{"id":38800,"date":"2021-03-11T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=38800"},"modified":"2021-03-11T11:54:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T11:54:14","slug":"rio-ferdinand-lists-two-players-that-will-help-liverpool-win-champions-league-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/rio-ferdinand-lists-two-players-that-will-help-liverpool-win-champions-league-this-season","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand lists two players that will help Liverpool win Champions League this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand has said that Liverpool cannot win the Champions League this season unless Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez return to the team.<\/p>\n<p>Both defenders have been kept out of football actions by long term injuries with Liverpool badly affected by their absence.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition on Wednesday as they completed a routine victory over RB Leipzig on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp\u2019s men defeated the Germans 2-0 in the first leg in Germany and repeated the scoreline at Anfield, strolling to a 4-0 aggregate victory.<\/p>\n<p>Former Liverpool striker, Michael Owen had suggested that the Reds could win the Champions League this season following their impressive performance during the game<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can rule out certain teams in the Champions League, but you can\u2019t rule out Liverpool,\u201d Owen told BT Sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiverpool are a good enough team to win the Champions League, no question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But in response, Ferdinand ruled out Liverpool\u2019s chances unless their defence was bolstered by returning players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith that defence\u2026.if Van Dijk and Gomez ain\u2019t there they don\u2019t win the Champions League, for me, at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose teams [Bayern, PSG, Man City] will be licking their lips if they come up against a centre-back pairing like that at this level,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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