by Josh Sexton | Feb 2, 2017 | Footie
JÜRGEN Klopp seemed puzzled by comments made by Jose Mourinho in the aftermath of Manchester United’s goalless draw with Hull City this week — and he wasn’t the only one. Rather than going into detail about how well Marco Silva’s side had executed their Old...
by John Gibbons | Feb 2, 2017 | Footie
WE all have to get up and go to work. Later we will go to Anfield for the fourth time 11 days hoping for much, much better. But for now we have to pretend to be normal human beings. With jobs and to-do lists and all that. I get through a surprising amount of mine....
by Adam Smith | Feb 2, 2017 | Footie
IF you gave me a choice, I’d rather that Liverpool had made it through to the final of the League Cup at Southampton’s expense. If I was allowed to change scorelines, then we’d be in the hat for the fifth Round of the FA Cup, having overcome Wolves last week. In a...
by The Anfield Wrap | Feb 1, 2017 | Footie
BEING street-wise, being cynical — call it want you want but the Reds don’t seem to know a whole lot about it, writes IAN RYAN. Now, that might seem harsh to say about a team that has been flying high for most of the season and currently finds itself only one...
by Dan Morgan | Feb 1, 2017 | Footie
THAT was quite the month, wasn’t it? The semblance of hope dashed seemingly before our eyes and telling ourselves things we’ve repeated to ourselves many times before. *Insert league winners name* were just too good, weren’t they? We just didn’t have enough in the...
by Phil Blundell | Feb 1, 2017 | Footie
THAT came as a surprise, didn’t it? Liverpool are actually good at football and not quite as bad as everyone thought. Who knew? I quite enjoyed last night. Good atmosphere, fight, we played well and a penalty save is always good fun. There was one thing I didn’t like...
by Neil Atkinson | Feb 1, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
There are no excuses and no hiding places. Everybody sees every game. Everybody knows where the bodies are buried. If this season doesn’t result in the league title then the body wasn’t buried tonight. It was buried against Swansea or Bournemouth. The dirt...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jan 31, 2017 | Footie
TAW contributors with talking points straight from the ground as Liverpool drew 1-1 with Chelsea. Captain Fantastic Thought Henderson was unreal for us tonight, proper captain’s performance. In the ref’s ear when he needed to be and was making important...
by Andy Heaton | Jan 31, 2017 | Footie
COLD light of day and that, but fuck that… Simon Mignolet: 3 (1st half) 7 (second half) Bread, milk, some 60 per cent cocoa Lindt, some soft por… ‘ang on a sec… shite. Lashed his shopping list in the bin for penno, which was nice of him....
by The Anfield Wrap | Jan 31, 2017 | Footie
AHEAD of tonight’s title showdown, TAW contributors looked back on eight times Liverpool conquered Chelsea at Anfield. Liverpool 4 Chelsea 2 — October 5, 1997 AH, Paddy Berger. It’s funny how certain players do well against certain clubs. And Paddy seemed...