Jurgen Klopp was dealt his first defeat as Liverpool manager, losing 2-1 to Crystal Palace at Anfield. Scott Dann headed in the decisive goal in the 82nd minute and after the match, Klopp admitted that it was at that point that he felt he was, in fact, walking alone.
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Greater Manchester, Merseyside police backtrack on failed attempts at Twitter banter
Tweeting is never a good idea and it turns out this is even true if you’re the police. Both the Greater Manchester and Merseyside police departments demonstrated this over the weekend with their now deleted attempts at football related banter.
Following another lackluster performance from Wayne Rooney in Manchester United’s 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace, the weekend tweeter on one of the Greater Manchester Police’s accounts (“DS Dave”) decided to put out a missing persons alert on him…
Jose Mourinho has “nothing to say” after loss to Liverpool
It started off well enough for Chelsea with Ramires putting them up 1-0 against Liverpool in just the fourth minute, but the quagmire this season has become for the club eventually swallowed them up. Liverpool came back to win 3-1 with their last two goals taking deflections off Chelsea defenders.
This gives Chelsea an astonishing six losses in their first 11 matches — the worst start to a Premier League title defense ever.
Liverpool’s first demonstration of Klopp fever in pictures
Jurgen Klopp made his Anfield debut as Liverpool hosted Rubin Kazan in the Europa League. This was an understandably exciting moment for the club’s supporters, but if you were dropped off at Anfield with no idea what was happening, you’d probably assume that this Klopp fellow had given everyone in town their own solid gold sex robot.
Here are some choice images from around the ground as Klopp fever was only mildly tempered by a 1-1 draw against a Russian club that played the final hour with 10 men…
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool debut in six seconds
Jurgen Klopp led Liverpool out for the first time in their 0-0 draw with Spurs on Saturday and the entire game is perfectly summed up in this six-second Vine. It was frustrating to watch, lacked a payoff, and entirely focused on Jurgen Klopp.
Future News: Premier League requires all foreign born managers to declare which “One” they are
The Premier League has instituted a new rule that requires all managers who do not hold a UK passport to select an adjective denoting which “One” they are.
Jurgen Klopp delivers giggly first message to Liverpool fans
A message from Jürgen Klopp to #LFC fans. Watch the new boss’ first interview now: http://t.co/0YnXR3e2lp #KloppLFC https://t.co/gN2UZtODXi
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 9, 2015
Jurgen Klopp is officially the new manager of Liverpool and in his first interview with the club’s in-house TV channel, he provided an introductory message to the fans. But it had more of a “wisdom from a kid who just took a massive bong rip” vibe to it than a “world-class motivator and tactician” vibe.
DT Exclusive: The phone call that ended Brendan Rodgers’ reign at Liverpool
Brendan Rodgers was sacked as Liverpool manager after their 1-1 draw in the Merseyside derby. According to the Guardian, Rodgers was informed of the decision in a phone call from Fenway Sports Group president Mike Gordon. The following is a transcript of that phone call.
Thierry Henry’s dramatic reaction to hearing Brendan Rodgers has been sacked
Brendan Rodgers has been sacked by Liverpool after their 1-1 draw with Everton. Upon hearing the news live on the air with Sky Sports, Thierry Henry reacted like an actor in a soap opera who just saw a character thought to be dead, reaching out to steady himself on Jamie Carragher’s thigh, even though he was already sitting down.
Manuel Pellegrini and Brendan Rodgers are losing their minds
We’re only seven matches into the Premier League season and Premier League managers are already going insane. Jose Mourinho’s struggles in this area have been well documented here, but he’s not the only one.
After losing 4-1 to Spurs and conceding first place to Man United, Man City manager Manuel Pellegrini got so worked up that he couldn’t even properly execute a press conference storm-out.