THIS isn’t going to be a draw. Chelsea these days are a schizophrenic fantastic car crash of a side. Liverpool are nigh-on the best team in the world but one that’s just taken a disconcerting beating. The betting has The Reds as strong favourites and rightly so....
A FOOTBALL club is, ultimately, the bricks, mortar and steel of the ground. The grass of the pitch. The seats in the stand. And yet, of course, it’s so much more than that. The real beauty is what it all means to us. And different clubs and different grounds mean...
“GOOD things come to those who wait.” Patience is a concept easily forgotten within football, such is its frantic, all-consuming nature. Within the modern game where expectations continue to grow tenfold and pressure to yield results never ceases, being given time to...
THERE is a strong argument that Liverpool had everything, and subsequently nothing to lose in Napoli on Tuesday. A fixture which produced one of last season’s worst displays required no real shot at redemption, given that it was the first group game between the two...
WHEN is an unbeaten run not an unbeaten run? While Liverpool stand at 14 straight victories in the Premier League since the latter end of last season, the defeat in Naples brings with it a sense of a return to Earth. That’s by no means a bad thing. Two-nil flattered...
WE don’t get beat enough. We should never get beat at all. It’s been a while since that feeling was there in the pit of your stomach, been an age since you have felt it. To watch Liverpool get beat doesn’t feel right and when it feels unjust it feels...
I MEAN, McManaman is a Bluenose, isn’t he? Adrian: 8 Probably should do better with the first save in that he pads it right back to the lad for a second go, but then the second is a cracking save. The save second half is absolutely brilliant. Tremendous. What a fella....
JÜRGEN Klopp wants to move on from winning the Champions League. It is wise counsel. Sustained success is difficult enough without dwelling on prior achievements, though it would admittedly be easier to do if it weren’t for the inevitable emotions stirred upon hearing...
LIVERPOOL are almost too perfect. At times the football is so precious that it feels like it’s inevitable that it will eventually be stolen from us. When you’re in love with a beautiful football team, it can be hard. Take Sadio Mane’s achingly delicious equaliser...
THE grass isn’t always greener on the other side. A phrase I used in this column last Monday in reference to some former Liverpool players who weren’t having the same nice time that the current crop of Reds are, which it could be argued was down to the way they left...
We get stuck into the big talking points in football finance, with a focus on the financial implications of Salah’s departure from Liverpool, and the ticket price increase.
John Gibbons hosts football business journalist Dave Powell.
