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Virgil van Dijk opens up on Southampton trouble after failed Liverpool transfer
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The Reds were close to signing Van Dijk after he handed in a transfer request but the move fell through when the Merseyside club apologised for making an alleged illegal approach. The Dutchman was then forced to train alone by manager Mauricio Pellegrino. The Netherlands international returned to first-team action in September and insists he was still committed to the Saints after his failed transfer to Anfield. He told BBC: "People don’t know what really happened.
“People don’t know what really happened” "I kept my head down and kept playing. I was out for eight months and was just happy to play again. “I just switched on again after the transfer window in the summer. I didn’t think about anything until I got a phone call from the Southampton board.” The 26-year-old defender finally moved to the Kop in the January transfer window for £75m - a record fee for a defender. The centre-back scored on his impressive debut at the FA Cup clash against Everton but insists he has needed time to adapt under Jurgen Klopp’s intense pressing style of play.
He added: "I am getting used to how we play. "The intensity of our game is a lot higher than what I was used to. "Every day here is tough. We work very hard, run a lot and there is a big difference. I needed to step up my game, especially in the beginning.” Liverpool are third in the Premier League table just two points away from Manchester United and second place.
Van Dijk said he joined the Reds to achieve everything possible and praised Klopp as well as the fans. He said: "I came here to achieve everything possible. "I made the choice to come here base on everything. I love the fans, the atmosphere in the stadium and at away games. The quality we have in our team is unbelievable. I am proud and happy to be here. “Klopp is very good and an amazing guy as well. A lot of the attributes he has makes us achieve good things in the future.”
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From 1pm on Saturday, there will be various activities for Saints fans to engage in, which will help bring the club, charity & community together in raising awareness and funds for the Foundation’s vital programmes in the community.
As part of our match day activities we are asking every Saints fan to give £1, so we can change lives together.
In addition to donations on the day, fans can participate in a number of different activities around St Mary’s Stadium before Saturday’s 3pm kick-off; including a Rodeo Skateboard, Prize Grabber, Lucky Dip, Face Painting and special Speed Shooting competition, where scorers will be entered into a prize draw to have the unique chance to win a place to take part in the half-time relay!
But your support won’t go unrewarded, as well as the opportunity to get onto the pitch for the half-time relay, fans will also have the chance to win exclusive Club merchandise.
If you can’t make the game on Saturday, but still want to support Saints Foundation and their work, you can text ‘COYR18 £1’ to 70070.
Please note, as a charity Saints Foundation can still accept your old £1 coins, so feel free to donate them to one of the various Saints Together bucket collectors who will be located around the stadium before kick-off.
Visit our Saints Together page to sign up to the Foundation Newsletter, register your interest for volunteer and watch more of their inspirational stories.
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Majority of Premier League football fans in favour of VAR
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The majority of Premier League fans are in favour of VAR despite yet more criticism after Tottenham’s FA Cup fifth round replay against Rochdale.
Referee Paul Tierney disallowed a first-half goal scored by Tottenham’s Erik Lamela with a mystifying VAR call and then ruled out a Son Heung-min penalty due to ‘illegal feinting’.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said VAR could ‘kill’ football but a large proportion of supporters support the idea of referees getting additional help from video technology in the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.
Seventy-eight per cent support the idea of VAR, with just eight per cent wanting to see the system scrapped, according to a study by BonusCodeBets.co.uk.
Under half of those wanting to see football continue as it is said the reason was because of too many stoppages during games.
Brighton, Southampton, West Ham and West Brom were found to be the biggest advocates of VAR, while those who follow Huddersfield, Burnley and Stoke aren’t as convinced.
Fans jeered referee Tierney’s first-half stoppages to use the system at Wembley on Wednesday night.
Tottenham boss Pochettino said after the game: ‘Football is about emotion. It is a contest of emotion and if we are going to kill emotion in football, the fans, the people who love football, are not happy about what they saw.’
6 minutes - Spurs thought they had an early lead when Erik Lamela slotted home from close range but VAR decided otherwise when Fernando Llorente was harshly adjudged to have fouled Harrison McGahey in the build-up and the goal was chalked off. 25 mins - Rochdale’s Matt Done hauled down Kieran Trippier on the right-hand side with the linesman originally awarding a free-kick to Spurs on the edge of the area. However, VAR showed that the offence continued into the box and after several minutes of deliberation, referee Paul Tierney changed his decision and awarded a penalty. 28 mins - Son Heung-min stepped up to take the spot-kick and coolly sent Josh Lillis the wrong way. However, after the South Korean stuttered in his run-up, a tactic which has been outlawed, Tierney - without the help of VAR - awarded Dale an indirect free-kick and booked Son.
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(Reuters) - Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross and striker Peter Crouch are available for Saturday’s Premier League trip to Southampton after recovering from their injuries, manager Paul Lambert said on Thursday.
Skipper Shawcross, who missed last weekend’s 1-1 draw at Leicester City with an ankle problem, has played 19 league games for Stoke in a season that has been plagued by injuries.
A similar ankle injury has kept Crouch out for a month and Lambert said that he would take a late decision on whether to thrust the duo back into action.
“Ryan has trained today for the first time, and so has Peter, so they are available for the game,” Lambert told reporters on Thursday.
“Obviously they have only just returned so there are decisions to be made over the next 24 or 48 hours. It’s a real positive to have them available again though.”
Third-choice goalkeeper Jakob Haugaard will provide cover for Jack Butland after Lee Grant suffered a broken wrist in training.
Relegation-threatened Stoke are 19th in the league table with 26 points while Southampton are one point and three places above them.
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After being taken apart by Manchester City at Wembley in the Carabao Cup final, Arsenal are looking to reignite their faint hopes of making the top four this week.
Arsene Wenger’s side play City again on Thursday before travelling to Brighton on Sunday - but can they reduce the 10-point gap between themselves and fourth-placed Tottenham?
BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson says: "I am expecting a better performance from Arsenal than they managed against City at Wembley, but I still would not back them to get anything out of their rematch.
"As far as their trip to Brighton goes, well, their away form is not great, whoever they are playing.
“The Gunners have already lost at Stoke, Watford, Swansea and Bournemouth this season when they have come up against teams in the bottom half.”
Lawro is going for a 2-0 City win at Emirates Stadium, and thinks Brighton will draw 1-1 at Amex Stadium.
Do you agree? You can make your predictions now, take on Lawro and other fans, create your own league and try to make it to the top of the table by playing the new-look BBC Sport Predictor game.
Lawro scored 40 points in week 28, which leaves him in 1,553rd place out of more than 400,000 users.
He will be making a prediction for all 380 top-flight games this season, against a variety of guests.
This week he takes on Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who will be going for pentathlon gold in the World Indoor Athletics Championships this week.
Johnson-Thompson will be making her predictions on Friday.
- ‘I, Tonya’ stars Margot Robbie and Allison Janney predicted the Arsenal v Man City game last week and went for a 3-0 Arsenal win.
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
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I feel sorry for Gunners boss Arsene Wenger for the amount of criticism he is getting but I know why he is getting it and he is not helping himself with what he is saying in response.
Wenger has come out and said he could have gone to loads of other clubs in the past and all that means is that his critics say ‘well why didn’t you then?’ That is not a reason for him keeping his job now.
Manchester City took Arsenal apart on Sunday and the final scoreline could have been anything in the end.
Arsenal barely threatened at Wembley and I think they offer more in attack at Emirates Stadium.
But City will not be bothered if that happens because the game would open out and give them even more opportunities.
Burnley thought their long wait for a win was over last week until Southampton hit them with a late sucker-punch.
It probably hurt even more because of the manner of Saints’ goal, with referee Bobby Madley inadvertently blocking Clarets midfielder Ashley Westwood.
Madley should not have been in the position he was - he was too close to the play.
So Burnley’s fans feel hard done by. Everton’s supporters, meanwhile, probably just want this season to be over.
Their away form has been particularly poor, with only one win from 14 league games in 2017-18.
The Toffees only had two efforts on target in their defeat at Watford on Saturday - and one of those was a deflected cross.
Burnley are starting to get some of their injured players back - left-back Stephen Ward returned against Southampton and goalkeeper Tom Heaton, centre-half James Tarkowski and striker Chris Wood all played 90 minutes in a midweek practice match.
So they will be stronger, but I just have a feeling that after five successive away defeats, Allardyce will set his stall out to get a point, to stop the rot and try to stop some of his critics from moaning.
Leicester really should have beaten Stoke last week - the Potters played well in the first half but after that Claude Puel’s side were in charge.
Bournemouth snatched a late draw at Newcastle and they are becoming the comeback kings of the Premier League.
That is a positive, of course, because it shows they never know when they are beaten but it also shows how often they find themselves trailing in the first place.
And, on the seven occasions they have recovered from a losing position to earn at least a point this season, five of them have come in home games.
So I am going for a Leicester win here. Seventh place looks very doable for them, especially with Burnley and Everton stuttering at present, and if the Foxes can put a bit of a run together, then they will be in the box seat.
Stoke manager Paul Lambert has had three draws, a win and a loss from his five games in charge. That is a decent return and they are playing OK, even if they don’t offer much of a goal threat.
But the Potters remain in the relegation zone, while Southampton climbed out of it courtesy of their late equaliser at Burnley.
Both teams need to keep chipping away but home form is going to be very important for all of the sides down at the bottom, and I think Saints will get the win here.
I did warn Swansea fans last week that they only do well when I back them to lose - then they went and got smashed by Brighton after I tipped them to get a point.
I still got a warm welcome - from their club officials at least - when I went to Liberty Stadium on Tuesday night for their FA Cup win over Sheffield Wednesday.
Whoever was watching that game on behalf of West Ham will have noticed that Jordan Ayew completely changed the game once he came on for Swansea in for the second half.
True, the Swans made some changes for that tie, but the good news for them is that they have responded to a bad defeat at Brighton with a win - yes it was against Championship opposition but it still makes a difference.
Last weekend, West Ham got beaten by the same 4-1 scoreline at Liverpool that Swansea went down to at Brighton.
Both teams will be looking to steady the ship a little bit, and I don’t think a draw is a bad result for either of them.
It is important that West Ham get something because they are only three points above the relegation zone.
Every year there is one team in the bottom half that just bombs at the end of the season and hardly wins a game.
This time it is hard to pick who that will be - there are at least eight contenders and West Ham are one of those in the mix.
It is hard to see any of the struggling teams going on a sustained run of positive results, but any of them could go on a bad one.
Huddersfield have won back-to-back games after sliding down the table, but it is hard to see them making it three wins in a row.
Tottenham are on a 16-game unbeaten run in all competitions and quite a few of their fringe players have been given minutes in the FA Cup too.
The Terriers will go to Wembley and try to make it difficult for Spurs, but I don’t see them stopping them.
In terms of staying up, Watford got a big win against Everton on Monday and they can take another huge step towards safety with another victory here, which would take them to 36 points.
Where do you start with West Brom, though? The Baggies are on a run of four straight defeats in the Premier League and are seven points adrift of safety.
West Brom have been struggling defensively and they are also short of goals too. They are missing Daniel Sturridge through injury and, although Salomon Rondon has impressed me when I’ve watched him this season, he does not score enough.
So, I am going to go with a Watford win. If I am right, then we will have to wait and see what that means for Baggies boss Alan Pardew.
Liverpool beat West Ham 4-1 last weekend despite not hitting the heights that they have done recently.
Everyone is raving about Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane’s form but Roberto Firmino has been outstanding too.
Firmino has kicked on since Philippe Coutinho left for Barcelona in January, but Salah in particular has grabbed all the headlines. I think Firmino deserves more credit.
This is a return to Anfield for Newcastle’s former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, but it probably won’t be a happy one.
The Magpies threw away a 2-0 lead late on against Bournemouth last week and only drew. I am pretty sure Rafa will set his side up with the aim of getting a point this time, but I don’t think he will get it.
What happens next for Arsenal? Well Arsene Wenger says he is not going anywhere, but nothing significant is going to change for the Gunners while he is charge.
If Wenger were to step down, then his assistant Steve Bould could take over until the end of the season. Even that would shake things up a bit.
You never know, Bould might even get one or two players at it. He knows the squad and he would know what the targets are - try to finish in the top four and do as much as you can in the Europa League.
I think the top four is looking quite far off for them at the moment, though.
After Brighton’s win over Swansea last week, I think if you offered Chris Hughton a point against Arsenal then he would take it.
Signing Jurgen Locadia and Leonardo Ulloa in January has given them competition for places, and also kick-started Glenn Murray again.
The Seagulls just need to keep picking up points and I think this is a fixture where they are happy to get one. That is not being negative - it is a good thing if it keeps their unbeaten run going.
I was at Old Trafford last weekend to watch Chelsea’s game against Manchester United and, for half an hour, Chelsea were very good.
Eden Hazard was dangerous and Willian was outstanding, but they quickly fell away and the second half was very different.
I have also never seen a centre-forward fall over so much without any contact as Blues striker Alvaro Morata did. It was incredible - and exasperating - to watch.
I backed Manchester United to win that game because you cannot rely on Chelsea anymore, and the same goes when they face City at Etihad Stadium too.
Antonio Conte’s team did not look great defensively and I don’t think Thibaut Courtois looking like the outstanding and commanding goalkeeper he can be, either.
That does not bode well for a trip to the Etihad.
Manchester City have their first trophy in the bag after winning the Carabao Cup and I think it will kick them on as they look to secure more.
They are playing Arsenal and Chelsea in the space of three days yet they are so far ahead in the title race that it does not feel like they are under any pressure.
Manchester United’s second-half performance against Chelsea was a big one for them. Now they have to try to build on it.
Selhurst Park is usually a tough place to go but it helps United that Crystal Palace are struggling a bit at the moment, with five games without a win.
The Eagles are only above the drop zone on goal difference and they have got a tough month ahead of them - they also have to play Chelsea and Liverpool in March.
For all the good work that Roy Hodgson has done, they are still in relegation trouble.
From the last round of Premier League games, Lawro got four correct results, with no perfect scores, from nine matches for a total of 40 points.
So far, he is losing to Margot Robbie and Allison Janney, stars of film ‘I, Tonya’, who got five correct results, with no perfect scores, for a total of 50 points.
However, Lawro can still overtake them depending on the outcome of the re-arranged game between Arsenal and Manchester City.
Robbie and Janney went for a 3-0 Arsenal win, the same result they picked for the Carabao Cup final. They got the right scoreline, but picked the wrong winner.
- Shows weeks where Lawro had more than one guest, and only the highest score contributed to the guest total.
Lawro’s best score: 150 points (week eight v Wretch 32 and week 24 v Pete Wentz)
Lawro’s worst score: 40 points (week four v Umenyiora and Bell, week five v Non Stanford, week 21 v Darren Campbell, week 23 v Saric and Baynes and week 27 v Robbie and Janney)
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