4 d. ago Salah staying doesn’t change one key point: Liverpool still need to rebuild | Barney Ronay

On the face of it the Egyptian’s new contract has no downside – but this is not entirely a free ride for Arne Slot and the clubWell, that’s good then. Things fall apart. But sometime they also don’t. And the centre does actually hold.Perhaps the most interesting part of Mohamed Salah’s contract extension at Liverpool is the fact this is a rare crossover story, a signing that steps outside its own tribal margins. There will of course be localised delight. Liverpool fans can look forward to their own lost weekend in the sun, a sense that the good times will now continue to roll, that the time bar has shifted. Return to your seats. This is a lock-in. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Declan Rice topples Real Madrid with black swans and silver bullets | Barney Ronay

Arsenal midfielder had never scored a free-kick before nailing two in 12 minutes to sink European championsSo that’s how you beat Real Madrid then. Here it is, the silver bullet. Improbably brilliant, aesthetically lovely, statistically semi‑impossible right-footed free‑kicks. What’s the problem here exactly?Before this fun, wild, unbound night at the Emirates Stadium Declan Rice had scored exactly zero free-kicks across his eight-year professional career. On Tuesday night he scored two in 12 minutes, against the champions of Europe, in Arsenal’s biggest European game in almost 30 years. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Liverpool’s title stumble shows strength of Premier League, not its weakness | Barney Ronay

Fulham were excellent in beating the champions-elect and credit should be given to the mid-table tier’s progressionHere it comes then. The much‑promised collapse. The improbable, but somehow also deserved and collectively willed disintegration of these champions by default. Something like that anyway. Tell you what though. Fulham are good aren’t they? And particularly so, it should be said, for a team that started the day 10th in an apparently mediocre league. Or is that not part of the story?At the end of a fun, boisterous 3‑2 victory for Marco Silva’s excellent, vigorous upper‑midtable team the talk will of course be about Liverpool, and not necessarily in a very flattering way. Continue reading...

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1 week ago It’s unfair to blame Liverpool for being the best team: that's how you win titles | Barney Ronay

It has been an odd, slow bicycle race of a season, but this is hardly the fault of Arne Slot’s impressive league leadersThere was an extraordinary moment in the seconds after Diogo Jota had scored the only goal of this Merseyside derby, as the home supporters seethed and writhed, bodies tumbling, a wave of noise barrelling around the Anfield stands.At which point a lone middle-aged man could be seen emerging from the seats, waving his fists in the direction of what must have been the fourth official, making wild but oddly precise spectacles gestures with his fingers, all the while being hurled back by the combined efforts of three men in orange jackets. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Newcastle vs Brentford prediction: Premier League betting preview, odds and tips

Newcastle will be looking to build on their Carabao Cup win as they approach the business end of the Premier League season starting with Brentford at home

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2 w. ago Arne Slot admits Carabao Cup final mistake as he looks for Liverpool response vs Everton

Liverpool take on Everton in the Merseyside derby on Wednesday night with Arne Slot hopeful that they've recovered from their Carabao Cup defeat by Newcastle

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2 w. ago Alan Shearer makes major Newcastle United claim after Carabao Cup triumph

Alan Shearer has been heavily involved in Newcastle's celebrations after they won the Carabao Cup and the Toon legend believes no future triumph will ever top this one

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2 w. ago Inside Newcastle's historic Carabao Cup parade: 300,000 Magpies rejoiced in the streets as celebrities and legends alike bowed before their heroes for once in a lifetime scenes, writes CRAIG HOPE

CRAIG HOPE IN NEWCASTLE: It was an ocean of black and white, a force-of-nature convergence on the tributary running the mile between St James' Park and the Town Moor.

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2 w. ago BBC forced to apologise as Newcastle ace repeatedly swears after ignoring Ant & Dec plea

Newcastle have been busy celebrating their Carabao Cup win with a trophy parade that has attracted thousands. However, the BBC was left in hot water thanks to one sweary player

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2 w. ago Eddie Howe chasing more Newcastle United success after Carabao Cup celebrations

Magpies ended 70-year wait for domestic trophy by beating Liverpool earlier this month

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2 w. ago Ant and Dec look in great spirits as they celebrate Newcastle United's Trophy Parade from St. James' Park Stadium following their historic Carabao Cup victory over Liverpool

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were in high spirits on Saturday as they joined the celebrations for Newcastle United's Trophy Parade following the football club's historic Carabao Cup victory. 

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2 w. ago Eddie Howe ‘hungry for more’ silverware after Newcastle celebrate cup triumph with trophy parade

An estimated crowd of 300,000 lined the streets on Tyneside as the city celebrated a long-awaited success

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2 w. ago Alan Shearer wells up as he pays tribute to his late father at Carabao Cup parade with Newcastle legend choking back tears: 'I wish he would have hung on for one more year'

Shearer's dad, also named Alan, passed away aged 80 in May 2024 following a re-occurrence of cancer . He had been diagnosed in February having already beaten the disease at the age of 65.

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2 w. ago TV presenters Ant and Dec join Newcastle United bus parade for Carabao Cup win

It comes after the Premier League team, which the pair support, won the trophy after beating Liverpool 2-1.

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2 w. ago Alan Shearer fights back tears as he pays emotional tribute to his late father in front of thousands of fans at Newcastle's Carabao Cup trophy parade

Alan Shearer was fighting back tears while speaking at Newcastle's Carabao Cup trophy parade, as the former striker paid an emotional tribute to his father in front of thousands of fans.

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2 w. ago In Pictures: Newcastle fans line streets – and one climbs a tree – at cup parade

Newcastle beat Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley earlier this month, ending the club’s 70-year wait for a domestic trophy.

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2 w. ago 150,000 Newcastle fans join Ant and Dec for trophy parade to celebrate Carabao Cup win

Around 150,000 Newcastle supporters lined the streets as the club celebrated their Carabao Cup win with an open-top bus parade through the city centre, with Ant and Dec also involved in the festivities

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2 w. ago Ant McPartlin screams as Newcastle United fans swarm him during club's historic parade

Geordie presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were excited to join the Newcastle United team on their Carabao Cup parade as they celebrated a historic first domestic trophy win in 70 years

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2 w. ago Thousands of Newcastle supporters turn out to celebrate historic Carabao Cup win in style as Toon Army line the streets ahead of open

Eddie Howe's side ended their lengthy 70-year wait for a domestic trophy after beating Liverpool earlier this month, courtesy of goals from local hero Dan Burn and Alexander Isak.

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2 w. ago Watch live: Newcastle United fans celebrate club’s historic EFL cup win amid open bus parade

Watch live as 150,000 Newcastle United fans are expected to gather in the city to celebrate the side's historic victory in the EFL Cup, with players marking the end of a 70-year wait for a domestic trophy with an open bus parade.

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