WHAT a strange week of football that was. Manchester United beating Manchester City with a second-half turnaround, Roma coming back from 4-1 down to beat Barcelona, Juventus nearly doing similar to Real Madrid, Red Bull Salzburg coming from 5-2 down on aggregate with...
A FRIEND’S dad has made it a hobby of his to religiously run the rule over Liverpool’s up-and-coming talent. It’s his bit of “me time” – when he escapes from the family and plays amateur scout for a couple of hours. Watching the club’s academy sides at Kirkby, he...
BOURNEMOUTH were beaten before a ball was kicked, beaten when the teamsheet came in. They’d have hoped to see a change at least in the front three. The night before they go to bed and say their prayers. If they have been good boys and are up to date on their...
THE city of Liverpool is alive right now. There is currently an energy and magnetism in the city which makes it feel like an epicentre of admiration across Europe’s cultured landmarks and beyond. Liverpool Football Club has awoken something that carries with it a...
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Jürgen Klopp attempted to play down the Champions League semi-final draw and preach focus ahead of this weekend’s clash with Bournemouth. To react to that and curb their European enthusiasm, Josh Sexton is joined by Gareth Roberts, Ian Ryan and Craig Hannan....
IT’S gonna be a bit all “after the Lord Mayor’s show”, isn’t it? Whatever that actually means. It must have been some spectacle — that show — to induce the comedown it’s credited with. As an expression, it obviously harks back to simpler times. These are...
WHISPER it quietly, but there are shades of 2005 throughout all of this, writes TOM VERGHESE. Remember 2005? Remember that palpable tension? Seeing out a 0-0 against Juventus at their place having gone in 2-1 from the home leg, playing without Xabi Alonso. Remember...
A FEW years ago a few newly promoted clubs adopted the song “we’re not really here” to the tune of Knees Up Mother Brown. This was also the case with a side who found themselves at the top of the league but knew it couldn’t last. The significance was that they...
WHAT the fuck do you write about this game? The manager at the end? My god. My lord. My word. Allez. Class act here — what a 35 they had. What a set of footballers and team. What a force. What a smother, what a plan, what an angle. Everywhere was sky blue on...
THERE are games. There are big games. There are iconic games. On Tuesday, Liverpool Football Club takes part in its most iconic game in years. It wasn’t that long ago that people would talk about The Reds as a former force, as a team that was somewhere between the...
