Category: Champions League

AC Milan looked set to go into half-time at least a goal down having come up against an aggressive Liverpool side at Anfield in the opening 45 minutes.

Despite being outplayed for large portions of the first-half, however, Stefano Pioli’s men rallied late before the whistle to fire in two goals in the space of a couple of minutes to lead at L4.

The goals came courtesy of Ante Rebic and Brahim Diaz, with the pair stunning Jurgen Klopp’s Reds to hand the visiting Serie A giants the lead going into the second-half.

You can catch the clips below, courtesy of beINSports and BT Sport:

AC Milan have completely turned this game around!

Despite Liverpool dominating the first half, Ante Rebic and Brahim Díaz have put the visitors ahead…

One minute and 48 seconds between the two goals! pic.twitter.com/4WKUzIgn9A

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) September 15, 2021

Rebic celebrating

Harvey Elliott may play again this season, after a successful surgery was carried out on the Liverpool starlet’s ankle.

As confirmed by the club in an official statement on their website, the procedure was carried out on the teenager in London on Tuesday.

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Liverpool are reluctant to put a timeline on Elliott’s recovery, as was the case with Virgil van Dijk and co. last season, for obvious reasons.

This news comes as a massive boost to Jürgen Klopp and the rest of the team as the 18-year-old was beginning to cement his place in the Reds’ regular starting XI.

As per the above statement via Liverpool’s official website, Elliott suffered a fracture dislocation of the left joint.

MORE: Liverpool predicted XI v. AC Milan: Jurgen Klopp to name very strong team for Champions … Read the rest

By Max Gallagher (@maxgallwrites)

The following is a guest article by the aforementioned author – linked above – and is not necessarily a representative of opinions held by anyone at Empire of the Kop…

Recently, I posted a tweet expressing my support for Fenway Sports Group. They are by no means perfect, but I feel they’ve been getting a bit of a hard time lately. The tweet did not go down well. In fairness, I probably deserved more stick. FSG are testing the patience of most Liverpool fans at the moment. And, as we all know, Twitter is the kind of place where if you express your preference for marmite, somewhere a militia will form and threaten to come to your house to cut out your tongue and staple it to your forehead. Nevertheless, I am going to attempt to put an argument together here that John Henry … Read the rest

Former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore believes Trent Alexander-Arnold is destined to grace the Premier League hall of fame.

The Scouser was yet again the provider as Mohamed Salah bagged his 100th goal in the country’s top-flight against Leeds United.

MORE: Exclusive: Stan Collymore compares Liverpool star to club legend after clean sheet

Speaking exclusively to Empire of the Kop post-match, Collymore explained why he thinks Trent will probably “break all the Premier League records” before he hangs up his boots.

“Full-backs were fantastic [against Leeds], Trent Alexader-Arnold with another assist. This kid is probably going to break all Premier League records by the time he’s finished – for assists from a defensive position,” the former Liverpool player said.

“[He’s] always prepared to support the attack, the thing I love about Trent is there were a couple of times, be it free-kicks or corners, he didn’t beat the … Read the rest

Former Liverpool defender Ki-Jana Hoever has been speaking about his early career in his native Netherlands.

The 19-year-old, who currently plies his trade for fellow Premier League side Wolves, was called up to represent the Oranje’s U21s during the most recent international break.

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While back in his homeland, Hoever gave an exclusive interview to Voetbal International in which he discussed his time at Anfield and Ajax.

“What would have happened if I had stayed at Ajax? Where would I be then? I made that choice once when I was 16 and [joining Liverpool] was the best thing for my development at that time,” the youngster mused.

“I have never regretted it for a moment. In retrospect you can say that if I had stayed with Ajax, I would now be competing with [Noussair] Mazraoui or … Read the rest