Footballers can be susceptible to losing their heads in the face of adversity during matches. Liverpool display character to keep theirs … I’m fascinated by football’s hard minutes. Broadly speaking these are the times in a game where everything’s gone...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Wolves 1 Liverpool 2 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season at Molineux… THE moment that felt like the turning point was when Anthony Taylor bowed to the pressure of the home crowd and...
FSG have caused some PR disasters since they’ve been at the club, but letting Trent Alexander-Arnold walk for free would be a legacy-defining gaffe… WHEN thinking about football’s greatest PR gaffes, I’m left ruing the decrepit millennial I am fast...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 5 West Ham United 1 in the 2024-2025 League Cup third round… THE delight on the pitch when Cody Gakpo makes it four somewhat dwarves the context he makes it four in. League Cup, third...
With the reinvention of Ryan Gravenberch, the continued ascension of Alexis Mac Allister and more, Arne Slot has revived Liverpool’s midfield machine… IN March 2019, I was stranded in Paris. I was there on my way back from Bordeaux with my mate...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 0 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season… THE way Bournemouth want to go about their business helps. Of course it does. They want to be so intensely front foot,...
People have always left matches early, and for a number of reasons. Blaming those who do after a bad result makes little sense… EVERY home game, in the early stages of time added on, I’ll usually get a tap on my shoulder. My seat is on the stairwell of...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool in the 2024-2025 Champions League… A Liverpool side starts poorly but cruises to victory, showing its class along the way. The whole thing was very 2023 and that is,...
Supporting Liverpool and suffering defeat can be emotionally charged, but you can’t learn anything without losing … Damian Kavanagh is the most patient and optimistic man I know. I did the Post Match show with Kav, Ben Johnno and Gibbo on Saturday....
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 0 Nottingham Forest 1 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season… It’s the poorest Liverpool performance at Anfield in the league since October 2022 against Leeds Utd. It takes...
Liverpool surrendered a two goal lead to draw at Anfield against Arsenal with much of the fallout relating to the introduction and subsequent reaction towards Trent Alexander-Arnold coming off the bench for the Reds in the second half of the game.
Joining Rob Gutmann is joined by James McKenna, Josh Williams and Ian Ryan.
