As Mo Salah’s contract sage rumbles on, Liverpool fans are being served up a big bowl of football money problems… WHAT a night at Anfield. Seeing Real Madrid’s sense of self-grandiose go unacknowledged throughout the evening felt emblematic of so...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Real Madrid 0 in the 2024-2025 Champions League group stage… THE European Champions, then. Four days before the English Champions. Tonight was a pleasure. Tonight was a joy. Tonight...
As Liverpool head into another Champions League battle against Real Madrid, all the questions centre around Mo Salah’s contract comments… I WAS GOING to write about Madrid, to be honest. These things are usually settled a day or two before they come...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Southampton 2 Liverpool 3 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season… He takes his top off. Everything is romantic. Look at Mo Salah’s face as he wheels away, shirt in hand, bare chest out,...
Pep Guardiola signing on for another year means Liverpool’s decade long rivalry with Manchester City is set to continue… PEP Guardiola stays. Inevitable, somewhat. And yes it does relate to Liverpool. Where have you been for the past decade?...
It’s OK to have conflicting thoughts ahead of Liverpool’s next three fixtures against Southampton, Real Madrid & Manchester City… I’m fascinated with the concept of ‘doublethink.’ This is an idea developed by George Orwell in what may be...
The now infamous David Coote video serves to highlight football’s need to look at refereeing more deeply… WHAT do we want from referees? We know exactly what we don’t. What do refs want? Is it to be the centrepiece of the chess game? The kingmaker...
Aston Villa’s questionable tactics were brushed aside by Liverpool as Arne Slot continues to tactically outsmart the opposition… AND then there were five. Five points ahead of City. To say that this is dreamland is something of an understatement. ...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 0 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season… FOR us, it is a double header. Last weekend, against Brighton was a great example of what this thing is about – the crowd...
A week in which the Anfield atmosphere willed Liverpool to two wins served as a reminder of the power of belief… IT’S a week to reflect on what we actually want from our lives. Have we stagnated in the confines of our own wants and needs? Has history...
The Anfield Wrap’s midweek free podcast after Liverpool have been crowned champions.
Joining John Gibbons for a chat about what Liverpool might look like next season, what the rest of this season should look like and a chat about Chelsea are Ali Gunn, Mo Stewart and James Sutton.
Also in the show, John chats to Lewis Steele about the Reds and what they could do over the summer.
