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PL Preview: Liverpool v. Watford




PL Preview: Liverpool v. Watford

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  • Liverpool has outscored Watford 25-4 in 7 league games
  • Liverpool owns only 100% home record of any team in top 4 English leagues
  • Watford has 2 clean sheets in 18 road PL games of 2019
The Liverpool train continues to barrel down the tracks, and nobody has yet to stop it. With the Reds look to keep their 33-game unbeaten streak alive as they host Watford at Anfield on Saturday at 7:30 a.m. ET, live on NBCSN or live online at NBCSports.com.
Liverpool will take the field fresh off the announcement of a new contract for manager Jurgen Klopp who signed on through 2024 along with his assistants Peter Kraweitz and Pepijn Lijnders. The Reds have the only 100% home winning record of any team in the top four English leagues, and they have collected an astonishing 46 points out of a possible 48 to this point.
The Premier League leaders welcome the basement-dwellers Watford, who have won just once this season and own just a single point from their last four games. Nigel Pearson is set to take charge of his first match as Hornets boss, with each of the last five permanent managers for the Hornets achieving a draw their first time out (including both Quique Sanchez Flores stints).
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Despite the tall task for Watford, are still weaknesses for them to exploit. The Liverpool defense is banged up, with Joel Matip already missing and Dejan Lovren going down midweek in Champions League play. The Reds have not yet held a single clean sheet at home this season in 12 matches across all competitions, despite the pristine win-loss record. Given Klopp’s high-tempo style of play along with the defensive injuries, Watford may be able to find openings here and there, but the bigger question will the Hornets’ attack be able to keep up with how many they concede at the back.
Injuries/Suspensions
Liverpool – OUT: Dejan Lovren (muscle), Joel Matip (knee), Fabinho (ankle), Nathaniel Clyne (knee). QUESTIONABLE – Adam Lallana (knock).
Watford – OUT: Danny Welbeck (thigh), Tom Cleverley (heel), Jose Holebas (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: Roberto Pereyra (muscle), Adam Masina (undisclosed), Sebastian Prodl (knee), Daryl Janmaat (knee).

Projected lineups
Liverpool – Alisson; Robertson, Gomez, van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold; Wijnaldum, Henderson, Keita; Mane, Firmino, Salah.
Watford – Foster; Masina, Cathcart, Kabasele, Femenia; Capoue, Doucoure, Pereyra; Deulofeu, Sarr, Deeney.

What they’re saying
Liverpool manager Klopp on title race: “I have no interest in stats, not in this case. It’s just like it is, we have to play a lot of games. That’s the only way we can do it, we have no idea what is in May. We play tomorrow, that is enough. Watford have a new manager, we can throw our analysis in the bin!”
[ MORE: JPW’s PL picks ]
Hortets boss Pearson on impressions of Watford: “We know we’ve got to be more clinical in terms of converting opportunities when they come along and the players are aware of that. I saw some good fighting qualities but I’m aware of what our problems are at the moment. It’s important at the moment to try and galvanize the group and we go into games with a very competitive spirit with the intention to do anything to win games.”

Prediction
No Premier League side has managed to beat Klopp’s Liverpool since a 2-1 defeat at Manchester City on January 3 that ultimately ended up sealing the title for Pep Guardiola. Liverpool’s impeccable league record this season matching up against Watford’s new manager and a host of injury problems means it would be unthinkable to imagine anything else than a comprehensive 3-0 Liverpool win for this top vs. bottom clash.

EPL Preview: Chelsea v. Bournemout



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EPL Preview: Chelsea v. Bournemout

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  • Bournemouth has 2 wins over Chelsea in 9 matches across all competitions
  • Chelsea has not earned a point from a losing position this PL season
  • Chelsea has 31 goals this PL season, only 11 at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea looks to pick itself up off the turf before the festive fixtures begin as they host Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. ET live on NBCSN or live online at NBCSports.com.
The Blues have lost three of their last four Premier League matches, dropping them to fourth in the table. The three losses have come via a total margin of four goals, with the Blues showing an inability to fight back from deficits. Chelsea conceded a goal to Everton five minutes in, ultimately losing 2-1, while they were 2-1 down to Manchester City before halftime but couldn’t find an equalizer and fell behind against West Ham soon after the second half restart. The Blues are one of only two Premier League teams to have not registered a single point from a losing position this season, the other being Norwich City.
Bournemouth, meanwhile, is mired in an even worse stretch, having lost its last five in a row. The Cherries have conceded at least two goals in four of those five matches, with the defense completely gutted with injuries. Bournemouth saw a whopping eight players ruled out for Saturday’s match, including young defender Nathan Ake who has played every minute so far this league season until succumbing to a thigh injury 35 minutes into the defeat to Liverpool last weekend.
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Fellow center-back Steve Cook was also recently lost to a long-term injury, while Callum Wilson will also miss his first match thanks to a thigh problem of his own also suffered in the Liverpool loss.
Injuries/suspensions:
Chelsea – OUT: Fikayo Tomori (hip), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Achilles).
Bournemouth – OUT: Nathan Ake (thigh), Callum Wilson (thigh), Lloyd Kelly (thigh), David Brooks (ankle), Adam Smith (ankle), Steve Cook (hand), Junior Stanislas (knee), Charlie Daniels (knee). QUESTIONABLE – Joshua King (thigh).

Projected Lineups
Chelsea – Kepa; Emerson, Rudiger, Christensen, Azpilicueta; Kovacic, Kante, Mount, Pulisic, Willian; Abraham.
Bournemouth – Ramsdale; Rico, Simpson, Mepham, Francis; Lerma, Billing, Gosling, Fraser, Wilson; Solanke.

What they’re saying
Chelsea manager Lampard on tough recent results: “If you don’t perform at the levels, you don’t do the basics that you have been doing all season, then any team in the Premier League can beat you. Bournemouth are having a tough time but there’s no doubt that they have talent and ability in their squad to beat us if we are not at it.”
[ MORE: JPW’s PL picks ]
Bournemouth winger Harry Wilson on Chelsea boss Lampard: “I owe Frank Lampard a lot. He was fantastic for me last season [at Derby County], probably the most important one in my career so far, the one where I played regular football. To play under a legend like him, he taught me a lot. I’m in regular contact with him and it’s great to see him doing so well at Chelsea now.”

Prediction
Chelsea has struggled of late, but their strength – attacking play – matches up well against Bournemouth’s big weakness at the moment. With Ake among the drove of injured Cherries, there will be no stopping the Blues who will put a bushel of goals past Aaron Ramsdale. A 4-1 victory will return faith in the Frank Lampard youth movement.

VILIO NA MAJONZI VYA ENDELEA KUTANDA NCHINI KENYA: Fahamu sababu tano kwanini majengo yanaporomoka

 Sababu tano za kwanini majengo yanaporomoka zabainishwa




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Image caption Watu wengi wanahofiwa wamekwama chini ya vifusi vya jengo lililoporomoka

Saa kadhaa baada ya jumba la ghorofa sita kuanguka katika eneo la Tassia, viungani mwa jiji la Nairobi nchini Kenya.
Inaaminika watu 46 walikuwa wakiishi katika jengo hilo, lakini ghorofa ya chini haikuwa na watu.
Kufikia sasa haijafahamika ni watu wangapi walionaswa chini ya vifusi vya jengo hilo lililoporomoka.
Gumzo tayari limeibuka katika mitandao ya kijamii kuhusu usalama wa majengo ya makaazi jijini humo.

Lakini je, nyumba zinazojengwa ziko katika hali gani?

1. Msingi wa nyumba ni dhaifu

 Watu wanahofiwa kunasa kwenye kifusi

Kujenga msingi ulio imara ni gharama mno.
Inasemekana kwamba gharama yake inaweza kuwa nusu ya pesa utakazotumia katika ujenzi, hayo ni kulingana na profesa wa uhandisi wa majengo Anthony Ede wa chuo kikuu cha Covenant, Ota, Nigeria.
Alisema kwamba kuna mambo mawili ambayo ni lazima yazingatiwe wakati unajenga msingi wa nyumba - uimara wa udongo na uzito wa jengo.

Haki miliki ya picha Dickson Omari
Image caption Watu wanahofiwa kunaswa kwenye kifusi cha jumba lililoporomoka Tassia, katika eneo la Embakasi Nairobi
Katika mji wa Lagos, Nigeria eneo lenye majimaji linahitaji msingi imara tofauti kabisa na eneo ambalo ni imara.
Lakini bwana Ede anasema wamiliki hutaka sana kubana matumizi bila kuzingatia sehemu wanazo jenga na matokeo yake ni kwamba majengo mengi mjini Lagos yameporomoka.
Hata hivyo, maeneo ambayo ni imara pia yanahitaji msingi thabiti.
Kulingana na wachunguzi, msingi unaotetereka ni moja ya sababu tatu zilizochangia kuanguka kwa jengo la ghorofa nne kaskazini mwa Rwanda na kusababisha vifo vya watu mwaka 2013.

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Image caption Zaidi ya watu 30 waliokolewa baada ya jengo moja kuporomoka huko Nyagatare, kaskazini-mashariki mwa Rwanda mwaka 2013 
Kifaa kikitoa vifusi katika jengo lililoporomoka huko Nyagatare, kaskazini mashariki mwa Rwanda Mei 15, 2013. Watu sita waliaga dunia huku wenguine kadhaa wakijeruhiwa. Polisi na jeshi walishirikiana walishirikiana kuondoa walionaswa na watu karibia 30 wakaokolewa wakiwa hai. AFP PHOTO /Stephanie Aglietti

2. Nyenzo zinazotumiwa katika ujenzi siyo imara.

Vifaa visivyoweza kuhimili uzito ndio vinavyotumika, amesema Hermogene Nsengimana kutoka shirika la African Organization for Standardisation, ambalo liliwahi kuhudhuria mkutano uliofanyika mjini Nairobi na kujadili majengo mengi yanayojengwa Afrika yanaporomoka.
Nsengimana alisema kwamba kuna soko la vifaa ghushi na wakati mwingine vyuma vikuukuu vinatumika badala ya vyuma vinavyohitajika.
Wakati jumba la ghorofa sita lililoporomoka mjini Kampala, Uganda mnamo mwezi Aprili, Mkurugenzi wa mamlaka ya mji alisema kwamba jengo hilo lilikuwa limejengwa kwa kutumia vifaa bandia.
Bwana Nsengimana alisema pia kuna visa vya vifaa ghushi kuuzwa kama nyenzo halisi.
Lakini akasema kwamba wanakandarasi pia nao wakati mwingine hutumia vifaa bandia wakiwa na ufahamu wa hilo ili kupunguza gharama.
Kwa hivyo wanaweza kutumia zege inayotatikana katika ujenzi wa ghorofa moja kwa jengo la ghorofa nne.
Bwana Ede aliongeza kuwa hili ni miongoni mwa yale ambayo wadhibiti wanatakiwa kuunda sera zake.
 Watu wakiokolewa katika jengo moja mjini Kampala

Image caption Timu ya uokozi iliyokuwa ikiwaokoa walionaswa katika jengo la ghorofa sita mjini Kampala mwezi Aprili
3. Wafanyakazi hufanya makosa
Wakati mwingine hata wafanyakazi wanapopewa nyenzo stahiki za kutengeneza zege, huchanganya vibaya, Edo anasema.
Na hilo husababisha uwepo wa zege ambayo si imara kwa jengo husika.
Bwana Edo alilaumu wahandisi wanaopunguza gharama kwa kuajiri wafanyakazi wasiokuwa na ujuzi kwa sababu malipo yao ni ya chini ukilinganisha na wale waliosomea kazi hiyo.
Hii ndiyo moja ya sababu iliyotolewa na wahandisi wa majengo Henry Mwanaki Alinaitwe na Stephen Ekolu iliyochangia kuanguka kwa jengo moja huko Uganda mwaka 2004.
 Watu wakishuhudia jengo lililoporomoka

Haki miliki ya picha Victor Kenani, BBC
Image caption Watu wakishuhudia jengo lililoporomoka
Utafiti wao ulionesha kwamba wafanyakazi hawakuelewa kiwango sahihi cha uchanganyaji wa zege.
Utafiti huo ulisema watu walitumia matoroli bada ya vipimo stahiki kupima kiwango cha saruji.
Jengo la ghorofa tano la hoteli mpya ya BBJ iliyokuwa inajengwa ilianguka na kusababisha vifo vya watu 11.
"Utaona wajenzi na hata wafundi wanaojiita wahandisi," hayo yamesemwa na raisi wa Taasisi ya Wahandisi wa Ujenzi Nigeria, Oreoluwa Fadayomi, kwa mujibu wa gazeti la The Punch, Nigeria.
Kwa wale wanaotaka kubana hela ilihali ni wataalamu katika kazi zao: "Mtu asiwe bahili na kutumbukia kwenye upumbavu".


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4. Jengo ni zito kuliko inavyotakikana

Bwana Ede anasema jengo huanguka wakati linakuwa zito kuliko uimara wake.
Alitoa mfano wa kumuomba mtoto ambebe kasha zito: "Bila shaka mtoto haweza kuvumilia uzito huo."
Hata kama msingi ni nyenzo zilizotumiwa ni imara, kulingana na kusudio la awali, hilo linaweza kubadilika.
Kwa hiyo, Bwana Ede anasema, ikiwa jengo lilijengwa kwa minajili ya kuwa nyumba na kisha baadaye likabadilishwa na kuwa maktaba yenye kurundikwa makasha na makasha ya vitabu, huenda uimara wa jengo hilo ukabadilika kwa sababu ya uzito ulioongezeka.
Pia aliongeza kwamba sababu nyengine inayopelekea kuwa na uzito mkubwa kuliko ilivyotarajiwa awali, ni kuongezwa kwa ghorofa nyengine tofauti na mpango wa awali.
Mnamo mwezi Machi, jengo moja lililokuwa na ghorofa nyingi kuliko lilivyopangiwa awali liliporomoka huko mjini Lagos na kusababisha vifo vya watu 34. kulingana na gazeti la the Guardian.
Hilo lilitokea miaka miwili baada ya kanisa la mhubiri mashuhuri TB Joshua kuporomoka na mamlaka ikasema sababu ni kwamba lilikuwa na ghorofa nyingi zaidi kuliko ilivyotakikana. Zaidi ya watu 100 walipoteza maisha yao.

Haki miliki ya picha Clare Spencer
Image caption Sio kawaida kuona jukwaa la mbao likijengwa nje ya jengo la kisasa kama hili lililojengwa Mwanza,Tanzania, 2016
5. Uthabiti wa jengo haufanyiwi majaribio
Kwenye kila hatua ua ujenzi wa jengo, linastahili kufanyiwa majaribio, amesema Bwana Ede.
Kuhusu sera za ujenzi wa nyumba,"Unastahili kufuata sheria,"Edo amesema.
"Sheria inasema unastahili kufanya majaribio. Utekelezaji wa sheria ndiyo tatizo," amesema.
Ameongeza kwamba kutakuwa na tatizo iwapo katika kila hatua ya ujenzi wa jengo kuna mtu anayetaka sana kubana pesa ama kuchukua kiwango fulani cha pesa.
Kuna sababu nyingi zinazochangia kuporomoka kwa jengo lakini kile kinachochochea zaidi kutokea kwa hilo ni tamaa ya pesa, amesema Bwana Ede.
Na kulingana na yeye hii ndiyo sababu kuu ya kuanguka majengo - ufisadi.
 Jukwaa la mbao katika jengo la ghorofa saba Mwanza, Tanzania, Januari 2016

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