The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Aston Villa v Liverpool in the Premier League at Villa Park, in Boxing Day’s 5.30pm kick off… MERRY Christmas. How are we? Been some time, hasn’t it? Had a lovely little dress rehearsal in the week,...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Manchester City 3 Liverpool 2 in the League Cup at the Etihad Stadium… OH God. We’re back and I missed you. A game of football broke out. Their side was both surprising and...
The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Manchester City v Liverpool in the League Cup fourth round at the Etihad Stadium… AND this is exactly what the tournament should have been about. Never mind the timing of it or the debates that have flown...
The rise of Trent Alexander-Arnold from academy graduate breaking through, to his struggles at the top, and what his Liverpool future holds…. GENERATIONAL talent. Defensive liability. Assist King. Lazy. Future Liverpool captain. Glaring weakness. Trent...
Fabio Carvalho has proven to be a talented and versatile player for Liverpool, but there’s more to come on his impressive journey to the top… FABIO Carvalho is not for the faint hearted. From street football in Portugal to adapting to a new country...
Liverpool have had their fair share of roller coaster centre halves on the books, but it was Ibrahima Konate’s composure that they craved… IMAGINE this… You’re a central defender and your new club only plays two of those. Actually, make that one as...
Alastair Campbell once insisted that Jürgen Klopp should consider going into politics, but there are a few reasons the German won’t do so… BACK in spring, when off we went gathering cup finals in May and the unprecedented no longer seemed...
Jürgen Klopp has fostered many relationships throughout his journey to Liverpool, but his relationships with fans have been most important… BACK in October 2015, I felt as though I had missed the boat, too young to remember the famous Champions League and...
Even after winning every possible trophy at Anfield, Jürgen Klopp has earned an even bigger accolade in the eyes of Liverpool supporters… I’M a bit old for heroes. I’ve always felt adulation should be kept for your first three decades. Maybe that’s the...
With the World Cup making headlines for all the wrong reasons, what has happened to the spirit that was behind the tournament’s origin? WHEN the historians of the future come to look upon where the game went mad, they’d do well to look at November and...
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
