MAD what happens when your goalkeeper isn’t a nervous wreck, permanently looking over his shoulder, isn’t it? A clean sheet and a 2-0 away victory with a game-affecting save in a decisive moment. I felt sorry for Loris Karius last week against Tottenham Hotspur. A...
JÜRGEN Klopp is now into his third season in the Liverpool job. The Reds are at a point where seasons are made and broken and we’re still having a conversation about the shambolic situation around who is or isn’t wearing the gloves in Liverpool’s goal. If the manager...
OLI FELL “I’M fine with our goalies and I really trust in John Achterberg because he does a brilliant job here. “He’s one of the hardest-working people I’ve ever met; he works as a coach 25 hours a day.” The words of Jürgen Klopp on Liverpool’s...
LAST week in this very column, I said that the goalkeeper debate had become “tiresome”, and I stand by that. However, Liverpool didn’t play over the weekend so what else is there to talk about? I was coaxed back into the conversation by Jürgen Klopp, who said last...
IT’S a bit of a running theme at the minute that you have to pick sides in a debate about Liverpool players. Let’s take Andy Robertson as an example, since Alberto Moreno got injured about six weeks ago he’s been very good and gone a long way to making that position...
THE Anfield Wrap’s Paul Cope wrote an article about Simon Mignolet on Wednesday which raised some interesting points. One particularly interesting point raised was that you can simultaneously think that Liverpool could do with a better number one but also not think...
“IT is like it is and nothing is decided, they can all show how good they are. I don’t want to bring doubt so that they start doubting. “We have three goalkeepers and they can all show what they are able to do, and then we will see who will start.” The words of Jürgen...
Rob Gutmann hosts Stephen Evans and Andy Heaton for a in-depth chat Liverpool’s problem position of goalkeeper and whether we are closer to solving an issue that is a constant cause of debate. Rather than just focus on the first team, we have a comprehensive...
IT’S been one of many contentious issues Jürgen Klopp has had to face throughout his time at Anfield and one which shows no sign of ending, writes JOEL RICHARDS. Who should be his number one? Simon Mignolet or Loris Karius? Or does he bin them both off and sign...
“WE are all trying to improve. Improvement sometimes means to change something; sometimes it just means to wait.” Jürgen Klopp has spoken a lot about young players and their development during his time as Liverpool manager. The quote above from October 2016 when...
