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LIVERPOOL VS CHELSEA, WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY

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By Gigi Liverpool versus Chelsea has become a very 21st century rivalry, and so whenever they meet there seems to be something extra on the line. Jurgen Klopp and Antonio Conte might be a little bit too cool to indulge in the type of slanging matches that the club's former bosses Rafael Benitez and Jose Mourinho used to revel in, but the simple fact is that the sheer volume of matches between the Reds and Blues in the late part of the 2000s has made both sets of fans turn against each other. Jürgen — take this as a cheeky letter from me to you, but from the heart — we have to rotate. I know you have all the sports science data and I don’t, but the evidence of our eyes was that Liverpool players were dead on their feet in the second half in Seville. Me, I’d take Chelsea as a free hit. I think Stoke and Brighton are bigger games. Well, they’re more winnable games. Not glamorous wins if you get them, but three points from the crap teams is of the same value from the bette

EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK DEATH TOLL RISES

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By Ruthie.                                                                        At least 235 people have been killed and scores more injured in a bomb and gun assault on a mosque in Egypt’s north Sinai, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in recent memory. The attack marks a major escalation in Cairo’s battle with regional insurgents. The death toll, reported by state media, rose repeatedly on Friday afternoon as more details emerged. A bomb ripped through the mosque as Friday prayers were finishing, then militants in four off-road vehicles approached and opened fire on worshippers, a military source reported. More than 50 ambulances ferried casualties from al-Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, around 40km west of the city of Arish city, to nearby hospitals. At least 130 people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the assault, but it was the deadliest yet in a region where for the past three years Egyptian security forces have battled an Islamic Stat