Friday at LFC: The boss, Bournemouth prep and a Divock quiz
It was a busy day at Melwood on Friday as Jürgen Klopp hosted his pre-Bournemouth press conference, while the squad continued getting ready for the Vitality Stadium with the latest training session. Here's all you need to know...
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Our photographers were at Melwood this afternoon to snap the latest training session ahead of the trip to Bournemouth on Sunday. You can see images like the one below and whole host of others in our gallery.
Jürgen Klopp used his pre-match press conference on Friday morning to update on the injury latest as we gear up for Sunday’s journey to the south coast.
Find out how Adam Lallana, Roberto Firmino and Daniel Sturridge are faring ahead of then.
Meanwhile, the manager insisted during his pre-match briefing with journalists Liverpool won’t be looking to sell any members of the first-team squad in January.
“What can I say about this? There’s absolutely no idea or no thought to sell any player of the first-team squad actually. I don’t think it would make sense to."
Watch the boss…
If you’re an LFCTV GO subscriber, you can watch Jürgen’s pre-Bournemouth press conference in full in the clip below.
Dates for the diary…
Liverpool confirmed the dates for their two-legged EFL Cup semi-final tie with Southampton today.
The St Mary’s clash will be played on Wednesday January 11, kicking off at 7.45pm, while the Anfield return is scheduled for Wednesday January 25, with an 8pm kick-off. Both matches will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.
The LFCTV GO video of the day…
Ben Woodburn’s goal against Leeds in midweek made him the latest in a long line of Academy graduates to score for the first team in the Premier League era having progressed through the ranks in Kirkby. Here’s a compilation of 10 of the best…
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Think you know Divock?
So, it’s one year to the day Divock Origi scored his first Liverpool goal – but can you name all of the clubs he’s netted against for the Reds?
Coming up on Saturday on Liverpoolfc.com…
We’ll be hearing exclusively from Dejan Lovren, who looks ahead to Sunday’s clash at Bournemouth. We’ve also got chats with Divock Origi and Simon Mignolet for you to read, as well as a whole host of other pre-match content to get you in the mood for the Reds' latest outing.