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9 hours ago
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'Tough run of fixtures' but could put Liverpool in 'promising position'
BBC Radio Merseyside spoke to Matt Addison about the Reds' Premier League fixtures after they were announced on Wednesday. "I think Bournemouth is a good game to start with," Addison said, "I think it's always an advantage to start at home first and I think it's probably a good thing that Liverpool aren't playing one of the promoted teams. Advertisement "There's still going to be a lot of atmosphere for Liverpool and a lot of expectation with that but to be at home and to be against a team like Bournemouth, I suspect it might be an advantage to play them early in the season rather than a few weeks in. "I think you can probably look at any run of fixtures in the Premier League and think there's one or two tricky ones in there or one or two that look tricky to Liverpool. But to have Bournemouth, Newcastle and Arsenal before that first international break is as tough as it would have got. "A trip to Newcastle is never easy and Liverpool have always managed to make it a bit of a mad game one way or another in the past couple of seasons up at St James Park. "So it's a tough run of fixtures but the flipside of that is that if they can get one or two wins in the early spell, that will put them in a really promising position." Listen to the full chat on BBC Sounds
BBC News
9 hours ago
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'Tough run of fixtures' but could put Liverpool in 'promising position'
BBC Radio Merseyside spoke to Matt Addison about the Reds' Premier League fixtures after they were announced on Wednesday. "I think Bournemouth is a good game to start with," Addison said, "I think it's always an advantage to start at home first and I think it's probably a good thing that Liverpool aren't playing one of the promoted teams."There's still going to be a lot of atmosphere for Liverpool and a lot of expectation with that but to be at home and to be against a team like Bournemouth, I suspect it might be an advantage to play them early in the season rather than a few weeks in."I think you can probably look at any run of fixtures in the Premier League and think there's one or two tricky ones in there or one or two that look tricky to Liverpool. But to have Bournemouth, Newcastle and Arsenal before that first international break is as tough as it would have got."A trip to Newcastle is never easy and Liverpool have always managed to make it a bit of a mad game one way or another in the past couple of seasons up at St James Park."So it's a tough run of fixtures but the flipside of that is that if they can get one or two wins in the early spell, that will put them in a really promising position."Listen to the full chat on BBC Sounds
BBC News
25-05-2025
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- BBC News
'One of the best individual campaigns in English football history'
Liverpool reporter Matt Addison and Reds fan Lewis Aspinall have paid tribute to Mohamed Salah's incredible individual season before the Reds' final game of the season on Sunday. Salah was named Premier League player of the season on Saturday after a title-winning campaign in which he has registered 28 league goals - five more than anyone else - as well as 18 assists so far."He's just a freak of nature," said Aspinall. "He's in his 30s and playing like someone at their absolute peak. There's no denying just how top quality he is. He's the best right winger in Premier League history - maybe English top-flight history."When Arne Slot came, I don't think anyone could have thought that there was another level to Mo Salah than the one we were seeing. But he looks fitter than ever and some of the goals he's scored this season are unbelievable. He's just been monumental."He's one of the greatest players I've ever had the privilege of watching in a Liverpool shirt and this season is one of the best individual campaigns from any player in English football history."Salah needs to score or assist against Crystal Palace to equal the record for most goal contributions in a Premier League season - with Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole the joint-record holders on 47 - and Addison believes he belongs alongside the likes of Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush among the great Liverpool players of all time."I think so," he added. "It's hard to rank these players who come from different eras and have won different things but every box you look at with Salah he ticks. "The goals, assists, work-rate, what he offers the team and trophies mean there is no doubt he is up there in the top three or four [greatest Liverpool players]."Listen to the full chat on BBC Sounds
