Stung by Liverpool s heartbreaking 2014 Premier League campaign, captain Jordan Henderson insists the Reds are ready to win trophies ahead of their Manchester United showdown.
Liverpool have the chance to reclaim top spot in the Premier League when they welcome struggling United to Anfield on Sunday – Henderson and his team-mates 16 points clear of the sixth-placed Red Devils.
Not since 1990 have Liverpool won a league title, though the Reds came agonisingly close in 2014 when they were top of the table in April but Steven Gerrard s infamous slip and a 2-0 defeat at home to Chelsea proved their downfall.
Liverpool s capitulation has not been forgotten by star midfielder Henderson, who said via the Telegraph: That is something I have had to live with.
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Arsene Wenger wants Arsenal to believe in one more day of shocks in the Premier League in order to preserve his proud record of qualifying for the Champions League.
The 67-year-old has never failed to guide the Gunners into a qualification spot for the competition in his 20 full seasons at Arsenal, but his side face an uphill battle to finish in the top four this season.
Arsenal are a point behind fourth-place Liverpool and three adrift of Manchester City in third going into the final round of matches on Sunday.
A win for Wenger s side would lift them to 75 points – four more than they managed last term, when they finished second – but that would not be enough to move into the top four if Liverpool beat Middlesbrough and City avoid defeat at Watford.
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Scotland manager Gordon Strachan admitted his side will need to take at least a point from Monday s Euro 2016 qualifier against Germany after suffering a 1-0 defeat to Georgia in Tbilisi.
Valeri Kazaishvili s first-half strike condemned Scotland to a repeat of their 2007 result at the same venue, when a 2-0 win for Georgia all but put paid to Alex McLeish s team s hopes of reaching Euro 2008.
Scotland have slipped to fourth in Group D after they were leapfrogged by the Republic of Ireland, but it could all change again with three games still to play.
Strachan stopped short of describing the visit of Germany to Hampden Park early next as a must-win match, as he told Sky Sports: I would think we have to pick up something.
“We are still there, so we l…
New Borussia Dortmund signing Maximilian Philipp has revealed he came close to joining Bayern Munich back in 2011.
The attacking midfielder went on trial at the Bundesliga champions at the age of 17, but an injury eventually prevented him from making an impact.
Philipp would go on to join Energie Cottbus instead, before heading to Freiburg and eventually earning himself a move to BVB.
[Bayern assistant] Hermann Gerland was visiting a family member in Berlin and saw me play in a game against Hertha where I scored twice, the 23-year-old told Sport Bild.
I was 17 at the time and he invited me to train with Bayern s Under-19 team. Gerland told me I had what it takes to become a professional player. That meant a lot me. You know Gerland often gets it right …
Barcelona great Andres Iniesta has conceded he is considering his future at the club.
Along with Lionel Messi, Iniesta is one of the most famed and decorated graduates of Barca s La Masia youth system and has won 20 major honours over a career-long association with the club.
But the 33-year-old, who scored the winning goal for Spain in the 2010 World Cup final, is out of contract at the end of this season and yet to sign a new deal.
Barcelona endured a disappointing start to life under Ernesto Valverde last week as bitter rivals Real Madrid ran out 5-1 aggregate winners in the Supercopa de Espana and the club is still reeling from losing Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain.
And the sense that an end of an era is upon Camp Nou will have been heightened a littl…
It is good enough to the be the grand final as rivals Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City square-off in a blockbuster semi-final.
Victory and City have contested 15 derbies since the latter was introduced to the A-League under the name of Melbourne Heart in 2010-11, but Friday s mouthwatering showdown at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne is set divide a city like never before.
Kevin Muscat s men earned the week off as a result of winning the Premier s Plate after topping the regular-season standings at the end of 27 rounds, while City defied the odds to reach the final four via a 2-0 win at Wellington Phoenix on Sunday.
A sea of blue and red is expected to pack into Etihad Stadium, which is tipped to sell out, but it is business as usual for Victory s attacking midfi…
Liverpool full-back Andy Robertson paid tribute to Everton coach Marco Silva before Sunday s Merseyside derby, highlighting the impact he had on his career during their time together at Hull City.
Robertson, 24, joined Hull from Dundee United in January 2014, and by the end of the 2016-17 campaign he was attracting admiring glances from bigger clubs.
It was during that campaign Robertson played under Silva, who arrived at the KCOM Stadium midway through the season to try to save the Tigers from relegation.
Although Silva was unable to keep Hull up, he was praised for making a strong impact with his style of play and nearly steering them out of trouble when they previously appeared to have little chance.
Robertson secured a reported £8million move to Liv…
Pep Guardiola and Manchester City director of football Txiki Begiristain do not tend to have much time for second chances.
City s squad has undergone a substantial refit since Guardiola s appointment in 2016, but a small handful of high-profile names have slipped through the net in similar circumstances.
Dani Alves, Alexis Sanchez and Jorginho all seemed set for moves to the Etihad Stadium before having their heads turned by offers from elsewhere. Begiristain doubled down on a take-it-or-leave-it stance and key targets signed for domestic and European rivals.
Aymeric Laporte s 2016 U-turn was slightly different in that he stayed at Athletic Bilbao to rebuild after a serious leg injury earlier that year. Nevertheless, it proved an inconvenient change of heart as …
Andrea Pirlo has confirmed he will retire from football when his New York City contract expires in December.
The 38-year-old has only made 15 MLS appearances this year, having struggled to regain full fitness following a knee injury.
The former Juventus and AC Milan star says he no longer feels capable of training as he would like to and intends to call time on his career at the end of the season.
You just come to realise that the time has come, he told La Gazzetta dello Sport. You have physical problems every day, you can t train as you would like to because you always have something.
At my age, that s enough. It s not as though you can go on until you re 50. I ll do something else.
Pirlo has been tipped to go straight into coaching and was li…
According to a recent report from Sky Sports News sources, Ander Herrera has agreed terms on joining Paris Saint-Germain. Herrera’s contract with Manchester Unted is set to expire during the summer transfer window. The 29 year old has been at Old Trafford since back in 2014, making well over 100 appearances for the Red Devils since then. He made the transition over from Athletic Bilbao where he had spent the previous three years of his career, and managed to get off to a strong start during his time with the club. However, as time has gone on, he’s gradually fallen out of favour at United. Many fans wanted to see him get another extended run in the first team, but it just wasn’t meant to be, it seems.
Herrera would be a valued member of many top clubs around European foot…