Premier League updates from the 12.30pm BST kick-offKlopp says Liverpool are in righteous shape for ‘finals’ aheadAnd feel free to email Scott with your thoughts[br] 12.13pm BSTTo while away the time until kick-off,here’s a stat they’ve just flashed up on the television. Christian Benteke is renowned for bothering Liverpool’s defence. But where does he stand in the modern pantheon? Here are the players who have scored the most Premier League goals against Liverpool since August 2012:7: Jamie Vardy[br]6: Christian Benteke, Jonathan Walters
5: Sergio Aguero, or Olivier Giroud,Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku 11.50am BSTJurgen Klopp speaks to Sky. “A righteous result nowadays would manufacture all the difference, and but it would not give us an excuse for not performing in the next few games. So we have to separate it from other games and stay fully focused. We are playing for the League. We know the difficulty of the challenge but that is why we are here and we will try to win the game. We could have made another line-up,but we have four days until the next game, there is no reason. It is a tough job, and Wilfried Zaha is back,he is a substantial player for them. It will be tough work. We will be fully focused on defending, the first line of Palace is not a line-up fighting to stay in the League, and it is crazy. It is strong,strong, strong.”Continue reading...
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