After becoming Liverpool’s all-time leading Premier League goalscorer, Mo Salah can yet write more chapters into the history books at Anfield… IT’S easy to overlook greatness when you get to witness it so often. When you lack the benefit of...
The feelings of Liverpool fans in the aftermath of The Reds putting seven goals past Manchester United in the Premier League at Anfield… SEVEN though. I thought I’d seen it all. I’ve been attending Liverpool-Manchester United games since the 1980s and...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 7 Manchester United 0 in the Premier League at Anfield… LET’S do seven openings: 1. Just when you thought you were out, they pulled you back in. We were never out, not really,...
The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Manchester United in the Premier League at Anfield, with Jürgen Klopp in fine form before the game… I STARTED religiously watching Jürgen Klopp’s press conferences at the beginning of the 2017-18...
Critics have questioned what has happened to Trent Alexander-Arnold this season, but he was standing up to that even before form improved… WILL the real Trent Alexander-Arnold please stand up? I repeat, he already has. He already is. The right-back...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Wolves 0 in the Premier League at Anfield… IT was a straightforward 2-0. But there have been so few straightforward 2-0s that straightforward forward 2-0s suddenly cease to...
The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Wolves in the Premier League at Anfield, with a low bar to improve upon their last meeting… TOMORROW marks the fourth time Liverpool have played Wolves in 2023 alone — and we’re still only in...
With the passing of John Motson, football loses a commentator who loved the game and whose passion made him relatable to fans… YOU’LL have to excuse me this week. I could lower my hand into the torpor that was Selhurst Park, but I just can’t...
The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Crystal Palace v Liverpool in the Premier League at Selhurst Park… “I LOVE when you count me out.” I find I go completely the other way in the face of irrational hatred. Is irrational love a thing? It is in this...
Loris Karius was once a low-risk, high-reward signing at Liverpool, but his fortunes serve as a reminder of how the club had to adapt or die… THANKS to everyone who has sent through feedback about the first episode of ‘Lost Tapes’. The show is...
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
