"It is Sunday, all English people will have lunch and we play football."

"UEFA has now suspended the player provisionally for 30 days until a final decision is taken by the UEFA control, ethics and disciplinary body."

The Reds hold a slender advantage in that they have an away goal from the 1-1 draw a week ago and will have the Anfield crowd behind them.

Louis van Gaal believes people are "living in the past" if they think Manchester United and Liverpool are above Europe's second-tier competition.

"I've still enough ambition and enough character to fight in difficult moments. I don't give up easily."

City will come up against Liverpool on neutral turf just three months on from a shock 4-1 home loss to Klopp's side in the league.

The managers themselves may prefer the focus on the players, but Sunday's Capital One Cup final will see plenty of attention fall on the men in charge.

Thousands joined a 77th-minute exodus – timed to relate to the £77 it will cost for the most expensive match ticket next season – during Saturday’s 2-2 draw at home to Sunderland.

Since he moved to Merseyside three years ago Sturridge has been unavailable for 54.8 per cent of his time at the club.

The Hammers boss has dismissed speculation that Sturridge, the England striker who has featured just six times for the Reds this season due to a string of injuries, is poised for east London.

Manager Jurgen Klopp was keen to bring in defensive reinforcements this month after hamstring injuries to Martin Skrtel and Dejan Lovren left him short of options.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is closing in on his first signing after Serbian teenager Marko Grujic arrived on Merseyside for a medical.

The former captain has felt the effects of Klopp’s positive influence around the club.

The physical reaction said it all - Scholes appeared so upset that Lineker said to him: “Don’t cry Paul!”.

Coutinho was expected to make his comeback against Newcastle but his recovery is taking longer than expected.

The 35-year-old, currently on a post-season Major League Soccer break from Los Angeles Galaxy, was at the club’s Melwood training complex to be put through his paces by Jurgen Klopp.

Balotelli has made just four appearances, scoring one goal, since returning to Milan this summer on a season-long loan from Liverpool.

It is believed Klopp is happy to honour the offer of being able to train at the club’s Melwood base made to Gerrard by former boss Brendan Rodgers when the 35-year-old left in May.

Given the relentless hype that has surrounded ‘the normal one’ since his appointment, it was only natural Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville would choose to take an in-depth look at his first game.

Jurgen Klopp held his first training session as Liverpool manager with a reduced squad but there was some early good news for the German.

You can spot the Liverpool fans today. They're the ones strolling around looking smug - nearly as happy as Republic of Ireland fans.

The Italian bad boy reminded everyone why clubs keep taking a chance on him

Liverpool have been boosted by the return to training of striker Daniel Sturridge but it may still be too soon for him to feature in Saturday’s trip to Manchester United.

Fabio Borini has completed a permanent switch to Sunderland after the Black Cats’ dogged pursuit finally paid dividends.

Sunderland hope to push through a permanent swoop for striker Fabio Borini after agreeing a £7million deal with Liverpool.

Emre Can, Liverpool’s utility man last season, wants to nail down a place in midfield for the coming campaign.

There's been a brilliant exchange between two former Liverpool greats on Twitter - over a tattoo tribute to the Premier League club.

The 20-year-old, the subject of two failed bids from Manchester City this summer, is believed to have asked not to travel on the club’s pre-season tour of Asia and Australia earlier this week.

Spanish defender Javier Manquillo has returned to Atletico Madrid after his two-year loan at Liverpool was terminated early.

Brendan Rodgers has been criticised for his transfer decisions in the past but, if reports today are correct, he is about to do a very decent piece of business for Liverpool.

“He is definitely not signing. He’s not signing for £700,000, £800,000, £900,000 a week. He is not signing."

Steven Gerrard will not be Liverpool’s saviour this season after a 1-1 draw at Premier League champions Chelsea effectively ended the visitors’ hopes of a top-four finish.

“Three months ago I was a tactical genius and performing to a good level."

Ever wondered what goes through footballers heads when they do something daft?

The football community around the world took time today to remember the victims of the Hillsborough disaster

“Raheem is a Liverpool player and has over two years left on his contract. We expect Raheem Sterling to be here for a long time.”

"We ask an awful lot of young players growing up in the public eye. Many of us look back at things we have done in our teens and early 20s and wish we hadn’t done them."

Raheem Sterling is coming in for a lot of criticism after a picture was published today apparently showing the Liverpool player smoking a shisha pipe.

A giant image of jockey Tony McCoy was projected onto the iconic Royal Liver building in Liverpool last night - the home city of the Aintree Festival.

“Obviously Raheem has come out and made his feelings clear on that and hopefully now the focus will be on the football."

“Raheem has two and a half years left on his deal and he’s not going anywhere in the summer.”

“I do not want to speak about any move. We are not in a transfer period, we are in front of a big game."