The Martinelli on Bradley incident shows football needs to deal with time-wasting and a lack of on-pitch honesty before it’s too late… A FEW WEEKS ago I read a Substack piece from a prominent online Evertonian. I won’t name him, but as someone who...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Fulham 2 Liverpool 2 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at Craven Cottage… THE four goals in the game are all mad. It doesn’t need a lip reader to see Harry Wilson tell all and sundry he is...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 0 Leeds United 0 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at Anfield… FRUSTRATION. That about sums it up. At the end of the match, Dominik Szoboszlai is in the ear of the fourth official and Arne Slot...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Wolves 1 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at Anfield… This is the truism: There are no easy games in the Premier League. Liverpool’s commitment to proving this is spectacular. It has...
Angry Despite Winning: Why Liverpool beating Spurs away in the Premier League was still not enough for some fans… YOU’RE A STEP ahead of me again here. Three weeks ago I offered no views or insight into the West Ham game because I didn’t see a...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Tottenham 1 Liverpool 2 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium… IT’S AN emotional game. I like a lot of other sports. Other sports have sequences of moments that...
With Liverpool’s record signing yet to find his form or convince with the eye-test, what do Alexander Isak’s underlying numbers reveal?… WHEN Alexander Isak signed for Liverpool, one of the biggest reliefs I had was that he hadn’t gone to...
Multi-functional players at Liverpool are nothing new – but Arne Slot’s current team contains a few that are doing it so well… A FEW YEARS ago I was playing left centre-back for the Man versus Fat team, Al-Fatilad. I was very much making up...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Brighton 0 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at Anfield… STARTS don’t get better. You pick a side with five midfielders, with Joe Gomez at right-back and you get about as quick a goal...
Mo Salah showed his frustrations against club and manager after being dropped, but must realise that age catches up with us all… MOHAMED Salah cares. He wants to play. He wants to help. It’s the best form of communication he has. If that’s taken away,...
Arsenal Reaction & Barnsley Chat: TAW Midweek Extra
The Anfield Wrap react to a solid performance away to Arsenal, and look ahead to their next game as they face Barnsley in the third round of The FA Cup.
John Gibbons is joined by Josh Sexton, Kev Reilly and Kieran Molyneux.
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