IN a city where the idea of determination and defiance as a collective seems to be ingrained within the very fabric of its streets, there’s a certain romanticism in believing Liverpool’s manager can upset the apple cart with the same values as the patch he now resides...
IT’S funny how you go through phases with other teams and their people and their grounds. Our away game destinations seem to be getting more testing each passing year, in terms of both distance and frequency. I’ve always broken aways down into three...
MANY people have a different approaches to football — mine is to use it as a vehicle for enjoyment; having a laugh, spending time with your mates, going to the home games with my Dad, seeing friends before and after the match, ending up in places in Europe I’d...
WHILE still managing Borussia Dortmund, Jürgen Klopp spoke of how he wanted his teams to play “heavy-metal football” — a catchy soundbite summing up the full-throttle style he likes to impose on players he takes control of. Yet this much-referenced phrase...
LAST night was just very enjoyable. It was easy, comfortable, and if you Google ‘stroll in the park’ you’ll be met with a picture of Divock Origi blamming in the third to put a Liverpool side that didn’t need to get out of first gear into the last 16 of a competition...
Liverpool travel to the iPro Stadium on Tuesday night, to face Derby County in a League Cup third round clash. We spoke to BBC Radio Derby’s Owen Bradley to get the lowdown on the Reds’ opponents. What can travelling fans expect from the city of Derby?...
IT’S a good time to be playing Derby. The mighty Rams have scored just two goals all season and are not quite their usual indomitable selves. Excellent. We smell sheep’s blood. We will feast on their lambs. I’m bang up for a game like this. Feel’s like a nice little...
LIVERPOOL travel to Stamford Bridge on Friday night, to face a Chelsea side who are unbeaten so far this season. We spoke to Scott from Chelsea HQ to get the lowdown on Antonio Conte’s side. Firstly, tell us a bit about yourself, and what you do. I’m a lifelong...
THIS week in Liverpool FC history Kenny Dalglish’s Liverpool side — in his first spell, obviously — recorded one of their finest victories, with a 9-0 win over Crystal Palace. Arguably one of the Reds’ best ever sides, certainly up there with...
JUDGING by the reaction on Twitter, Liverpool’s local ticket sale, a plan first announced in February to distribute a limited number of tickets for home games to members with an ‘L’ postcode, hasn’t pleased everyone. Do those upset by the idea...
The Anfield Wrap’s first live show of the season from our brand new studio where we discuss, among other things, Andoni’s Iraola’s comments about the depth of his Liverpool squad, as well as fresh links to Yankuba Minteh, before looking ahead to the Reds trip to Newcastle on Sunday.
