Despite claims from critics that he would slow down Liverpool’s play before he arrived, Thiago Alcantara now holds the key to the midfield… HAVE you ever watched greatness? I mean, real greatness. The kind that makes you sit back, shake your head in...
A year to the day since the European Super League collapsed, how much has changed in terms of football governance and ownership issues? ONE year after the Super League, football has changed – but governing bodies remain an obstacle to reform. In an April where...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review after Liverpool 4 Manchester United 0 in the Premier League at Anfield… IN a sense, the whole game is in microcosm for the opening goal. The opening goal is both otherworldly but one you feel you have seen a hundred times...
Ben Johnson’s player ratings after Liverpool 4 Manchester United 0 in the Premier League at Anfield, as Thiago Alcantara takes the plaudits… BY Christ, imagine being them on the way home. Hahaha. Half of them were past IKEA with half an hour to go. IKEA...
Match preview ahead of Liverpool v Manchester United in the Premier League at Anfield, with the chance to go top again… DEFINING anything as ‘the best’ is notoriously difficult. Ask those around you what the best game, goal, moment, or player is they’ve...
Liverpool were much improved from their last meeting with Manchester City, and their last Wembley semi final, and it showed this time round… EVERYTHING looks rosier when the sun’s out. London does summer very well and Liverpool does summer extremely well....
Ben Johnson’s player ratings after Manchester City 2 Liverpool 3 in the FA Cup semi final at Wembley Stadium… FUCKING get home, you scruffs. Alisson: 8 Great couple of saves second half, especially once they scored a goal that actually mattered. Jarg...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review after Manchester City 2 Liverpool 3 in the FA Cup semi final at Wembley Stadium… LIVERPOOL face Manchester City and Liverpool are much the better side. These are the two best teams in the world and Liverpool today make...
Match preview ahead of Manchester City v Liverpool in the FA Cup semi final at Wembley, with the chance to seal a place in the final… IF you want Liverpool to win anything else this season, a harsh truth must be accepted. Liverpool clinching more...
Roberto Firmino’s contribution against S.L. Benfica in the Champions League showed his enduring importance to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool… “THERE’S something that The Kop want you to know, best in the world is Bobby Firmino.” It...
Liverpool’s Famous Kop & Man City | The Anfield Wrap
Liverpool face a Manchester City side this weekend, a game which would grab the attention of the nation regardless, with City having been found guilty of cheating by the Premier League facing a side that ran them so close on various occasions, the eyes of the nation will be glued to a fixture that promises a powder keg of an atmosphere – but with so many questions hanging over Manchester City, should this fixture even be played at all and what can we expect when the side found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges levelled at them roll in to Anfield?
To discuss all the above, Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons and also Brian Reade to talk not just about the weekend’s clash, but also his new book ‘The Kop’ which explores how and why the Kop became the globally-renowned stand it is today.
Also on the show, Neil chats to Charles and Andrew Hendy of ‘The Mary Wallopers’ to talk about their James Skelly produced new album ‘Paddywhackery’.
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