Liverpool fans spot two 'boring' James Milner moments in Chelsea win - and love them

Manchester City are expecting a tense battle to the wire against Liverpool for the Premier League trophy.

Liverpool have been overlooked as favourites for the Champions League and 'does not know' how the snub has happened.The Reds are England's most successful European club with six Champions League honours - the most recent of which came in 2019 against Tottenham.But according to the bookmakers, Manchester City are this season's favourites to claim continental glory, despite falling at the final hurdle last season.And though Owen agrees that one of Liverpool or Man City will win the Old Big Ears trophy, the BT Sport pundit cannot believe his former side have been snubbed as top choice for the crown."I see the Champions League as Liverpool's or Manchester City's," Owen told the Liverpool Echo.

Liverpool scraped through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League despite losing 1-0 at home to Inter Milan, as they went through 2-1 on aggregate.Jurgen Klopp's side arrived at Anfield with a healthy 2-0 lead, but that was halved on the hour mark as Lautaro Martinez scored a wondergoal to put Inter back in the tie.But moments later former Arsenal and Manchester United star Alexis Sanchez was sent off for a second bookable offence, throwing all the momentum they had gathered and Liverpool saw out the game against ten men.Although Sanchez' first yellow card was a no-brainer, there was controversy surrounding his second offence, and Arsene Wenger has accuses Fabinho of "cheating".Sanchez was one of Wenger's star men at Arsenal towards the end of his career in management, and sided with the Chilean after he was sent off at Anfield on Tuesday night.Wenger instead pointed the finger at Fabinho, as told beIN Sports: "He rode the line between cheating and being clever. Fabinho on this foul he was on the other side, he was cheating, he made more of it."Maybe he had pain and he was touched by Sanchez.

Chelsea are reportedly keen on signing Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez.

Kevin De Bruyne is expecting a re-run of the breathless 2019 title race that went right down to the final day of the season. The Manchester City ace scored twice as the Blues blew away Manchester United 4-1 to restore the six-point lead at the top - a lead that will be trimmed to just three, if Liverpool win their game in hand, away at Arsenal, next week.

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Liverpool fans are ready to put one rivalry aside as another takes centre stage when it comes to backing a team in Sunday's Manchester derby.

Manchester City in the Premier League title race by claiming a narrow 1-0 win over West Ham.In their first league game since lifting the Carabao Cup, the Reds edged out the Hammers despite a lacklustre second-half performance in what was a tight game.Ultimately, Sadio Mane’s first-half tap-in was the difference, but both sides also had efforts cleared off the line, with Aaron Cresswell and Trent Alexander-Arnold coming to the rescue of their teams in quick succession.Andy Robertson and Naby Keita were both forced to make last-ditch challenges to protect Liverpool's lead after the break as the hosts struggled to put the game to bed.Here, Daily Star Sport looks at four things Jurgen Klopp got right to ensure his side closed the gap on City to three points…Klopp opted to hand Luis Diaz his third successive Premier League start for the visit of the Hammers, with the Colombian playing down the left wing.His trust in the new signing from Porto was repaid in bucket loads, with Diaz looking lively throughout the clash.It was a performance that deserved a goal, with one run just after the half-hour mark dragging his side from their own half to winning a free-kick right on the edge of West Ham’s box.Who was your man of the match as Liverpool defeated West Ham? Let us know in the comments section...Diaz’s place on the left meant that Sadio Mane was once again selected in the central role in Liverpool’s front three.It is a position that Diogo Jota has made his own for much of the season, but Mane impressed in the Portuguese’s place at Anfield.He scored the crucial goal to set the Reds on their way to the win when his clever run was picked out by Mohamed Salah and he turned the ball home.Mane ensured that he kept involved with play

Thomas Tuchel has hit out at Chelsea's fans for their 'lack of respect' after they chanted Roman Abramovich's name during a show of support for Ukraine at Turf Moor on Saturday.Reece James, Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic were all on the scoresheet as four second-half strikes saw the Blues run riot against Sean Dyche's side in a game marred by the pre-match scenes.Prior to kick-off, Burnley held a minutes applause as a show of solidarity with Ukraine in response to Russia's recent invasion of the country.However, the Clarets' tribute was spoiled as a section of Chelsea's travelling faithful opted to show their appreciation for the club's owner Abramovich, who this week declared his intentions to sell the club.In the aftermath of his side's Turf Moor triumph, Tuchel subsequently slammed some of his own supporters for their involvement in the chant."It's not the moment to do this," the German declared. "Listen, if we show solidarity we show solidarity and we should do it together."We take the knee together and if an important person from our club or another club unfortunately dies, we show a minute of respect."It's not the moment to give other messages.

Chelsea strengthen their grip on third spot as they cruised to a 4-0 win over Burnley. Despite the final result, the Blues were fortunate to go in level at the break after Dwight McNeill blazed over from six-yards following a gaffe from Edouard Mendy.But whatever Thomas Tuchel said to his side at half-time clearly did the trick, as the Blues burst into life.Reece James drilled a venomous strike through a sea of Claret shirts to nudge Chelsea into the lead just two minutes after the break.

Manchester United are behind with £323, seeing a major jump after signing Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane in the summer.Liverpool's wage bill sits at £314m, but that's £11m less than the previous year despite handing new long-term contracts to the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, Alisson and Andy Robertson.However, that's probably due to the fact that there were some hefty bonuses included after Jurgen Klopp's side secured the Premier League title for the first time ever in the clubs history.North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham pay the least out of the 'big six', with the Gunners slightly ahead of Tottenham as they pay £244m as opposed to the £205m that Spurs splash out.With the amount of money in football constantly rising, you can expect these figures to increase, especially with many high-profile stars likely to be on the move in the near future.

Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool among the Premier League sides to have learned of their next FA Cup opponents as the sides still in with a chance of glory continue to halve. Chelsea saw off the threat of Luton on Wednesday (March 2) with Liverpool edging past Norwich - having watched City beat Peterborough by two goals to nil the previous evening.

Liverpool supporters in hysterics during their FA Cup clash against Norwich this week after his voice seemed to break at the worst possible time.The England international midfielder started the fixture on Wednesday (March 2) - as did Japan forward Minamino who scored both home goals to send them into the quarter-finals.However, that form didn't mean that Henderson would choose not to shout instruction to his colleague - but that backfired as his voice broke.A fan, who happened to be filming at the time, caught many around him breaking out in laughter at their skipper - who walked away looking disappointed as Minamino passed to James Milner.In an uncharacteristically high-pitch voice, the 27-year-old screamed: "TAKI, TAKI!"Despite a positive start from Norwich, they were unable to equalise following Minamino's double having got back into the game late on through Lukas Rupp.Jurgen Klopp said of his forward after the match: "His impression was obvious with scoring two goals and not only that – he had a lot more top, top football moments. "He was a constant threat tonight, he was mobile, he was quick.

For Man City fans, the home Manchester derby is traditionally the biggest game in the club’s fixture schedule.

Bolton Wanderers have 11 games left to go of their League One season as they aim to make a late charge for the League One play-offs.

Liverpool won the first domestic trophy of the season on Sunday after Chelsea's substitute goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga missed from the spot to hand Jurgen Klopp victory.As the Reds remain in all other competitions, some fans are starting to believe that Liverpool could in fact do the quadruple this season, as they close in on Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.However, they only have the Carabao Cup to their name for now, and it's a trophy that has received criticism in the past as some of the bigger teams tend to field second-string sides in the earlier stages, including even Liverpool this season.But before rival fans had the chance to mock Liverpool for their celebrations, the Anfield faithful have got in their first with a banner which appears to make a joke of their own success.The Carabao Cup has been labelled as the 'Mickey Mouse Cup' in the past due to the fact it's not always taken seriously, and some of the bigger clubs tend to take their foot off the gas and use it as a chance to utilise their younger talent.However, it is a trophy nonetheless, and usually the fans that tend to mock the competition do so when their team has conveniently been knocked out.But Liverpool fans have brilliantly jumped on the bandwagon and mocked their own success, as a banner was unveiled at Anfield containing images of Mickey Mouse surrounded by trophies.Will Liverpool go on to win the quadruple this season? Comment below.The banner was shown during Liverpool's 2-1 win over the Norwich in the fifth round of the FA Cup, as Klopp progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition for the very first time.Liverpool also have a 2-0 advantage over Inter Milan in the Champions League ahead of the second leg at Anfield, and

Manchester United’s clash away at Liverpool later this month will be rearranged after Jurgen Klopp’s side progressed in the FA Cup.

Liverpool fans reckon Georginio Wijnaldum is missing life at his old club after trawling through his Twitter likes. The Netherlands international called time on his five-year stint at Anfield last summer when his contract expired.

Jurgen Klopp has no intention of letting Caoimhin Kelleher leave Liverpool - but he admits the Cup hero may go on loan in the future. Kelleher, 23, was the Reds’ Carabao Cup saviour as he scored from the spot in the dramatic penalty shootout win over Chelsea. The Irishman also made some big saves in the 120 minutes to keep the game goalless.

Jurgen Klopp insists talk of Liverpool winning the quadruple is crazy as he played down the Reds’ hopes of landing four trophies this season.The Merseysiders captured the Carabao Cup on Sunday with a dramatic penalty shootout win against Chelsea.Klopp’s men trail Manchester City by six points in the Premier League but have a game in hand and a clash with the defending champions next month.While they have one foot in the quarter-finals of the Champions League as they take a 2-0 lead into their last-16 second-leg tie against Inter Milan next week.And on Wednesday night the Reds take on struggling Norwich in the FA Cup fifth round.But Klopp said: “No team in the history of English football ever won the quadruple, right? Because it’s really difficult.“We are not even close to thinking about crazy stuff like that.“We have won the Carabao Cup, we are behind City in the league and now we have Norwich in the FA Cup after 120 minutes on Sunday.“Even Manchester City with all their quality did not win it.“The reality is [that] to win something you have to be focused on the next step and the one after that – that’s what we do.“I don’t see it as a compliment [if people think they can] but it’s better people think we can do good things rather than be useless.“I don’t need this kind of compliment – we are close to nothing at the moment.“We face a lot of good teams between now and the end of May.

Liverpool to condemn Chelsea to defeat in the 2022 Carabao Cup final at Wembley.Following 21 successful spot-kicks, including one from Liverpool's second choice keeper Caoimhin Kelleher, the Spain stopper inexplicably smashed his penalty miles over the crossbar.Although his team-mates and manager were full of sympathy, Blues fan Clarkson has taken aim at Arrizabalaga in the form of an Instagram upload.In a video posted for his 4.5m followers, the former Top Gear presenter looked skywards in the fresh air before talking to the camera amid strong winds.Clarkson said: "Wait a minute... wait a minute...