Match Day Thread Vs Brighton (H)
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BRIGHTON ARE ON HOLIDAYS-PAUL MERSON
Liverpool v Brighton (Sunday, 3pm, live on Sky Sports Premier League)
I know they've got the Champions League final coming up but it's a couple of weeks away and they'll want to finish on a high and make sure they bag that top-four spot.
Mohamed Salah's Liverpool have a Champions League showdown with Real Madrid on the horizon
Brighton have been great - absolutely outstanding - but they'll be on the beach now surely.
PAUL PREDICTS: 3-0 (6/1 with Sky Bet)
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...prevail-on-final-day-of-premier-league-season
Liverpool v Brighton (Sunday, 3pm, live on Sky Sports Premier League)
I know they've got the Champions League final coming up but it's a couple of weeks away and they'll want to finish on a high and make sure they bag that top-four spot.
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<imclass Mohamed Salah's Liverpool have a Champions League showdown with Real Madrid on the horizon
Brighton have been great - absolutely outstanding - but they'll be on the beach now surely.
PAUL PREDICTS: 3-0 (6/1 with Sky Bet)
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...prevail-on-final-day-of-premier-league-season
wrong answerSuprisingly not, especially after the Chelsea draw.
Our loss of form in the premiership (not any doubt about that) is very worrying. The memory of the great wins against City and Roma is fading. Hope the team rediscovers its Mojo.
Lallana reveals fitness latest, praises 'hugely talented' Wilson
Adam Lallana is desperate to make a contribution to the final two games of what has been a frustrating season on a personal level following his recent return to fitness.
The 30-year-old has made just 13 appearances during an injury-hit 2017-18 but is hopeful of being involved in fixtures with Brighton and Real Madrid that will see a top-four Premier League finish and Champions League glory at stake.
Asked about his prospects, Lallana told Liverpoolfc.com: "I'm getting there. I've been back in training a week or so now, so that's positive that I'm out on the grass.
"We've got two massive games now as a team so [I'll be happy] if I can contribute anything, just a small per cent to the lads bringing home the trophy and the top four."
Lallana was speaking at LFC's 2018 Players' Awards event at Anfield, where he was in attendance to present the Academy Player of the Season gong to Harry Wilson.
And the No.20 waxed lyrical about his Welsh teammate, who has enjoyed a productive loan spell at Hull City since the January transfer window.
"He's hugely talented. Me and Harry have been good mates for a couple of years now and it's been great to see his development," he added.
"The last three or four months, he's gone up another couple of levels, going out to Hull, where I know the manager Nigel Adkins well.
"Speaking to [Nigel] there, he said he's been absolutely brilliant for him.
"For him to get minutes on the pitch, that feeling of what it's like playing Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday and scoring goals, getting confident.
"It'll be good for him to have a rest after he plays for his country in the summer and come back for pre-season firing."
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Lallana also insisted that he never doubted that the 21-year-old, who has scored seven goals in 14 appearances for the Tigers, would succeed in the Championship.
He continued: "Personally, I never had any doubt. I've trained with him, played with him, and when you're professional and you play with players, you just know.
"It was about someone not even taking a gamble, just someone giving him a chance.
"Nigel Adkins did - he's got a good eye for young players, it was the same when he was at Southampton - and there was never any doubt how he was going to perform.
"It's not just that he's a good player, he's a smashing young lad with a great attitude as well."
https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/301518-adam-lallana-injury-harry-wilson
Adam Lallana is desperate to make a contribution to the final two games of what has been a frustrating season on a personal level following his recent return to fitness.
The 30-year-old has made just 13 appearances during an injury-hit 2017-18 but is hopeful of being involved in fixtures with Brighton and Real Madrid that will see a top-four Premier League finish and Champions League glory at stake.
Asked about his prospects, Lallana told Liverpoolfc.com: "I'm getting there. I've been back in training a week or so now, so that's positive that I'm out on the grass.
"We've got two massive games now as a team so [I'll be happy] if I can contribute anything, just a small per cent to the lads bringing home the trophy and the top four."
Lallana was speaking at LFC's 2018 Players' Awards event at Anfield, where he was in attendance to present the Academy Player of the Season gong to Harry Wilson.
And the No.20 waxed lyrical about his Welsh teammate, who has enjoyed a productive loan spell at Hull City since the January transfer window.
"He's hugely talented. Me and Harry have been good mates for a couple of years now and it's been great to see his development," he added.
"The last three or four months, he's gone up another couple of levels, going out to Hull, where I know the manager Nigel Adkins well.
"Speaking to [Nigel] there, he said he's been absolutely brilliant for him.
"For him to get minutes on the pitch, that feeling of what it's like playing Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday and scoring goals, getting confident.
"It'll be good for him to have a rest after he plays for his country in the summer and come back for pre-season firing."
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Lallana also insisted that he never doubted that the 21-year-old, who has scored seven goals in 14 appearances for the Tigers, would succeed in the Championship.
He continued: "Personally, I never had any doubt. I've trained with him, played with him, and when you're professional and you play with players, you just know.
"It was about someone not even taking a gamble, just someone giving him a chance.
"Nigel Adkins did - he's got a good eye for young players, it was the same when he was at Southampton - and there was never any doubt how he was going to perform.
"It's not just that he's a good player, he's a smashing young lad with a great attitude as well."
https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/301518-adam-lallana-injury-harry-wilson
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says his player are refreshed after some time away from their intense and hectic schedule this week.
Liverpool face Brighton at Anfield on Sunday needing a win to guarantee Champions League football next season. [[HASHTAG]#bbcsalford[/HASHTAG] still clinging to the hope of Chelsea winning 15-0]
"A week (off) was exactly what we needed," he said. "Some players had problems and needed the time to recover from that. It should help us, no doubt about that. It would have been quite difficult to play this (mid)week.
Liverpool face Brighton at Anfield on Sunday needing a win to guarantee Champions League football next season. [[HASHTAG]#bbcsalford[/HASHTAG] still clinging to the hope of Chelsea winning 15-0]
"A week (off) was exactly what we needed," he said. "Some players had problems and needed the time to recover from that. It should help us, no doubt about that. It would have been quite difficult to play this (mid)week.
AhhhhhhhhOP says Sky Sports
You changed it. .. I'm a bit slow. .today...
I need wine.
Very childish
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Liverpool v Brighton: Team news
Adam Lallana is 'as fit as possible' and may return to action in Liverpool's final Premier League game of the season against Brighton and Hove Albion, but Sadio Mane is a doubt.
Jürgen Klopp suggested during his pre-match press conference that the former, who has not played since sustaining a hamstring injury six weeks ago, could feature at Anfield on Sunday.
Lallana has 'trained normally' for the last week or so, according to the boss.
"The perfect thing now would be to start with minutes; we'll see if we have the opportunity to do that. But [he is] as fit as possible, I would say," Klopp noted.
The manager also confirmed there is 'nothing new' to report in terms of Emre Can's fitness, meaning the No.23 remains unavailable due to a back injury.
But Klopp later revealed a new concern over Mane's condition when he spoke to the national newspapers after his press conference at Melwood on Friday.
"We will see," he said of the Senegal international's chances of facing the Seagulls. "It is not the same injury. It's a fresh problem."
Joe Gomez joined Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (knee) and Joel Matip (thigh) in being sidelined for the rest of the campaign after undergoing ankle surgery earlier in the week.
https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/301584-liverpool-fc-brighton-team-news-premier-league
Adam Lallana is 'as fit as possible' and may return to action in Liverpool's final Premier League game of the season against Brighton and Hove Albion, but Sadio Mane is a doubt.
Jürgen Klopp suggested during his pre-match press conference that the former, who has not played since sustaining a hamstring injury six weeks ago, could feature at Anfield on Sunday.
Lallana has 'trained normally' for the last week or so, according to the boss.
"The perfect thing now would be to start with minutes; we'll see if we have the opportunity to do that. But [he is] as fit as possible, I would say," Klopp noted.
The manager also confirmed there is 'nothing new' to report in terms of Emre Can's fitness, meaning the No.23 remains unavailable due to a back injury.
But Klopp later revealed a new concern over Mane's condition when he spoke to the national newspapers after his press conference at Melwood on Friday.
"We will see," he said of the Senegal international's chances of facing the Seagulls. "It is not the same injury. It's a fresh problem."
Joe Gomez joined Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (knee) and Joel Matip (thigh) in being sidelined for the rest of the campaign after undergoing ankle surgery earlier in the week.
https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/301584-liverpool-fc-brighton-team-news-premier-league