Premier League sides face paying a rebate to broadcasters for the late finish to the season, with reports that this will increase by £35m for every week the season runs beyond July 26.

26.6, Foreigners: [47], Following the international break, Liverpool's next game was against Watford at Vicarage Road on 24 November. Despite putting in a poor performance and being pegged back to 1–1 with 15 minutes to play — Ryan Babel scoring against his former club after a mix-up between Allison and Van Dijk — a 26th-minute goal from Mané and then an 81st-minute penalty from Milner ensured all three points for the Reds. [51], In the weekend fixture of 8 December, Liverpool won 4–0 against Bournemouth with a hat-trick from Salah and an own goal from Steve Cook, to move top of the league table. [34] Also, the match was marked by Firmino's eye injury, sustained in a clash with Jan Vertonghen.

Liverpool's final game of 2018 saw the Reds again at Anfield, this time hosting Arsenal just 56 days after the reverse fixture at the Emirates.

26, Average age: [113], The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2019, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[114].

The number of players Klopp called upon in all competitions this season – three fewer than last season and the least used by Klopp in his time at Liverpool. “With record losses at club level for 2018-19 and just 36 per cent of Premier League clubs achieving an annual economic profit since 2009, the perception of the Premier League as ‘football’s richest division’ is clearly challenged.”. [110], The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott. [41] During the international break, the Reds would suffer several injury problems to key players, including Salah, Mané, Van Dijk and Keïta, though only the latter would be out for an extended period. Liverpool kicked off the new calendar year with a daunting trip to the Etihad to face Manchester City, knowing full well a win could see their lead extended to ten points.

Tranmere fired back with goals from Jonny Smith scoring a rebound after a hard free kick Loris Karius could not hold on to, then Amadou Soukouna tacked on a late second, but Liverpool held on and won 2–3. Trailing with a 3–0 deficit and having had both Firmino and Salah injured prior to the game, many pundits and general media believed that it was highly unlikely for Liverpool to overturn the result. However, the team got off to a poor start after Ashley Westwood scored directly from a corner after just six minutes, though replays revealed that Allison had been impeded by Clarets defender James Tarkowski in the build-up.

“The latest loss numbers will have already placed the Premier League clubs in a seriously difficult position leading up to subsequent and devastating public health-related events,” Roger Bell, a director of Vysyble, said. The highlight of the match was Riyad Mahrez missing a penalty in the last few minutes of the game after Virgil van Dijk fouled Leroy Sané, with Mahrez skying the ball over the crossbar to mark a 0–0 draw. The Reds ran wild with two goals from Harry Wilson in the first half followed by five goals in the second half, in order, from James Milner from the spot, Daniel Sturridge, a Ryan Kent stunner, Danny Ings, then another goal from Sturridge to give Liverpool a 0–7 victory.

However, the match would eventually finish goalless as both teams' defences earned praise. November 2018 Wednesday 28th November UEFA Champions League.

Only one goal was scored in the second half, just after the hour mark, with Firmino completing his first ever Liverpool hat-trick from the penalty spot. Over the previous broadcasting cycle from 2013-14 to 2015-16, where the TV revenue was £5.25bn, the clubs moved from an economic loss of £12.17m in 2013-14 to a loss of £395.54m in 2015-16. 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[26], Finally was the trip to Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor and a crowd of over 100,000 people on 29 July against arch-rivals Manchester United.

[8] At the UEFA Club Football Awards, Alisson was named as the UEFA Goalkeeper of the Season,[9] and Van Dijk was named as the UEFA Defender of the Season and awarded the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award. The Reds took the lead through Origi within a few minutes into the match and the score stayed as such once the first half concluded. With Tottenham Hotspur having lost 3–1 at home to Wolves in the earlier kick-off, the result saw the Reds go nine points clear at the top of the table, albeit the gap being then reduced to seven points by Manchester City's victory at Southampton the following day, with the club not only extending their unbeaten run in the league to 21 games, but also successfully going unbeaten at Anfield in the league in 2018, as well as equalling the record set by Rafael Benítez's team in 2008–09 of going unbeaten at Anfield in the league for 31 games.

Eighty-nine of them were in the Premier League, 24 in Champions League and one each in League and FA Cup. Their final game before the international was against league champions Manchester City on 7 October, with plenty of hype ahead of the game. Anfield  54.074 Seats, Current transfer record:

Van Dijk scored a late brace to keep the Reds one point clear of Manchester City and increase their goal difference.