IT’S a magnificent Liverpool victory. An historic one and one which signposts exactly where Liverpool stand in Europe’s current reckoning. Imagine this was Barcelona or Real Madrid or Bayern Munich going to somewhere like Porto and doing this. Imagine...
SO The Reds are in the European Cup knockouts for the first time since we were all either a) kids, b) optimistic, or c) less baldy. These are what proper nerves are all about. Apparently, the last time we had one of these was that mad Chelsea one where Javier...
IT’S Feb and it’s fab. The Reds are back in the knockout stage of the European Cup for the first time since 2009. Those were heady days. I was nine years younger for start. My youngest, Rafael, wasn’t even alive. Well, he was about to be alive. I remember the draw...
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR are a very decent side. Our encounter with them on Sunday is the 22nd match we have played since they beat us 4-1 at their temporary home of Wembley Stadium back in October. There’s been an ocean flow under a bridge since then. Spurs arrive to...
LIVERPOOL Football Club operates at its supreme best, from top to bottom, when it exerts controlled aggression in all aspects of its operations. The lack of controlled aggression in all parts of the club, from top to bottom, is, in my view, currently the difference...
TICK tock. Tick tock. There’s five days to go until the transfer window shuts again. I feel like we’ve been here before but this time it’s different. In the Januarys of 2009, 2014 and 2017 Liverpool entered the New Year primed for title tilts. On each occasion the...
LAST week in this very column, I said that the goalkeeper debate had become “tiresome”, and I stand by that. However, Liverpool didn’t play over the weekend so what else is there to talk about? I was coaxed back into the conversation by Jürgen Klopp, who said last...
ONE of the hotly-debated issues throughout Jürgen Klopp’s reign has been who should be his number one goalkeeper, writes JOEL RICHARDS. With Simon Mignolet and Loris Karius both offering as many cons as pros to their claims, the clamour for the Liverpool boss to go...
JÜRGEN Klopp is a manager with a proven track record of bringing through young talent. Developing players on the training ground and helping them maximise their potential is an integral part of his philosophy, and sets him apart from many top-level managers, for whom...
ANFIELD yesterday was the perfect storm of good atmosphere and good performance with one feeding the other to produce a gust strong enough to blow away Manchester City. Fired-up fans desperate for a statement win in the stands working hand in hand with committed...
Post International Break Liverpool & Villa: The Trends
Examining football’s underlying numbers, looking back at the Villa match, and taking a look at Liverpool’s numbers following international breaks.Neil Atkinson is joined by Josh Williams.
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