{"id":292731,"date":"2023-09-30T22:34:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T22:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=292731"},"modified":"2023-09-30T22:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T22:34:22","slug":"danny-murphy-liverpool-showed-they-are-in-the-title-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/danny-murphy-liverpool-showed-they-are-in-the-title-race\/","title":{"rendered":"DANNY MURPHY:\u00a0Liverpool showed they are in the title race"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>DANNY MURPHY:\u00a0A defeat that will give Reds enormous belief&#8230; despite losing, Liverpool showed they are in the Premier League title race<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liverpool held firm for over 25 minutes with just nine men against Tottenham<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They haven&#8217;t lost any ground on Manchester City after they also lost on Saturday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even in defeat, Liverpool showed they are in this title race. To show the resilience to compete against Spurs with 10 and then nine men, and even create chances to win it, should give them enormous belief.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it must be gutting for the dressing room to lose to an unlucky own-goal right at the end \u2013 particularly as the PGMOL on Saturday night\u00a0admitted they wrongly disallowed Luis Diaz\u2019s goal in the first-half.<\/p>\n<p>But once the dust has settled, it was a phenomenal effort. Sometimes you can take more from a loss than an easy win, and Liverpool have repeatedly shown this season they are fighters.<\/p>\n<p>One factor is the return of Virgil van Dijk, who is looking really sharp and back to his best. Those who had written him off and think the best was behind him? Not in a million years. He looked comfortable with the armband, having taken over the captaincy from Jordan Henderson. He grabbed responsibility. He was a magnet to the ball and the determination he showed for every block and header was fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost as if he wants to make up for his red card at Newcastle. It certainly didn\u2019t look last night like the captaincy is a burden for him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/22\/76020775-0-image-a-157_1696108277893.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool showed they are in the title race after a resilient performance against Tottenham\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/22\/76020771-0-image-a-158_1696108280305.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Virgil van Dijk is back to his best and has not allowed the potential burden of captaincy to have an impact on his performances<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/22\/76020779-0-image-a-159_1696108284107.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Reds didn&#8217;t lose any ground on leaders Man City after they also lost on Saturday afternoon<\/p>\n<p>And with Manchester City also losing, Liverpool will know they haven\u2019t lost ground at the top.<\/p>\n<p>With 11 men, I don\u2019t think there is much doubt Liverpool will have got a better result. The Curtis Jones red card was an example of what frustrates people who have played the game about referees. The officials have looked at the still of Jones\u2019s challenge and, in the aftermath of someone being injured, have decided it\u2019s a sending-off. They\u2019ve based their verdict on the outcome of the challenge, rather than what actually happened.<\/p>\n<p>I understand what Jones did. He went for a tackle without any malice, and slipped as he meant to control the ball. Of course, we don\u2019t want anyone injured and if someone commits a reckless tackle or is out of control, they have to be punished.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/22\/76016445-0-image-a-160_1696108287908.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Curtis Jones red card is an example of what frustrates people who have played the game about referees<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/22\/76016517-0-image-a-161_1696108299550.jpg\" height=\"461\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jones slipped as he went to control the ball but was given his marching orders after a VAR review in the first half<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we don\u2019t want anyone injured and if someone commits a reckless tackle or is out of control, they have to be punished. But Jones\u2019s tackle was neither of those things and I think you\u2019d get broad agreement from ex-professionals.<\/p>\n<p>If the \u2018victim\u2019, Yves Bissouma, looks back at it tomorrow, he wouldn\u2019t want to get a red card for doing what Jones did.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve got less sympathy for Diogo Jota, who was clearly fired up when he came on and made more than one lunge when on a yellow card.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t touch Destiny Udogie. which is why Jota was upset with his second booking, but he dived in, and it hadn\u2019t been the first time. The referee had let him get away with that before.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12579615\/DANNY-MURPHY-defeat-Reds-enormous-belief.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DANNY MURPHY:\u00a0A defeat that will give Reds enormous belief&#8230; despite losing, Liverpool showed they are in the Premier League title race Liverpool held firm for over 25 minutes with just nine men against Tottenham They haven&#8217;t lost any ground on Manchester City&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DANNY MURPHY:\u00a0Liverpool showed they are in the title race - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/danny-murphy-liverpool-showed-they-are-in-the-title-race\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DANNY MURPHY:\u00a0Liverpool showed they are in the title race - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DANNY MURPHY:\u00a0A defeat that will give Reds enormous belief&#8230; 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