As Liverpool contemplate their 1-0 away loss at Bournemouth, it's time for your Liverpool FC evening headlines on Saturday, March 11.
'I see it' - Jurgen Klopp admits he is 'concerned' with Liverpool after Bournemouth defeat
Jurgen Klopp admits he is hugely concerned by Liverpool's away form after they suffered their eighth loss of the campaign at Bournemouth on Saturday.
Philip Billing's first-half goal condemned the Reds to defeat at the Vitality as they missed the chance to go level on points with Tottenham Hotspur prior to their own kick-off on Saturday afternoon against Nottingham Forest.
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Liverpool have lost seven of their eight defeats on the road as Bournemouth joined Brighton, Wolves, Forest, Brentford, Arsenal and Manchester United as teams who have beaten Klopp's side at home this term.
The Reds have won just one away game since the turn of the year - the 2-0 victory at Newcastle three weeks ago - and the manager accepts that performances outside of Anfield are the reason his side are struggling for a place in the top four.
"I am concerned, yes," Klopp said. "I see it. I see it. The home record, we are in the top four if I am right but away games we are not even in the European places. There is always a reason for the situation you are in and the away record is for sure. We could have had more points at home as well, not that we should have but away from home, definitely.
"It was a big strength of us in the last few years, we never made a difference between [home and away] but that is what happens when you do the right things consistently in the right way. And with the quality we have, we have a good chance to win away from home as well, just this season not often enough. It's a clear point to be honest."
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp defends Gary Lineker over BBC 's***storm'
Jurgen Klopp has leapt to the defence of Gary Lineker as the fallout from the BBC impartiality row continues.
Lineker was told to step down from presenting Match of the Day on Friday after the broadcaster took exception to comments made by the former England international criticising the Conservative government’s controversial new asylum policy. It prompted a host of Lineker’s colleagues to withdraw their services from the BBC in solidarity, leading to Football Focus and Final Score being pulled from the schedules on Saturday. And Klopp admits he could see no reason why Lineker was forced off the screens by the corporation.
“They asked him to step down for the things he said?” said the Reds boss. “So my problem with the situation how I understand it – and I’m not native – is that I cannot see any reason why they would ask anyone to step back for saying that. I can’t. I’m not sure if that’s a language issue or not.
“But that’s the world we are living in. Everybody is so concerned about doing things in the right manner, saying the right stuff to everybody, and if you don’t do that you create a s***storm which we didn’t have when we were young. It’s a really difficult world to live in. If I understand it right then this is about an opinion about human rights. That should be possible to say.
“What I don’t understand is why everyone goes on Twitter and says something. I don’t understand the social media part of it. I’m too old for that. If I’ve got it right then for me there’s no reason (for the BBC to have stood Lineker down).”
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