Liverpool

IT could have been something close to a procession had Roberto Firmino opened the scoring. But it becomes a serious contest. As ever, there is this thing within ...

The way Liverpool play isn’t a plug and play move; it is bespoke, built around remarkable qualities. But there is also a thing where Liverpool respond to the key events. For Liverpool, though, it is about setting up a glorious April. Your correspondent has long argued a good season is one which is still alive in April. Well, no season has ever been more alive as the clocks move forward. Then the shape changes to a 442 and there is clarity but not much quality. Ibrahima Konate is excellent under the circumstances and Liverpool are fortunate to have him. But no one has been so much in all the here and now as these lads. The fluidity doesn’t help — there is such a thing as too much flexibility. Europe has been the only target. No season has ever had as much going for it at this stage. For Forest it will feel like a decent audition should they match their ambitions this season. The best chance of the game for Nottingham Forest is followed by a Liverpool goal. As ever, there is this thing within matches around changing the times of the key events.

The good, bad and ugly: Liverpool earned FA Cup progression against Nottingham Forest, setting up a mouth-watering meeting with Pep Guardiola and Man City.

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Thank you for subscribing!We have more newslettersShow meLiverpool had extra pressure piled on their FA Cup quarter-final meeting with Nottingham Forest before a ball had even been kicked, with the draw pitting the winners against Manchester City and Pep Guardiola in the semi-final at Wembley. Jürgen Klopp and his staff seemingly did well at keeping this from the players, with Diogo Jota learning the draw for the first time in his post-match interview, but for the fans it added an extra layer of nerves to what was always going to be a tricky cup tie. However, Liverpool will not shy away from it, and the intense run of meetings with Manchester City could yet play into the hands of Klopp. His counterpart is more prone to crack under pressure, and there is no doubt that this looming semi-final has ratcheted it up another notch. Nottingham Forest have just handed Liverpool the perfect solution to fix key Jürgen Klopp issueLiverpool FCNottingham Forest produced a stellar display against Liverpool and one player in particular caught the eye. It was all about getting it done against Nottingham Forest, particularly with something of a reset in the form of an international break on the horizon. It’s the semi-final stages of the FA Cup now, so big clashes are to be expected, but there is no doubt that Liverpool would have preferred to take on Crystal Palace or Chelsea in the capital. Nottingham Forest were good value, but Liverpool were ultimately able to earn progression, setting up the huge Man City fixture in the process.

Liverpool and Manchester City's bid for historic trophy-winning hauls will clash in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley next month after coming through their ...

This is a quarter-final today to get to Wembley and if you haven’t got the confidence to play, you can quickly flip it and say ‘Have you got the b------s to play?’ Excuse me, but that’s the football reality. Because of a lack of confidence and a lack of what I just said. “We didn’t play that badly today and Palace didn’t play that well, and we lost 4-0. We played at 70 per cent throughout the whole game and that’s not good enough.” “There is only so much time you can keep buttering someone up to give them confidence. “You can hear the atmosphere in the stadium, the fans; this is what they wanted and we wanted to give it to them.”

Liverpool will face Manchester City in the last four of the FA Cup after a hard-fought 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest in the quarter-final.

Yates had a penalty shout when he skipped past Alisson and his leg caught the goalkeeper’s outstretched arm. “The game was defined in two minutes, where we had a really good chance and didn’t take it, and they created one, and did,” Cooper said. There is only one reason to be a part of it: to go to the next round and we did that, in an atmosphere where everything was prepared to give us a knock but because we were prepared for a fight, we came through and I’m really happy.” That day Pierre van Hooijdonk scored a last-minute equaliser and Steven Gerrard, in his debut season, stepped off the bench. Forest proved courageous and stubborn, leading Klopp to make a quadruple substitution midway through a stale second half, replenishing his entire midfield, and the hosts should have taken the lead, Philip Zinckernagel wasting a golden opportunity. Cooper, who spent five years coaching Liverpool’s academy, has revitalised Forest since inheriting a team that were bottom of the Championship.

Manchester City and Liverpool just can't be kept apart this season, with the Premier League title rivals drawn in an FA Cup semi-final meeting to add to their busy end-of-season schedules. Both won away matches in the quarter-finals on Sunday -- City ...

Manchester City have been drawn to face Liverpool in the FA Cup semifinals, while Chelsea will take on Crystal Palace.

The FA Cup encounter between City and Liverpool will mean two games in two weekends for the rivals with the sides due to meet in the Premier League on April 10. Eight-time FA Cup winners Chelsea were the first team to make it to Wembley, beating Middlesbrough 2-0 on Saturday thanks to goals from Romelu Lukaku and Hakim Ziyech. City were originally drawn to face the winner of Nottingham Forest and Liverpool, with Jurgen Klopp's side edging to a 1-0 victory thanks to a late strike from Diogo Jota.