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Gakpo goes missing as Slot hangs Jones out to dry in draw

Liverpool's charge for Champions League football hit a slight bump in the road on Saturday as struggling Chelsea fought back to secure a 1-1 draw and a valuable point at Anfield. Ryan Gravenberch opened the scoring with a wonderful strike early on, but the Reds' dominance waned after that, with a porous defence allowing the Blues back into a game their hosts let get away.

Diaz masterclass puts even more pressure on Gakpo to produce

Paris Saint-Germain's exhilarating 5-4 win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday was a joy to behold. It was a timely and thrilling exhibition of 'The Beautiful Game', a captivating contest between two teams completely committed to playing fearless, free-flowing football. For Liverpool supporters, though, it was also a painful reminder of what could have been.

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Slot defends Salah with brutal put-down of Ekitike & Gakpo

Liverpool boss Arne Slot has sought to defend Mohamed Salah from critics of his recent output, with the Dutchman pointing out that Hugo Ekitike and Cody Gakpo have hardly been prolific of late. The Reds are hoping to see their attacking unit rediscover a spark in domestic and European competition, with the business end of another thrilling campaign being reached.

Unleash Rio! Teen Ngumoha deserves run of Liverpool starts

Arne Slot wisely turned to Rio Ngumoha to help Liverpool get themselves out of a serious spot of bother at Nottingham Forest on Sunday - but, by doing so, the teenager has rather ironically put his coach in an awkward position. Slot has spent the majority of the season trying to carefully manage Ngumoha's game time - as well as the massive expectations surrounding one of the most exciting prospects in English football.

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Liverpool selling Diaz & trusting in Gakpo was a huge mistake

Liverpool fans never fully appreciated Luis Diaz. Indeed, most of them seemed to welcome the Colombian's departure to Bayern Munich last summer, believing that his sale was necessary to accommodate £116 million ($158m) signing Florian Wirtz, with Cody Gakpo still on hand to fill the first-choice role on the left flank.

Delight to despair: Gakpo late show not enough for Liverpool

Liverpool scored in the 94th minute before conceding one of the goals of the season moments later in a thrilling 2-2 draw at Fulham on Sunday. The Reds went behind to an early goal but did well to claw their way back into the contest and even appeared to have found a winner, but they head back to Merseyside with only a point to show for their efforts.

RANKED: Liverpool's 10 biggest underperformers in awful run

As Curtis Jones admitted on Wednesday, Liverpool are "in the sh*t" right now. The humiliating 4-1 Champions League defeat at home to PSV means the ragged Reds have now lost nine of their last 12 games in all competitions and the common consensus is that Arne Slot is only still in a job because he won the Premier League last season. But how have Liverpool gone from champs to chumps in just six months?

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Gakpo reveals Liverpool talks after 'embarrassment' of Forest loss

Liverpool's misfiring squad held forthright talks in a bid to end the dreadful run of form following the shock 3-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest last weekend. The Premier League champions are floundering in the league and face a mountain of worrying injuries, while high-profile summer signings have failed to integrate into the team, and Reds forward Cody Gakpo has revealed details of the players' candid conversation.

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Amorim urges Man Utd to stay calm after Liverpool victory

Ruben Amorim has urged his Manchester United players to keep their feet on the ground despite the momentous 2-1 victory over Liverpool. The Red Devils are in great spirits following their long-awaited victory at Anfield, but the Portuguese has called on his squad to remain calm as they look to make it three Premier League wins in a row against Brighton on Saturday.

Liverpool forward told to pull his weight

Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo has been told to contribute more on the left flank as the Reds continue to struggle defensively in the 2025-26 season. Arne Slot's side made a perfect start to their title defence campaign but have now faltered in the past few weeks as they have lost three matches in a row across all competitions against Crystal Palace, Galatasaray and Chelsea.

Gakpo matches feat last achieved by Netherlands in 1978

Cody Gakpo wrote his name into Dutch football history on Thursday night, becoming the first Netherlands player since Rob Rensenbrink in 1978 to score two penalties in a single match as the Oranje thrashed Malta 4-0 in a World Cup qualifier. The Liverpool forward converted from the spot twice and also assisted Tijjani Reijnders, leading the Netherlands to a comfortable victory in World Cup qualifying.

Neville criticises 'absolutely useless' Liverpool attackers

Gary Neville used his post-match podcast to eviscerate the second half efforts of Liverpool's attackers after the Reds fell to their third consecutive defeat in all competitions with a 2-1 defeat away at Chelsea. The ex-Manchester United man went as far as to call the efforts of Mohamed Salah, Florian Wirtz and Cody Gakpo as "completely useless" in the closing moments of the fixture.

'Hard to take' - Gakpo unhappy with Liverpool's last-gasp loss

Cody Gakpo was honest in his reflection of Liverpool's performance at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, with Chelsea grabbing a late winner through Estevao Willian in the fifth minute of stoppage time. The defeat was "hard to take" for the Dutchman, who believes that the visitors played "better" football than the hosts and deserved to come away with a more positive result.

Six problems Slot must fix to get Liverpool back on track at Chelsea

Jamie Carragher immediately expressed his concerns over Arne Slot's tactics after Liverpool had won their opening game of the new season against Bournemouth. So he was never going to hold back after watching the disturbingly ragged Reds slump to a second consecutive defeat in Tuesday's Champions League clash with Galatasaray.

📽️ | Gakpo names Messi as childhood idol amid Trent admission

Liverpool star Cody Gakpo has revealed that Lionel Messi was his childhood idol, while giving an ultimate compliment to former team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold. The Netherlands international was hit with a series of questions about his career and some of the best players he has come up against. And in it, he sung the praises of some well-known faces over the years.

Liverpool's mentality monsters won't need late winners soon

There are obviously two ways of looking at Liverpool's 3-2 victory over Atletico Madrid at Anfield on Wednesday evening. On the plus side, they scored another late winner. On the negative side, they needed another late winner.

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: Er kam am 25. November 1981 zur Welt – in Tolosa, im Baskenland. Seine Wurzeln und seine Art, Fußball zu denken, sind eng mit dieser Region verbunden.
: Xabi Alonso hat als Profifußballer eine Weltkarriere hingelegt. Insgesamt 18 nationale und internationale Titel konnte er in seiner Laufbahn als Fußballer gewinnen. Neben zahlreichen Titeln auf Klub-Ebene, wurde Alonso 2010 Weltmeister. 2008 und 2012 gewann er mit dem spanischen Nationalteam zudem die Europameisterschaft. Auch individuell wurde der frühere Mittelfeldmann in seiner Karriere ausgezeichnet, so wurde er 2003 zum Fußballer des Jahres in Spanien gewählt.
: Xabi Alonso startete 1999 bei Real Sociedad, spielte später für Liverpool, Real Madrid und Bayern München – und gewann dabei zahlreiche Titel, darunter zweimal die Champions League. 2017 beendete er seine Karriere.
: Xabi Alonso hat in seiner Karriere bislang insgesamt drei Titel feiern können. In der Saison 2023/24 führte er Bayer Leverkusen zum Double und damit zum Gewinn der deutschen Meisterschaft und des DFB-Pokals. Im Jahr 2024 sicherte sich der Spanier mit den Leverkusenern zudem den Supercup.
: Als Spieler konnte Xabi Alonso in seiner Karriere zweimal die Champions League gewinnen: 2005 mit dem FC Liverpool und 2014 mit Real Madrid. Als Trainer konnte sich Alonso bislang jedoch noch nicht den Henkelpott sichern.
: Xabi Alonso startete seine Trainertätigkeit bei den Junioren von Real Madrid und im Anschluss bei Real Sociedad B in der dritten spanischen Liga. 2022 heuerte Alonso dann bei Bayer Leverkusen an und traf dort unter anderem auf Florian Wirtz, der unter Alonso zu einem Starspieler reifte. Aber auch mit Jeremie Frimpong oder den Routiniers Jonathan Tah und Granit Xhaka haben in Leverkusen unter Alonso namhafte Spieler gespielt. 2025 wechselte Alonso schließlich zu Real Madrid. Der Spanier ist nun für die starbesetzten Madrilenen zuständig. Derzeit trainiert er unter anderem Spieler wie Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham oder Vinicius Junior.
: Man schätzt sein Vermögen auf etwa 20 Millionen Dollar, also gut 18,5 Millionen Euro. Ein Großteil stammt noch aus seiner aktiven Zeit – bei Vereinen wie Liverpool, Real Madrid oder den Bayern. Als Trainer bei Real verdient er inzwischen 6 bis 8 Millionen Euro pro Jahr, heißt es. Prämien kommen wohl noch obendrauf.
: Drei: Jontxu, Ane und Emma. Seine Frau Nagore und die Familie sind ihm wichtig – das merkt man in Interviews und öffentlichen Auftritten immer wieder.
: Seit 2009 ist er mit Nagore Aranburu verheiratet – eine Jugendliebe, die ihn durch alle Stationen begleitet hat.
: Die Auszeichnung Welttrainer des Jahres konnte Xabi Alonso während seiner Trainerlaufbahn bislang noch nicht gewinnen. Im Jahr 2024, nachdem er mit Bayer Leverkusen das Double und den Supercup holte, landete der Spanier allerdings in den Top drei bei der Wahl zum Welttrainer des Jahres. Mit 22 zu 26 Punkten musste er sich bei der Verleihung einzig Carlo Ancelotti geschlagen geben.
: Ja – "La Barba Roja", also der rote Bart. In Spanien wurde dieser Spitzname zum Symbol für seine Aura, seine Ruhe und seinen unverwechselbaren Look auf dem Platz.

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