Alisson believes Liverpool are on the right path again after admitting the reigning Premier League champions had let their lofty standards slip.
Jurgen Klopp s Reds were crowned with a record seven games to spare in the 2019-20 season but, perhaps unsurprisingly, their form dipped in the closing weeks, winning just five of their nine league fixtures upon the restart in June.
The new campaign began with a shaky 4-3 victory over newly promoted Leeds United, yet Liverpool looked more like the team who ran away with the title when seeing off Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge last weekend.
Sadio Mane scored twice and, playing against 10 men, there was a welcome clean sheet for goalkeeper Alisson, who saved a second-half penalty from Jorginho.
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has backed the much-maligned Alexis Sanchez to return to Manchester United at the end of the season after his loan at Inter and prove us all wrong .
Sanchez was sent to Inter at the start of the season after a woeful first 18 months at Old Trafford, as he scored just three Premier League goals in 32 matches.
The Chile international had arrived to much fanfare from Arsenal in a swap deal involving Henrikh Mkhitaryan in January 2018, but he failed to meet expectations.
He is yet to make much of an impact at Inter either, making just five Serie A appearances – though injuries have played a part.
Reports had suggested Inter players were keen on Sanchez staying regardless, but Solskjaer is seemingly expecting the forward to return to Ol…
Odin Thiago Holm could not wait to get away from Valerenga when the chance to join Celtic came along.
The 20-year-old midfielder became the Parkhead club’s first recruit of the 2023/24 season and the new Brendan Rodgers era last month when he signed a five-year deal.
The Norwegian had no hesitation when the opportunity to move to the Hoops arose.
He told CelticTV: “I didn’t really think, I just wanted to leave as soon as possible.
“It’s Champions League, you play to win every game, it’s a big club.
“It feels really nice, it’s a really big club.
“I don’t think people in Norway understand how big the club is, because Valerenga is a club from the capital with 10,000 for each game and here we have 60,000 so it’s a really …
James Maddison is eager to have an opportunity to show Gareth Southgate what he can do in an England shirt – but insists he is old enough now to not sulk when he does not start.
The Tottenham playmaker will be hopeful of a place in Southgate’s Euro 2024 squad when it is announced in May, having made an eye-catching cameo appearance in the 2-2 draw with Belgium on Tuesday.
After sitting out the loss to Brazil, Maddison came on to tee up Jude Bellingham for the last-gasp equaliser against the Red Devils.
It was Maddison’s sixth England cap, but he has never completed a full 90 minutes for the senior side.
2 exciting games at Wembley! Looking forward to seeing the boys again
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Germany face Argentina in the FIFA World Cup final on Sunday and here we take a look at how Joachim Low s men got there.
Group G: Germany 4 Portugal 0
Germany sounded an early warning to the rest of the world with a dominant victory over Portugal. Thomas Muller, the 2010 golden boot winner, netted a hat-trick and Mats Hummels also scored. Portugal had defender Pepe sent off in the first half after a clash with Muller.
Group G: Germany 2 Ghana 2
Miroslav Klose equalled Ronaldo s record of 15 World Cup goals with a 71st-minute leveller in a hard-fought draw against Ghana. Mario Gotze had given Germany the lead before Andre Ayew and Asamoah Gyan put Kwesi Appiah s men on track for an unlikely win, only for Klose to climb off the bench and secure a point.
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Tiago has put an end to speculation surrounding his future by signing a two-year deal with La Liga champions Atletico Madrid.
The 33-year-old midfielder had been tipped to reunite with Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho after his contract expired following Atletico s triumphant 2013-14 campaign.
However, Tiago has decided to remain in Madrid a big boost for Diego Simeone, who has already lost leading scorer Diego Costa (Chelsea), David Villa (New York City), Filipe Luis (Chelsea) and loanee Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) among others.
Speaking to Atletico s official website, the Portuguese veteran admitted he was close to ending his stay at the Vicente Calderon but opted to renew as the club prepare to defend their league title.
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Serie A outfit Fiorentina have signed Aston Villa s Carlos Sanchez, the club announced on Tuesday.
Sanchez, 30, will join Fiorentina on a season-long loan deal for 2016-17, pending a medical.
The defensive midfielder has over 65 caps for Colombia, representing the side at the Copa America Centenario.
He began his professional career in Uruguay, having moved to River Plate from youth side Danubio, before joining French club Valenciennes in 2007.
Sanchez moved to LaLiga side Elche in 2013 before being switching to Villa the following season.
He made 28 appearances in his first Premier League season but was hampered by injuries in 2015-16 as Villa were relegated to the Championship.
Fiorentina, who finished fifth in the Serie A sta…
Burnley boss Sean Dyche will not let the relative lack of funds at Turf Moor become an excuse fro Premier League failure this season.
The Lancashire club sprung a surprise in the Championship last season to finish second behind Leicester City and secure a return to the top flight after relegation in 2010.
Despite the vast riches afforded to top-flight clubs, Burnley s pre-season spending has been modest.
Only Michael Kightly has arrived from another top-flight side for a fee, but Dyche is confident his charges can upset the odds again in the Premier League this term.
There will be a vast gap in resources available, that s the reality of it,’ he said.
There are probably still eight Championship clubs I could name off the bat who have got a bet…
Brighton and Hove Albion are set to make a January move for Newcastle United forward Aleksandar Mitrovic, according to the Mirror.
Seagulls boss Chris Hughton is desperate to add more firepower to his squad after they managed just five goals in their opening seven Premier League fixtures.
The twenty-three year old has been frozen out by Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez since landing an elbow on West Ham United’s Manuel Lanzini back in August an incident that saw him hit with a three game suspension.
Mitrovic moved to St James’s Park in from Anderlecht in the summer of 2015 and has since racked up sixty-seven appearances in all competitions, scoring seventeen goals.
Internationally he has been capped thirty-two times for Serbia, scoring ten goals an…
Former Barcelona and France international Eric Abidal, who beat liver cancer to a full recovery and return to action, once again showed he is a man of great character.
Having retired in 2014 after a short spell with Greek giants Olympiacos, Eric Abidal returned to Barcelona for an ambassador’s role which allows him to continue his legacy with formidable work off the pitch.
In the latest of actions Eric Abidal went on to make a dream come true for a young terminally-ill Barcelona fan. Abidal organized for the youngster’s dream of visiting Camp Nou to be realized through a virtual tour since young Pol wasn’t capable of making the trip himself.
Hooking up a robot to Pol’s laptop, Abidal took the young fan on a tour of Barcelona’s home ground.
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