The Anfield Wrap on Radio Citytalk. It’s our free magazine show we put together for Radio Citytalk every week – it’s a show that can come at you from any angle; from a look at books to the most recent game; from a question around an issue to a...
WEDNESDAY’S win over Manchester City was a tonic after the disappointment of Wembley, but as we left Anfield some long held concerns came to mind. A grinning Jürgen Klopp — clearly buoyed by the best home performance of the season — was on the pitch...
I DON’T have heroes. I’m 52 — I’m too old for heroes now. I can see the faults in most people — that they’re just people with the same faults as the rest of us and the same ability to be pretty decent or a bit of a knob depending on...
“WE made it clear from the first second that it will be very difficult for City.” Park the scoreline for a second. Wait a minute with the goals. Just hold off on the fact it could have been more. Breathe in the dominance. Stretch in the dominance. Shake...
YOU trudge out of Wembley. You have a face on. The face on. The face of yours that your loved ones know. It’s the football. It was more than that though, you know. It was the feeling you were part of an eternally losing battle. Against the system. Against the...
THE players and manager deserve great credit to go from Sunday to that. Perhaps the Manchester City players, just like their supporters, failed to turn up. But they are still big and good and need beating — and how they were beaten. The tone was actually set by...
EVENING, everyone. Gareth and Neil have asked me to write a regular column after each match because they probably thought I wasn’t doing enough to earn the “contributes to @theanfieldwrap” line in my Twitter bio. Fair enough, I suppose. The column...
WHERE to start. The match at Wembley has destroyed my week and my life. The pain is too much to bear. I rarely go out these days. I can’t communicate with my family and friends are becoming fading memories. This is all since Sunday tea-time. And then I realise there’s...
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 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.
