THE many differences between Klopp’s and Guardiola’s tactics have been spoken and written about for as long as recent memory serves. The Spanish style of tiki taka and the German gegenpressing, which define what both managers do about as well as the UK has defined its...
THIS is all about small margins. With the clock ticking down to a disappointing climax on Saturday, Manchester City finally took the lead against Southampton. Meanwhile, 70 miles south on the M6, Liverpool were behind and struggling to overturn a 1-0 deficit. A...
TO the more experienced Liverpool supporter there remains a level of bemusement about Manchester City and their current football swagger. As much as they try to walk the walk – and both team and manager are quite clearly among the best – the whole ‘we belong among the...
Who will impress on the opening weekend of the Premier League? There’s some tasty fixtures for the first week after a busy summer transfer window. Neil Atkinson is alongside Ian Ryan, Paul Hogan and Adam Smith to preview all of the weekend’s action on this...
THIS Sunday, Liverpool will contest for the first of a potential seven trophies in 2019-20 when they take on Manchester City in the Community Shield. As is tradition, Wembley plays host to this annual curtain raiser but the fixture itself has been derided in recent...
It’s Liverpool v Manchester City going head to head at Wembley on Sunday, but is there more than just the Community Shield at stake? To discuss that and assess last season’s top two sides on a broader scale, Neil Atkinson is joined by City fan Emily...
ONE of the best teams Pep Guardiola has seen in his life. A team that has bettered the Rafa Benítez side that clocked up 86 points and featured 24-goal Steven Gerrard, one of the best of our own. A group that has won more points than the Brendan Rodgers team that...
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What a game to get our teeth into. It was ninety minutes which could yield hours of discussion. All over the pitch Liverpool and Manchester City locked horns with The Reds finding a way to win by three goals to nil. What were the key differences between the two sides?...
I LOVE magic. Since I was a young boy I’ve been captivated by someone’s ability to make things disappear or to make something materialise from nowhere. I was always amazed by how even the most hardened of grown ups around me were astounded by these magical moments,...
THERE was an interesting moment in Jürgen Klopp’s press conference last week when he was asked why – as he had predicted would happen 12 months earlier – Pep Guardiola was finding it hard in England. “A lot of teams have a lot of money and a lot of teams have a lot of...
