NORMAL service resumed? In a sense, yes. Liverpool cruise to victory against reasonable mid-table opposition, keeping a clean sheet, the question more about how many rather than how. In that normal service sense, Mo Salah hits the bar, elicits a great save and scores....
GO ‘ed, the boys. That was perfect, that. Alisson: 7 Made saves when he needed to. First minute fella was good. His starting position is perfect, all of the time. Milner: 8 Busy as a pip. They are busy, them little pricks. Did he cross it for the first or have I...
THESE are testing times. I feel I’ve typed that sentence before and will again before the year is out. We aren’t sure if we’re on the cusp of something truly historic or being drawn back into a recurring nightmare. The experiences of the past two weeks have been a new...
LIVERPOOL defender Nathaniel Clyne has had a very good week. The defenders emergence as an indispensable missing link following draws against Leicester City and West Ham United has coincided with levels of sheer panic being displayed by some supporters. Meanwhile,...
YOU don’t know you’ve been in love until someone breaks your heart. You don’t know just how much you support your team until they really piss you off. My 23-year-old son was in the away end at West Ham. His allegiance is one reason that I take enough of an interest in...
SOCIAL Media is hard work nowadays, isn’t it? Everyone so keen to tell you what they think about everything and with so much certainty. Twitter is fast becoming a place where no one has ever been wrong and no one has ever changed their mind. Where the sole...
THERE’S a strong sense that we’ve been here before with Liverpool, at the moment. In my football-conscious life at least, The Reds have mounted two serious title challenges; 2009 and 2014. In both those years there were questions, more so with the benefit hindsight in...
“A SELF-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true.” Cojones is a Spanish word, and a loan word in English, that can mean: Testicles, in profane slang. Courage or boldness, as in the expression “tener...
SO, I’ve had a shit week. How about you? Monday night saw Liverpool potentially hand the momentum in the Premier League title race back to Manchester City, just five days after having the opportunity to go seven points clear at the top. The Reds remain at the summit...
THINGS that are blows: – The lack of chances created. – The equaliser. – The last minute missed opportunity. Things that aren’t blows: – The league table. The league table still shows Liverpool top of the pile with a healthy cushion at...
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.
