By Lance Guma

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Flamboyant Zimbabwean preacher Prophet Uebert Angel has strongly denied media reports suggesting he had prophesied that Liverpool would win the Barclays Premiership title in England this season after a 14 year wait.

A report by SuperSport.com quoted Prophet Angel saying “Liverpool, I am with you this year and God has shown me, he is returning you to your glory days.” This was interpreted as meaning Liverpool would win the title.

But in an exclusive interview with Nehanda Radio on Wednesday, Prophet Angel said although he had accurately prophesied about many other football results in the past “I never predicted anything about Liverpool.”

“This is a typical case of news agents mixing truth and a lie so it sounds believable but as Christians let’s hold on to the truth only. We love you all and Jesus loves you more. We respect SuperSport as a great conveyor of news on sports but here they erred drastically by lying.”

Angel also denied claims in the SuperSport.com and Kenya Standard newspaper reports that he was an avid Manchester United supporter saying he did not support any team at all.

“It is humbling for God to reveal soccer results with such precision though soccer is not on the list of my favourite hobbies.”

Angel later took to his twitter account and tweeted “I never PROPHESIED Liverpool winning any cup. Don’t know where Supersport got it-Even if by some chance Liverpool wins don’t give me credit.”

The last time Liverpool won the premier league was in the 1989/1990 campaign. They beat Aston Villa to the title by a massive nine points and a positive goal difference of 41. It was their eighteenth league triumph.

Prophet Angel has in the past claimed to have prophesied the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; the rampage by a lone gunman in the US who killed 20 children and six adults at a primary school in Connecticut.

His Spirit Embassy Church have also released video footage of him predicting the Westgate terrorist attacks in Kenya, Manchester United winning the league title last year and recently the death of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

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