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Daily Mail, Saturday, August 17, 2019
Football
‘It’s crazy’:
Klopp fury
at invaders
FAN CROCKS ADRIAN
L
IVERPOOL’s goal-
keeper crisis has
taken its most
remarkable turn yet,
as Adrian could miss
today’s clash at southamp-
ton after being injured by a
pitch invader.
Adrian was signed as a free agent
12 days ago, as cover for Alisson
Becker. But he found himself
between the posts for the Euro-
pean super Cup final in Istanbul
after the Brazilian was ruled out for
up to eight weeks with a torn calf.
But, to manager Jurgen Klopp’s
dismay, now Adrian is a doubt for
the game at st Mary’s after an
incident in the immediate celebra-
tions after the keeper made the
decisive save from Tammy Abra-
ham in the penalty shoot-out.
With Adrian in a huddle with
team-mates, a Liverpool fan slid
into the players, narrowly missing
Joe Gomez but flooring Adrian. He
careered into Adrian with such force
that it has left his ankle swollen.
The injury was so severe on Thurs-
day that it required three hours of
treatment from head physio Lee
Nobes on the flight home.
He was assessed again yesterday
afternoon at Melwood, Liverpool’s
training ground, and the 32-year-
old spaniard insisted in an inter-
view with the club’s website that
he would be fine.
‘It was a strange, weird situation
because we were celebrating
between us and one guy jumped
from the crowd and started run-
ning,’ he said. ‘I think he slipped in
front of us and also the security
with him, made a tackle on me
from the side. It was a strange sit-
uation. But I feel much better.’
Klopp, though, was less encour-
aging about what he called a
‘crazy’ situation. It could end up
with 35-year-old journeyman Andy
Lonergan, who has been training
at Liverpool for five weeks, taking
the gloves. Irish youngster Caoim-hin Kelleher has only just returned
to training after a wrist injury.
Liverpool have written to UEFA
to make clear their unhappiness
about the security failings which
led to the incident.
It follows someone getting on to
the pitch at Wembley during the
Community shield, and a male
streaker managing to invade the
Anfield pitch in the opening Premier
League match against Norwich.The episode has left Klopp bewil-
dered. ‘There was only Liverpool
fans in Istanbul pretty much so it
probably was one,’ Klopp said.
‘What can I say? There is no doubt
about how much we love our fans,
but if they could all stop doing
that... that’s the worst example I
have heard about.
‘It happened against City in the
Community shield when someone
was running on the pitch andagainst Norwich someone ran on
the pitch. It’s not funny. The girl in
the Champions League final made
money off it.
‘I like that we don’t have fences
in stadiums but that means a lot
of responsibility for supporters as
well. If one supporter cannot hesi-
tate or stop himself, then support-
ers around him should do it. It’s
not funny. It’s crazy. How can
something like this happen?
‘Before the season at the Premier
League meeting, they told us do
not get involved with anything like
that, but we are all human beings
and if they get close you do not
know the person and for us it is
not funny.
‘It looks like it is happening a bit
more often. I do not know exactly
how much it has happened in the
Premier League since I was here.
You see a man with his d*** swing-
ing around. Who wants to see
that? It is an incident and we all
have to find a solution to it.’BEFORE the Super Cup win
on Wednesday night,
Andy Lonergan’s best
achievement was being
named Preston fans’
player of the year for
two seasons in a row.
The 35-year-old(pictured) played 228 times
for Preston before spells
with Leeds, Fulham,
Bolton and Wolves. He
joined Liverpool from
Middlesbrough after
spending last season on
loan at Rochdale.Adrian’s fall: Liverpool’s keeper looks stunned after the fan’s two-footed tackle in Istanbul EPAQUITE THE JOURNEY FOR HANDY ANDY
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SO THE wait for an opening
win goes on. Huddersfield
are heading for crisis mode
after a match which saw
one shambolic goal, one
scruffy equaliser and a
sensational winner.
Aleksandar Mitrovic took
advantage of Juninho
Bacuna’s pathetic attempt
to hook the ball clear with
an easy header to give
Fulham the advantage.
Then Karlan Grant’s header
from a Florent Hadergjonaj
cross was judged to have
gone away the line.
And finally Ivan Cavaleiro,
on loan from Wolves,
produced a moment of class
with a shot which beat the
otherwise excellent Kamil
Grabara and means that
Huddersfield have still to
win a match this season.
In fact they have only won
four games in 53 games
over 17 months and the
pressure is already on
coach Jan Siewert,
especially after the
midweek Carabao Cup
defeat by Lincoln.
Mitrovic was also involved
in a clash with Rajiv van la
Parra towards the end and
seemed to be pretending
he had been hit in the face.Cavaleiro’s
moment of
class wins it
for Fulham
HUDDERSFIELD 1
FULHAM 2
JANINE SELF
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