Here are your Liverpool evening headlines for Wednesday, March 30.
Luis Suarez problem at Liverpool explained
Iago Aspas might remain one of the most prolific strikers in Spain, but in England he will always be regarded as something of a flop following a disappointing season with Liverpool. Signing in a £7m deal from Celta Vigo, the striker is still best-remembered for an awful short corner in a 2-0 defeat to Chelsea, which played its part in costing them the Premier League title in 2013/14.
Scoring just once from 15 appearances for the Reds, he would return to La Liga after just one season. However, he has more then proven his quality over the past eight seasons since returning to his homeland, cementing his place as a Celta Vigo legend.
Boasting 129 goals in 255 appearances since re-joining Celta in 2015, the striker never looked like showing such form on Merseyside. However, with Luis Suarez pushing for a move to Arsenal following their infamous £40m and £1, and also serving a 10-match suspension for biting Branislav Ivanovic, and Daniel Sturridge injured the summer he arrived, it is forgotten he had actually enjoyed a prolific pre-season with the Reds.
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Scoring four goals against Preston North End, Melbourne Victory, Thailand and Valerenga, he had initially looked like a fairly shrewd signing by Brendan Rodgers and had started the season in the Liverpool starting XI. However, with Suarez staying put at Anfield for another year, going on to enjoy the campaign of his career up until that point, the minutes soon dried up for Aspas as he struggled to settle.
Going on to leave Anfield for La Liga along with the Uruguayan 12 months later, he ironically would have been more use to the Reds had they been able to call upon him in 2014/15. Instead, Rodgers was left with Mario Balotelli, Rickie Lambert and Fabio Borini floundering in attack following the sale of Suarez and with Sturridge enduring an injury-plagued campaign and Liverpool ultimately struggling as a result.
Yet Aspas has no regrets about leaving the Reds, even if he hints things could have perhaps worked out differently had he not had the problem of competing for a place against Suarez.
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Sir Kenny Dalglish points out 'traitor' in Liverpool team
Sir Kenny Dalglish joked that Luis Garcia was a 'traitor' for playing for both Liverpool and Barcelona during Saturday’s legends match at Anfield.
A star-studded Liverpool legends team was beaten 2-1 by Barcelona . Despite taking the lead through Steven Gerrard’s penalty, the Reds were pegged back when Giovanni raced clear to finish past Sander Westerveld a minute before the break.
Barca then sealed victory in the opening stages of the second half when Rivaldo converted from the penalty spot after Phil Baab brought down Giovanni inside the box. Referee Peter Bankes had no hesitation in pointing to the spot.
Liverpool tried to respond as Milan Baros, Stewart Downing and Dirk Kuyt all went close. However, there was no way past Xavier Guzman in the Barca goal.
But speaking ahead of the game at his side’s pre-match meeting in the Hilton Hotel, Liverpool great Dalglish couldn’t resist having a dig at the Spaniard.
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