THE first four of Liverpool’s goals are finished from inside the six-yard box. There’s an avalanche of caveats that can be applied to a result such as this one but the most pleasing aspect, the one which rises above all of those caveats, is the fact that...
I DON’T know about you but I had a great day out. One of them where everything comes off. Our minibus turned up when it was supposed to, the driver wasn’t a Bluenose and he was sound (well in, Paul). We got to London without hitting any traffic, found a...
I LOOK across on 65 minutes or so and Raffy Gutmann, aged six, at his first final, is in tears; tears rolling down his cheeks. He’s in tears and really it isn’t unreasonable. I have no solace to offer. None whatsoever. If I was six years old I would be...
THE easiest way to win a cup final is to be the better team. Even if you can’t be the better team on the pitch in the 90 or 120 minutes, you can have the better players to win a shoot-out. Despite what people tell you about it being a lottery. Manchester City...
THESE are the moments. Let’s not deny it to ourselves. Why the game got us. Why we became locked into its ways and wiles. We’re always in it for the prizes. Scaling peaks is what sport is all about. Don’t decry any summit. A challenge is a challenge. We have risen to...
SUNDAY’S Capital One Cup final feels a bit of a weird one. A one-off showpiece occasion, with Liverpool slight underdogs against the financial might of moneybags Manchester City. And yet, it lacks the edge of a clash with more traditional rivals; the existence...
On Thursday 28th January Robbo and Gibbo are on hand to bring you the days LFC news. They talk about Liverpool’s opponents in the final of The Capital One Cup, Manchester City, including an injury to Kevin de Bruyne and quotes from Raheem Sterling. They also...
ROB Gutmann is joined for this week’s edition of The Anfield Wrap Unwrapped show by Phil Blundell and Stuart Wright to discuss all the fall out from Tuesday night’s dramatic League Cup semi-final 2nd leg against Stoke. The Reds are going back to Wembley but Anfield...
LIVERPOOL were dreadful. Liverpool were abject. Liverpool are in the final. Could stop it there but Robbo likes there to be more words. Unfortunately there aren’t a ton of them. Joe Allen’s yellow card deserves a mention. What a yellow card it was. One for...
IN a late night post Capital One Cup Semi-Final Second leg review, Neil Atkinson is joined in the studio for ‘The Pink’ by Phil Blundell, Paul Senior and Craig Hannan as Liverpool progressed after a long night against Mark Hughes’ Stoke City on...
Liverpool FC 2013-2014: My Favourite Season – Part One
The Anfield Wrap contributors relive their favourite seasons throughout Liverpool FC history, telling the tales of the 2013-2014 campaign. John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson, Steve Graves and Martin Fitzgerald…
