IN the past fortnight Liverpool have travelled twice to the capital and, in Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, have faced teams at grounds which differ from the ones they’re traditionally associated with. I attended both games and was keen to see how they...
QUESTIONS: What does a Liverpool goal look like? Any ideas? I’m stumped. I know what a *Daniel Sturridge* goal looks like. I even feel like I can hazard a decent enough guess at a Christian Benteke goal. He arguably mishit one from 15 yards at 1-0. But none of...
SATURDAY was a bad day to invest in a bottle of Bailey’s. It tastes like milk, but it has the anaesthetic properties of a sledgehammer. Now let’s get things clear, not all in the Liverpool FC garden is rosy, but neither is all in the garden covered in horse shit. I...
THE gauntlet. I love the word “gauntlet”. I guess 2 perfect weekends in a row was too much to ask. Gauntlet thrown down. Tomorrow the response. — Craig Rimmer (@Craig_Rimmer) April 5, 2014 West Ham United felt like a gauntlet. Won six from the last...
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Newcastle 2 Liverpool 2 | The Anfield Wrap
The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast reflecting on a opening day draw at Newcastle thanks to an injury time Dominik Szoboszlai penalty after the Reds had conceded two sloppy goals with the second Newcastle goal only minutes after Cody Gakpo had dragged Liverpool back in the game.
Also in the show, Neil chats to The Athletic’s Jon MacKenzie about his new book ‘The Spectre of Pep: How Guardiola Haunts Modern Football Tactics’.
Neil Atkinson hosts Beth Lindop, Ian Ryan and John Gibbons