THE board had just gone up showing four minutes of added time as Daniel Sturridge fed James Milner in the penalty area, writes JOEL RABINOWITZ. His first touch was heavy, just keeping the ball in play as he floated the ball to the back post, where Dejan Lovren,...
Dortmund (h) Morning seems strange, almost out of place. Searched hard for you and your special ways. These days, these days Ian Curtis (Joy Division & England, 1980) God knows what Ian was on about. He was mooching about in Macclesfield/Manchester neck of the...
THERE is always a then and now. Regardless of the ever-changing landscape of the game, that juxtaposition is one of football’s constants. Even the profession of covering the sport has its sepia-tinted throwback and high-definition reality. Journalists reporting on a...
BRENDAN Rodgers resisted the ray of warm sunshine that flashed through the window in front of him by wearing a long, grey coloured mac. Perching himself on a table he began to confidently explain how his Swansea City team had secured their Premier League future...
THURSDAY brings with it Liverpool’s biggest European game since the 2010 UEFA Cup semi-final with Atletico Madrid. Little did we know when Diego Forlan was denying us the chance to batter Roy Hodgson’s Fulham in the final that it would be the last time the Reds would...
DORTMUND holds a special place in my heart, as I’m sure it does for many others around my age. My first European final in 2001, the club’s first since 1985, and a crazy day and night where it lashed down and there were an improbable number of goals...
STOKE at home. Nothing to play for. Only Stoke at home. Nothing to play for. Might as well not go. When I was 12, I went to my first match at Anfield. It was a League Cup game on a midweek night against Portsmouth. They were then, as now, mired somewhere in football’s...
TACTICAL games are tough to score. Liverpool set up solid and went about their business well. They knew what they needed to do and largely did it. For that they all deserve credit. That said, you wouldn’t say anyone was outstanding. When everyone is a cog,...
THERE is a period of time between Dortmund’s equaliser and the pinball in their penalty area finishing where Philippe Coutinho has the ball in their area for what seems like forever. In that period of time the big bang happens, galaxies are born, dust becomes matter,...
JOINING us for our latest show from Dortmund is Eric Meijer, back in the place where he supped some ale with Liverpool fans so famously in 2001. Eric joins John Gibbons, Tim Smith and Andy Heaton for a pre-Borussia Wrap Up with talk of tonight’s game and other...
Jean-Philippe Mateta Linked With Liverpool: The Gutter
On today’s show, we react to the news coming out of France linking Liverpool with Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta as before a chat about potential suitors for Harvey Elliott.Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell, Jake Nolan and Neil Docking.
