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Liverpool news: Opinion – ‘Jurgen Klopp’s game management was poor’

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Whatever way you look at it, it makes absolutely no sense that Mo Salah played 90 minutes of a dead-rubber on Thursday night against Sparta Prague, rendering him only capable of 70 at Old Trafford on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp has been sublime this season. His substitutions and the manner in which he’s coped with his team’s injuries and trusted younger players have been exceptional, but his game management against Manchester United was poor. Liverpool were cruising in the second half. If anything, it was too easy. Then, Klopp took off Salah, Andy Robertson and Dom Szoboszlai and completely sacrificed control.…
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Women’s World Curling Championship: Scots suffer third straight defeat

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Speaking before their latest loss, Morrison retained hope of reaching the latter stages but admitted that the games against Denmark and Sweden were “very important”. But Madeleine Dupont’s rink was in control after scoring three at the fourth end to lead 4-1 and, when the Swiss skip also scored three at the seventh end, the Scots conceded to fall to a 9-2 defeat. It was another blow to Morrison’s hopes after losing 8-6 to Jessica Smith’s New Zealand, for whom it was their first-ever win at the world finals after losing all their games in their debut last season. The…
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Erin Molan drops Matildas statue bomb after World Cup token

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Erin Molan has poured cold water on confirmation the Matildas will be honored with a bronze statue. It was confirmed on Monday the Aussie national team will be immortalized with a statue at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium with the project to be completed before the end of the calendar year. The Sam Kerr-led outfit became Australia’s most-loved national team during their rollercoaster ride through to the semi-finals of the 2023 World Cup on home soil – smashing all Australian TV ratings records. However, the team ultimately came up short and finished their campaign with defeat in the third-place play-off. The disappointing…
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