Comparisons to Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley and Sir Kenny DalglishKlopp told a news conference he "doesn't want a statue, that's not my motivation" and responded to a question about a lifetime contract by saying he will "be here for a while". On comparisons with Liverpool managerial legends, he told BBC Sport: "I don't see it that way. It's not too important. But if people want to see it like this, I'm not the guy to tell them to stop doing that.
Leicester recovered well from successive confidence sapping defeats to the Citizens and Liverpool by edging out West Ham in London on Saturday, though the manner of their losses to the teams closest to them in the table could yet have major psychological after effects.
Manchester City kept alive their Premier League title hopes on Saturday as they beat second-placed Leicester. Tottenham lost at home Chelsea, who underlined their top-four credentials, while Watford boosted their hopes of staying up by beating Manchester United. Elsewhere, Everton and Arsenal played out a goalless draw, Aston Villa lost at home to Southampton and Bournemouth lost at home to Burnley.
MANCHESTER, England, Feb 8 (Reuters) - An independent review of the running of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has found "potential elements of mismanagement" and "possible abuse of power" amidst concern about widespread use of cash payments. On Monday, the sport's world governing body FIFA said it was ending its six-month intervention in African soccer's ruling organisation, saying the mission to speed up the reform of football on the continent was "successfully completed".
Everton's form has slipped of late with only three points from their last five league games. They host Liverpool who have shown improvement of late and finally won a league game in their last fixture. They may be one from bottom but all 12 league games played this season have seen under 2.5 goals scored in them. It's well worth a bet on that stat coming up again this weekend.
Actually, Watford have conceded two or more goals in four of their last five matches. On the flip side though, they have failed to score in just one of their last five matches. They go to this game on one loss only in the last seven home matches but none of the opponents they have faced in that duration can match Liverpool.
Posted at 72' Foul by Sébastien Haller (West Ham United). Posted at 71' Foul by Moise Kean (Everton). Posted at 71' Arthur Masuaku (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing. Posted at 69' Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Jordan Pickford. Posted at 69' Attempt blocked. Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Zabaleta.
Liverpool right-back Neco Williams, whose long ball forward led to the goal, said it was a night that his team-mates would remember for "a long time". The result means the Reds are still in the chase for three additional trophies, having already won the Club World Cup and Super Cup. They have a 22-point lead at the top of the Premier League and are in the last 16 of both the Champions League and FA Cup.
Sabri Lamouchi's side also have a game in hand on three of the sides above them, the exception being league leaders West Brom who host Stoke City on Monday night. While 23 points and 18 places separated the two sides before kick-off, it was the Hatters who made the brighter start with Potts sending an effort just over early on before he linked up well with Kazenga LuaLua to tee up Cornick up for the opening goal.
The fight they showed in this game had been missing for much of the season, but Howe refused to blame his players for the club's relegation. In terms of feelings and emotions this has been the hardest moment of my career," added Howe, who has been manager of Bournemouth since 2012. I feel very emotional. Very disappointed, sad and dejected - loads of different things but they are difficult emotions to feel.
It hasn't seemed that way over the past few months. Prior to this week, it had been nine months since United had won back-to-back Premier League games. Who would have thought Solskjaer would end that run by beating Mourinho and Guardiola?And doing it with an additional handicap. Three days," Solskjaer fired back, when asked what it felt like to beat those two managerial heavyweights in the space of five days.
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Julien: "The showboating incident led to another clash between Neymar and the fourth official. He said 'this is crazy'. Neymar has a point, the ref should ref. He is intelligent enough to know if he showboats there is a risk the opponent thinks he is taking the mick. He has been doing it all his life. No-one should tell Neymar how to do his job. Balague: "If he was a Brazilian ref he would say please showboat some more.
We must see table and make decision what to bet on this game. City is pretty sure about that second place and when we know that Leicester is out of form totally. It seems that City will be the second without much problems. United is the team who chase Champions league place and team in this game who need to win. They have quality, they play better and better from round to round. Good back in defense, solid in attack with Martial and new player Ighalo. They already won twice this season City on Etihad and I can't see why bookies offer such a big odds for a home win.
After a bright start to the current campaign, however, West Ham's form nosedived and immediately after defeat at the end of December by Leicester City at the London Stadium which left them in the bottom three, Pellegrini was fired. Former Everton and Manchester United boss Moyes was summoned again and answered the call -- having an immediate impact as West Ham thrashed Bournemouth 4-0.
Paper Round's view: The criteria mentioned certainly fits both Werner and Sancho, but a deal for the English teenager would most likely cost around £120 million, which would could price Jurgen Klopp's side out of a potential swoop for Sancho. However, RB Leipzig forward Werner reportedly has a release clause of around £50 million, which would make him the perfect signing for Liverpool this summer.
I thought we did enough to edge it, we had a couple of golden chances and kept them to meagre ones. We're not a side that's going to create so many, it's about the quality of chances. We asked enough to score a goal. We were on a tough run and the last three games have shown we can be at least competitive. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, also to MOTD2: "In periods of the game, I liked it, but in other periods I did not.
