NEIL ATKINSON’S MATCH REVIEW: SPURS 0 LIVERPOOL 3

NEIL ATKINSON’S MATCH REVIEW: SPURS 0 LIVERPOOL 3

by | Aug 31, 2014 | Footie

PAUL COPE is insistent. Put it in context. Put this in context. So let’s put it in context. A side that has just lost at Manchester City, has never played this back four before, three of whom are new signings, giving Balotelli his debut have just dominated the...

SEVEN HEAVEN

by | Apr 3, 2014 | Footie

SUNDAY’S 4-0 drubbing of Spurs made it 9-0 on aggregate for the season and sent the Reds back to the top of the table with the title in their own hands – but it’s not the first time Tottenham have been on the wrong side of a thrashing from Liverpool....

FEAR AND SUPERSTITION

by | Apr 1, 2014 | Footie

THE chippy was shut. That wasn’t good. Everything had to be right and in its place. I’d met my mates, we’d shook hands and we’d discussed who would miss out in the midfield. I was a bit worried about the lack of Allen and felt that Coutinho...
Vive la différence

Vive la différence

by | Mar 31, 2014 | Footie

SIX to go. The last bend navigated and we’ve straightened up for the finish. The destiny of the title in our hands. This is different; very different. Rewind to a year ago. The 2012-13 Liverpool FC will forever be damned by black and white statistics. When people,...
SPURRED ON BY THE DOUBTERS

SPURRED ON BY THE DOUBTERS

by | Mar 31, 2014 | Footie

SHERWOOD wasn’t the only one. We bristled with indignation at the very suggestion. Asked who he was, with his comedy cob ons and misplaced arrogance, to question Liverpool’s title credentials. Brendan Rodgers spoke publicly to turn the tables back on a club that had...
Liverpool 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0

Liverpool 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0

by | Mar 30, 2014 | Footie

WHEN the final whistle went in The Excelsior last night after City/Arsenal all I heard was people saying to each other: “It’s in our hands. It’s in our hands.” Today we grabbed it. Seized it. Knuckles white, grip tight. In our hands. We are Top...