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Showing posts with label Liverpool Sports updates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liverpool Sports updates. Show all posts
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Liverpool want to give manager Brendan Rodgers a new contract
Liverpool want to give manager Brendan Rodgers a new contract as the Merseyside club are wary of taking risks over his future. The Northern Irishman has two years left on his current deal but has admirers at Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham.
Sunderland 1-3 Liverpool: Welcome return for Suarez as Reds beat Black Cats

Luis Suarez enjoyed a rapturous return to the Liverpool first-team as his brace helped the Reds to a 3-1 win over Sunderland in his first league appearance since April. It was a bustling encounter at the Stadium of Light, with both teams creating a host of decent chances, but the visitors' more clinical front pair of Suarez and Daniel Sturridge paid dividends. And it didn’t take long for the Uruguayan to show manager Brendan Rodgers what he’s been missing, with the 26-year-old testing the Sunderland defence as he twisted and turned to make room for himself before unleashing a fierce drive that fizzed just past the post in the opening exchanges. The Black Cats also threatened early on as midfielder Seb Larsson struck the bar with a trademark free-kick, but Liverpool looked to have the lead after nine minutes when Martin Skrtel had the ball in the back of the net, only for the defender’s goal to be ruled out for offside. Despite the home side’s best efforts, the in-form Sturridge put the visitors ahead in controversial circumstances on the half-hour mark, the England striker appearing to divert Steven Gerrard’s corner into the net with his upper arm. Sunderland fans were then further angered when the referee turned down protests after an apparent pass back from Kolo Toure to Simon Mignolet, who returned to the Stadium of Light for the first time since his £9million switch to Merseyside. But their jeers were silenced just minutes later when Suarez netted his first goal since returning from his ten-match domestic ban, slotting Sturridge’s pass home into an empty net after a sumptuous long ball from passmaster Gerrard. Liverpool looked vulnerable at the back in moments, while Liverpool’s makeshift right-back Kolo Toure found it difficult to keep tabs on Mackems winger Adam Johnson. The half-time scoreline was perhaps harsh on the Black Cats who performed well and kept plucking away at Liverpool’s back four, with Craig Gardner forcing Mignolet to save magnificently from point-blank range after a clever pass over the top from Lee Cattermole. And the home side started the better as the teams emerged for the second-half, with Johnson again going close with a low strike that drifted just wide and Emanuele Giaccherini pulling one back for the Wearside outfit seconds later, the Italian poking the ball home after Mignolet spilled Ki Sung-Yueng’s initial effort. Mignolet then redeemed himself as Sunderland pushed for an equaliser, the Belgian stopper doing extremely well to parry Gardner’s well hit long-range strike. Liverpool seem to be unable to maintain their dominance in matches at present, and the three points looked less and less likely for them after each Sunderland attack. There was that familiar lack of cohesion to Liverpool’s second-half performance, with wayward passes and poor control halting a lot of their forward moves, as interim boss Kevin Ball’s men looked to pounce on their mistakes. But the hosts struggled to sustain their high tempo, and while Westwood came to his side’s rescue again with a fine save from piledriver from Toure, Suarez wrapped up the contest with his second a minute from time, sweeping the ball into another empty net following a swift counter-attack from the red men. Sunderland’s fourth consecutive defeat sees them remain rock-bottom of the top flight, while Liverpool rise to second - level on points with Tottenham -, with the emerging partnership of Suarez and Sturridge leaving the Anfield faithful hopeful of catching first-placed Arsenal.
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