Our last look back on a game for 2017-18 is the biggest game of the season — the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid. How well did Liverpool do in the contest prior to Mo Salah going off and prior to Gareth Bale’s overhead kick? Do...
KYIV, the capital of Ukraine. An almost Orwellian-like civilisation steeped in tradition yet still evidently bearing the scars of past troubles. The suburban communities that surround the more familiar European city ambience near the Olympic Stadium were amassed in...
Before TAW’s crew are even back from Kiev, Liverpool FC have been very busy indeed. They have this evening announced the signing of midfielder Fabinho from AS Monaco for approximately £43m and started their summer business early. Fabinho would appear to suit...
Neil Atkinson hosts an Anfield Wrap in transit across Germany as TAW return from the Ukrainian adventure. Gareth Roberts, Josh Sexton, Ian Ryan and Jon Jones join Neil to talk about the final, the fury and the trip across Europe before focus turns to the summer and...
YOU play out scenarios in your head. You don’t want to but you can’t help it. What if this happens? What if that happens? How will you feel? How will you react? One thing this Liverpool team does better than anybody, though, is surprise you by coming up with a...
I’M somewhere in Western Ukraine. The arid flatlands, with their pallid yellow grass, stretch beyond the horizon. The belt of tarmac we’ve been tumbling along for 12 hours is the sole sign that civilisation has made its mark on this part of the planet....
FOOTBALL can be so cruel. I’m finding it hard to be disappointed in any member of this Liverpool side after last night. These lads were the best team in the Champions League this season, but come away from the final without the trophy to show for it. For a team that...
I feel duty bound to write this. I hoped my last piece would be the end. The article I could retire on after a European Cup win. The movie didn’t go the way I hoped, or expected. I’ve not long woken up and wandered into Twitter. It’s an incredible scene and completely...
RIGHT now I am taking it badly. All things pass. This will too. But Liverpool have managed to find a way to make this defeat hurt when it never should have. They found a way to be less than their full selves. There is an argument that they managed this due to Mo Salah...
It hurts. Nobody is saying it didn’t hurt. In fact everyone is talking about exactly how it hurts and how disappointed they are on our post match show. Liverpool were defeated by Real Madrid but more so defeated by themselves. They failed to perform on the...
