Thursday's news at LFC: Samba stars, Mane's dummy and more
We may be in the midst of an international break, but there was plenty of Liverpool FC news and interviews to digest throughout Thursday.
Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino discussed their creative approach to the game, Loris Karius reflected on his opening months with the Reds, two youngsters were in international action, Sadio Mane sold a sensational dummy and there was much more besides.
Read on for a summary…
Our top three stories…
Ahead of Brazil’s World Cup qualifier against South American rivals Argentina overnight, another snippet from the conversation between Coutinho and Firmino in last week’s #LFCWORLD sees the duo explain their ‘happy football’.
Karius has been speaking at length about adapting to Liverpool following his summer move from Mainz, why he could not wait to work with Jürgen Klopp and how his career started up front.
“What [people] expect of me is no less than I expect from myself,” the goalkeeper told Goal.com. “I want to be my very best for Liverpool.”
At the other end of the pitch, the Reds have been in sensational goalscoring form – racking up 40 in all competitions in their 14 games so far this season.
The secret, according to Adam Lallana, does not lie in a shared language but an innate understanding of where teammates are going to be on the pitch.
Elsewhere…
A team of 42 Standard Chartered employees travelled to Nepal last month to support a project rebuilding houses in the aftermath of a massive earthquake last year.
Click here to read the full story on the work undertaken by the volunteers during the trip, which also includes photographs from the site in Pipaltar.
Ovie Ejaria scored for England U20s as they suffered defeat in South Korea, while Ben Woodburn was in action for Wales U19s against Greece. Click here for details.
On this week’s #LFCWORLD…
We caught up with on-loan goalkeeper Danny Ward to find out how his season-long stay with Championship side Huddersfield Town is developing.
The Welshman reveals his dual aims of becoming a better stopper and potentially helping the Terriers secure promotion to the Premier League.
Click here to read a snippet of the interview and click play below to watch this week’s show in full on LFCTV GO.
Happy birthday, Berger!
Former Liverpool attacker Patrik Berger, who scored 35 goals in 196 appearances during his seven years at Anfield, celebrated his 43rd birthday.
To mark the occasion, we set you a brainteaser – can you name the 22 clubs he scored against for the Reds?
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Coming up on Liverpoolfc.com on Friday…
As well as news on how Coutinho and Firmino fare for Brazil overnight, ‘Behind the Badge’ returns for a fourth instalment of the season, there is a special new edition of ‘Kop Kids’ to mark Georginio Wijnaldum’s 26th birthday, and we get Bruce Grobbelaar’s take on the form of Klopp’s Reds.