{"id":15168,"date":"2022-04-14T15:02:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T19:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/14\/liverpool-lodge-request-to-have-newcastle-clash-rescheduled\/"},"modified":"2022-04-14T15:02:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T19:02:46","slug":"liverpool-lodge-request-to-have-newcastle-clash-rescheduled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/14\/liverpool-lodge-request-to-have-newcastle-clash-rescheduled\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool lodge request to have Newcastle clash rescheduled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have, on Thursday, lodged an official request with the Premier League to have an upcoming fixture versus Newcastle United rescheduled, it is understood.<\/p>\n<p>The clash in question is due to be played out on April 30th, at 12.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>This comes sandwiched directly between Liverpool\u2019s upcoming Champions League semi-final double-header with Unai Emery\u2019s Villarreal, a fact which Jurgen Klopp earlier today made clear his frustration with:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to cause us problems you send us to 12.30 at Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand it. I can understand that people want to see a football match between Liverpool and Newcastle but I don\u2019t see why any team should have an advantage or a disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe league and the broadcaster really have to try at least to help. We will see. I haven\u2019t heard anything yet. Nobody from BT contacted me yet. But I\u2019d say common sense would tell you that it\u2019s probably the right thing to do to move the game slightly backwards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In turn, as alluded to above, those in a position of power on the red half of Merseyside have this afternoon moved to back their manager.<\/p>\n<p>As per reliable outlet The Athletic, Liverpool have lodged an official request with the Premier League to have their trip to St. James\u2019 Park \u2018pushed back\u2019, in a bid to aid recovery time on the back of their first-leg meeting with Villarreal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Liverpool have made an official request to the Premier League for their upcoming match against Newcastle United to be pushed back, The Athletic understands.<\/p>\n<p>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaoimheSport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CaoimheSport<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DrH5ZjwdEU\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/DrH5ZjwdEU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK\/status\/1514647419463512064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Wembley trip<\/h2>\n<p>Turning attentions towards the immediate job at hand at Liverpool, ahead of discovering the fate of their Premier League appeal, the small matter of a crunch showdown with Manchester City lies in store this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Merseysiders are set to make the trip to Wembley to take on Pep Guardiola\u2019s Sky Blues for the 2nd time in the space of a week, on this occasion in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Should Jurgen Klopp and co. emerge victorious, it would keep alive the club\u2019s ongoing hopes of an unprecedented quadruple, maintained courtesy of a comeback 2-2 stalemate at the Etihad this past Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/revealed-how-much-liverpool-are-set-to-earn-for-qualifying-for-champions-league-semi-finals\/\">Revealed: How much Liverpool are set to earn for qualifying for Champions League semi-finals<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/manchester-city-vs-liverpool-betting-tips-fa-cup-semi-final-preview\/\">Manchester City vs Liverpool betting tips: FA Cup semi-final preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Liverpool have, on Thursday, lodged an official request with the Premier League to have an upcoming fixture versus Newcastle United rescheduled, it is understood. The clash in question is due to be played out on April 30th, at 12.30pm. This comes sandwiched directly between Liverpool\u2019s upcoming Champions League semi-final double-header with Unai Emery\u2019s Villarreal, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-15168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}