Your Liverpool morning digest for Friday, August 26
Jurgen Klopp names 'only certainty' in Liverpool Champions League draw
Jurgen Klopp has labelled Liverpool's Champions League draw as a "proper football group" and expressed his excitement about facing Rangers for the first time in Liverpool's history.
On Thursday evening the Reds were drawn into Group A alongside Dutch champions Ajax, Napoli and Scottish Premiership runners-up Rangers and will begin their campaign on the week commencing September 5.
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While Klopp has faced Napoli and Ajax already during his time at the Anfield helm, in 2018,2019 and 2020 respectively, the Reds will lock horns with the Gers for the first time in their 130-year history, a prospect that the Liverpool manager is very much looking forward too.
Read the full story from Keifer MacDonald.
'All is not well' - Liverpool told they have already made critical Man City mistake
Former Tottenham manager Glen Hoddle has warned Liverpool cannot let Manchester City gain too much ground on them in the Premier League title race this season.
The Reds have had a disappointing start to the campaign, with just two points from a possible nine in their first three matches. Draws against Fulham and Crystal Palace, followed by a defeat to Manchester United last time out as spelled the worst start to a season under current manager Jurgen Klopp.
Hoddle, who managed Spurs between 2001 and 2003, says Liverpool have what it takes to turn things around, but warned it could be a 'long, hard season' if City gain a big advantage in the table early on.
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