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Liverpool belatedly got the job done against Wolves, but by then Steven Gerrard and Aston Villa had already lost their two-goal lead.

It has been an excellent debut season, and the odd mistake has to be accepted as a fair price to pay for an elite centre-back of the future. He made no mistake, squaring the ball for a tap-in. Having played a key role in the equaliser against Wolves, he could be seen galvanising his teammates, setting the standards for those around him. He has brought all of the same passion to Liverpool. There is a shred of comfort in the fact that Liverpool did their job, but it was a cruel way to end the domestic campaign. But in the end, as has been the case all season, both of the title contenders did their jobs.

Some season ticket holders made the ultimate sacrifice for the Premier League match and watched it from the pub.

He never raised the Premier League trophy as Liverpool captain, but as Aston Villa’s manager had the chance on Sunday to help his old club to victory by beating Manchester City. “If they beat City and we win, we win the league. Their victory in the end is the difference between being able to pay £30m and £80m for a player.” They became champions for the fourth time in five seasons and Liverpool’s title dream was over. A fan for 60 years, he remembered his own father bringing him to games and watching matches from the “boys’ pen”, a small enclosure for children. “I’m absolutely distraught,” said Alexander Pritchard, who had driven up with his girlfriend from Bargoed in the Welsh valleys without tickets: “At the end of the day, we have got to give City credit. She had given her 16-year-old son, Dylan, her ticket, and was left jostling for position with vaping 12-year-olds and a bunch of Egyptian tourists who were beside themselves when Mo Salah scored in the 84th minute.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has said Thiago Alcantara is a major doubt for next Saturday's Champions League final with a hamstring injury.

"We have had our knocks, but this season is incredible. "Div is out [of the Champions League final]," Klopp said. "He can walk, which is a good sign, but after some rest, we will see.

The Liverpool manager saw his side fall short by a point despite beating Wolves, days before their Champions League final against Real Madrid.

We were close but in the end not close enough.” It’s not cool, but it’s not completely unexpected. We now have five days to prepare the final and we face an incredibly experienced team, but that’s really OK. Losing the league today increases the desire to put it right next week.” Not today the maximum reward, but we will get it. What I learned about life is that if you stay on track and keep going, you get the reward. Klopp insisted his treble chasers would turn their Premier League deflation into a motivation when meeting the Spanish champions in Paris on Saturday. The Liverpool manager said: “I can imagine it was much worse for the people at home watching on TV all over the world who were Liverpool fans.

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Manchester City, though, don’t have a Champions League final to look forward to — and that was the Liverpool message. This time, she was joined by plenty of others during the walk as she netted to several cheers in front of the Liverpool crowd. Liverpool still have one more game to play, of course — the Champions League final next weekend — and they already have two trophies that have been added to the cabinet.

The Good, Bad and Ugly: Liverpool made Jürgen Klopp proud once again with a battling Wolves win after an Ibrahima Konaté error, but it wasn't quite enough.

The cruelty of the comeback was made somewhat more bearable by the fact that it had been completed before Liverpool had managed to establish a lead of their own. It’s never exactly the ideal opening to a game, but given the circumstances, it was shocking. For a long time, it looked as though Manchester City would slip up, only for Liverpool to fail to capitalise. As such, going behind within a matter of minutes was the definition of a bad start. Who knows if that information would even have reached the pitch at the Etihad? It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but Klopp will know that his team have done him proud. Winning it would have been almost literally unbelievable, but becoming champions of Europe next weekend would crown the best campaign in living memory — and certainly the best under Klopp.

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They found that breakthrough seven minutes from fulltime when Salah squeezed in a loose ball in the box. Wolves finished 10th on 51 points. Advertisement

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He's limping, so it's maybe not the best sign," he said. I'm still record holder for not getting promoted in Germany with the highest points tally. I don't know the results exactly but I know Villa were 1-0 up - were they 2-0 up as well?

Wolves took a shock lead three minutes in, when defender Ibrahima Konate misjudged a bouncing ball from a goal kick allowing Raul Jimenez to run in behind on ...

They found that breakthrough seven minutes from fulltime when Salah squeezed in a loose ball in the box. Wolves finished 10th on 51 points. "The lads have given everything, so you can't have too many issues.

Missing out on the Premier League title on the last day of the season has given Liverpool an extra edge heading into the Champions League final, ...

"Congratulations to Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, all staff, all players, whole club, for being champions. "There are maybe worse scenarios, if you would have been a point up and don't make it, that might feel even worse. "And there we will try absolutely everything.

When votes were cast for the Premier League Player of the Season award, Salah remained the division's top scorer and creator, despite the 'decline'. And yet, ...

It’s also worth noting that De Bruyne was Premier League Player of the Season in 2019/20 despite Liverpool’s glaring supremacy, while Foden has now won Young Player of the Season back-to-back. Only twice in Premier League history has a player led both tables outright — Andy Cole in 1993/94 and Harry Kane in 2020/21. It seems that recency bias has played a large part in De Bruyne’s success. Salah’s goal in the 2-2 draw against Chelsea on 2 January took him to 23 for the season, in addition to his 10 assists. Better than Salah? It’s important to stress the rarity of a player topping both the goals and assists charts. Midway through the current campaign, he looked like he might just be able to challenge those numbers.

Jurgen Klopp wanted to sign the Portugal under-21 international in January but, despite agreeing personal terms and the player completing a medical, the deal ...

A Liverpool statement said: “Liverpool FC can confirm Fábio Carvalho will join the club this summer. Carvalho came through the academy ranks at Fulham and went on to make 44 senior appearances in total for the London club.” “Carvalho played a key role in Fulham’s promotion back to the Premier League in 2021-22, scoring 10 goals and providing eight assists in 36 games as Marco Silva’s side won the Championship title.

Liverpool just came up short as Man City won the Premier League title again. But for Jurgen Klopp's men it's all about the what-ifs.

It is Liverpool's misfortune to be enjoying their peak years under Klopp at the same time City are collecting trophies under Guardiola. Over the last four years, Liverpool have won one title and finished runners-up behind City twice -- with 92 points this season and 97 in 2018-19. "There are worse scenarios -- we could have been a point ahead [on the final day] and not made it -- but we don't feel good. "I would have preferred they [City] were 5-0 up after 10 minutes so we could just play out game, but the season was close, so close. By the time Mohamed Salah managed to put Liverpool ahead on 84 minutes, City had already turned defeat into victory by scoring three times in five minutes through Gundogan (twice) and Rodri. It was the same story at home to Brighton in October, when 2-0 became 2-2, that time after being two goals clear after 24 minutes. LIVERPOOL, England -- There are always what-ifs when a team gets so close to glory.

Liverpool lost out to Manchester City in the Premier League title race, and chants from Man United fans prove an important point.

Real Madrid may beat Liverpool in Paris on Saturday, and there would likely be even more doom and gloom around the Reds fan base if that were to happen. The answers to both of these are enough on their own to pick up the mood among the fanbase. With a Champions League final to look forward to at the weekend, the environment of English football’s two most successful clubs could not be more different. It’s not the first time that this particular chant and others of a similar variety have been aimed at Liverpool and the club’s supporters by sections of Man United supporters. It must not be forgotten what Liverpool have already achieved this season, and could still do before it comes to a conclusion. While Liverpool were winning their 28th league match of the season, approximately 240 miles away at Selhurst Park Manchester United fans showed how far their club has fallen.

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The biggest moment of Liverpool’s season didn’t come on the pitch and would surely only be surpassed by winning the Champions League final in Paris. On 29 April, Liverpool announced that Klopp had signed a two-year extension to his contract. And remarkable too that it wasn’t enough to give them a shot at the quadruple. Klopp’s side were involved in five 2-2 draws, a 3-3 draw and a 3-2 defeat in the league this season. They were brilliant and they were brilliant to watch. To an extent chaos defines Klopp’s success – “heavy metal football” and all that – and suits the team: a front three of bangs and whistles, a high defensive line and two gloriously attacking full-backs. Liverpool are unfortunate to have peaked at the same time as Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. Even if you consider that these two clubs and managers propel each other on, Liverpool would be more triumphant if Guardiola wasn’t here.

Liverpool have reached an agreement to sign winger Fabio Carvalho from Fulham in the summer, the Premier League club said on Monday.

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Liverpool have announced the signing of Fabio Carvalho from Fulham, with the player set to join on July 1.

Liverpool finished second in the Premier League, behind champions Manchester City. They have already won the League Cup and FA Cup this season, and will face Real Madrid in the Champions League final on Saturday. Carvalho, 19, will join Liverpool for a reported fee of £5 million when his contract with Fulham ends in June. The winger is not available on a free due to his age, so the two clubs have reached a compromise to the prevent the deal from going to a transfer tribunal. Liverpool have announced the signing of Fabio Carvalho from Fulham, with the player set to join on July 1.

The Fulham attacking midfielder has been all but confirmed in the last five months after an administrative error denied the Reds his signature in the winter ...

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Pundits were quick to write off Liverpool's chances this season but Jurgen Klopp's side pushed Man City all the way again in the Premier League.

This week they will go to Paris in search of a seventh European Cup when they meet Real Madrid at the Stade de France on Saturday night. What followed from there was a four-month blitz that would see the Reds close that gap by 13 points as they picked up 50 from a possible 54 available. A hugely beneficial factor was the fact that Klopp had so many of his big names available to him from day one in Austria on July 12. Close-fought victories over Wolves and Aston Villa started off a jam-packed December well before Newcastle were beaten 3-1 on the 16th of the month. It made it 43 in just the 13 games that had been played across all competitions at the time on a day where United played into Liverpool's hands long before the opening whistle. It's understood a team meeting was called following the mid-season break and some home truths were delivered. Before that, though, there would be some bumps in the road. "I must admit, I've completely had the wool pulled over my eyes by Liverpool," remarked one London-based reporter to the ECHO that month. The pre-match decision to play James' Sit Down over the speakers at Old Trafford only emboldened those in the away end to sing about Salah as he went through his pre-match warm up. In a list of predictions made by 20 ex-professionals and pundits before the campaign began, no-one picked the Reds to finish first. A month away from Merseyside at pre-season camps in Austria and France also laid the early groundwork for what would follow. With many stressing the need for a Gini Wijnaldum replacement to be sourced at the time, some questioned the wisdom of not joining the race for the Atletico Madrid midfielder.

Liverpool still expect Real Madrid to win the race for Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni this summer. The Reds had identified the France international ...

At 22, the dynamic midfielder fits the profile of what Liverpool are looking at for the long term, but the club have accepted that Tchouameni is likely destined for Madrid as Los Blancos look to strengthen their own ranks this summer. Tchouameni is currently represented by French agency Excellence Sports Nation and it is understood that ESN have informed Liverpool 's recruitment team that their client wants to sign for the 13-time European Cup winners later this year. Reports in France after Sunday's 3-1 win against Wolves claimed that Tchouameni had agreed terms with both Liverpool and their fellow Champions League finalists Real following the close of play in the Premier League.

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We want to wait until we know more about it and then you will get the information as well." "I can imagine their disappointment," he wrote on social media after the announcement of his decision. Credible, incredible and anything in between: we round it all up in one place here, taking a sideways look at the day’s media goings-on from around the world.

Kevin De Bruyne has admitted Liverpool's relentless pursuit of the Premier League title made Manchester City's celebratory scenes all the more enjoyable on Sunday afternoon. Pep Guardiola's side were pushed to the finish line once again by the Reds, ...

There was one stage on Sunday afternoon where it seemed City's title quest was dead in the water, with former Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho firing Aston Villa into a two-goal lead at the Etihad Stadium in the second half. It was the Sky Blues who eventually prevailed as champions courtesy of a dramatic final day comeback, with De Bruyne recognising Liverpool's step-up in intensity in recent months forced the Citizens to take their game to another level. Pep Guardiola's side were pushed to the finish line once again by the Reds, securing top spot by a single point for the second time in three years.

Thiago may be able to face Real Madrid after scans showed no serious damage to the star midfielder's ankle.

Former Liverpool player Peter Crouch has been reviewing the Premier League season and named the Reds player he thinks is the player of the year.

Looking at Liverpool, I absolutely love Sadio Mane and Virgil van Dijk's the best around at centre half but Salah brings that extra edge to them every week. Former Liverpool player Peter Crouch has been reviewing the Premier League season and named the Reds player he thinks is the player of the year. 'It's Got To Be....' - Peter Crouch Names Which Liverpool Superstar He Thinks Is Player Of The Year

The club has a few players that are coming towards the last year of their contracts, so decisions need to be made. Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, ...

Unfortunately for Villa, they may not get the chance. Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, and Joe Gomez have all been linked with moves away, as their futures with Liverpool look doubtful. Incomings, outgoings, and contract extensions will be the priority.

After the disappointment of just missing out on the Premier League title, Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah is clearly in a determined mood heading into the ...

Liverpool Star To Miss Champions League Final Against Real Madrid After winning the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, Liverpool now look forward to the Champions League final against Los Blancos on Saturday. After the disappointment of just missing out on the Premier League title, Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah is clearly in a determined mood heading into the Champions League final against Real Madrid at the weekend.

Kylian Mbappe has claimed he held talks over a potential move to join Liverpool on two separate occasions. The 23-year-old forward recently signed a new three-year deal to remain at the Ligue 1 side, putting an end to recent speculation over his future ...

It’s a big club," revealed the PSG star. Real Madrid were firm favourites to secure the services of Mbappe on a free transfer this summer, having failed in their efforts to recruit the 2018 World Cup winner last year. We talked a little bit."

Liverpool fans were goaded by several different sets of supporters as Man City were crowned as champions. But the Reds know the reality of the Premier ...

What the taunts really prove is how far Liverpool have come in recent seasons, and how far their rivals have fallen. They could not have done any more than what they did to get over the line, and must accept that Manchester City, across the league season, were a point better. By the time the final whistle came, Manchester City had already been confirmed as champions, but the Liverpool fans inside Anfield were defiant.

Liverpool are willing to give Thiago Alcantara every chance of being fit in time for Champions League final against Real Madrid on Saturday.

Thiago has suffered final heartbreak once already this season having been injured during the warm-up ahead of the League Cup win over Chelsea at Wembley in February after being named in the starting line-up. With Fabinho also facing a race against time to be fit for Paris having missed the last three games with a hamstring complaint, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp faces a potential midfield headache. Thiago will now undergo intensive treatment at the AXA Training Centre before a decision is made on whether he will be part of the playing squad that travels to France at the end of the week.

Liverpool have confirmed the transfer of attacking midfielder Fábio Carvalho from Fulham. Jürgen Klopp has a top talent on his hands that could be moulded ...

Firmino was a number 10 at Hoffenheim before Klopp turned the Brendan Rodgers signing into a central striker, and Carvalho does have the hallmarks of someone who could potentially do that role. It could be that Liverpool view Carvalho as a long term successor to Roberto Firmino as a false nine. But what does remain to be seen is exactly where Carvalho ends up playing on the pitch.

Thiago Alcântara could be set to miss the Champions League final after hobbling out of the game against Wolves, which poses serious questions for Jürgen ...

Liverpool will need as much quality on the field as possible if they want to win the midfield battle against Modrić, Casemiro and Kroos, and not having both of them fit will put Klopp at a serious disadvantage. Moreover, with Fabinho still unsure of whether he will make it back before the final, Klopp’s first-choice midfield could be depleted by the time the team gets to the French capital. As of writing, only Jordan Henderson is assured of a role in the starting XI from Klopp’s preferred midfield. We want to wait until we know more about it and then you will get the information as well.” Thiago was replaced by James Milner at the start of the second half. All the rest we will see from tomorrow.

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"That is on the club," he said of Rangnick's role. "We want to win every game so we go from game to game and then we will see. "This is a project, it takes time," he said. Rangnick is set to take over as Austria manager but is still contracted to the club in a consultancy role for the next two years. I am looking forward to battle with them." "I know in this club - I have the experience of Ajax and Bayern - in the top (clubs) there is never time.

Manchester City might have edged the Premier League this season, but Liverpool already have a reason for transfer optimism ahead of the next campaign.

The biggest stumbling block would be the approval of Manchester City. They will be reluctant to strengthen a rival. The hope within Manchester City will be that big-money transfer Erling Haaland picks up a lot of the goal-scoring slack, but for the time being there is not an abundance of prolific finishers in the squad. But it seems certain that Guardiola will miss his contributions over the course of a Premier League season. Summoned from the bench, Gündoğan was ultimately the hero for Guardiola, scoring twice as a 2-0 deficit was overturned in the blink of an eye. Nineteen days after the conclusion of a dramatic Premier League campaign that saw Manchester City pip Liverpool to the post, the English transfer window will open. According to the Daily Mail, İlkay Gündoğan has been given the green light to find a new club, with just a year left on his current Manchester City contract.

Kylian Mbappe said Liverpool were one of the clubs he spoke to before deciding to extend his stay at Paris St Germain, and that he had also met with the ...

Of course, it was between Real Madrid and Paris St Germain in the end." When I was in Monaco I met them. Kylian Mbappe said Liverpool were one of the clubs he spoke to before deciding to extend his stay at Paris St Germain, and that he had also met with the Premier League side in 2017 when he was still at Monaco.

Fábio Carvalho has officially signed with Liverpool, but the 19-year-old isn't likely to get much game time. But that could all change by the summer of ...

Diogo Jota should still be present and Mané could also be at the club, but the likes of Roberto Firmino and Takumi Minamino likely won’t be. Aurélien Tchouaméni is expected to move to Real Madrid as things stand, but the Reds are prioritising that area of the pitch and will have invested in a new midfielder by then. Elliott, meanwhile, will want to build on his outings this season over the next year or two. Trent Alexander-Arnold will still be bombing up and down the right flank, given that he’s only 23. The likes of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané, if they are still at the club, will be well into their mid-30s, and so we could see more and more of Carvalho in the starting XI. But it’s likely that Carvalho won’t feature much for Liverpool next season — certainly not to the extent that he’s played for Fulham of late.

Liverpool will take part in their last game of the season on Saturday as Jurgen Klopp's side look to get the better of Real Madrid in the Champions League ...

There are also question marks over the likes of Fabinho and Thiago for the final, with the midfield duo facing a race against time to be involved in Paris. Both Jota and Roberto Firmino could serve as effective options from the bench. Liverpool do have some injury concerns ahead of this showpiece fixture, however, which could pose problems for Klopp as he ponders who to name in his starting-eleven.