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Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah has called for the massacres in the Israeli-Hamas conflict to stop and for immediate humanitarian aid to be allowed into Gaza sports
Hundreds of Palestinian civilians were killed in a massive blast at a Gaza City hospital on Tuesday, while concerns grow as supplies of water and food ran out sports
Both Israel and Hamas have issued rival claims about the atrocity feared to have killed at least 500 sports
Israel has said it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip amid its siege following surprise attacks by Hamas on October 7 sports
Salah had already made what was described as a “significant” undisclosed donation, via his agent, to humanitarian organisation the Egyptian Red Crescent Society in support of the people of Gaza sports
In a video post on social media during Wednesday evening, Salah called the scenes at the hospital “horrifying” and for leaders to come together to “prevent the further slaughter of innocent souls” sports
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There has been too much violence and too much heartbreak and brutality sports
“The escalations in the recent weeks is unbearable to witness sports
All lives are sacred and must be protected sports
The massacres need to stop sports
Families are being torn apart sports
“What is clear now is humanitarian aid to Gaza must be allowed immediately sports
The people there are in terrible conditions sports
“The scenes at the hospital last night were horrifying sports
The people of Gaza need food, water and medical supplies urgently sports
“I am calling on the world leaders to come together to prevent the further slaughter of innocent souls – humanity must prevail sports
”Last week, the Government encouraged sports sports bodies in the UK to pay respects to the victims of the recent violence in Israel and the Gaza strip sports
It is understood the Department for Culture, Media and Sport had written to various governing bodies suggesting they pay tribute in an appropriate manner at forthcoming events sports
While the Government has expressed its steadfast support of Israel, the sports Football Association opted not to light up the Wembley arch with the colours of the Israel flag for England’s friendly against Australia last Friday sports
England players wore black armbands during that match and a period of silence was held before kick-off to respect “the innocent victims of the devastating events in Israel and Palestine” sports
The PA news agency understands Israel and Palestine flags will not be allowed into stadiums for Premier League matches from this weekend sports
In a bid to ensure top-flight grounds are not used by supporters of either side of the escalating Middle East conflict to voice their protests, the Star of David flag and the flag of Palestine will be banned sports
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There’s a new look about a key area of the team for Liverpool, a changing of the guard enforced by recent events, a previous zone of consistency now faced with uncertainty sports
No, we’re not talking about midfield - that particular switch-up already looks a definite upgrade, even early as it is for such conclusions sports
Instead it’s at left-back the unexpected alteration has occurred, a consequence of Andy Robertson’s need for surgery which means the Scot is out for the rest of the year sports
Having averaged over 44 appearances a season for the Reds since signing in 2017, he’ll now miss at least 17 matches, if best estimates of his return are to be believed sports
That leaves not just a gap for Kostas Tsimikas or an untested youngster to fill tactically, but a void which cannot be accounted for: that of a partnership, of understanding, of the natural, unthinking knowing which comes with playing hundreds of matches alongside a teammate sports
It can be argued that such a changeable nature can be applied not just to the midfield, not even just to left-back, but to the entire defensive structure this term at Anfield: injuries have already hit on the right and centrally too, to go along with the altered personnel ahead of them in the middle third of the pitch sports
All that simply means one truth must be constant if the Reds are to translate early season promise into longer-term capacity to challenge for major honours: Virgil van Dijk must once again prove himself to be among the very best, not just individually as a defender but as a force to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts sports
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The period which saw Liverpool win both Premier League and Champions League saw Van Dijk at the pinnacle of the game, a central defender without peer, a worthy recipient of the Ballon d’Or itself, had he been handed it instead of a runner-up spot, pipped by seven votes in 2019 by Lionel Messi sports
Perhaps that in itself was a noteworthy award sports
In any case, he’s not quite there these days, not quite the automatic choice among fan or pundit asked to name the world’s finest sports
It’s arguable that there isn’t a single stand-out candidate right now for that particularly subjective title sports
But in asking whether Van Dijk is capable of being the world’s best defender again, part of the answer has to be that it doesn’t really matter sports
He might want to be of course, might already believe he is, but from a team perspective what they really need is Van Dijk’s ability to stabilise the team, to foresee and forestall danger, to order those around him to bring forth resilience from chaos sports
Because chaotic is, still, a little too close to the truth when it comes to spells of defending for Liverpool sports
The midfield is far more creative, far more offensive and energetic, far less reliant on Trent Alexander-Arnold always being at his best sports
But all that comes at a cost: it’s not always the most agile and defensive-first in either recovery or positional terms sports
It’s still new as a group, still needs time to become as cohesive as the best central trios are, on and off the ball sports
And in the meantime, the result can often be large gaps, lost runners, moments of inexplicable choices in possession sports
That leaves a hefty weight on the defence to counteract such moments - the defence and, of course, the still-magnificent Alisson Becker behind them sports
(Getty Images)But before that one-man last line, it’s Van Dijk who must rise once more to ensure unity, if not always outright unison sports
Acting in perfect harmony is difficult enough with four constant selections; as it is this season, Jurgen Klopp has already utilised Jarell Quansah as a fifth-choice, following injuries sports
Alexander-Arnold missed pitch time and is not yet back to his peak physical or technical best sports
Ibrahima Konate and Joel Matip have dovetailed, and now there’s Tsimikas present on a more regular basis - which also means either Joe Gomez will see minutes on the left, or an untried youngster will, with Calum Scanlon and Luke Chambers first in line sports
They presently tally one senior minute sports between them sports
They will all four need guiding for different reasons, all need time, all occasionally get things wrong and need the left-sided centre-back beside them to bail them out sports
No prizes for guessing who that is on a week-to-week basis sports
Because for Liverpool, there are prizes at stake sports
Three points off the top of the Premier League table after a fine opening quarter of the campaign; rolling along nicely in Europe and domestic cups alike sports
sports Between now and the next international break, the opportunities for victory across all competitions are as immense as the potential cost of dropped points: Toulouse twice, Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth, Luton, Brentford sports
A modern title-competing team would take six wins with very little fuss, in truth sports
Then, beyond, it’s Manchester City away sports
The most true barometer of where Liverpool are this season, even coming after an international break and in the infamous 12:30pm kick-off spot sports
The margin for error remains almost nil, but with the reigning champions perhaps not quite at their own peak yet, and Klopp’s side having improved more than might have been thought possible at this early stage, thoughts of a title challenge will not be far away - if the defence is kept on-point, even with altered personnel sports
(Getty Images)It all means Van Dijk must be as close to his own 100 percent as possible, even if his 2023/24 maximum level is a little lower than in 19/20 sports
As far as transformative figures go, Van Dijk was one after signing sports
He, as much as anyone else and more than most, sent Liverpool from challengers to champions, in every competition across the board sports
Now once again he must be the leader - literally, given the armband - who enables the Reds to do so, not so much the new figurehead this time but as the standard-bearer, the supplier of consistency, the model of outperformance which can give Liverpool the extra edge they’ll need, both in the Premier League and beyond sports
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