LIVERPOOL STARS’ DERBY DREAM DASHED

THE Derby dream for a clutch of Liverpool players past and present is over after Mr McCann finished fifth behind winner Star of India in the Dee Stakes at Chester — but they will now chase more European glory.

Trainer Hugo Palmer said Mr McCann, owned by a syndicate comprising Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Alex OxladeChamberlain, Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold plus former team-mate Adam Lallana, will drop back to a mile and contest the German 2,000 Guineas later this month.

Palmer said: ‘He had a shout for a moment but he was a nonstayer. The German Guineas was always our insurance policy if he didn’t stay.’