WELL that wasn’t a barrel of laughs. Very, very far from it. When Jürgen Klopp arrived at Anfield he said that, when coming up against stronger opponents, his aim would be to drag them down to our level and kill them. Today Marco Silva can reflect on managing...
Alisson: 7 Made a couple of half decent saves. Seen a Blue on the train with a Vanarama coat on before the game. A fucking sponsor on his coat. Fucking tramps. Trent: 7 Seemed keen to beat these Bluenose cunts. Started well, drifted out of it like all The Reds. Joel:...
FOOTBALL is a game fuelled by emotion. Whether it be the rip-roaring joy of a last-minute winner, or the heart palpitations caused by a late goalmouth scramble, we live every moment. It’s the reason why we love the game; creating moments of pure ecstasy and...
I HOPE it wasn’t bullshit. I really do. I hope there were raised voices in the visitors’ dressing-room at Old Trafford last Sunday and I hope the loudest of them belonged to the Liverpool manager. Jürgen Klopp dismissed reports of heated exchanges in the wake of the...
BABY, life’s what you make it, Celebrate it, Anticipate it, Yesterday’s faded, Nothing can change it, Life’s what you make it… (Mark Hollis, 1985) AS Anfield let out into a mild early spring night on Wednesday at about 10pm, there was a lovely...
SO, them again this Sunday. Them. The chance to gather such galvanising momentum, which only victory over a rival can give, presents itself after the disappointing display at Old Trafford last Sunday. They are the worst of us as much as we are the worst of them. The...
IT could well be Liverpool’s best performance of the season. Off the back of one of the most disappointing, that is quite something, off the concern rattling around the diaspora it is everything. It is what happens when a unit is genuinely resilient, what...
THAT was fucking sound that, wasn’t it? I don’t care what you say, Big Elton is sound by me, lad. Massive rocket fella. Alisson: 8 Nothing to do apart from looking all sound and that until he has to make a point-blank bad boy. Not being funny but they are almost...
I FEEL sorry for defensive football players. They rarely get the credit they deserve. For example, the last defender to win the PFA Player of the Year was John Terry in 2005, a season which Chelsea conceded just 15 goals all season. And Everton finished fourth with a...
IT’S not easy to make sense of the last week at Liverpool Football Club. In about seven days’ time I think we’ll know more. Liverpool have faced significant tests, against Bayern Munich and Manchester United, but reaching firm conclusions on the state of The...
The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast reflecting on the demoralising draw against Burnley at Anfield where Liverpool continue to frustrate at home against promoted opposition.
In a performance which has elicited some very strong reactions from Liverpool supporters, Neil Atkinson is joined by Kieran Molynuex, Ian Salmon and Ian Ryan to make sense of Liverpool’s struggles and how they once again emerged without three points.
