Your morning Liverpool digest on Tuesday, April 26.
Pep Guardiola confirms double Man City injury blow amid Liverpool title race
Pep Guardiola has revealed a potential double injury blow for his Manchester City squad ahead of the title run-in with Liverpool.
The Reds are locked in a battle for the Premier League title with Man City, with five matches left to play. Sunday’s victory over Everton moved Liverpool back to just a single point behind City in the table.
Both Liverpool and Man City are also set to compete in the Champions League semi-finals before they are next in domestic action. The Reds face Villarreal, while Man City host Real Madrid.
Ahead of the European clashes, Guardiola has hinted that he could be without some key players. Joao Cancelo is suspended for the first leg, while John Stones and Kyle Walker are doubts through injury.
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Frank Lampard made error with Diego Simeone tactics and Mohamed Salah comments in Liverpool loss
It was almost as if Diego Simeone had rocked up at Anfield on Sunday afternoon. The tactics on show from Everton is what Lampard has learned from Jose Mourinho at Chelsea: feigning injury and slowing down the play at every opportunity. They are anti-football tactics, Mourinho has done it and Simeone does it, but it’s just whether the Everton faithful will be happy to watch that.
You don’t mind teams defending, but I’m thinking about the likes of Alan Ball, Colin Harvey and Howard Kendall and all the great midfielders Everton have had over the years. Thiago made more passes than the entire Everton team, which is absolutely incredible. Liverpool had 85 per cent possession, that’s never happened in the derby before. Sam Allardyce got a draw a few years ago and even he managed more than that.
It was a bit of a shock to see Everton playing that way but if you want to go to those depths to get a point, they’re entitled to do it. That’s how desperate Lampard was and he saw that as his best chance of getting a point at Anfield. I’m just glad football won in the end.
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