Free podcast: Liverpool turn the screw

A RETURNING Neil Atkinson is back in the chair to chat with Andy Heaton, Melissa Reddy and Mike Nevin about Aston Villa 0-6 Liverpool. Is football really that simple? For all the analysis, statistics, distance measurements and micro-management, is it really as...

Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 6: Match review

AFTERNOON, everyone. Your normal host for this sort of thing, Neil Atkinson, is currently in Boston living his other life as a screenwriter who doesn’t get to watch Liverpool win 6-0 away from home and see Kolo Toure kiss the ground as if he’s just...

Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 6: Player ratings

A REALLY strange day. The game had a feel of a friendly first half as Liverpool strolled into a 2-0 lead without much effort and Villa looked pretty disinterested. Maybe it was the fact we all had the sun in our eyes throughout the first half so it was all a bit...

BRENDAN RODGERS: MORE RABBIT THAN SAINSBURY’S

A WIN at last. Two fantastic finishes from the much-missed Daniel Sturridge. Impressive midfield performances from the going now staying Lucas Leiva and stand-in skipper James Milner. Tireless running from Danny Ings. More magic from Phil Coutinho. It might have ‘only...

LIVERPOOL 3 ASTON VILLA 2 – MATCH RATINGS

THE Reds. The Tricky Reds. You arrive wondering where a goal will come from and they score in a minute. You then think they’ll settle down and play and they refuse. At 2-0 and 3-1 up we should have been able to relax, but our defence had other ideas. Well you...