KOMPAS.com - Seusai kalah 0-1 dari Chelsea pada pekan ke-37 Liga Inggris , Minggu (6/5/2018), Liverpool dikabarkan telah mendapatkan pemain baru untuk musim depan.
Dikutip dari BolaSport.com, media terkemuka di Prancis, Canal+ dan RMC Radio , mengabarkan bahwa Liverpool telah mencapai kesepakatan dengan Olympique Lyon untuk pembelian Nabil Fekir seharga 63 juta pound atau sekitar Rp 1 triliun.
Menariknya, berita ini datang saat laga Chelsea melawan Liverpool memasuki pertengahan babak kedua. Menanggapi hal ini, pelatih Liverpool, Juergen Klopp mengaku terkejut dan enggan memberi komentar.
"Saat pertandingan kita melakukan transfer? Sejujurnya, saya sangat terkejut mendengar ini. Saya tidak punya komentar lain," kata Klopp dikutip dari Mirror.
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Tidak hanya Nabil Fekir, penyerang Barcelona, Ousmana Dembele juga dikabarkan akan segera merapat ke Liverpool musim depan. Uniknya, Klopp justru mengaku tertarik dengan pemain asal Perancis tersebut.
AFP/Franck Fife Dua pemain timnas Perancis, Aymeric Laporte dan Nabil Fekir, tiba di Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines dalam persiapan menghadapi laga internasional, 4 Oktober 2017.
"Oooooh, apakah dia (Dembele) tersedia di bursa transfer? Sekarang saya sangat tertarik. Tetapi, saya tidak banyak komentar tentang rumor transfer," kata mantan pelatih Dortmund ini.
Liverpool memang banyak dikaitkan dengan banyak pemain karena performa impresif musim ini.
Terlepas dari berbagai rumor yang beredar, satu nama sudah dipastikan akan bergabung dengan Mohamed Salah dkk musim depan.
Gelandang RB Leipzig, Naby Keita dipastikan akan berseragam merah pada tanggal 1 Juli 2018 mendatang. Leipzig dan Liverpool sepakat dengan harga sekitar Rp 800 miliar pada awal musim ini.
LONDON, KOMPAS.com — Posisi Liverpool di zona Liga Champions alias empat besar Liga Inggris terancam seusai kalah dari Chelsea , Minggu (6/5/2018).
Pada pertandingan pekan ke-37 Premier League —kasta teratas Liga Inggris, Liverpool kalah 0-1 dari Chelsea di Stadion Stamford Bridge lantaran gol Olivier Giroud pada menit ke-32.
Kemenangan ini membuat Chelsea memangkas jarak poin dengan tim empat besar. Mereka mengoleksi 69 angka dari 36 laga, minus dua poin dari Tottenham Hotspur.
Liverpool memang masih berada di posisi ketiga dengan koleksi 72 poin. Namun, pasukan Juergen Klopp sudah memainkan 37 pertandingan.
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Untuk bisa memastikan lolos, Liverpool harus menang atas Brighton & Hove Albion pada laga pamungkas Liga Inggris musim ini. Meski dari segi poin bisa dikejar Chelsea, Liverpool unggul jauh dalam jumlah produktivitas gol.
Pada laga ini, Liverpool sebenarnya tampil lebih mendominasi. Namun, meski dalam tekanan, Chelsea malah mampu mencuri gol pada menit ke-32.
Berawal dari serangan dari sayap kanan melalui Victor Moses, umpan silang yang dilepaskan berhasil ditanduk Olivier Giroud dan merobek jala gawang Liverpool. keunggulan stau gol ini bertahan hingga laga usai.
Chelsea: 13-Thibaut Courtois; 2-Antonio Ruediger, 24-Gary Cahill, 28-Cesar Azpilicueta; 3-Marcos Alonso, 14-Tiemoue Bakayoko, 7-N'Golo Kante, 4-Cesc Fabregas (Pedro 90'), 15-Victor Moses (Davide Zappacosta 89'); 10-Eden Hazard (Willian 86'); 18 Olivier Giroud
Liverpool: 1-Loris Karius; 26-Andrew Robertson (Daniel Solanke 74'), 4-Virgil van Dijk, 6-Dejan Lovren, 2-Nathaniel Clyne (Jordan Henderson 59'); 7-James Milner (Alberto Moreno 89'), 5-Georginio Wijnaldum, 66-Trent Alexander-Arnold; 19-Sadio Mane, 9-Roberto Firmino, 11-Mohamed Salah
• ‘That is not what I want to see,’ says Klopp of his forward • Antonio Conte says Chelsea will fight for a top-four place
Jürgen Klopp has made clear his disapproval of the dive from Mohamed Salah which led to the footballer of the year being booked as Liverpool succumbed to Chelsea, a result which has offered last season’s Premier League champions hope of infiltrating the top four.
Salah was cautioned after going to ground at Gary Cahill’s first‑half challenge with the Egyptian, up against his former club, well marshalled by Antonio Rüdiger and enduring a third scoreless game in succession. “Yes I think it was a dive, was it?” Klopp said. “Or he waited for the contact, I am not sure, so that is not what I want to see, that is not what he wants to do. But obviously it happened.
“With all the other situations, he couldn’t get any foul any more. That is not right as well. It was always like this and you have to deal with that.”
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The forward, who has scored 41 goals this season, was up against a former team-mate at Roma in Rüdiger, with Klopp confident he will rediscover his scoring touch in time for the European Cup final against Real Madrid on 26 May.
“He has played twice in a row against former team-mates, and it was the same today as it was against Roma,” the Liverpool manager said. “Before the game they are very friendly, all ‘Hello Mo, how are you?’, and hugs here and there. But then during the game [smacks his hand on the desk]. The same with Rüdiger today.
“He has to be much better, he can do much better and he will score again, there is no doubt about that. There was no space for anything out there. He can play with no space actually, but not today. That is it, all good.”
Chelsea’s victory hoisted Antonio Conte’s side to within three points of their third-placed opponents before the midweek visit of Huddersfield. If that game is won – and even if the fourth‑placed Tottenham prosper in their own fixture against Newcastle on Wednesday – the race for the top four will go to the final afternoon when Liverpool host Brighton and the London club travel to Tyneside. “And Newcastle is not a holiday trip, or at least it doesn’t sound like a holiday trip to me,” said Klopp, who declined to comment on suggestions in France that Liverpool are in talks with Lyon over their attacking midfielder Nabil Fekir.
Conte said: “We must be pleased with our will to fight and desire to keep hope alive to take a place in the Champions League. I don’t know if this will be enough at the end of the season to get a place in the Champions League, but we have to try.
“It’s important to approach this situation with great pride and a great will to fight, to show we are still alive. As you know very well, one month ago it was impossible to imagine we’d arrive at the end to fight for a place in the Champions League. Now there is hope.”
Bola.com, London - Chelsea menang 1-0 atas Liverpool pada laga pekan ke-37 Premier League 2017-2018 di Stamford Bridge, Minggu (6/5/2018). Pertandingan tersebut menyisakan sejumlah fakta menarik.
Bermain di hadapan pendukung sendiri, Chelsea justru tidak diunggulkan. Situasi itu karena The Blues harus menghadapi finalis Liga Champions 2017-2018.
Apalagi, The Reds menekan tim tuan rumah sejak bola digulirkan. Trio lini depan Liverpool, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, dan Roberto Firmino bergantian mengancam gawang Chelsea.
Beruntung bagi skuat asuhan Antonio Conte, Thibaut Courtois tampil cukup impresif pada laga tersebut. Kiper asal Belgia itu mampu menjaga gawangnya sepanjang pertandingan.
Para pendukung Chelsea justru bersorak ketika pertandingan berjalan 32 menit. Olivier Giroud sukses mencatatkan nama di papan skor lewat sundulan.
Kemenangan tersebut membuat Chelsea semakin mendekati posisi keempat atau batas akhir zona Liga Champions. Eden Hazard dan kawan-kawan mengumpulkan nilai 69, tertinggal satu poin dari Tottenham Hotspur.
Berikut ini adalah lima fakta menarik setelah Chelsea membungkam Liverpool:
