I GO through phases of swerving Old Trafford. It’s logistically the second easiest away jaunt of the season but also the most potentially stressful. It’s the one with the most edge. I’m going to say I can’t remember seeing us win there. It’s probably best I don’t go....
SINCE Liverpool last played a match, Trent Alexander-Arnold has celebrated another birthday. He turned 21 two days after the 2-1 victory over Leicester. It’s an age when elders traditionally handed over a key to the door. An age when it becomes legal to drink alcohol...
IT says a lot about the damage Manchester United have done to my psyche that at 1-1 with half an hour to go against Arsenal, I still fully expected them to win. Even as each substitution lessened their quality and their side becoming increasingly unrecognisable, I...
MANCHESTER United and Liverpool have traded places once again. The Old Trafford club are down, further than we could ever have hoped and imagined in on Merseyside. They are in the midst of their worst start to a league season in 30 years, while Liverpool are seemingly...
I’M not falling for it. Liverpool’s next opponents currently sit in 12th place with nine points having won just twice this season. The opening eight games represent their worst ever start in Premier League history. Their last away win came at Selhurst Park back in...
YOU can never truly trust social media. There I was, harmlessly scrolling through Twitter on Sunday night, when I saw a number of posts to the effect of “What a goal from Wijnaldum,” “What has Wijnaldum just done?!” and even “OMGini!” It was tremendous news that...
AH, the international break’s back. If, like myself, you’re lucky enough to be able to chat wham about your football club for a living, the international break is just that – a chance to switch off until the real football is returns. There will be others –...
YOU never know with footballers. I once waited for six hours in a Cheshire hotel while a former speedy Liverpool goal scorer finished his “extra training”, which just so happened to coincide with a big horse race. A former Everton defender and Croatian manager got...
SINCE Mohamed Salah’s arrival on Merseyside, he has continually warped perceptions of what a normal season looks like in terms of attacking output. Supplying 44 goals and 16 assists in his first season, equalling Roger Hunt’s record of 23 goals before the turn of the...
ONE of the endearing features of the classic film Back To The Future is that once Marty McFly has seen how things could unfold in an alternative reality, he’s more appreciative of what he’s got around him in the here and now. Jürgen Klopp’s four-year anniversary at...
