THE goalkeeper battered and bloodied. Our hearts racing. Finally, Liverpool cruising to a 4-1 win. They deserve it after 90-odd minutes of, what felt like, total chaos. When this Liverpool side get it right, at pace and speed, they look irresistible. But so much of...
FEELS a bit churlish to have a moan after beating the champions comfortably, doesn’t it? So I’m not going to. Could’ve been six, though. Simon Mignolet: 7 Nothing of note early on, but flapped at a long throw at the worst possible moment. Great ball for Daniel...
LIVERPOOL swept aside last season’s Premier League winners in front of a new look Anfield, seeing off the Foxes by four goals to one massive error. As the team sheets came out they revealed that Lucas Leiva was to start centre back alongside Joel Matip, after...
JÜRGEN Klopp has a massive decision to make ahead of tomorrow’s game against Leicester City, a really difficult one for any manager. The Foxes, so far, look like they are setting up exactly the same way they did last season — a 4-4-2 formation, which when they...
IT’S time for the Reds to return to Anfield, as they face Leicester City in the first home game of the season. We spoke to Rob Tanner, football writer for the Leicester Mercury, to preview the game and get the latest from our opponents. From your memory, what...
ANFIELD is bigger now. Lopsided, but in a good way. Like a protective friendly giant with its arms round The Kop and the Anny Road. Like a minecraft mollusc, spiralling geometrically towards the heavens. Did you like that? I’m very pleased with it. I’d do a smug...
We decided to ask Anfield Wrap contributors what they would do this summer with clubs that weren’t their own; how they would resurrect Aston Villa? How can Arsenal make the next step? Who would you hire and who would you fire? Each got to advise, be Director Of...
TWO years ago I decided to start writing a book. It was to be a work of fiction and would centre around a lowly football club that would defy the odds to win the league title. They would be a team of misfits brought together by an inspirational manager to overcome the...
RIGHT. How can I put this in a way so as not to offend or unnerve? Yes. That’s my overdue Prince tribute. Not as spectacular as the weather deciding that it should go all out to fulfil everybody’s Sometimes It Snows In April blizzard-based hopes but there...
MARILYN Monroe once said: “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” I’m not sure if she employed second sight and an interest in the 2015-16 league season, but her words do seem to...
