Tony Barrett
@TonyBarrett
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Joined January 2011
Please don’t include Liverpool Football Club in this bullshit. It’s the club of Ronnie Rosenthal and Avi Cohen. It’s the club of Mo Salah and Sadio Mane. It’s the club of Parson Jackson and Bill Shankly (with no e). It’s a club of all flags, all religions, all nations and none.
Congratulations to the great people of #Liverpool to the memory of the socialist miner #BillShankley to the fallen #96 to those who fought for justice for them and to the Liverpool dockers. No #Israël flags on the Cup!.
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There was a moment last night when it looked like Son had gone past him. You could literally hear people say “He’s beat Van Dijk” and then he just changed gear and everything was right with the world again.
0 - No opposition player has completed a dribble past Virgil van Dijk in any of his last 64 appearances in all competitions for Liverpool. Rock. #UCLFinal
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Firmino with one of the great understated performances there. Defensively outstanding at set pieces, a brilliant assist for Henderson’s goal, a typically unselfish run to create the space for Salah’s and a nuisance throughout.
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Liverpool is a special, special football club when everyone pulls together. Anything becomes possible.
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I’m not sure there’s a country that comes close to Germany for a European football trip. Great stadia, welcoming cities, low key policing, top notch beer (apparently) and all underpinned by a proper football culture that values supporters from wherever they come.
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A personal anecdote about Kenny Dalglish that, for me, captures everything that he’s about: During his second stint as Liverpool manager my dad was admitted to a hospice & Kenny found out. He rang me every day with out fail. I didn’t realise it then but he was counselling me.
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“I’m not blagging. I really did used to play in the same team as Andy Robertson.”
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Three holds and a submission and somehow Gary Neville thinks it’s not a penalty.
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Liverpool sign Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson for £66m, as they look to concede slightly fewer goals on the way to not winning anything.
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It takes some bollocks for a young footballer to stand up for himself the way Raheem Sterling has today. It might be an idea if what he has said is listened to rather than just being dismissed by the usual big noises.
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Something from tonight that deserves highlighting - one of the reasons why the Liverpool end looked so spectacular was @SpionKop1906 decided to bring the Kop to Madrid. The effort that they put in to make this happen was well above the call of duty 👏🏻.
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It’s for others more qualified to judge the football side but I haven’t seen many players display the bollocks that Karius showed after the game. Taking responsibility and apologising to supporters takes some guts. He could’ve lay low but he fronted it.
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I know the kid who made this sign. He's only seven. This is what football - and footballers - means to him.
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Nothing to substantiate this ridiculous claim. No intelligence, no quotes, no nothing. If a headline figure is wanted, use this one - zero Liverpool supporters have been arrested in Europe this season.
Rome police told to expect 5,000 #LFC fans for #UCL semi-final, up to 1,000 of them known to be dangerous #ASRoma #RomaLiverpool #ASRLIV
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It goes without saying that we should never forget those who died at Hillsborough and we never will. But we should also remember the survivors, many of whom still suffer to this day. If you know any, look after them, today especially. ❤️.
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Right, it's a bit mad all this but as per yesterday's news I will soon be joining Liverpool as head of club and supporter liaison.
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No one on BT has used the word "dive" yet. This is why a lot of people think foreign players are treated differently to English players.
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I can only imagine how many people said “jammy bastards” when that winner went in.
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The best thing about Liverpool’s pre season so far has been how happy the players look. If they’re buzzing it’s because they’re enjoying their work and that always bodes well.
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After my dad died, one of the first calls I took was from Kenny. “If there’s anything I can do just let me know.” So when people say he’s an even greater person than he was a player it might be hard to believe because he was such a special talent but it’s unquestionably true.
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It would be good if journalists made it clear that Kelvin MacKenzie never has & never will represent our profession.
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This is almost a personal blasphemy but I’m getting to the point where I’m having to accept that Alan Hansen may no longer be Liverpool’s best ever centre back. Virgil van Dijk is that good.
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Today's man of the match was unquestionably the four year old boy with leukaemia who stayed until the very end even though he was struggling with the side effects of his chemotherapy. 🙌.
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Good. He made a mistake but he held his hands up straight away and is also brilliant at what he does.
CHARLES SALE: Jamie Carragher set to return to work as a Sky Sports pundit next season after being saved by show of remorse
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Who needs a golden boot when you can have a golden Samba?! @trentaa98 and @VirgilvDijk loved getting their awards yesterday because they came from supporters. Thanks to @tizzthered @LayDelaney and @chrismaguire73 👏🏻
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This is brilliant by Romelu Lukaku. More players should open up like this.
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European football is always better when Ajax are strong.
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Jordan Henderson’s let himself down in this game. Gave Aguero no service and Otamendi no protection.
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Mad the way two top sides can play each other twice in a week with the respective managers showing total respect for one another.
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No matter what happens today at the start of the season I would’ve given my eye teeth to go into the final day with a chance of winning the league.
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Call a referendum - get the wrong result - replace the leader - the new leader tries and fails to implement the result she didn’t want - hold a vote of no confidence in the leader. Has there ever been a worse British government?.
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Mats Hummels has just been asked if his defence is terrified because Will Grigg is on fire. Seriously.
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Trying to get a decent night’s sleep was a complete and utter waste of time then. .
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Whatever happens tonight, the supporters who have taken two thirds of this stadium and all the ones who couldn’t make it deserve to be cherished. Their commitment, colour and noise is something truly special.
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Sir Alex Ferguson comes from the same lineage that gave us Jock Stein, Sean Fallon, Bill Shankly and Kenny Dalglish. The longer football is blessed with the kind of greatness and knowledge that he brought to the game the better.
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He could dye his hair blue and white for all I care. It’s what he does with his boots, not the colour of them, that matters.
Firmino in blue boots? I’ve mentioned this before. Never in years gone by. You wouldn’t find an Evertonian with red boots on.
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You have to take it on the chin when you lose like that. You have to take the stick that goes with it too. But you also have take to the positives of a season that allowed your club to reach a stage that everyone wants to get to.
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Andy Robertson taking the piss out of all that 2014 stuff.
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Please spare a thought for the family of Tony Bland given legal reasons mean this morning’s announcement relates to 95 counts of manslaughter and not 96.
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Only just picked up on this from yesterday. No fanfare, just a nice touch for the right reasons and made a kid’s day.
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Imagine what they could do if they weren’t buckling under the pressure.
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It’s a better line than “She’s got a sister. and on the palm of her hand is a blister” I suppose.
Heavy metal football my arse MCFC x.
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Perisic’s hand is coming down from his jump. He’s literally a foot or two behind when the ball is flicked on. He doesn’t react to the ball, he doesn’t try to make himself bigger, the ball hits his hand. Absolute joke.
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Wow. A wedding leads the news ahead of people dying in a plane crash and a school shooting.
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Tributes to Steven Gerrard from the likes of Kaka, Henry, Matthaus, Torres, Suarez, AC Milan and Barcelona. Not bad for a kid from Huyton.
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I have no idea how you’re supposed to sleep after a night like that.
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I really like that Pepe Reina liked this tweet. Tory football chants are grim.
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The reaction to this has been lovely but there’s one element that gets overlooked - it’s just as great for players to meet supporters as it is for supporters to meet players. Unity is strength.
"To Michael, your support is an inspiration. Mo Salah" ❤️. @MoSalah invited @MikeKearney1 for a special visit to Melwood after a video of him celebrating our decisive #UCL winner against @sscnapoli went viral.
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That PSG away end is the best I’ve seen at Anfield for a long time.
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Didn’t see the game last night so it’s kind of passed me by. Whatever this season will be will be but nothing matters as much as Sean Cox making a full recovery. Thinking of Sean, his family and his friends.
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Klopp to a journalist taking his time asking a question: "You wait almost as long as Simon Mignolet taking a kick".
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“We are Liverpool. Not only are we a really good football team but this club has in its DNA to go for the big things. We are Liverpool. Nobody expected us to be here but we are here because we are Liverpool.”.
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I don't know anyone in Merseyside or Manchester who sees this weekend as Merseyside v Manchester.
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One of the very best in the business & one of the nicest fellas around. Clive has donated his final Champions League commentary notes so they can be auctioned to raise funds for the family of Sean Cox. The exact details are still to be finalised but what a magnificent gesture.
20th (and last) Champions League final commentary notes complete. Going to miss this #LiverpoolFC #ChampionsLeagueFinal2018
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If anyone agrees to pay £32.5m for Benteke the FBI will want to follow the money trail.
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When this buffoon becomes Prime Minister the emotional, political and ideological distance between Liverpool and Eton’s England will be as great as it’s ever been. Shame on those who think he belongs in power.
The man who edited and published this should never become Prime Minister of this country.
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Best use of the head since Yosser.
Mammoth leap. Alisson Becker is a monster.
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Liverpool have made an £11m offer for Christian Pulisic, Borussia Dortmund's 17-year-old winger.
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The most irrelevant thing in the title race - what neutrals want.
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I probably need to do this: .* I won’t have any impact on whether or not you get a ticket .* I don’t run any airlines.* I would give anything for all of you to be there but that’s not in my gift.* I will do everything I can to help supporters get the information they need.
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Sakho tripped Salah, ergo it’s a foul. As the laws of the game state, a foul is awarded if a player “trips or attempts to trip (an opponent). If an offence involves contact it is penalised by a direct free kick or penalty kick.”.
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Remember when Emery was getting slaughtered for having Arsenal play out from the back?.
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Jamie Carragher hasn't been this enraged about Arsenal since he lobbed a Pound coin back at their fans 15 years ago! 😂.
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On one occasion he asked how long my dad had supported Liverpool. I said he’d sold programmes on the Kop with his brother as a kid and had been right through the second division years. Quick as a flash, Kenny replied: “The way I’m going, I’ll take us back there!”.
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On this, I’ve written to @SpursOfficial to praise their supporters. To have so few issues when so many rival fans from the same country were in a European city is definitely worthy of note.
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To be fair to Mignolet, he's been excellent since Hull. Undoubtedly his best run of form for Liverpool.
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If the day goes as it would in our dreams that’s obviously great but even if it doesn’t this team and this season should still be celebrated.
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£35m for Oxlade Chamberlain with a year left on his contract?! Has a decimal point gone missing? That's £12m more than Juve paid for Dybala.
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A further example of how grim Twitter can be. A former Barcelona player celebrating a Barcelona goal would be “nothing to see here” territory in the real world but on here it somehow becomes a crime against humanity.
Seem to have upset a few @LFC fans by celebrating greatness last night. Admittedly it was a bit cringe, but as a former player who loves @FCBarcelona I make no apologies for dancing to the diminutive Dios. 👍🏻.
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1/2 This is brilliant by the way. Two kids turning a player’s shirt down because they think there’s someone more deserving than they are.
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An £89m footballer pumping long, straight balls into the opposition box.
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@LadFromBelfast @LFC There was nothing illegal. They helped asylum seekers, not illegal immigrants. As a representative of @LFC I applaud those who show humanity and decency to others.
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The best thing to come out of Denmark since the Laudrup brothers and Big Jan.
Fox News tried coming after Denmark's social safety net. This Danish politician's retort was legendary.
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The Kop singing "If we still had Suarez, he'd be on the bench." Obviously tongue in cheek. I think!.
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Klopp: "We had a plan but after ten minutes you could throw that plan in the purple bin.".
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At his peak Torres was a special, special player. It feels like his peak didn’t last long enough in some ways but from 2007-09 he was breathtakingly good.
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Happy Father’s Day Dad. We owe you another star. ❤️.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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City’s performance being criticised but it can’t be easy playing in an atmosphere like that.
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