Liverpool 2 Manchester City 1: Match Review

by Neil Atkinson | Jul 26, 2018 | Footie, Match Review

THERE is a murmur. The murmur becomes a buzz and then there is a noise. He is coming. He is coming. The noise becomes a roar as he is on the sideline stripped and ready. This is acclamation. The roar never subsides as he fights for a first ball, pops it off, gets in...

Liverpool 1 Borussia Dortmund 3: Match Review

by Neil Atkinson | Jul 23, 2018 | Featured Writing, Footie, Match Review

MISSED you handsome. Missed you gorgeous. Let’s start again. You forget the tours. This thing happens: the centre of the Liverpudlian universe moves to a whole new fixed location. You see it in a million ways. The most obvious is the football match but it goes...