Liverpool s top scorer Mohamed Salah will have a knock assessed after his match-winning heroics in the 2-1 victory over Leicester City came at a cost.
Salah led Liverpool s charge to get back into the game after Jamie Vardy s third-minute opener at Anfield – fruitlessly at first, before collecting Sadio Mane s clever backheel to equalise seven minutes into the second half.
The winner arrived 14 minutes from time, with James Milner providing the clever flick for Salah to shake off the attentions of Leicester centre-back Harry Maguire and fire home his 23rd goal of the season in all competitions.
Liverpool travel to Burnley on New Year s Day and manager Jurgen Klopp was not entirely optimistic over his prospects of featuring at Turf Moor.
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James Milner has stressed the importance of Liverpool achieving a successful end to the Premier League campaign, as Jurgen Klopp s side prepare to visit AFC Bournemouth.
Liverpool completed a heroic turnaround against Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League on Thursday, scoring three goals in the final 25 minutes on a raucous night at Anfield to secure a 5-4 aggregate victory and a place in the semi-finals.
But now their attentions turn back to the Premier League, and they head into the clash at Vitality Stadium in eighth, on the back of just one defeat in their last seven league outings.
We ll try and win every game, Milner told the Liverpool Echo. It is important to try and finish strongly in the league.
The performance was good at the weekend against …
Leroy Sane says that he rejected the chance to join Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool before signing for Manchester City.
The pacey winger has been in spectacular form for City this season, scoring six goals and supplying nine assists for the runaway Premier League leaders.
City bought the Germany international from Schalke in a reported £37million deal in August 2016, after attracting several suitors following his impressive performances in the Bundesliga.
Compatriot Klopp was among those keen to bring in Sane, but the Reds boss was unable to convince him to choose Merseyside over Manchester.
Yes, I was also talking with them, Sane told The Guardian. Jurgen was calling me too, talking to me. That was before I joined City.
He did a good job at [Borussi…
Spanish newspaper that Real Betis are preparing a January bid for Anderlecht midfielder Roland Vargas.
Los Verdiblancos coach Pepe Mel has requested a new right-sided midfielder from sporting director Vlada Stosic, with the club official already working on adding a quality player to the squad.
While Stosic has opened talks over two unnamed players, Anderlecht midfielder Rolando Vargas has emerged as the number one target for the La Liga side.
Vargas, 26, is essentially an attacking midfielder, but can also play on the right hand side and he could be signed on the cheap.
The Venezuelan was predicted a great career when he left Club Brugge to join arch rivals Anderlecht in the summer of 2011, but his progress at Constant Vanden Stock was halted by numerou…