Were SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2020 09 Thirty years of hurt came to an end for Liverpool when they were confirmed as Premier League champions on Thursday courtesy of second-placed Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat by Chelsea Liverpool fans celebrate winning the Premier League outside Anfield Jubilation as Liverpool win title to end 30-year drought AFP | London iverpool ended a 30-year wait for the English title as they were Lcrowned Premier League cham- pions on Thursday, triggering jubilant scenes as fans ignored social-distancing to celebrate uproariously. Jurgen Klopp’s men sealed a 19th league title with a record seven games remaining after Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat of second-placed Manchester City left the 2018 and 2019 champions an unbridge- able 23 points adrift. Liverpool’s first English title since 1990 -- further delayed by the coro - navirus shutdown -- earns them their maiden trophy in the Premier League, Fans celebrate Liverpool winning the Premier League title outside Anfield stadium which was introduced in 1992 and has been won 13 times by their arch-rivals LeBron James, actor Samuel L. Jackson Manchester United. and former world number one tennis Fabinho of Liverpool celebrates with his team after scoring his sides third goal during the Premier Klopp was in tears after Liverpool’s player Caroline Wozniacki among those League match between Liverpool FC and Crystal Palace long-awaited win, which follows their paying tribute. Champions League and Club World the coronavirus lockdown forcing them Reds captain Steven Gerrard made Cup victories last year, when they fin- ‘I’m hoping there is more’ KNOW WHAT to put the champagne on ice. a costly slip in a late-season defeat ished just a point behind City in the Liverpool, who were tantalisingly Videos on social media showed many against Chelsea. Premier League. close to glory when the coronavirus of Liverpool’s players watching the But Klopp’s team are deserved cham- “It’s such a big moment, I am com- forced the suspension of English foot- With 28 wins and one Chelsea match together at a hotel. pions after an incredible campaign that pletely overwhelmed,” an emotional ball in March, demolished Crystal Pal- defeat in 31 games, “We won’t tell you the exact location could end in record-breaking style. Klopp told Sky Sports. “Tonight it is for ace 4-0 at their home ground of Anfield but we are all in a hotel together as a Liverpool are on course to beat Man- you out there. on Wednesday to stand on the brink of Liverpool have set a team,” Liverpool star Andrew Robert- chester City’s record points total of 100 “It’s incredible. I hope you stay at the title. record-breaking pace and son told the BBC. set in 2017/18. home, or go in front of your house if you City needed to win at Stamford were 25 points clear in “We thought something hopefully Klopp, the first German manager to want, but not more. We do it together Bridge to keep the Premier League February -- the biggest lead special was going to happen and that’s win the Premier League, has been the in this moment and it is a joy to do it alive but slipped to a 2-1 defeat. in Premier League history how it turned out.” architect of Liverpool’s renaissance for you.” Liverpool’s 19th English title, which since the former Borussia Dortmund However, thousands of fans, many puts them one behind United’s record keep hungry, keep wanting more and Ferguson era boss arrived in 2015. in face masks, converged on Anfield, haul of 20, owes much to the transfor- following him.” Liverpool spent years in the shadow Infusing his players with a belief lighting flares, chanting and celebrating mational impact of Klopp. Liverpool have clinched the title ear- of arch-rivals Manchester United dur- in his “heavy metal” football and with a replica trophy, while motorists “We followed him and believed him,” lier than any other Premier League ing the Alex Ferguson era before being high-tempo “gegen-pressing” game- drove up and beeped their horns. said captain Jordan Henderson. “It’s champions, breaking the previous re- left behind by the massive spending of plan, the charismatic Klopp has earned Congratulations poured in from been an amazing journey. cord of five games left shared by City Manchester City and Chelsea. his place alongside Liverpool’s iconic around the world with basketball star “I’m hoping there is more. We just and Manchester United. They infamously squandered a gold- former managers Bill Shankly, Bob But it has been an agonising wait for en opportunity to win the title in 2014 Paisley and Kenny Dalglish. Liverpool fans across the world, with under manager Brendan Rodgers, when “He epitomises everything that Liv- erpool Football Club stands for. He appreciates it, he respects everyone who works at he club,” Dalglish, ar- chitect of Liverpool’s 1990 title, said of the German. Klopp led the club to the Champions League last season, but Liverpool were pipped to the Premier League title by City despite finishing with a record 97 points for top-flight runners-up. But with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino forming a formidable front three, Henderson a tireless presence in midfield and Virgil van Dijk imperious at the back, Liver- pool have left City trailing in their wake this term. “That is the reality, that we are so far behind,” said City boss Pep Guardiola. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp looks on prior to the Premier League match between Liverpool FC “Liverpool were fantastic in consisten- and Crystal Palace Liverpool players and fans celebrate winning Champions League (file photo) cy throughout the whole season.”.
Recommended publications
  • Wayne Rooney: Captain of England Free
    FREE WAYNE ROONEY: CAPTAIN OF ENGLAND PDF Tom Oldfield,Matt Oldfield | 160 pages | 01 Apr 2016 | John Blake Publishing Ltd | 9781784186470 | English | London, United Kingdom Wayne Rooney: Derby County forward tests negative for Covid but must self-isolate - BBC Sport Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney faces the possibility of being infected by coronavirus, after a friend paid him a visit at his family home. With the Rooney Covid result is awaited, reports suggest that the former Red Devil is known to be angry and disappointed by the sequence of events. In a report by The Sun, Wayne Rooney's friend Josh Bardsley visited the former England international at his family home on Thursday to give him a watch. The incident occurred a day prior to Derby County's defeat to Watford, a game where Rooney played the entire 90 minutes. The statement further stated that the former Manchester United captain is angry and disappointed f having been put through this ordeal by someone acting in breach of the NHS and the government guidelines. Rooney will now take a swab test and should he test positive, the COVID UK rules suggest that he will have to self-isolate at his Cheshire home for 14 days. The year-old's family will also have to be tested for the deadly virus. Derby County subsequently released a statement regarding the same but opted against mentioning Wayne Rooney's name. The Championship club said that they were aware of a report in a national newspaper relating Wayne Rooney: Captain of England a member of the club's playing squad being in contact with an individual which has Wayne Rooney: Captain of England positive for Wayne Rooney: Captain of England and will continue to adhere to strict rules and protocols for the same.
    [Show full text]
  • Sample Download
    David Stuart & RobertScotland: Club, Marshall Country & Collectables Club, Country & Collectables 1 Scotland Club, Country & Collectables David Stuart & Robert Marshall Pitch Publishing Ltd A2 Yeoman Gate Yeoman Way Durrington BN13 3QZ Email: [email protected] Web: www.pitchpublishing.co.uk First published by Pitch Publishing 2019 Text © 2019 Robert Marshall and David Stuart Robert Marshall and David Stuart have asserted their rights in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the authors of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher and the copyright owners, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the terms stated here should be sent to the publishers at the UK address printed on this page. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. 13-digit ISBN: 9781785315419 Design and typesetting by Olner Pro Sport Media. Printed in India by Replika Press Scotland: Club, Country & Collectables INTRODUCTION Just when you thought it was safe again to and Don Hutchison, the match go back inside a quality bookshop, along badges (stinking or otherwise), comes another offbeat soccer hardback (or the Caribbean postage stamps football annual for grown-ups) from David ‘deifying’ Scotland World Cup Stuart and Robert Marshall, Scottish football squads and the replica strips which writing’s answer to Ernest Hemingway and just defy belief! There’s no limit Mary Shelley.
    [Show full text]
  • Media Value in Football Season 2014/15
    MERIT report on Media Value in Football Season 2014/15 Summary - Main results Authors: Pedro García del Barrio Director Académico de MERIT social value Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) Bruno Montoro Ferreiro Analista de MERIT social value Asier López de Foronda López Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) With the collaboration of: Josep Maria Espina Serra (UIC Barcelona) Arnau Raventós Gascón (UIC Barcelona) Ignacio Fernández Ponsin (UIC Barcelona) www.meritsocialvalue.com 2 Presentation MERIT (Methodology for the Evaluation and Rating of Intangible Talent) is part of an academic project with vast applications in the field of business and company management. This methodology has proved to be useful in measuring the economic value of intangible talent in professional sport and in other entertainment industries. In our estimations – and in the elaboration of the rankings – two elements are taken into consideration: popularity (degree of interest aroused between the fans and the general public) and media value (the level of attention that the mass media pays). The calculations may be made at specific points in time during a season, or accumulating the news generated during a particular period: weeks, months, years, etc. Additionally, the homogeneity amongst the measurements allows for a comparison of the media value status of individuals, teams, institutions, etc. Together with the measurements and rankings, our database allows us to conduct analyses on a wide variety of economic and business problems: estimates of the market value (or “fair value”) of players’ transfer fees; calculation of the brand value of individuals, teams and leagues; valuation of the economic return from alliances between sponsors; image rights contracts of athletes and teams; and a great deal more.
    [Show full text]
  • A Brief History of Sports
    CLUB LEGENDS TURNED MANAGERS After Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed as Manchester United manager on a permanent basis, we take a look at how other club legends have fared when sat in the managerial hot-seat. 1 K E N N Y D A L G L I S H ( 1 9 8 5 - 1 9 9 1 , 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 2 ) L I V E R P O O L Having already endured a successful eight years as a player at Anfield, Dalglish took over from Joe Fagan where he combined his playing career with managerial duties. In his time in charge he won nine trophies, including the league and cup double in the first season. Following a poor run of form with Roy Hogdson, Dalglish returned as manager in January 2011, but this spell was much less successful than the previous, with the only success being in the League Cup. Win ratio: 60.9%, 47.3% 2 J O E R O Y L E ( 1 9 9 4 - 1 9 9 7 ) E V E R T O N Royle, who scored over 100 goals while playing up front for the Toffee's in the 60's and 70's, became manager of the Goodison Park club 20 years after he left them as a player. Despite only being in charge for three years, he led the club to FA Cup glory which is coincidentally their most recent trophy. Win ratio: 39.83% 3 B R Y A N G U N N ( 2 0 0 9 ) N O R W I C H Gunn, who endured over a decade as a goalkeeper for the East Anglian side, was tasked with trying to save Norwich from relegation to League One.
    [Show full text]
  • Chelsea Champions League Penalty Shootout
    Chelsea Champions League Penalty Shootout Billie usually foretaste heinously or cultivate roguishly when contradictive Friedrick buncos ne'er and banally. Paludal Hersh never premiere so anyplace or unrealize any paragoge intemperately. Shriveled Abdulkarim grounds, his farceuses unman canoes invariably. There is one penalty shootout, however, that actually made me laugh. After Mane scored, Liverpool nearly followed up with a second as Fabinho fired just wide, then Jordan Henderson forced a save from Kepa Arrizabalaga. Luckily, I could do some movements. Premier League play without conceding a goal. Robben with another cross to Mueller identical from before. Drogba also holds the record for most goals scored at the new Wembley Stadium with eight. Of course, you make saves as a goalkeeper, play the ball from the back, catch a corner. Too many images selected. There is no content available yet for your selection. Sorry, images are not available. Next up was Frank Lampard and, of course, he scored with a powerful hit. Extra small: Most smartphones. Preview: St Mirren vs. Find general information on life, culture and travel in China through our news and special reports or find business partners through our online Business Directory. About two thirds of the voters decided in favor of the proposition. FC Bayern Muenchen München vs. Frank Lampard of Chelsea celebrates scoring the opening goal from the penalty spot with teammate Didier Drogba during the Barclays Premier League. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday. Their second penalty was more successful, but hardly signalled confidence from the spot, it all looked like Burghausen left their heart on the pitch and had nothing to give anymore.
    [Show full text]
  • 2019-20 Impeccable Premier League Soccer Checklist Hobby
    2019-20 Impeccable Premier League Soccer Checklist Hobby Autographs=Yellow; Green=Silver/Gold Bars; Relic=Orange; White=Base/Metal Inserts Player Set Card # Team Print Run Callum Wilson Gold Bar - Premier League Logo 13 AFC Bournemouth 3 Harry Wilson Silver Bar - Premier League Logo 8 AFC Bournemouth 25 Joshua King Silver Bar - Premier League Logo 7 AFC Bournemouth 25 Lewis Cook Auto - Jersey Number 2 AFC Bournemouth 16 Lewis Cook Auto - Rookie Metal Signatures 9 AFC Bournemouth 25 Lewis Cook Auto - Stats 14 AFC Bournemouth 4 Lewis Cook Auto Relic - Extravagance Patch + Parallels 5 AFC Bournemouth 140 Lewis Cook Relic - Dual Materials + Parallels 10 AFC Bournemouth 130 Lewis Cook Silver Bar - Premier League Logo 6 AFC Bournemouth 25 Lloyd Kelly Auto - Jersey Number 14 AFC Bournemouth 26 Lloyd Kelly Auto - Rookie + Parallels 1 AFC Bournemouth 140 Lloyd Kelly Auto - Rookie Metal Signatures 1 AFC Bournemouth 25 Ryan Fraser Silver Bar - Premier League Logo 5 AFC Bournemouth 25 Aaron Ramsdale Metal - Rookie Metal 1 AFC Bournemouth 50 Callum Wilson Base + Parallels 9 AFC Bournemouth 130 Callum Wilson Metal - Stainless Stars 2 AFC Bournemouth 50 Diego Rico Base + Parallels 5 AFC Bournemouth 130 Harry Wilson Base + Parallels 7 AFC Bournemouth 130 Jefferson Lerma Base + Parallels 1 AFC Bournemouth 130 Joshua King Base + Parallels 2 AFC Bournemouth 130 Nathan Ake Base + Parallels 3 AFC Bournemouth 130 Nathan Ake Metal - Stainless Stars 1 AFC Bournemouth 50 Philip Billing Base + Parallels 8 AFC Bournemouth 130 Ryan Fraser Base + Parallels 4 AFC
    [Show full text]
  • Fired-Up Mourinho Renews Battle with Conte's Chelsea
    Sports FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017 Northern giants clash with EPL return in sight MANCHESTER: It will be a Premier League game in all but name when Newcastle United face Leeds United at St James’ Park today, with two of the traditional powers of northern English football seeking a return to the top flight. Newcastle, relegated from the Premier League last season, are second in the Championship and well placed for an immediate return, while Leeds, in fifth place, will look to get through the play-offs and end their 13 years in the lower divisions. The two clubs have histories that make them known well beyond their pas- sionate local support bases. Both are both former champions of England, with Leeds having won the last title before the creation of the Premier League in 1992. They have both won European trophies - Leeds twice capturing the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the forerunner MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho (left) walks away as his players of today’s Europa League, while Newcastle won the same com- take part in a team training session at their Carrington base in Manchester, north west England. —AFP petition in 1969. In more recent years, the clubs have featured in the Champions League, which Newcastle’s Spanish manager Rafa Benitez won as manager of Liverpool in 2005. While Benitez and Newcastle have quickly healed the pain of relega- Fired-up Mourinho renews tion with a strong challenge for direct promotion this season, life outside the Premier League has been tough for Leeds. The financial troubles which caused the team’s relegation battle with Conte’s Chelsea from the top flight in 2004 were also to blame for a slump into the third tier (League One) for three seasons, until they returned to the Championship in 2007.
    [Show full text]
  • Glasgow: in a League of Its Own
    ESTABLISHED IN 1863 Volume 148, No. 7 March 2011 Glasgow: In a League of Its Own Inside this Issue BY JONATHAN CLEGG Feature Article………….1 English football is dominated by Scottish managers, and from one city in particular Message from our President…................2 GLASGOW, Scotland—There are some 240 overseas players in the English Pre- mier League. They're spread all over the map—35 from France, seven from Senegal, Upcoming Events…….....3 one each from Uruguay, Mali and Greece. By some measures, it's the most cosmopoli- Tartan Ball flyer ………..6 tan league in all of sports. But when it comes to the men prowling the sidelines, some of the very best come from this same cold, industrial city of 600,000 in western Scot- Gifts to the Society: Mem- land. bership Announce- ments…………….....7 Hear ye, Hear Ye: Notice of motion to be voted on by the membership …………………......7 Dunsmuir Scottish Danc- ers flyer…………….8 Dan Reid Memorial Chal- lenge Recital flyer….9 Press Association—Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish, left, shakes hands with Alex Fergu- son of Manchester United. Both men were raised in Glasgow. (Continued on page 4) March 2011 www.saintandrewssociety-sf.org Page 1 A Message from Our President The Saint Andrew's Dear Members and Society Society of San Francisco Friends: 1088 Green Street San Francisco, CA Our February meeting went well. 94133‐3604 (415) 885‐6644 Second VP David McCrossan served Editor: William Jaggers some excellent pizzas and fresh green Email: [email protected] salad, then entertained and informed Membership Meetings: us with a first class presentation on Meetings are held the the ‚Languages of Scotland.‛ He 3rd Monday of the month, at showed some great film clips, too.
    [Show full text]
  • Date: 3 March 2012 Opposition: Arsenal Competition
    Date: 3 March 2012 Times Echo Telegraph Observer Sunday Telegraph March2012 3 Opposition: Arsenal Standard Independent Guardian Sunday Times Mirror Sun Independent Sunday Mail Sunday Mirror Competition: League Van Persie working on a different plane Wenger hopes Van Persie can make impossible possible against Milan Liverpool 1 Liverpool (1) 1 Koscielny 23 (og) Koscielny 23og Arsenal 2 Arsenal (1) 2 Van Persie 31, 90+2 Van Persie 31 90 Referee: M Halsey Attendance: 44,922 Referee Mark Halsey Amid the avalanche of statistics that rained down on Robin van Persie after goals Attendance 44,922 number 30 and 31 of a stellar season had enhanced Arsenal's prospects of Not content with producing one Kodak moment to win the game, Robin van Champions League football and damaged Liverpool's, there was one, more than Persie re-emerged from the players' tunnel almost an hour later to take any other, that told of a striker at the peak of his powers. photographs of an empty and eerily silent Anfield. Arsenal can only pray their It revealed that in the last four matches that the forward has scored, no brilliant Dutchman wanted to record the day of his first goals goalkeeper has saved one of his shots on target, with seven shots yielding seven against Liverpool and not historic English stadiums he may soon leave behind. goals. It reflected Van Persie's stature in a season of 31 goals that he should have a Maximum efficiency is being achieved. Just as gymnasts once aimed for a perfect major influence on the Champions League aspirations of two clubs on Saturday - ten and fencers look to avoid quite literally being foiled, so goalscorers dream of pushing Arsenal closer to a 15th consecutive campaign among the European elite becoming so unerringly accurate in their finishing that goalkeepers are taken out and Liverpool away from their main target for a third year.
    [Show full text]
  • Celtic Plc Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2019 CONTENTS Five Year Record
    Celtic plc Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2019 CONTENTS Five Year Record .................................................................................... 29 Summary of the Results ..................................................................... 1 Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members .................. 31 Chairman’s Statement ........................................................................ 2 Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income ....... 37 Chief Executive’s Review.................................................................... 3 Consolidated Balance Sheet ......................................................... 38 Strategic Report....................................................................................... 5 Company Balance Sheet ................................................................. 39 Directors’ Report ................................................................................... 13 Statements of Changes in Equity ............................................... 40 Corporate Governance ...................................................................... 17 Consolidated Cash Flow Statement ...........................................41 Audit Committee Report ................................................................... 23 Company Cash Flow Statement ................................................... 42 Remuneration Report ......................................................................... 25 Notes to the Financial Statements.............................................
    [Show full text]
  • Introducing a Statistical and Geometric Approach to Visualising and Analysing Passing in Football Using R
    Introducing a Statistical and Geometric approach to Visualising and Analysing Passing in Football using R Aaron Carman 180350874 Year 3 - Semester 2 1 Contents Introduction 4 Data Sourcing 4 Availability of Football Data . .4 How to work with StatsBomb data . .4 Installing packages . .4 Pulling in StatsBomb data . .5 What data is included? . .5 Pass Maps 8 Creating a Pass Map in R . .8 Pass Map code for individuals . .9 Interpreting Pass Maps . 10 Liverpool Pass Map . 10 Liverpool and Tottenham Shot Maps . 11 Pass Maps for Individuals Liverpool Players . 12 Comparing Pass Maps with discrete data . 13 Table of Passing Frequency . 13 Barplots of discrete passing data . 14 Pass Flow Graphs 16 Creating a Pass Flow Graph in R . 16 Preparing the data . 16 Plotting the graph . 18 Interpreting Pass Flow Graphs . 19 Liverpool Pass Flow Graph . 19 Pass Flow Graphs for Individual Liverpool Players . 20 Passing Networks 22 What are Passing Networks? . 22 Creating Passing Networks . 22 Interpreting Passing Networks . 25 Liverpool Passing Network . 25 Barcelona Passing Networks vs Manchester United . 26 Manchester United Passing Network vs Barcelona . 27 2 A Geometric Approach 28 Introducing Voronoi diagrams . 28 What are Voronoi diagrams? . 28 How do Voronoi diagrams relate to football? . 28 Voronoi diagrams of generated examples using Euclidean distance . 29 Creating the Voronoi diagrams . 29 Comparing formations using Voronoi diagrams . 30 Snapshots of Voronoi diagrams from real game situations . 35 Tanguy Ndombele’s goal vs Sheffield . 35 Discussions and Conclusions 37 A Note Regarding References 38 Bibliography 38 3 Introduction In football, the analysis of data is more prevalent than ever.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Membership Survey Executive Summary 2012
    Annual Membership Survey Executive Summary 2012 Questionnaires were sent to 1067 AST members at the end of the 2011/12 season. 636 responses were received, representing 60% of the membership. This year’s survey has seen a 65% increase in the number of respondents compared with 2011 A About You 1. Which of the following describe your relationship with Arsenal Football Club? (Respondents ticked more than 1 category) Shareholder:70 Platinum (Club) member:45 Gold member (Season ticket): 301 Silver member:66 Red member:171 Away scheme member: 17 Overseas supporter:60 Fanshare member:105 Junior Gunner: 1 B Ownership And Governance 2. Since his takeover in May 2011 are you satisfi ed with Stan Kroenke’s explanation of his Vision for Arsenal Football Club? Yes: 13%No: 75% No View: 12% 3. Do you think Stan Kroenke should make it a priority to support the Arsenal Fanshare scheme which was established by the AST to give more supporters involvement in Arsenal’s ownership structure? Yes: 82%No: 7% No View: 11% 4. Both Stan Kroenke and the Arsenal Board continue to reiterate their commitment to Arsenal’s Self- Sustaining model (where the club only spends the revenues it raises) and reject suggestions that either of its two main shareholders invest money into the club. Which of the following models would you prefer Arsenal to follow? a. Self-Sustaining model (only spending club revenues earned) 60% b. Outside investment into the club (benefactor model) 40% 5. Earlier this season the AST urged the Arsenal Board to review their business model, and, while supportive of the general principle of sustainability, urged them to fully review options for injecting additional cash into the club such as through a rights issue or short-term loan against future income.
    [Show full text]