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Good night, Red fans. Here are the liverpool night headlines on Saturday 25 July.
Jordan Henderson paid tribute to his Liverpool teammates after being named FWA Footballer of the Year last week and the Reds captain posed the award alongside the entire first team. Well, almost.
Liverpool eagle-eyed enthusiasts saw two notables absent from the photo, with Sadio Mane and Dejan Lovren nowhere.
The ECHO understands that Mane was absent due to a slight medical issue, although it’s not a problem that is expected to keep him out of Sunday’s Premier League clash against Newcastle United.
Meanwhile, Lovren is not included in the photo, as he was busy preparing and preparing before his 11 million pound transfer to Russian champion Zenit St. Petersburg.
Whatever their result against Norwich City on Sunday, Manchester City is guaranteed Liverpool’s final premier moment.
Pep Guardiola’s team had won back-to-back top-tier titles, however this year’s trophy was lost and kicked off the final game of the weekend with 18 editions of Jurgen Klopp’s Reds.
“It’s just, ” said Guardiola. “When you end up with 18 overdue problems, it’s right now because it’s right.
“It’s the same with the team that is in third place in the championship. I don’t know what problems we have in front of them [the City has 15 problems ahead of Manchester United], but there is still a long way to go.”
“The fact is that the real champion is Liverpool, and the truth is that the hole does not lie.”
Swansea City striker Andre Ayew welcomed Liverpool’s ceded star Rhian Brewster as the duo formed a partnership at Liberty Stadium.
Brewster scored 10 goals for the league club after being on loan in January and played a key role in the Swans to take a spot in the play-offs.
Steve Cooper’s appearance sharply propelled Nottingham Forest to sixth place in the last round of matches by overcoming a five-way difference: Brewster scored the first game in a 4–1 win over Reading, while Sabri Lamouchi’s forest collapsed in a 4–1 win. defeat of the house in Stoke City.
Brewster, 20, and Ayew are set to lead the line once again for the Swans when they take on Brentford in the first leg of their play-off semi-final on Sunday.
“Rhian has everything to play with,” Ayew told Swansea’s official online website, The Echo.
“They gave him goals, gave him speed and gave him power. He’s got everything a striker needs, and that’s very important.
“When you’re 19 or 20 and you see the season it’s in. If he continues to paint hard, he will be one of the most productive players.”