Liverpool have won the Community Shield for the first time since 2006. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. By January 2011 and the second half of the season, Borussia Dortmund were well on their way to a first Bundesliga title in nine years. "I explained it once, that I really want to be the friend of a player, but not their best friend. 2 How long did it take for Liverpool to win a trophy? The Spanish side won their third straight title as an early Daniel Sturridge beauty was cancelled out by three second-half Sevilla goals. Sadio Mane formed a part of Liverpool's fearsome attacking trio with Egyptian winger, Mohamed Salah and Brazilian striker, Roberto Firmino that helped the Reds win Liverpool have won the Community Shield for the first time since 2006. Paraguayan forward Lucas Barrios had netted 19 league goals in the 2009/10 campaign, but in the summer of 2010 Dortmund added what would prove to be the final pieces of the jigsaw. In Klopp's final season at Dortmund, he fell short in the DFL-Pokal final once again, this time to VfL Wolfsburg. The manager as much as the fans will be gutted by the players wish to leave in a few months time. Something went wrong, please try again later. As the goals rained in and the trophies piled up, there was always the question of which of the front three would leave first. His obsession with a dominant Liverpool, when he arrived from Aberdeen in 1986, had been clear.Jamie Carraghers subsequent argument may ring true that it was Liverpool, and not United, who knocked themselves off their perch with poor decisions and were out of contention when Ferguson won his first title in 1993 but so do the words of a United executive more recently. He eventually moved to Liverpool in 2015 and won the Champions League in Madrid in Liverpool, Manchester United and a shifting dynamic towards similarity | Jonathan Liew, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. When Klopp joined Liverpool, he created his team that went onto win the 3 major domestic trophies and the European cup.an amazing feat. With Australian Mitchell Langerak making his competitive debut in place of the injured Weidenfeller, the visitors fielded the youngest team in their Bundesliga history - with an average age of 22.3 years. What also followed was a first-ever Premier League title, as Liverpool dominated the 2019-20 season in a brilliant campaign, making for a historic treble of trophies. 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On the hour mark, Hummels headed home against his former club to give Dortmund a two-goal cushion that they never lost. It was also made clear, according to the same reports, that the 31-year-old is making his decision with his family in mind and will 'fight until the end' for Liverpool. In 20 years if you want to talk about this team," Klopp said, "I would not be surprised if people would then say if we dont win anything any more, theyll say yeah they were good, but they should have won more. Instead he argued they sometimes just need the right manager. Three reasons to watch Man City vs Newcastle - live on BT Sport! Extra time beckoned before it was decided that there would, in fact, be penalties to settle it. Man-of-the-match Gtze - still only 18 - got the opener before visiting keeper Roman Weidenfeller saved a penalty. Firmino joined from Hoffenheim just a few short months before Klopp took over as manager, and has won every trophy going under the manager. The Brazil international is set to leave Anfield at the end of the season, bringing his eight-year stint to an end. Wed be lost without him. At Dortmund, he reached the Champions League final at Wembley, where his side were edged out by a last-gasp winner from Arjen Robben which broke Dortmund hearts as they lost 2-1 to Bayern Munich. And while Firmino may have been the least eye-catching member of the trio he was undeniably central, literally as well as figuratively, to the devastation they, and the team as a whole, caused. Jul 30, 2022 2:02 PM EDT. WebMan Utd have more trophies on the way under Erik ten Hag Erik ten Hag won his first trophy with Man United this weekend and theres surely more on the way soon. 1 FIFA Club Kepa's would be the kick that decided it all; Liverpool won on penalties 11-10. The German said (via The Liverpool Offside): James Milner is currently in the final year of his contract with Liverpool and could seek a move away from the club once his current deal expires. In football you need emotions but you need all your other skills as well. After Rafa Benitez departure, Liverpool were a club on the decline floundering in 6th-8th. By that stage the 40-year-old was already well known in Germany, not only for leading Mainz to the Bundesliga - before being relegated with them two years later - but also for his astute and charismatic observations as a pundit on mainstream TV coverage of major tournaments. Mount should really have put the Blues in front early in the second half but after going through one-v-one with Kelleher, his side-foot finish bounced off the post and to Liverpool safety. Quite simply the trio were made for each other and over the course of five years established themselves as one of the most aggressive, thrilling and decisive attacking units European football has ever seen. He then added two DFL-Super Cups in 2013 and 2014. Over the years it has been a fixture which has led to the team considered to be weaker or struggling to elevate their performance but not last season. It is all the more remarkable given just under 10 months ago Liverpool humiliated them at the same stadium, winning 4-0, to complete a 9-0 aggregate win that season which was the biggest margin of victory between the two clubs in their history of contesting league games. Liverpool match verdict from Paul Gorst after Reds win Carabao Cup final on penalties against Chelsea at Wembley. How good must it feel to know that all of this Wembley colour and cheer could merely be the glorious prelude to the most sensational conclusion of any season of any era at Anfield? "Social media came in, players are much more in-demand with television, newspapers, everything. The German manager has helped the Reds win one Premier League title, one UEFA Champions League trophy, one EFL Cup, one FA Cup, one UEFA Super Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. Ten Hag is proving that and has also, shrewdly, tapped into Uniteds psyche and history. Liverpool stride out onto the Bernabeu pitch on Wednesday 5-2 down on aggregate. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Jrgen Klopp relishes the scale of Liverpools clashes with Manchester United and is targeting another decisive step on Sunday. Ottmar Hitzfeld, who led a more experienced Dortmund side to their first Bundesliga title in 1995 and European Cup glory two years later, said a clutch of young and hungry players had been vital to Dortmunds high-tempo style. They were far from the last. Firmino was again deployed centrally but this time as a false nine in a three-man frontline, given the licence to move into dangerous positions inside the area as well as drift across and away from the attacking line, all the while supported by, and supporting, the forwards either side of him. Bayern Munich, after all, had claimed a league and cup double the season before, and had also reached the UEFA Champions League final in what was Louis van Gaal's first year in charge. The first and only Club World Cup was added to the trophy cabinet by Klopp and his team in 2019, with Qatar providing the backdrop. But if I wrote a book about that probably nobody would buy it.". Liverpool were dealt an 11th-hour team-news blow when Thiago Alcantara pulled up in the warm-up. Rashford scored Manchester Uniteds second in their win over Newcastle United at Wembley as Erik ten Hag led the Old Trafford club to their first trophy since Jurgen Klopp is regarded as among the most talented football managers of his generation. Klopp signed Mohamed Salah from AS Roma during the summer transfer window of 2017. Although the club won't be making any finals in 2022-23 barring a shocking comeback in the Champions League, the Reds made it to three finals in 2021-22 alone. My greatest challenge is not whats happening at the moment, Ferguson said before delivering the killer line: My greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f------ perch. It was harsh in the extreme but they didn't let a sense of injustice rattle them as Klopp sent on Harvey Elliott, Diogo Jota and James Milner for Henderson, Mane and Keita. The Brazil international, like many of his team-mates, has struggled this season and that has contributed to some of the Reds' defensive issues as the holding role has become something of a revolving door with different options tried in an attempt to find a solution. Everyone contributed in an admirable collective effort. He knows all about perches. Klopps revolutionary brand of football, which had helped popularise tactical innovations such as the gegenpress, had seen him rise to notoriety and become Liverpools number one target following a forensic search by American owner John W. Henry. Liverpool was the biggest, greatest, most successful time of my life together with the manager, together with my colleagues, together with all of them. [. That started with the Europa League second leg against Barcelona, then Wembley, followed by an FA Cup tie for a quarter-final place and finishing with travelling to Liverpool. ", Everton transfer news LIVE - Pedro wanted, Lewis Ferguson price set, investor talks, 'This road was beautiful once, now we've just got Asda', One person said the street has a bad reputation but "you have to live here to know it". Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Liverpool and Brazil forward Roberto Firmino is set to leave Anfield when his contract expires at the end of the season, after spending eight years in English football. March 1 "They have turned into a results machine. He has made 309 appearances under the German manager thus far, scoring 25 goals and assisting 44 more. The first came under Bob Paisley, who added two more to the trophy cabinet before his successor Joe Fagan also won the famous cup.