This is Anfield — Liverpool FC vs Swansea City — 26 December 2017

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Jürgen Klopp 04

Jordan Henderson 08

Coutinho magic 10

Countdown to kick-off 12

Sadio Mane interview 16

Swansea City 21

Back story 28

Q&A: James Milner 30

Half-time quiz 36

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39 Anfield Extra

40 Reds at Alder Hey

53 The Big Read

61 Different League

63 Academy update

65 Liverpool Ladies

68 Ticket News

70 Match reports

74 Stats and facts

DIRECTORS

J Henry (principal owner)

T Werner (chairman) M Gordon,

M Egan, K Dalglish, A Hughes, P Moore

HONOURS

League Champions

1900/01, 1905/06, 1921/22, 1922/23, 1946/47,

1963/64, 1965/66, 1972/73, 1975/76, 1976/77,

1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84,

1985/86, 1987/88, 1989/

European Cup Winners

1976/77, 1977/78, 1980/81,

1983/84, 2004/

European Super Cup Winners

1977/78, 2001/02, 2005/

UEFA Cup Winners

1972/73, 1975/76, 2000/

FA Cup Winners

1964/65, 1973/74, 1985/86, 1988/89,

1991/92, 2000/01, 2005/

League Cup Winners

1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1994/95,

2000/01, 2002/03, 2011/

Community Shield Winners

1964*, 1965*, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980,

1982, 1986*, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 2001, 2006

*Shield was shared with opposing team

OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME | TUESDAY 26.12.17 | KICK-OFF 5.30PM

LIVERPOOL FC V SWANSEA CITY AFC

Today's mascots

Leading out

the Reds this

afternoon are

Kristiyan Petrov

and Nikhil Patel.

The Swansea City

mascot today is

Jack Legg.

Due

to early

print deadlines

over the festive

period the squad lists

on the back cover and the

visitors' section of today's

matchday programme went

to press before Swansea

City announced the

departure of manager

Paul Clement.