FOUR years is a very long time in football. Four years ago, Jürgen Klopp was the manager of Borussia Dortmund. Four years ago, a 23-year-old Xherdan Shaqiri was on the fringes of the Bayern Munich squad. As Bayern visit Anfield for the first time since 1981, they will...
ARE you ready for the next two weeks? Between now and March 3, Liverpool play Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Watford and Everton. It is unlikely to be a gentle period, but how boring would football be if it was? After putting up with the football wasteland that was...
IS this the least important really important game we’ve played all season? Bear with me. We’re all in for this league title. The Reds may not win it but the attitude has to remain that they’ll die trying. Of course we want to win the league and the Champions League,...
JÜRGEN Klopp has used a line a few times while at Liverpool about a match being one he would pay to watch if he was a punter. I like that line because sometimes you wonder how it is to be on the inside of football. Anything – no matter how good you perceive it to be –...
WHAT’S the first image that comes into your head when you think of May 25, 2005? Liverpool Football Club’s finest recent triumph, the hazy Ataturk night which witnessed a footballing miracle so spectacular none of us can barely comprehend it’s reality to this day. Do...
THERE are times when the very existence of a debate is more embarrassing than the issue itself. A time when you seriously have to scratch your head and wonder why someone has a problem with what seems like a straightforward development. It’s 2019. The most advanced...
MANCHESTER City are the bookmakers’ favourites to retain the Premier League title, and there isn’t a Liverpool player, coach or fan who seems to mind that too much. That’s got to change eventually. Liverpool teams have been wonderful underdogs at various times during...
WHEN Steven Gerrard was appointed Liverpool under-18s manager ahead of the 2017-18 season, all eyes were feasted on The Academy. It was a move that brought about great interest from the outside, as well as a lot of good feeling on the inside. Jürgen Klopp had said...
SMILES were back on Liverpool faces at Anfield on Saturday as three points were secured against Bournemouth. It was a performance befitting of one of the most electric sides in football, and saw them entertain the masses and briefly take their place back at the top of...
SATURDAY was great. A win always helps, great goals always help, but it was much more than that. From the widely shared call to arms from The Spion Kop 1906 lads last week, to the rallying cry from Kenny Dalglish on the eve of the match, to the game-day notes from...
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.
