Here are your Liverpool FC morning headlines for Monday, November 21.
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It was perhaps the first real statement of intent of where Liverpool were heading under Jurgen Klopp. And it helped reignite the most enduring and absorbing rivalry of the modern Premier League era.
Seven years ago today, the Reds made the short trip down the M62 to take on Manchester City, the team who only 18 months earlier had beaten them to the championship in dramatic fashion. The game was only Liverpool's eighth with new boss Klopp at the helm, the German having been appointed as successor to Brendan Rodgers the previous month.
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There had been some semblance of a stirring when Chelsea were beaten 3-1 at Stamford Bridge three weeks earlier, although the 2-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace in their most recent previous outing - when Klopp expressed he had felt "alone" when Anfield began to empty after the visitors struck the decisive goal late on - hinted at the inconsistency that would inevitably hamper the Reds during that season.
The 4-1 win at City, though, was the more notable triumph, and not just because it inflicted what was at that time City's record home defeat since moving in at the Etihad Stadium.
Continue Ian Doyle's seven-year look back at a crucial result here.
Ex-Red needed a skin graft after brawl
Having missed out on captaining the Netherlands at Euro 2020 because of an ACL injury, Virgil van Dijk will be looking to make the most of his 2022 World Cup campaign in Qatar.
The Liverpool defender’s tournament will get underway on its second day, with the Netherlands' clash with Senegal the third game on Monday 21 November, following on from England and Wales' maiden matches against Iran and the United States respectively after Sunday's opener in which Ecuador beat Qatar 2-0.
When the draw was made back in April, it didn’t go unnoticed, at Anfield at least, that the Oranje Army would be locking horns with the Teranga Lions in Group A, setting up a intriguing battle between Van Dijk and Reds team-mate Sadio Mane. Alas, the forward, who would end up leaving Anfield for Bayern Munich back in June, has since been ruled out of the tournament because of injury.
As a result, any Liverpool fans who tune in to see Van Dijk’s opening game on Monday won’t be treated to the sight of their two club legends, who both won every major honour going at Anfield, going head to head. However, what they might not be aware of it, they are likely to spot the unmistakable figure of Edgar Davids on the Netherlands bench.
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