Your morning Liverpool digest for Wednesday, April 5.
Jurgen Klopp sends defiant Liverpool message after 'point gained' at Chelsea
Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool have given themselves a “basis for the rest of the season” with the fight and attitude they showed in scrapping to another Chelsea stalemate.
A much-changed Reds side ended a run of three successive defeats with a hard-earned goalless draw at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday evening.
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Virgil van Dijk was absent through illness while Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah were restricted to late cameos and Trent Alexander-Arnold remained on the bench as Liverpool secured only their fourth away clean sheet of the Premier League season.
It was the fourth successive time the two teams had played out a goalless draw. And asked how he viewed the outcome, Klopp said: “A point gained. It was an away game. It was not the most spectacular game I’ve ever saw. I saw two of them last season with two Liverpool-Chelsea finals which were absolutely insane.
“There were very similar teams here but completely different football because of different levels of confidence for both teams.
“But this was the fight we had to show tonight. This was the way we have to start again our development. We cannot have a couple of things which weren’t what they should have been and we fix it overnight.
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Liverpool might have finally found their long-awaited successor for Philippe Coutinho
At 24, Mason Mount has already flourished where Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Dennis Bergkamp, Gianluigi Buffon, Ronaldo Nazario and other illustrious figures of the European game had all failed.
FC Porto's Estadio do Dragao was the stage in May of 2021 where Mount's sumptuous through-ball assisted Kai Havertz in scoring the goal that would secure Chelsea a second Champions League triumph in 10 years as Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea recorded a sensational triumph over Manchester City in the showpiece European final.
In doing so, the England international ensured he was successful in spearheading an out-of-sorts Chelsea side, that had significantly lost its way under one-time manager Frank Lampard, to the pinnacle of the European game.
But less than two years on from his starring role on the mainland, Mount finds himself on the verge of a summer exit from Stamford Bridge with Chelsea planning a substantial trimming of the squad during the off-season after an excess of arrivals in West London since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital's takeover last May.
The midfielder is yet to agree on a new long-term deal despite extensive talks with Chelsea officials about prolonging his stay at the club he joined at the age of six. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been a long-time admirer of Mount and is, along with Jude Bellingham, considered one of the Reds' top targets ahead of a highly-anticipated overhaul this summer.
Manchester United, Manchester City and Bayern Munich are also said to be keeping a watchful eye on the England international and how his contract standoff plays out in the capital in the weeks and months ahead. Tuchel, who last month was appointed as Julian Nagelsmann's successor in Bavaria, is said to be keen on a reunion with his former Stamford Bridge star.
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Jurgen Klopp sends defiant Liverpool message after 'point gained' at Chelsea
