The champions elect travel to Liverpool today
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Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson is expected to recover from a kick on the shin in time to face Wolves.
The Reds remain without injured quintet Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho, Dejan Lovren, Joel Matip and Rhian Brewster.
Wolves head coach Nuno Espirito Santo is expected to make changes to his side, who came back to beat Manchester City on Friday night.
Willy Boly and Morgan Gibbs-White remain long-term absentees.
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VIEW FROM THE DUGOUT
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on Wolves: "I really think the job Nuno is doing there is incredible with all the Europa League stress. I think at the beginning of the season they realised a little bit, 'Oh, that's different'. But now they are settled completely there, they are there again, Jimenez and Jota are scoring again.
"There is a lot of really good things there and that makes it really difficult to play against them, of course. But it should be difficult against us as well, that's the plan."
Liverpool have 52 points after 18 games - 313 PL teams have recorded less than that over an entire season
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Liverpool have lost just one of their 10 Premier League games against Wolves (W7, D2).
The Reds have won the last five league encounters by an aggregate score of 12-1.
Wolves have lost 15 of their last 17 top-flight matches at Anfield, failing to score in 10 of the past 14.
Liverpool
If they avoid defeat, this Liverpool team will record 50 unbeaten top-flight home matches - a feat only previously achieved by Chelsea (86 between 2004-2008) and Liverpool (63 between 1978-1980).
Liverpool have won 16 straight home league games, scoring at least twice in each victory.
They have won 26 of their last 27 Premier League matches, including 17 of 18 this season.
Liverpool are unbeaten in 35 league fixtures (W30, D5).
The Reds have won their final league game in each of the last five years since losing at Chelsea in 2013.
Roberto Firmino has scored four goals in three matches in all competitions, having previously scored just four all season.
Trent Alexander-Arnold has registered a league-high 20 assists since the start of last season.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolves are unbeaten in their last seven Premier League away games (W3, D4).
Their past two away league losses came on Merseyside: at Liverpool in May and at Everton in September.
Wolves have won their final league game in four of the last five calendar years.
Raul Jimenez has been involved in seven of Wolves' 13 away league goals, scoring four goals and providing three assists.
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posted on 30/12/19
comment by GeminMallorca (U18318)
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comment by Black Starr (U12353)
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comment by GeminMallorca (U18318)
posted 43 minutes ago
comment by Black Starr (U12353)
posted 22 minutes ago
Scraping the barrel - amazing comparison gemHave you actually spent time coming up with that?
In terms of wumming - if lone wolf would leave the Leicester board alone for one minute I’d gladly return the favour. You seem to have no idea that you’re some of your own fans have an issue with us
Won’t put his money where his mouth is though.....
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Scraping the barrel? It's a simple comparison between two clubs in a similar situation at a certain point in the season.
Talking of putting your money where your mouth is, I've got a hundred quid that says we will finish this season higher in the league than Leicester did the season following your league title when you, like us had to play in a European competition. Where was it you finished? Oh yeah 12th I believe.
Come on then gobshite, put up or shut up!
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😂 it’s not remotely comparable is it? We were in disarray 3 years ago after doing the impossible - we lost Kante, players had fallen out with Ranieri and he was taking us down by basically failing to adapt to how teams were now playing us.
There was a clear reason that we so dramatically underperformed the season after our title win and it wasn’t because we had to cope with european games - it was because there was a major dressing room fall out with the manager
So no, I’m not going to compare it to your season where currently have better players than we did 3 years ago, stable management, a harmonious dressing room and last seasons platform to build on
Rather than trying to distract from LoneWolf failing to back up his statement that Leicester are now in freefall, you should call your fellow fans out when they troll our board and go into hiding when asked to put their money up
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I don't give a flying feck what's going on on your board or what anyone says on there. Wumming is for kids and anyone who falls for it should know better.
I knew you would find an excuse for not taking my bet
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why would I take a bet that Wolves won’t finish higher than 12th? I might as well just hand you money right now. That’s a ridiculous bet - there has to be something in for both parties or do you not understand how these things work?
For example - a decent bet, and one I was proposing for Lone Wolf, before he ran away, would be a £10 on Wolves finishing higher than Leicester this season. If, in his opinion, Leicester will now be in free fall because our easy run of fixtures has ended, then he should take the bet
Stop trying to distract from your fellow posters cowardice by offering up a ridiculous distraction
posted on 30/12/19
Whatever
posted on 30/12/19
comment by GeminMallorca (U18318)
posted 5 minutes ago
Whatever
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Great post
posted on 30/12/19
Interesting reading on the use of VAR. For me, if the VAR can’t tell straight away / from 2-3 replays from a different angle, it should t be over turned.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50944416
posted on 30/12/19
comment by Howling Wolf (U17434)
posted 6 minutes ago
Interesting reading on the use of VAR. For me, if the VAR can’t tell straight away / from 2-3 replays from a different angle, it should t be over turned.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50944416
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There is another thread dedicated to this subject HW
posted on 30/12/19
comment by GeminMallorca (U18318)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Howling Wolf (U17434)
posted 6 minutes ago
Interesting reading on the use of VAR. For me, if the VAR can’t tell straight away / from 2-3 replays from a different angle, it should t be over turned.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50944416
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There is another thread dedicated to this subject HW
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posted on 30/12/19
Brown star
posted on 30/12/19
Just after Vinagre smacked that last minute chance overt the bar, I kicked something (not human) in a pub in Manchester and it made a much louder noise than I imagined it might. The bouncer I'd been chatting merrily with up to that point felt he had to step in and ask me to calm down. The Evertonian I call my girlfriend, equally exercised, recognised the symptoms and ushered me out of the drinking establishment and hence to a curry house to calm me down.
I'm still a bit wound up to be honest but am content to a degree that we have another crack at those horrible scouse b'stards very shortly and I've a feeling we'll turn them over. Won't take away the hurt and injustice of yesterday but will be a step in the right direction.
posted on 30/12/19
Brown Starr 💩 😂😂
posted on 31/12/19
comment by Spangles (U17289)
posted 17 hours, 40 minutes ago
Not sure how you can change the rules to improve the offside situations. It was suggested yesterday changing the rules so that if any part of the body is onside then the player is ok. But it’s still a black and white on or off decision no matter where you draw the line and you would still have marginal decisions
To me the problem is var not the rules. Let’s go back to refs and linesman making decisions. Then apply the clear and obvious error rule to var which I thought was the intention. If someone’s second finger on their right hand is shown to be offside then the refs decision should not change. If you need to draw a line on the picture to tell, then it’s not clear and obvious.
And for incidents like the first goal if you have to study a film for 5 minutes to see if the ref has made an error then it’s not clear and obvious. Allow a 30 second or maybe 1 minute review
And worst of all in my view show the recordings in the ground to the people who have paid to be there so that they know what’s going on
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Great post