While Jürgen Klopp brought trophies and success back to Anfield, there is something he will leave Liverpool with that is far more important… IT’S mad to think I wanted Carlo Ancelotti. I reckon it’s because I wanted to win now. I’d have...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 5 Norwich City 2 in the 2023-2024 FA Cup fourth round… I WAS watching the third round game between Sunderland and Newcastle. It occurred to me that not only could lower division...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Fulham 1 (2) Liverpool 1 (3) in the 2023-2024 League Cup semi-final second leg… WE decide. We call the shots. We do things our way. We decide. There is a lot to be said for swaggering into a...
The anticipation for a Joe Gomez goal is ever-increasing and the journey towards one is making him even more of a Liverpool fan favourite… I CAN’T wait for Joe Gomez to score. Imagine the let off when he finally notches one. Unreal. I might try to get on...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Bournemouth 0 Liverpool 4 in the 2023-2024 Premier League season… THERE’S a wind that blows in from the North. There was so much weather and so much threat of weather. There were reasons...
With all the ‘problems’ across the football world right now, the city of Liverpool provides a stark backdrop and a whole lot of perspective… ANOTHER week of lies, deceit and greed which we’re now unquestionably addicted to. Unfortunately, it...
While You’ll Never Walk Alone unites us in our love of Liverpool, its beauty is in the differing meaning it has between supporters… I’M glad we didn’t play on Saturday January 13 this year. We all have dates we can’t face. Some of us have certain...
How Jürgen Klopp’s faith in youth is allowing Liverpool’s first team squad to believe they can achieve their goals this season… USING players isn’t always a positive sign of rotation or healthy competition. Liverpool have used 29 players to...
Josh Sexton’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Fulham 1 in the 2023-2024 League Cup semi-final… A LEAGUE Cup semi final first leg at Anfield. It’s been a strange week for Liverpool Football Club, in that it felt a bit like Sunday’s...
Liverpool may start games slowly but this season Klopp’s side never gives up – and are becoming ruthlessly efficient… I love that Arsenal wore the all-white kit to highlight the knife crime issue. Seriously. Third round of the FA Cup at home,...
The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast reflecting on a opening day draw at Newcastle thanks to an injury time Dominik Szoboszlai penalty after the Reds had conceded two sloppy goals with the second Newcastle goal only minutes after Cody Gakpo had dragged Liverpool back in the game.
Also in the show, Neil chats to The Athletic’s Jon MacKenzie about his new book ‘The Spectre of Pep: How Guardiola Haunts Modern Football Tactics’.
Neil Atkinson hosts Beth Lindop, Ian Ryan and John Gibbons
