Neil Atkinson’s post-match review after Liverpool 3 Newcastle United 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, and it was unconventional… KILL the game, Liverpool. Jonjo Shelvey’s early goal roars into the Anfield Road goal and travelling Geordies...
Liverpool kept their cool to secure three points against Aston Villa, and their recent form shows how much patience is a virtue for The Reds… SOMETIMES it’s OK to entertain the idea that the world is going to implode. Trust me when I say I pressed...
What Steven Gerrard’s return to Anfield with Aston Villa told us about the past, the present and the future of Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool… I’VE often wondered if there’s a footballing equivalent of synaesthesia — the act of experiencing one...
Ben Johnson’s player ratings after Liverpool 1 Aston Villa in the Premier League at Anfield, with a number of big performances… Alisson: 6 Christ he was wild today. Had nothing to do but anything he normally does with his hands tied behind his back was...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review after Liverpool 1 Aston Villa 0 in the Premier League at Anfield, in the driving rain in L4… YOU win. It is easier. You win with a penalty. It is easier. It is easier to do this: the referee isn’t good enough....
Josh Sexton’s preview ahead of Liverpool v Aston Villa at Anfield, with sentimentality in question for several reasons… I LOVE the sentimentality of football. I doubt I’m alone in that, given there is now a generation of football fans disillusioned with...
Every band needs unsung heroes that sacrifice themselves for the collective – like The Beatles’ Ringo Starr and Liverpool’s Divock Origi… DOES time ever lie to us? Can we be deceived by people and places we have no actual recollection...
Many feared a lack of squad depth would cost Liverpool dear this season, but LEANNE PRESCOTT is enjoying The Reds’ fringe benefits… THERE are themes to this season, some expected, some less so. Mohamed Salah breaking records week after week is one...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review after AC Milan 1 Liverpool 2 in the Champions League at The San Siro… IT was a game some wanted to shrug shoulders at. Liverpool do the opposite. You’ve never seen fringe players like it. “Fringe players.” The...
Ben Johnson’s player ratings after AC Milan 1 Liverpool 2 in the Champions League at The San Siro as The Reds made it six out of six in the group stage – the first English side to do so… Alisson 7 Couldn’t really do much about their goal, given that...
In another week in which Liverpool failed to string back to back performances together, falling to another clumsy defeat on the road to Bournemouth, is the situation with Arne Slot now getting past the point of no return or are the mitigating circumstances on and off the pitch enough reason to continue to back the league title winning manager.
Neil Atkinson is joined by Joel Penny, Damian Kavanagh and Kev Reilly.