Jürgen Klopp was unsure about the availability of Naby Keita ahead of Sunday’s clash with Manchester City, with the German confirming his summer signing suffered a back spasm in the loss to Napoli. Will he be a big miss, or can The Reds find another midfielder...
THE realisation of having to feel defeat again has been a sobering one over the past week or so. I had rid myself of it, exorcised it from my very being, positively reinforced by the sight of Liverpool winning games of football. Sometimes at a canter, other times on a...
YOU can blame the pitch. You can blame the lack of changes from the weekend. You can blame Jürgen Klopp’s tactics on the night, or that he refused to make a positive substitution until it was too late. Whatever avenue of finger pointing you choose to explore,...
THE bar has moved. Once upon a time, supporters of Liverpool Football Club would worry when we dropped points because they imagined that every point was more important than it actually was. In reality, we could have won a title in 2015-16 with 82 points, allowing 32...
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...
We’ll list Liverpool as the home side in this game as the crowd in the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey made it feel like a home game tonight. They were rewarded with a late Sadio Mane penalty, after Mo Salah had equalised Leroy Sane’s goal, less than a...
Jürgen Klopp thinks Liverpool’s business is done for the summer so we decided to take a look at the wider transfer picture in the Premier League, with a focus on the business — or lack of — done by The Reds’ rivals. Have the Manchester clubs...
LIVERPOOL have reached their eighth European Cup final, and with all the stories we’ve been told for years about the club’s illustrious history in the competition, the younger generation now have their own to tell. The chance to experience the delirious highs of...
WHISPER it quietly, but there are shades of 2005 throughout all of this, writes TOM VERGHESE. Remember 2005? Remember that palpable tension? Seeing out a 0-0 against Juventus at their place having gone in 2-1 from the home leg, playing without Xabi Alonso. Remember...
A FEW years ago a few newly promoted clubs adopted the song “we’re not really here” to the tune of Knees Up Mother Brown. This was also the case with a side who found themselves at the top of the league but knew it couldn’t last. The significance was that they...
‘The Swiss System’ Or A Super League?: TAW Unwrapped
This week’s ‘TAW Unwrapped’ takes a look at the revised Champions League format, how it played out last season and what to look forward to as the Reds begin their 25/26 European Cup campaign.
Neil Atkinson is joined by Beth Lindop, Adam Melia and Kieran Molyneux.
